next with a debate between the candidates in illinois 13th congressional district. incumbent rodney davis and democratic challenger betsy dirksen londrigan faced in our banner. this is about an hour. from the university of illinois, a debate between candidates for the 13th congressional district. brought to you by illinois public media. good evening. welcome to the 13th congressional district debate. i am host of the 21st on illinois public media. this district is one of the largest in central illinois. it stretches from east central illinois to the mississippi river in the west and down to the suburbs of st. louis. tonight, incumbent republican representative rodney davis faces his democratic challenger, betsy dirksen londrigan. on behalf of illinois public media, i would like to thank the partners who make tonight s debate possible. the league of women voters are our timekeepers. we will also follow league guidelines and have the candidates keep the focus on their own
by republican scott perry and the 16th district which is in the northwest corner of the state in erie county represented currently by republican mike kelly. and these are two districts that are pretty republican. president trump won them by nine points in the harrisburg district, by more than twenty out in i the warren pennsylvania district.ct but they re both races where some polling has showed pretty tight the contest the especially in the one outside of harrisburg. democratic national groups are starting to put some money into those races. and really those are the kind of reach districts where democrats manage to win those, those could really be the sign that they re not just winning toss-ups, but that there might actually be a wave on. if there s going to be a wave, those might be two of the first places that we see it. host: looking at the 10th district, if the state did well for donald trump, why is scott perry having the issues that he has? guest: well, there s a f
primary source for campaign 2018. our coverage continues with a debate between the candidates for governor in mccain. congress man tim walters, and jim johnson. the current governor, mark dayton, is not run fog a third term. thank you, and thank you everyone for joining us tonight. we are so glad you are here watching. gentlemen, thank you for being with us. we hope to provide a helpful service tonight and answer your questions over the increases hour. we do begin with opening statements from both candidates on why they are running for the governor s office rsm are good evening and thank you for tuning. i am a public school teacher and football coach from mankato. i served 24 years in our armed forces. i am a husband and dad to quinn and hope. i am running for governor of minnesota because i believe deeply in the promise. when we come together there, is no challenge too great. our future is bright and together we can make it happen. thank you. mr. johnson? thank you a
voting system since 2018 with john fortier. then, susan macmanus from the university of south florida talks about the political dynamics of florida ahead of next week s midterm elections. trump: at this very moment, large, unorganized caravans of migrants are marching toward our southern border. some people call it an invasion. it is like an invasion. host: good morning, everyone. with the midterm election days away, the new york times and washington post are calling the president s immigration rhetoric his closing argument to voters. is it working? if you agree with the president s immigration stance, dial-in 202-748-8000. if you oppose, 202-748-8001. immigrants only this morning, we want to hear from you, 202-748-8002. that is your line. you can join us on twitter @cspanwj or go to facebook.com/cspan. we will get to your calls in just a minute. do you support or oppose the president s rhetoric and that third line for immigrants. a little bit more from president trump at t
explain the breakdown and what impact that could have. guest: to put it mildly, we are pretty much a tight state. we have the closest cap between democrats and republicans in state history. 35%registered democrats, registered republicans, 37% no very affiliation divided state. host: who could make the difference in some of these key senate and house races, and also the gubernatorial race? guest: we are closely watching the group that has no party affiliation. a sizable portion has the three youngest generations, generation x, the millennials, and z.eration they have the clout to affect a lot of these races. will be theiron turnout. millions have been spent in this state to register young voters and hire people on the ground to try to get them to the polls. so we shall see. the most competitive state in the country, the purple list of purple states. host: take a look at the registration of young voters. generation ask makes up millennials, 24% and the cash hashtag generat