Been reliably red for three decades. But baldersons team says he was able to hold his own and do well enough to eke out a win. And hes paid special thanks to President Trump. Id like to thank President Trump. America is on the right path, and were going to keep it going that way. Reporter again, this was a race that too close to comfort for many republicans, and its a race thats soon to be repeated. Both candidates will face each other again come november. Jason carol reporting there. Well, Democrat Danny Oconnor was up beat when he spoke to his supporters late tuesday, and he took a swipe at President Trump. We made our case for change. Were going to make that case tomorrow. Were not stopping now. Tomorrow we rest, and then we keep fighting through to
A recap of the days news. Gets checked. 8,500 votes roughly still to be counted and sorted out. The Secretary Of State says 5,048 outstanding Absentee Ballots, 3,500 provisional ballots. The question is does it change this . In most elec
the point i just made, donald trump may claim credit he s reshaping american politics and has made the rules different, but he s not the only factor in play here. and indeed it is more possible the more donald trump says that the more it may galvanize people to come out and vote for the opponents in november. donald trump, let s face it, he intervened for a republican named roy moore in november and the republicans got tossed on their backside. we ll have to see whether he s a positive or negative for the gop in november. there s still nearly 8,500 absentee ballots and provisional ballots to be counted. do you think it could change things as they stand? i think this is right cnn is not calling this, but it is a task for o connor. he s got to have about a 25% margin amongst those absentee and provisional ballots to be able to overhaul the lead.
and again all over the country. it s really nationalizing american politics. every race, everywhere is going to be a national contest about donald trump. bill snyder, always great to get your analysis. there is another nail-biter right now in the republican primary in kansas, another trump backed candidate chris kobach is neck and neck with jeff colyer. you may remember donald trump picked kobach to investigate nationwide claims of voter fraud, but that commission found noeds of that. either kobach or colyer will face laura kelly in november. and in missouri republican state attorney general josh hawley will face two-term incumbent claire mccaskill in november,