important gubernatorial spots as well now the republicans are hoping to hold on to the house and the senate the democrats are hoping to take back one or even two chambers of congress and push back on president trump s policies that he is my a schwager is following what looks to be a tight. every state every ballot issue every candidate has a pivotal role to play in these midterm elections some campaigns could prove to be a bellwether for where the country is headed as a whole let s take a look now at just a few examples we ll begin in texas one of the most populous states in the nation and currently the biggest solidly republican voting state texas hasn t elected a democratic senator since one nine hundred eighty eight now data over a democratic upstart is challenging incumbent republican ted cruz and for such a red state the race has become unusually competitive crews are still ahead in the polls but our work has attracted national attention. even if beto recluses
to defend making victory harder now as well as electing members of congress americans will vote for powerful governors in many states and the washington correspondents and maya schrader has more now on what those races could mean for u.s. politics going forward. every state every ballot issue every candidate has a pivotal role to play in these midterm elections some campaigns could prove to be a bellwether for where the country is headed as a whole let s take a look now at just a few examples will begin in texas one of the most populous states in the nation and currently the biggest solidly republican voting state texas hasn t elected a democratic senator since one nine hundred eighty eight now bit over ark a democratic upstart is challenging incumbent republican ted cruz and for such a red state the race has become unusually competitive cruz is still ahead in the polls but her work has attracted national attention. even if beto recluses
that we re talking about didn t know the year, the time, the place. professor blasey ford got before the senate and was asked what is the worst moment and she said when the two boys laughed at me, at my expense, and then i watched you mimic her and thousands of people were latching at her. they can do what they i will tell you this. the way now justice kavanaugh was treated has become a big factor in the midterms. have you seen what s gone on with the polls? but did you have to well, i think she was treated with great respect. i ll be honest. do you think she shouldn t have been do you think you treated her with great respect? i think so. i did. you seem to be saying she lied. you know what? i m not going to get into it because we won. it doesn t matter. we won. wow. is there a sense, i mean, i feel like a lot of the reporting
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residency. that s how it should have unfolded perhaps the standards were different then. are we cursed to live in this hillary versus trump world? i don t think we are. it feels that way. i spent a lot of my life with it and covered hillary clinton s campaign and many years focused on hillary clinton but i think that the me too movement meant their period on the stage that s over, it s more over. that she, they are not right with this moment in the democratic party. they are not where the grass roots of this party is. they are not where certainly the women that provided a lot of the momentum and energy behind the mid materialterm elections. i had the senator tell me recently that she does not believe that anyone who, any