WEBVTT 00:04.137 --> 00:07.307 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% >> THIS IS NC SPIN, AN UNREHEARSED DISCUSSION ON 00:07.440 --> 00:10.143 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% ISSUES OF INTEREST TO NORTH CAROLINIANS. NOW, HERE'S 00:10.276 --> 00:13.480 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% YOUR MODERATOR, TOM CAMPBELL. 00:14.481 --> 00:16.716 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% >> THANK YOU FOR TUNING IN THIS WEEK'S NC SPIN. A RECORD 00:16.850 --> 00:19.819 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% SHATTERING NUMBER OF VOTERS IS TURNING OUT TO CAST BALLOTS IN 00:19.953 --> 00:22.622 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% PERSON OR BY MAIL. WHY SO MANY? 00:22.756 --> 00:24.224 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% AND WHICH PARTY DOES IT BENEFIT? 00:24.357 --> 00:27.260 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% WE ASK OUR PANEL TO GIVE YOU THEIR SPIN ON THIS AND OTHER 00:27.394 --> 00:31.197 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% ELECTION NEWS. AND WE GO DEEP IN LOOKING AT LEGISLATIVE RACES 00:31.331 --> 00:34.634 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% AND GIVE OUR TAKE ON WHO MIGHT CONTROL OUR HOUSE AND SENATE 00:34.768 --> 00:37.937 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% COME JANUARY. OUR PANEL THIS WEEK INCLUDES: 00:38.071 --> 00:42.108 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% ANNA BEAVON GRAVELY, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF NC FREE. 00:42.242 --> 00:44.277 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% DENNIS WICKER, FORMER LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR OF NORTH 00:44.411 --> 00:45.779 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% CAROLINA. 00:45.912 --> 00:50.216 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% JOHN HOOD, SYNDICATED COLUMNIST AND AUTHOR. AND CHRIS FITZSIMON, 00:50.350 --> 00:53.253 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% DIRECTOR OF THE STATE'S NEWSROOM. WE'LL BEGIN OUR 00:53.386 --> 00:56.322 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% UNINTERRUPTED DISCUSSION AFTER THESE BRIEF MESSAGES FROM OUR 00:56.456 --> 00:58.058 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% UNDERWRITERS. 00:58.191 --> 01:01.728 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% >> YOUR LIFE IS MORE FLEXIBLE AND EFFICIENT THAN EVER. AND 01:01.861 --> 01:04.831 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% YOUR ENERGY IS TOO. SEE HOW NORTH CAROLINA'S ELECTRIC 01:04.964 --> 01:07.467 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% COOPERATIVES ARE BUILDING A BRIGHTER FUTURE FOR THE RURAL 01:07.600 --> 01:11.171 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% COMMUNITIES WE SERVE AT: NC ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES.COM 01:11.304 --> 01:14.941 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% /BRIGHTER >> THE BIG ISSUE IN 2020 IS 01:15.075 --> 01:17.510 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% HEALTH CARE, LET'S TALK BASICS. 01:17.644 --> 01:20.747 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% YOU ARE THE KEY TO YOUR OWN PERSONAL HEALTH, BUT THERE'S 01:20.880 --> 01:23.283 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% STRONG EVIDENCE THAT IF YOU HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE 01:23.416 --> 01:26.953 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% FAMILY PHYSICIAN, YOUR QUALITY OF LIFE WILL BE BETTER. YOU'LL 01:27.087 --> 01:31.124 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% LIKELY LIVE LONGER AND YOU'LL HAVE 33% LOWER HEALTH CARE 01:31.257 --> 01:35.795 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% COSTS. YOUR FAMILY DOCTOR KNOWS YOU, HAS YOUR MEDICAL HISTORY, 01:35.929 --> 01:39.699 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% AND CAN QUICKLY DIAGNOSE HEALTH PROBLEMS. FAMILY PHYSICIANS, 01:39.833 --> 01:43.470 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% YOUR TRUSTED HEALTHCARE ADVISOR FOR LIFE. 01:43.603 --> 01:45.038 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% >> LET'S BEGIN THE SPIN. 01:45.171 --> 01:47.740 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% BEFORE WE GET TO THE LEGISLATIVE RACES, THERE ARE 01:47.874 --> 01:50.009 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% ELECTION DEVELOPMENTS WE NEED TO DISCUSS. DENNIS, I WANT TO 01:50.143 --> 01:54.214 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% ASK YOU WELL OVER 2.1 MILLION VOTERS HAVE ALREADY CAST THEIR 01:54.347 --> 01:57.684 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% BALLOTS EITHER IN PERSON AT EARLY VOTING SITES OR BY MAIL, 01:57.817 --> 02:00.887 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THIS IS A RECORD NUMBER. WHY ARE SO MANY SO MOTIVATED TO 02:01.020 --> 02:03.723 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% VOTE SO EARLY? 02:03.857 --> 02:06.526 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% >> TOM, THERE ARE MANY REASONS I SUSPECT WHY PEOPLE ARE 02:06.659 --> 02:10.597 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% TURNING OUT IN RECORD PACE OF THIS ELECTION. 