martha: both candidates are here to answer questions from their state. bret: this is the ohio town hall. [cheers and applause] martha: good crowd. bret: welcome to columbus, ohio. i m bret baier with a great crowd. martha: we have great crowd here tone. i m martha mccallum. bret: welcome to a special edition from special report limited commercial interruptions tunnel 2 towers. we are coming to you tonight live from the fives event venue. mash march tim ryan and j.d. vance will both join us live here in a moment. both nominees will have equal time and our audience of republicans and democrats and independents will be asking them questions throughout. bret: first, we want to give you a look at some of the other headlines today. the latest fox news power ranks shows republicans with 49 possible seats in the senate after next week s midterms. those are the projections. democrats 47. four races we call toss-ups. we have shifted two contests towards republican c
feel like a same team. that s one of the great things. bret: that s leaves us for our last question and that is it s more of a process question and it s a little in d.c. question. but it comes from twitter. a twitter question here that says: will j.d. vance vote for leader mcconnell for g.o.p. leader in the senate? it will be one of your first votes as u.s. j.d. vance: maybe my first vote: i m certainly not voting for chuck schumer. that s my view. [applause] look, i expect to win this senate seat. i m certainly working my rear end off for the next seven days to win this seat. if mitch mcconnell is the only person that runs, that makes it a very easy decision, okay? we will see what happens when i get to washington, d.c. but, at the end of the day, i m going to represent the people of ohio and i plan to be an independent voice for the people of ohio. whether you are republican, whether you are a democrat, whether you are an independent, nobody is going to own my vote card. nobody i