won by 20 points in 2016. welcome to the president to kansas last month for a big rally in topeka. the president is well-liked in kansas. certainly helped me in the primary. it s going to help in the general election too. a lot of these gubernatorial races in some ways a referendum on the president. there is a third party candidate in this race, third party candidate greg gorman asking voters to have the courage to vote for him. we have to vote for what we hope for. drawing enough support to impact the contest, though right now polling shows have been truly further behind. bret? bret: live in wichita, kansas. next up, we ll bring in a new panel to talk about the midterm elections and look at some specific races. a partner
dana: democrat james thompson one of the winners last night claiming victory in his kansas primary after a boost from bernie sanders and alexandria ocasio-cortez. thompson, however, fairing better than many candidates backed by the progressive duo with several others losing their races last night. i m joined by meredith kelly communications director for the democratic director. great to have you on again. meredith, let me start with you. we will get to ohio 1 in a moment. overall, your feelings about last night. thanks for having me, dana. overall last night was a very exciting night for democrats and our prospects for winning back the house in november. i couldn t be more confident that we will do so. candidates that fit their districts from washington to kansas to michigan were the nominees last night and that s because they are talking to voters about lowering the price of
election opponents in a whole host of key races from missouri to washington to kansas. the backers of a more diverse party had reason to cheer in kansas where charisse and david it beat out five opponents, one who had worked for bernie sanders. but amid perceived division party lines cleared. there are a lot of different issue areas and ways to achieve different policy goals but when it comes to the end of the day, democrats want to win in 2018. the fight for the soul of democratic party isn t about etiology. and a new study finds the methods a real challenge for socialists, with free college and guaranteed employment with tally up to a cost of $42 trillion over the next ten years. that s according to a study by the right leading manhattan institute. there will be a healthy
our numbers really surged. president trump came in and put troy balderston over the edge. and we did win in ohio. the president really took a leading effort in getting the word out and helping us get the work word out. sandy pencil was defeated in michigan and he now faces senator debbie stabenow in the general. in kansas, the state secretary of state chris kovach squeaked ahead of incumbent jeff collier in the gubernatorial primary after an 11th hour endorsement from president trump. this race is also still too close to call but, he says with 90 days to go until the general company can t afford to stop campaigning. it s imperative that we begin running, understanding that this is a tentative victory and that in carrying the baton for the
the new owners to peck it up. to pick it up. drat particular dramatic video as a man battles two burglars who threaten him with a a sawed off shotgun. that tops our news across america. pennsylvania, the victim says he was ordering takeout at a chinese restaurant in philadelphia when two guys walked in and robbed him. the surveillance video shows one of them holding him at gunpoint while the other steals his wallet, keys and belt jie. we wrestled for the gun and started fighting. the second male with the dredlocks is telling him, shoot him. kill him. he managed to grab the shotgun and break free from the attackers. at last check they were still looking for the suspects. in colorado, a fire broke out on a railroad bridge east of denver. authorities say it happened on a line that connects the city to kansas. the incident delaying several trains as inspectors check out the damage. no word on the cause.