02:10.730 --> 02:14.501 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% BUT I THINK THE MAIN ONES ARE FIRST, THIS IS REALLY A 02:14.634 --> 02:17.303 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% NATIONAL ELECTION I THINK IT'S A REFERENDUM ON PRESIDENT 02:17.437 --> 02:18.571 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% TRUMP. 02:18.705 --> 02:21.141 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% NUMBER 2, THERE ARE CLEAR CHOICES BETWEEN THE 2 02:21.274 --> 02:23.042 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES. 02:23.176 --> 02:26.946 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% I THINK THAT ENERGIZES THE BASE OF BOTH PARTIES. 02:27.080 --> 02:31.484 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% 3, I THINK THAT THERE'S A CONGRESSIONAL AND LEGISLATIVE 02:31.618 --> 02:34.354 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% REDISTRICTING GOING ON THIS YEAR NEXT YEAR WHEN THE 02:34.487 --> 02:37.090 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% LEGISLATURE MEETS THE LEGISLATURES ACROSS THE 02:37.223 --> 02:40.093 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% COUNTRY. AND 4, OF COURSE, THERE'S THE PANDEMIC. 02:40.226 --> 02:44.330 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% AND PEOPLE WANT TO BEAT THE CROWDS COMING TO THE POLLS 02:44.464 --> 02:47.267 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% ON ELECTION DAY SO THEY ARE VOTING EARLY. SO, I 02:47.400 --> 02:49.702 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% WOULD SAY THIS - HERE'S WHAT I THINK THE DEAL IS THE 02:49.836 --> 02:51.304 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% BOTTOM LINE. 02:51.437 --> 02:57.477 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% USUALLY HIGH VOTER TURNOUT IS NOT A POSITIVE FOR THE 02:57.610 --> 02:59.746 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% PARTY THAT'S IN POWER. 02:59.879 --> 03:02.949 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% AND SO I THINK PEOPLE REALLY ARE 03:03.082 --> 03:08.855 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% LOOKING FOR CHANGE IN DIRECTION. WE'LL SEE. 03:08.988 --> 03:14.427 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% >> A.B., 80% OF THE VOTE WILL BE IN - IT WILL BE IN 03:14.561 --> 03:18.932 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THE BARN, SO TO SPEAK BY ELECTION DAY. DOES THIS MEAN YOU 03:19.065 --> 03:22.936 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET ELECTION RETURNS 03:23.069 --> 03:24.370 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% NOVEMBER 3RD? 03:24.504 --> 03:26.906 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% >> IT DEFINITELY INCREASES THE LIKELIHOOD OF US GETTING FULL 03:27.040 --> 03:31.077 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% RESULTS THAT NIGHT. MY BIG CONCERN AND THE THING THAT I 03:31.211 --> 03:33.913 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THINK IS GOING TO REALLY HOLD THINGS UP IS THE LITIGATION 03:34.047 --> 03:38.151 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% AROUND THE RESULTS IN THESE ELECTIONS. 03:38.284 --> 03:42.155 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% >> OF THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE VOTED WE NOW HAVE SOME DEMOGRAPHIC 03:42.288 --> 03:47.460 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% INFORMATION. 42% OF THEM ARE DEMOCRATS, 29% OF THEM ARE 03:47.594 --> 03:53.166 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% REPUBLICANS, 29% ARE UNAFFILIATED. WOMEN MAKE UP 53% 03:53.299 --> 03:56.603 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% OF THOSE CASTING EARLY VOTES, AND BLACKS 21%. DO THESE 03:56.736 --> 04:01.307 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% STATISTICS SWAY YOU ONE WAY OR THE OTHER AS TO WHAT THE 04:01.441 --> 04:03.343 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% OUTCOME MIGHT BE? 04:03.476 --> 04:05.278 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% >> WELL, I MEAN I DO THINK I AGREE WITH DENNIS A LITTLE BIT, 04:05.411 --> 04:09.949 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% I THINK IT FEELS A LITTLE BIT LIKE THIS IS A DEMOCRATIC 04:10.083 --> 04:12.218 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% ENTHUSIASM, MAYBE A LITTLE HIGHER. BUT REMEMBER MORE 04:12.352 --> 04:15.088 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% DEMOCRATS ARE LIKELY TO VOTE EARLY AND VOTE ABSENTEE THAN 04:15.221 --> 04:16.489 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% REPUBLICANS. 04:16.623 --> 04:18.825 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN VOTE IS A LITTLE HIGHER, I THINK THAN 04:18.958 --> 04:21.461 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THAN YOU KNOW PEOPLE MIGHT HAVE EXPECTED BUT MAYBE WE'LL SEE 04:21.594 --> 04:24.264 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% WHAT THE OVERALL PERCENTAGE IS WHEN ALL THE VOTES ARE TALLIED 04:24.397 --> 04:27.033 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% I DO THINK IT'S FASCINATING THAT WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE 04:27.166 --> 04:30.703 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% PRETTY SOON GOING TO HAVE OVER 50% OF THE ELIGIBLE VOTERS 04:30.837 --> 04:33.539 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% IN NORTH CAROLINA, NOT - I MEAN REGISTERED VOTERS 04:33.673 --> 04:36.976 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% ACTUALLY VOTE EARLY. SO IT'S SORT OF ASTOUNDING. I THINK THE 04:37.110 --> 04:40.179 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% PANDEMIC PLAYS A BIG ROLE IN THIS. A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE 04:40.313 --> 04:42.548 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% CONCERNED, THE CASES ARE STILL GOING UP, THEY'RE WORRIED THAT 04:42.682 --> 04:45.818 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THE CLOSER WE GET. SO IT'S A FASCINATING ELECTION YEAR. 04:45.952 --> 04:48.788 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% I DO THINK THERE'S A LOT MORE ENTHUSIASM ON ONE SIDE HOWEVER. 