so here s the breaking news. cnn has a projection in the special democratic primary in ohio s 11th congressional district. i want to bring in cnn s chief national affairs correspondent, mr. jeff zeleny. jeff, good evening to you. what are you hearing? don, this is a big win in cleveland for shontell brown, the democratic establishment candidate in this special election to fill the seat of former congresswoman marsha fudge who of course joined the biden cabinet. you can see right there, shontel brown defeating nina turner. this is a big win for shontel brown for this reason. the entire establishment apparatus came behind her in the final weeks of this race to push her over the top of nina turner,
look, you ve got different personalities at work here, too. and nina turner, let s face it, she see a lightening rod or maybe a lightening bolt. she is a fiery speaker, a fiery person. to say that she doesn t mince words is really an understatement. and a lot of people including jim clyburn were offended and really ticked off by some of the things she said during the 2020 presidential campaign including really a cold reference to joe biden that didn t go very well. we got that headline. and so they ve all piled in behind shontel brown, but turner has the money. she has more money than brown.
pro activist s left flank of the party and the leader in washington is going to concede they screwed this up and throw up their hands waving the white flag. i think we have 2022 ahead of us and a lot more races like these to cover. gene, i d love to get your thoughts on this, but struck by how forward members of the congressional black caucus have been in their comments in this race. you ve got chairwoman joyce beatty who said shontell brown would honor the rich history of the group not be someone who fights against it. congressman gregory meek of new york, she wouldn t, quote, come in and try to break up that unity. gene. yeah, this is tough stuff.