won by 28 points. they have been spooking them in red states. kansas fourth district, elected by 27 trump, mike pompeo by 31 points still in the house. in the special election to replace mike pompeo when he got promoted to the cabinet, a democrat candidate came within six points. didn t win but close for a district that red. in arizona, republican congressman franks district, a republican won by 20 points, then a special election to replace franks, a democratic candidate came very close to winning. it s been stark all year. is this how the mid-terms will play out? does this mean democrats get congress in november? is it possible for democrats to turn close shaves in otherwise republican places, a way to figure out how to turn them into
in the special election to replace mike pompeo when he got promoted to the cabinet, a democrat candidate came within six points. didn t win but close for a district that red. in arizona, republican congressman franks district, a republican won by 20 points, then a special election to replace franks, a democratic candidate came very close to winning. it s been stark all year. is this how the mid-terms will play out? does this mean democrats get congress in november? is it possible for democrats to turn close shaves in otherwise republican places, a way to figure out how to turn them into actual wins when it counts? joining us again is this great steve kornacki. thank you for being here again.
mike pompeo by 31 points, when he was still in the house. in the special election to replace mike pompeo when he got promoted into the trump cabinet, the democratic candidate came within six points of the republican. didn t win, but woo, that s close for a district that red. in arizona, republican congressman trent franks old district, donald trump had won there by 20 points. but then there was a special election to replace trent franks. the democrat candidate came within five points of winning. so the math is stark, it s clear. it has been all year. the question is, is this actually a good way of judging how the november midterms will play out? does this mean that democrats are going to get congress in november? is it possible for democrats to turn these close shaves they ve been pulling off in otherwise republican places, is it possible for them to figure out how to turn them into actual wins when it really counts? joining us again is the great steve kornacki. steve, thank you for b
27. mike pompeo mike pompeo by 31 points, when he was still in the house. in the special election to replace mike pompeo when he got promoted into the trump cabinet, the democratic candidate came within six points of the republican. didn t win, but, whoo, that s close for a district that red. in arizona, republican congressman trent franks old district, donald trump had won there by 20 points. but then there was a special election to replace trent franks. the democrat candidate came within five points of winning. so the math is stark, it s clear. it has been all year. the question is, is this actually a good way of judging how the november midterms will play out? does this mean that democrats are going to get kocongress in november? is it possible for democrats to turn these close shaves they ve been pulling off in otherwise republican places, is it possible for them to figure out how to turn them into actual wins when it really counts? joining us again is the great steve kornacki. st
is it possible for democrats to turn these close shaves they ve been pulling off in otherwise republican places, is it possible for them to figure out how to turn them into actual wins when it really counts? joining us again is the great steve kornacki. steve, thank you for being here. is this the sort of thing that can help predict what s going to happen in november? it can be. there have been so many congressional and state legislative and they are pointing overwhelmingly in one direction. i m thinking back even to 2010. i think there are more mixed signals in what proved to be a wave election year. clear, one-direction signal here. what it says to me, clearly, definitely, i m convinced the democratic base is energized in a way we haven t seen in a long time, and barring something totally unforeseen, is going to be that energized heading into november. that makes the question in the key variable, will the republican base match nah energy on election day. and so when i look at these