04:48.921 --> 04:51.457 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% >> JOHN, WE TALK ABOUT THIS EVERY WEEK. BUT THERE'S MORE 04:51.591 --> 04:55.762 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% NEWS THIS WEEK. SOME 10,000 OF THESE BALLOTS ARE WHAT THEY 04:55.895 --> 04:58.731 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% CALLED SOILED BALLOTS, MEANING THEY DON'T HAVE WITNESS 04:58.865 --> 05:04.270 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% SIGNATURES OR SOME OTHER IMPERFECTION. IS THERE GOING TO 05:04.404 --> 05:09.509 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% BE ANY REDRESS FOR THESE PEOPLE WITH THE SPOILED BALLOTS? 05:09.642 --> 05:14.347 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% CAN WE GET THE BALLOTS, NEW BALLOTS OUT TO THEM AND BACK IN 05:14.480 --> 05:15.982 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% TIME FOR NOVEMBER 3RD? 05:16.115 --> 05:18.685 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% >> YES, THIS THIS ISSUE HAS NOW BEEN RESOLVED, IT'S NO LONGER 05:18.818 --> 05:21.654 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% BEING LITIGATED THERE'S A FULL AGREEMENT ON ALL PARTIES. 05:21.788 --> 05:24.657 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THE PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE WITNESS SIGNATURES - 05:24.791 --> 05:27.026 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THOSE KINDS OF THINGS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO CAST A NEW BALLOT. 05:27.160 --> 05:29.329 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% BUT THERE'S TIME TO DO THAT, AND THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS IS 05:29.462 --> 05:32.031 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% REACHING OUT TO THEM. AND THEN FOR OTHER KINDS OF MINOR 05:32.165 --> 05:35.768 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% PROBLEMS INFORMATION ON THE WRONG LINE, THERE IS AN 05:35.902 --> 05:39.138 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% ATTESTATION SOLUTION. LET ME JUST SAY, REAL QUICK, ABOUT THE 05:39.272 --> 05:40.673 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% CURRENT EARLY VOTE NUMBERS. 05:40.807 --> 05:43.910 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% I COULDN'T DISAGREE MORE WITH CHRIS ABOUT WHAT THEY MEAN. 05:44.043 --> 05:46.346 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% I'M NOT SURE THAT THEY MEAN THE REPUBLICANS ARE DOING GREAT, 05:46.479 --> 05:48.715 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% BUT IT CERTAINLY IS NOT GOOD FOR THE DEMOCRATS. THEY'RE DOWN 05:48.848 --> 05:51.417 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% FROM 4 YEARS AGO, THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN PERCENTAGE IS 05:51.551 --> 05:53.519 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% LOWER THAN IT WAS 4 YEARS AGO. 05:53.653 --> 05:57.890 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% NOW, THERE ARE SOME REASONS TO THINK THE REPUBLICANS SORT OF 05:58.024 --> 06:01.661 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% EARLY ENTHUSIASM OR SATISFACTION WITH THESE NUMBERS 06:01.794 --> 06:04.664 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% IS A BIT PREMATURE. BUT DEMOCRATS DON'T FEEL GOOD ABOUT 06:04.797 --> 06:07.734 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THESE NUMBERS THEY THEY LOOK A LITTLE SCARY RIGHT NOW. 06:07.867 --> 06:10.770 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% >> DENNIS, LET'S LOOK AT THAT SENATE RACE. IT'S THE MOST 06:10.903 --> 06:14.407 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% EXPENSIVE US SENATE RACE IN THE COUNTRY, SOMETHING 06:14.540 --> 06:17.477 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% LIKE OVER $340 MILLION. 06:17.610 --> 06:19.579 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% HAS BEEN SPENT ON THIS RACE. 06:19.712 --> 06:23.116 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THE RACE IS STILL CLOSE, ACCORDING TO POLLS. THE LATEST 06:23.249 --> 06:28.621 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% ECU POLL WAS OUT THIS WEEK, AND IT SHOWED A VERY CLOSE RACE. 06:28.755 --> 06:32.291 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% CUNNINGHAM IS LEADING SLIGHTLY. 06:32.425 --> 06:36.996 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% BUT THERE ARE MEMBERS OF THE FAR RIGHT REPUBLICANS WHO JUST 06:37.130 --> 06:38.598 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% AREN'T HAPPY WITH TOM TILLIS. 