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
provisional ballots still have be counted. and although balderson is claiming victory o connor is not conceding. i d like to thank president trump. america is on the right path, and we re going to keep it going that way. over the next three months i m going to do everything i can to keep america great again. as we see division and discord tearing apart our country we must remember that each and every one of us are god s children and that all of us need to be treated with dignity and respect. and i think we could use a lot more of that spirit in washington these days. scott lucas is a professor of international politics at the university of birmingham in england. he joins us now live. good to have you with us. thank you. so let s focus on this major contest, the ohio special election in the 12th