that so many democrats are running. right. paul: open seat. it s very divided in many cases they all kind of stand for single payer, progressive. paul: fewer republicans running so republicans could possibly republicans have some name recognition. you know, you have diane, darrell, board of equalization member and ran against high speed rails. paul: that made a name for herself in that district. now, if they don t take those any seats in california, democrats, they are going to have a hard time picking up the house, aren t they? well, i think that s right. they are counting on pennsylvania and the redistricting there by the state supreme supreme courtment but california is their hope, they need to pick up at least 4 there. paul: kevin mccarthy is from california, majority leader in the house of representatives, he is trying an interesting maneuver, he wants to push john cox, republican who is running
to be a real fight to keep the senate majority. how precarious do you feel it is? if you go by historical standards, the midterm losses. when it shares the majority with the white house and the party of the white house can be substantial. but nothing really has followed history over the past couple years with the election of this president and some of the things that s been accomplished. i don t see why we should start following history. i feel optimistic about this election cycle. paul: the one reason if you have that big playing field in states where there are democrats running that donald trump won. you ve got to pick up a couple of those seats, don t you? i see you in trouble perhaps in nevada, arizona, open seat. that could be a tossup and then tennessee wherethe democrats is the ãis ahead right now. when schumer talks about
afraid of today than yesterday after last night s victory by rebecca dalla. she will join us to tell us how she did it and it was not a squeaker. she beat her conservative opponent by 12 points. last night republican governor of wisconsin scott walker tweeted tonight s results show we are at risk of a blue wave in wisconsin. then he had to throw in a little speech about the far left is driven by anger and hatred, we must counter it with optimism and organization. let s share our positive story with voters. they did share last night and lost. it s the first time a democrat won an open seat on the wisconsin supreme court in 23 years and what did paul ryan, the republican speaker of the
opponent by 12 points. last night republican governor of wisconsin scott walker tweeted tonight s results show we are at risk of a blue wave in wisconsin. then he had to throw in a little speech about the far left is driven by anger and hatred, we must counter it with optimism and organization. let s share our positive story with voters. they did share last night and lost. it s the first time a democrat won an open seat on the wisconsin supreme court in 23 years and what did paul ryan, the republican speaker of the house from wisconsin tell his troops today to bolster their confidence? absolutely nothing. not one word from wisconsin s own paul ryan about this major upset for republicans in wisconsin last night. joining our discussion now, john nickels, and ruth marcus. john, you re joining us from wisconsin tonight? i am joining you from madison, wisconsin. so tell us what happened in wisconsin. this is by the way the second time the republicans have seen an upset in an election in
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