06:38.731 --> 06:42.235 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% IS THAT GOING TO HAVE AN IMPACT? 06:42.368 --> 06:45.204 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% >> I THINK IT'S GOING TO HAVE AN IMPACT. AS I TALK TO MY 06:45.338 --> 06:49.409 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% REPUBLICAN FRIENDS, THEY JUST QUITE DON'T UNDERSTAND 06:49.542 --> 06:52.712 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% WHY THE FAR RIGHT DOES NOT EMBRACE THOM TILLIS IN THIS 06:52.845 --> 06:56.883 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% ELECTION. IS VERY OBVIOUS TO THEM THAT THEY HAVE NOT. 06:57.016 --> 07:02.355 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THAT'S NOT GOING TO HELP THE SENATOR. AND DESPITE THE 07:02.488 --> 07:06.692 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% SCANDAL THAT CUNNINGHAM HAS FACED, HE IS APPARENTLY 07:06.826 --> 07:08.694 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% SURVIVING THAT SO FAR. 07:08.828 --> 07:11.497 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% IT'S A VERY STRANGE ELECTION AND THE MONEY THEY 07:11.631 --> 07:13.699 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% HAVE RAISED AS MIND BLOWING TO ME. 07:13.833 --> 07:18.204 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% >> IT IS, INDEED. A.B., THIS IS A VERY VERY LONG BALLOT. WHEN I 07:18.337 --> 07:22.308 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% WENT TO VOTE, I HEARD PEOPLE SAYING THEY JUST ZIPPED IN AND 07:22.442 --> 07:24.911 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% ZIPPED OUT. I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY DID IT BECAUSE IT'S A 07:25.044 --> 07:27.346 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% PRETTY LONG BALLOT. ARE VOTERS GOING TO GET ALL THE WAY TO THE 07:27.480 --> 07:30.183 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% END ARE WE GOING TO HAVE VOTER FATIGUE AND THEY'RE JUST GOING 07:30.316 --> 07:33.753 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% TO FORGET SOME OF THE THE RACES DOWN AT THE BOTTOM? 07:33.886 --> 07:35.788 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% >> WELL, I KNOW THAT THE PEOPLE AT THE END OF THE BALLOT ARE 07:35.922 --> 07:39.459 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% VERY MUCH HOPING THAT VOTERS GET TO THE END AND CAN CAST 07:39.592 --> 07:42.862 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THEIR VOTE FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS. I THINK THERE'S A 07:42.995 --> 07:47.066 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% LOT OF ENERGY AROUND NOT JUST THE TOP OF THE TICKET, BUT ALSO 07:47.200 --> 07:50.269 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THOSE AT THE BOTTOM SPECIFICALLY THE JUDGES. 07:50.403 --> 07:53.306 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THERE'S BEEN A LOT MORE ADVERTISING FOR JUDGES AND 07:53.439 --> 07:56.776 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THEY'RE ON THE BALLOT FOR THE FIRST TIME, FOR MANY OF THESE 07:56.909 --> 07:59.645 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% CANDIDATES, FIRST TIME WITH A PARTY AFFILIATION. 07:59.779 --> 08:03.716 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% >> LET'S MOVE THE LEGISLATIVE RACES. ALL 120 SEATS IN THE 08:03.850 --> 08:06.319 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ARE UP FOR ELECTION, CURRENTLY THEY'RE 08:06.452 --> 08:09.956 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% 65 REPUBLICANS, 55 DEMOCRATS. 08:10.089 --> 08:13.426 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% DEMOCRATS WOULD LIKE TO TAKE CONTROL OF THE HOUSE, BUT AT 08:13.559 --> 08:16.496 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THE MINIMUM THEY WANT TO KEEP THE VETO PROOF MAJORITY THEY 08:16.629 --> 08:21.434 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% NOW HOLD. LET ME JUST EXPLAIN TO OUR VIEWERS THAT THIS 08:21.567 --> 08:25.605 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% PANEL HAS WORKED COOPERATIVELY TOGETHER THROUGHOUT THE WEEK, 08:25.738 --> 08:28.608 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% NOT FROM A STANDPOINT OF TALKING ABOUT INDIVIDUAL 08:28.741 --> 08:32.445 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% CANDIDATES IN INDIVIDUAL RACES, BUT TO TRY TO HELP IDENTIFY 08:32.578 --> 08:36.849 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THOSE RACES WE FELT LIKE WERE MOST SIGNIFICANT, AND MIGHT HAVE 08:36.983 --> 08:40.686 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% SOME ULTIMATE IMPACT OVER THE ELECTION. NO WAY WE CAN COVER 08:40.820 --> 08:43.856 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% 120 OF THEM. BUT WE DO WANT TO GET SOME OF THE ONES THAT WE 08:43.990 --> 08:47.360 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THINK MAY BE FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT. LET'S GET STARTED 08:47.493 --> 08:50.296 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% ON THAT. CHRIS FITZSIMON, LET'S GO UP TO NORTHEASTERN NORTH 08:50.429 --> 08:54.400 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% CAROLINA DISTRICT 1. ED GOODWIN IS FACING EMILY BUNCH 08:54.534 --> 08:56.102 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% NICHOLSON, THE DEMOCRAT. 