hey, have a good rest of the day. outnumbered starts right now. let s begin with a fox news alert, the stakes are high today as voters are headed to the polls for primaries in several states. ohio s special election is getting some special attention. the house race for a seat the gop has held for decades is viewed as a big test for president trump s kingmaking abilities. or queenmaking. and may give us a preview of how the mid-term elections will shape up. you re watching outnumbered on a tuesday. i m harris faulkner, melissa francis, senior fellow for the independent women s voice, syndicated radio talk show host and fox news contributor and opinionist, leslie markel. joining us, fox & friends weekend co-host pete hegseth
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When brownback was appointed to the ambassadorship. we ll see what happens. i m looking at kansas three biggest, socialist endorsed, and cortez f that person wins, then that seat may be a wash for democrats. can i ask you a quick followup. most people say if the president is going to get bee 450i7bd you, it doesn t matter what he does, he s behind you. but it is close to election night. what do you think of the timing? i think it could help them, but what was the delay? i don t know. but the concern for party leadership, the establishment, whatever, they re looking at this kansas race, the concern is that it may be competitive f you look at the governor s races across the country there are 36, republicans defending, i think, 26 of those races. republicans are on the defense when it comes to the cubetorial
Kobach pushing back today, watch. this is definitely an establishment insider incumbent versus conservative. but those same voices were the people saying president trump should never get the nomination, there s no way he can beat hillary clinton. he s too outspoken. the same argument he made against me. i don t think it ll wash. this one is different. the washington post sums it up this way. one of the first things election insiders say, endorsement of the candidate they don t want to win happens. trump has a lot more to prove in a way he hasn t before. i would say the endorsement came yesterday, the primary is tonight. we ll see how much time there is for that to make that much of an impact. he s running against the current governor, jeff koler in, tapped