08:56.235 --> 08:57.703 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% GOODWIN IS A REPUBLICAN. 08:57.837 --> 09:01.741 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THAT RACE HOW DO WE HANDICAP? 09:01.874 --> 09:03.809 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% >> IT'S AN INTERESTING RACE. 09:03.943 --> 09:05.645 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% ED GOODWIN IS A FIRST TERM INCUMBENT 09:05.778 --> 09:08.481 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% WHICH ALWAYS - THAT'S WHEN YOU'RE THE MOST VULNERABLE AS A 09:08.614 --> 09:11.551 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% AS A LEGISLATOR RUNNING, IT'S A RETIRED MILITARY PERSON 09:11.684 --> 09:14.387 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% RUNNING AGAINST EMILY BUNCH NICHOLSON, HER FIRST EFFORT 09:14.520 --> 09:15.922 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% RUNNING FOR OFFICE. 09:16.055 --> 09:18.691 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% A MOTHER OF 3. THE NORTHEAST IS THE PLACE, WE'LL 09:18.824 --> 09:20.893 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% TALK ABOUT THAT LATER IN THE SENATE RACE, THE DEMOCRATS 09:21.027 --> 09:23.863 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% BELIEVE THEY CAN POSSIBLY GAIN BOTH IN THE HOUSE AND THE 09:23.996 --> 09:26.332 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% SENATE. ONE OF THE INTERESTING AREAS OF THE STATE WE HAVE TO 09:26.465 --> 09:27.800 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% WATCH ON ELECTION NIGHT. 09:27.934 --> 09:31.203 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% >> FOR MANY YEARS, IT WAS SOLID DEMOCRATIC, THEN IT WENT SOLID 09:31.337 --> 09:34.507 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% REPUBLICAN. ANNA BEAVON, LET'S MOVE THE PITT COUNTY. THIS IS AN 09:34.640 --> 09:38.544 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% INTERESTING RACE. THIS IS GREG MURPHY'S OLD SEAT. BRIAN FARKAS 09:38.678 --> 09:43.482 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% IS FACING PERRON JONES. PERRON WAS APPOINTED TO REPLACE GREG 09:43.616 --> 09:45.151 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% WHEN HE RAN FOR THE CONGRESS. 09:45.284 --> 09:50.156 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THIS SEAT NOW LEANS, SORT OF, DEMOCRATIC, DOESN'T IT? 09:50.289 --> 09:53.059 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% >> IT DOES. ONE THING THAT I FIND REALLY INTERESTING ABOUT 09:53.192 --> 09:56.629 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THIS RACE IS THAT - THIS IS CERTAINLY A BELLWETHER RACE 09:56.762 --> 10:00.900 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% IN THE HOUSE. AND THERE'S A LOT OF SUPPORT AND ENERGY FROM THE 10:01.033 --> 10:05.404 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% HOUSE CAUCUS FOR DOCTOR PERRON JONES TO HOLD THIS SEAT, 10:05.538 --> 10:08.341 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% HE'S BEEN REALLY INSTRUMENTAL AND ALL OF THE COVID 10:08.474 --> 10:12.144 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% CONVERSATIONS AT A STATE LEVEL. BUT BRIAN FARKAS IS THE 10:12.278 --> 10:16.048 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% CANDIDATE THAT HAS BEEN BACKED HEAVILY BY NEARLY EVERY GROUP 10:16.182 --> 10:17.717 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE FIGHT. 10:17.850 --> 10:20.319 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% >> JOHN LET'S MOVE NOW TO DISTRICT 12, THAT'S LENOIR IN 10:20.453 --> 10:23.623 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% PITT COUNTY. WE'RE STILL IN THAT AREA. CHRIS HUMPHREY IS THE 10:23.756 --> 10:27.126 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% INCUMBENT RUNNING AGAINST VIRGINIA COX DAUGHTRY. THIS IS 10:27.259 --> 10:30.863 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% A RELATIVELY NEWLY REDRAWN DISTRICT. IS IT STILL LEANING 10:30.997 --> 10:32.198 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% REPUBLICAN? 10:32.331 --> 10:35.801 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% >> YES, I'D BE VERY SURPRISED IF THIS PARTICULAR RACE 10:35.935 --> 10:37.169 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% GOES DEMOCRATIC. 10:37.303 --> 10:40.539 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% I MENTIONED EARLIER THAT STATEWIDE THE SHARE AND NOT THE 10:40.673 --> 10:43.442 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% TOTAL VOTES, BUT THE SHARE OF THE VOTES CAST BY DEMOCRATS 10:43.576 --> 10:46.245 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% EARLY IS ACTUALLY LOWER THAN 4 YEARS AGO. THE REPUBLICAN 10:46.379 --> 10:49.548 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% NUMBERS NOT MUCH DIFFERENT THAN 4 YEARS AGO. BUT IF YOU LOOK AT 10:49.682 --> 10:52.251 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% PARTICULAR LOCATIONS AND I THINK THIS IS ONE OF THEM. 10:52.385 --> 10:54.186 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% I THINK REPUBLICANS ARE REASONABLY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT 10:54.320 --> 10:55.421 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THIS RACE. 10:55.554 --> 10:58.157 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% >> DENNIS LET'S MOVE OVER TO DISTRICT 24, THAT'S 10:58.290 --> 10:59.425 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% IN WILSON COUNTY. 10:59.558 --> 11:02.428 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% LINDA COOPER SUGGS IS RUNNING AGAINST MICK RANKIN. 11:02.561 --> 11:06.332 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% AND THIS WAS THE FORMER BUTTERFIELD SEAT. WHAT DO WE 11:06.465 --> 11:08.668 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% KNOW ABOUT THAT ONE, 24? 11:08.801 --> 11:13.572 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% >> WELL, I THINK THIS SEAT IS MORE OF AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN 11:13.706 --> 11:16.042 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% DISTRICT AND THEN NOT. 11:16.175 --> 11:20.413 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% AND OF COURSE BUTTERFIELD WAS AFRICAN-AMERICAN. I WOULD - 11:20.546 --> 11:25.618 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% I WOULD EDGE THIS RACE TOWARD THE D, THE DEMOCRATS. 11:25.751 --> 11:27.319 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% BECAUSE OF THAT FACTOR. 11:27.453 --> 11:29.789 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% >> ALL RIGHT. A.B., IN WAKE COUNTY, INTERESTING 11:29.922 --> 11:33.225 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% RACE. SYDNEY BATCH THE DEMOCRAT IS RUNNING AGAINST 11:33.359 --> 11:36.862 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% ERIN - I THINK I'M PRONOUNCING THIS CORRECT - PARÉÉ, THE 11:36.996 --> 11:39.031 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% REPUBLICAN. HANDICAP THAT ONE. 11:39.165 --> 11:41.834 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% >> YEAH, ERIN PARÉÉ IS A REALLY STRONG CANDIDATE FOR 11:41.967 --> 11:45.304 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% REPUBLICANS TO PUT UP IN THIS DISTRICT. AND HONESTLY I THINK 11:45.438 --> 11:47.973 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% SHE'S THE BEST CHANCE THAT REPUBLICANS HAVE FOR HAVING 11:48.107 --> 11:52.144 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% A SEAT IN WAKE COUNTY. AND AN INTERESTING FACTOID ON THIS, 11:52.278 --> 11:56.515 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THAT SYDNEY BATCH IS ON THE BALLOT AS "MISS" SYDNEY BATCH. 11:56.649 --> 11:57.983 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% I THINK THAT'S LARGELY... 11:58.117 --> 12:00.419 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% >> [LAUGHS] >> ...LARGELY THAT 12:00.553 --> 12:03.222 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% IT'S A CLEAR COMPETITION BETWEEN 2 FEMALES. 12:03.355 --> 12:05.458 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% >> INTERESTING. I DID NOT REALIZE THAT, BECAUSE I'M NOT IN 12:05.591 --> 12:09.128 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THAT DISTRICT. CHRIS LET'S MOVE OVER TO DISTRICT 43 IN 12:09.261 --> 12:11.430 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% CUMBERLAND COUNTY. SOME INTERESTING RACES IN CUMBERLAND 12:11.564 --> 12:14.300 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% COUNTY. KIMBERLY HARDY IS RUNNING AGAINST DIANE WHEATLEY. 12:14.433 --> 12:19.205 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THIS IS A REDRAWN DISTRICT, SO HOW IS IT LEANING? 12:19.338 --> 12:20.673 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% >> IT'S REALLY INTERESTING. 12:20.806 --> 12:22.441 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THERE'S NO INCUMBENT IN THE RACE BECAUSE ELMER FLOYD WAS A 12:22.575 --> 12:24.710 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% DEMOCRATIC INCUMBENT, AND KIMBERLY HARDY, WHO IS A 12:24.844 --> 12:27.012 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% PROFESSOR AT FAYETTEVILLE STATE ACTUALLY BEAT REPRESENTATIVE 12:27.146 --> 12:30.015 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% FLOYD IN THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY. SO IT'S INTERESTING 12:30.149 --> 12:31.283 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THAT THAT IS HAPPENING. 12:31.417 --> 12:33.519 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% RUNNING AGAINST DIANE WHEATLEY WHO HAS RUN FOR THE 12:33.652 --> 12:36.388 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% LEGISLATURE BEFORE AS THE REPUBLICAN. CUMBERLAND COUNTY IS 12:36.522 --> 12:38.557 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE AREAS WE'LL HEAR AGAIN WHEN WE TALK ABOUT 12:38.691 --> 12:42.862 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% SENATE RACES. IF THERE'S 5 OR 6, 7, FOR THE GEOGRAPHIC AREAS 12:42.995 --> 12:45.698 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% OF FOCUS, CUMBERLAND COUNTY IS CLEARLY ONE. I DO BELIEVE THE 12:45.831 --> 12:48.234 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% DEMOCRATS HAVE AN EDGE HERE BUT THIS IS ONE OF THOSE 12:48.367 --> 12:50.569 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% INTERESTING CUMBERLAND COUNTY RACES, WE'LL KEEP TALKING 12:50.703 --> 12:51.971 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% ABOUT. 12:52.104 --> 12:53.873 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% >> JOHN WE'RE GONNA STAY IN CUMBERLAND. DISTRICT 45, JOHN 12:54.006 --> 12:55.608 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% SZOKA IS RUNNING AGAINST 12:55.741 --> 12:57.777 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% FRANCES VINELL JACKSON. 12:57.910 --> 12:59.879 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% WE UNDERSTAND THIS DISTRICT'S IN PLAY. 13:00.012 --> 13:03.549 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% >> IT IS IN PLAY. JACKSON IS - TEACHES AT FAYETTEVILL TECH. 13:03.682 --> 13:06.452 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% SZOKA, OF COURSE, IS THE INCUMBENT, A RETIRED COLONEL 13:06.585 --> 13:09.789 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% FROM THE U.S. ARMY. CHRIS IS RIGHT ABOUT CUMBERLAND COUNTY 13:09.922 --> 13:12.792 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% BEING IMPORTANT AND AS I SAID EARLIER IF YOU - IT'S A LITTLE 13:12.925 --> 13:16.195 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% DANGEROUS TO TAKE A LOT OF PREDICTIVE VALUE FROM EARLY 13:16.328 --> 13:19.098 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% VOTES THAT MAY BE DIFFERENT THIS YEAR IN TERMS OF PATTERNS. 13:19.231 --> 13:22.001 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% BUT CUMBERLAND IS UNLIKE SAY WAKE AND MECKLENBURG WHICH ARE 13:22.134 --> 13:24.370 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% LOOKING A LITTLE DEMOCRATIC THIS YEAR IN TERMS OF THE EARLY 13:24.503 --> 13:27.640 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% VOTE. CUMBERLAND MAYBE A LITTLE BIT OVER PERFORMING FOR THE 13:27.773 --> 13:29.008 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% REPUBLICANS WE'LL SEE. 13:29.141 --> 13:31.076 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% >> ALL RIGHT. CHRIS, AGAIN. 13:31.210 --> 13:34.680 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% DOWN IN ROBESON COUNTY. DISTRICT 47. CHARLES GRAHAM THE 13:34.814 --> 13:37.917 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% DEMOCRAT RUNNING AGAINST OLIVIA OXENDINE. THIS 13:38.050 --> 13:43.155 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% IS ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE REDRAWN DISTRICTS LEANS DEMOCRATIC IS 13:43.289 --> 13:45.324 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THAT THE WAY IT'S GOING TO TURN OUT? 13:45.457 --> 13:48.060 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% >> I THINK WHAT - LEADING DEMOCRATIC AND HAVING A 13:48.194 --> 13:52.431 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% DEMOCRATIC INCUMBENT MAKES IT A PROBABLY AN EDGE FOR THE 13:52.565 --> 13:55.134 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% DEMOCRATS. OLIVIA OXENDINE IS A REPUBLICAN ACTIVIST FORMER 13:55.267 --> 13:57.069 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% MEMBER OF THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS A LITTLE BIT OF A 13:57.203 --> 14:00.339 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% CLOUD AROUND HER PERFORMANCE THERE. VERY CLOSELY CONTESTED 14:00.472 --> 14:03.075 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% >> RACE ALL RIGHT, LET'S MOVE OVER TO DISTRICT 59. 14:03.209 --> 14:04.944 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% GUILFORD COUNTY. 14:05.077 --> 14:07.279 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% WE'VE GOT INCUMBENT JON HARDISTER RUNNING AGAINST 14:07.413 --> 14:10.316 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% NICOLE QUICK. ANNA BEAVON HANDICAP THAT ONE. 14:10.449 --> 14:13.686 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% >> YEAH, THIS IS ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE RACES VERY SIMILAR TO THE 14:13.819 --> 14:17.523 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% PERRON JONES AND BRIAN FARKAS RACE. THIS IS ALSO A BELLWETHER 14:17.656 --> 14:21.527 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% FOR THE HOUSE. JOHN HARDISTER IS IN THE FIGHT OF HIS LIFE 14:21.660 --> 14:25.331 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% TRYING TO HOLD THIS SEAT. NICOLE QUICK IS A STRONG CANDIDATE 14:25.464 --> 14:27.299 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THAT IS HEAVILY BACKED BY DEMOCRATS. 14:27.433 --> 14:29.902 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% >> DENNIS, LET'S MOVE OVER INTO YOUR PART OF THE WORLD, 14:30.035 --> 14:33.105 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% MONTGOMERY, RICHMOND, AND STANLY COUNTIES DOWN IN THE 14:33.239 --> 14:34.506 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% SOUTHEASTERN PART OF THE STATE. 14:34.640 --> 14:37.943 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% DISTRICT 66, WE'VE GOT SCOTT BREWER THE INCUMBENT DEMOCRAT 14:38.077 --> 14:42.848 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% AGAINST BEN MOSS. THIS IS KEN GOODMAN'S OLD SEAT. 14:42.982 --> 14:47.686 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% >> YEAH, YOU KNOW, SCOTT BREWER HAS A HARD CAMPAIGNER. 14:47.820 --> 14:52.091 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% A FORMER JUDGE DISTRICT COURT JUDGE THERE, ATTORNEY OF COURSE. 14:52.224 --> 14:53.893 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% WELL RESPECTED AN INCUMBANT. 14:54.026 --> 15:00.165 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% BUT OF COURSE BEN MOSS IS SOMEONE WHO 15:00.299 --> 15:03.068 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THE REPUBLICANS BELIEVE HAVE A GOOD CHANCE OF TAKING THE SEAT 15:03.202 --> 15:04.603 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% AND THEN FLIPPING IT. 15:04.737 --> 15:08.941 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% I WOULD SAY IT'S A TOSS UP, WITH A SLIGHT EDGE, MAYBE TO BREWER. 15:09.074 --> 15:12.144 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% >> DISTRICT 74 IS WHERE WE GO NEXT THAT'S FORSYTH COUNTY. 15:12.278 --> 15:16.315 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% JEFF ZENGER IS RUNNING AGAINST DAN BESSE. THIS IS AN OPEN SEAT. 15:16.448 --> 15:18.617 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% CHRIS, HANDICAP IT. 15:18.751 --> 15:21.520 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% >> WELL, DAN BESSE, A WINSTON SALEM COUNCILMAN, HAS RUN 15:21.654 --> 15:24.156 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR BEFORE ACTUALLY ONE OF THE HANDFUL OF 15:24.290 --> 15:26.959 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% CANDIDATES ENDORSED BY PRESIDENT OBAMA TO HELP I THINK THAT 15:27.092 --> 15:28.227 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% PROBABLY HELPED HIS TURN OUT. 15:28.360 --> 15:31.096 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% JEFF ZENGER IS A REPUBLICAN FORMER LOCAL 15:31.230 --> 15:35.567 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% OFFICIAL. SORT OF ON THE I THINK MORE CONSERVATIVE OR FAR RIGHT 15:35.701 --> 15:37.002 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% SIDE OF THE POLITICAL SPECTRUM. 15:37.136 --> 15:38.404 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THIS IS A FASCINATING RACE. 15:38.537 --> 15:42.241 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% DO I THINK - YOU REALLY HAVE DISTINCT DIFFERENT IDEOLOGIES 15:42.374 --> 15:44.476 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% HERE MAYBE MORE SO THAN SOME OF THE RACES. 15:44.610 --> 15:47.680 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% >> JOHN, WE'LL MOVE OVER TO CABARRUS COUNTY NOW. DISTRICT 82 15:47.813 --> 15:51.684 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% KRISTIN BAKER IS RUNNING AGAINST AIMY STEELE. THIS 15:51.817 --> 15:55.988 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% WAS THE LINDA JOHNSON SEAT AND BAKER WAS APPOINTED AFTER THE 15:56.121 --> 15:59.024 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% PRIMARY ELECTIONS. HANDICAP IT. 15:59.158 --> 16:02.628 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% >> BAKER IS THE QUOTE INCUMBENT THOUGH NOT REALLY. SHE'S A 16:02.761 --> 16:05.664 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% DOCTOR SHE'S RUNNING AGAINST A FORMER SCHOOL PRINCIPAL. 16:05.798 --> 16:08.467 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THIS IS A RACE THAT I WOULD BE SURPRISED IF THE REPUBLICANS 16:08.600 --> 16:09.868 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% LOSE. 16:10.002 --> 16:12.671 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% CABARRUS COUNTY, WHILE IT'S CERTAINLY HAS NOT BEEN - IT'S 16:12.805 --> 16:15.541 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% BEEN TRENDING A LITTLE BLUE RECENTLY IT IS STILL A 16:15.674 --> 16:16.942 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% REPUBLICAN LEANING AREA. 16:17.076 --> 16:19.611 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% SO I THINK THAT THEY WILL WIN THIS SEAT. BUT IF THIS SEAT 16:19.745 --> 16:22.481 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% GOES DOWN, FOR EXAMPLE IF YOU'RE WATCHING THE ELECTION RESULTS 16:22.614 --> 16:25.851 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% ON TUESDAY NIGHT ON ELECTION DAY OF THE 3RD, AND THIS RACE 16:25.985 --> 16:27.920 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% LOOKS REALLY CLOSE, THEN THAT WILL BE A BELLWETHER. 16:28.053 --> 16:32.191 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% >> INTERESTING. LET ME STAY WITH YOU ON HOUSE DISTRICT 93 16:32.324 --> 16:35.427 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% WE GET UP TO ASHE AND WATAUGA COUNTY. RAY RUSSELL IS RUNNING 16:35.561 --> 16:37.930 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% AGAINST RAY PICKETT. HANDICAP THAT ONE. 16:38.063 --> 16:40.733 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% >> PICKETT I THINK IS A GOOD RECRUIT FOR THE REPUBLICANS, 16:40.866 --> 16:45.304 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% HE'S A FORMER LOCAL OFFICIAL IN BLOWING ROCK. A BUSINESS OWNER. 16:45.437 --> 16:47.973 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THIS IS A DISTRICT THAT HAS BEEN COMPETITIVE MANY TIMES IN 16:48.107 --> 16:51.777 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THE PAST. AS I'VE SAID EARLIER THE EARLY VOTE IF WE'RE GOING 16:51.910 --> 16:54.880 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% TO DRAW ANY CONCLUSIONS, WE SHOULD RECOGNIZE THAT THAT THE 16:55.014 --> 16:58.183 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% MORE URBAN TYPES OF COUNTIES TEND TO BE DOING VERY BLUE AND 16:58.317 --> 17:01.020 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THE SOME OF THE OTHER PLACES A LITTLE REDDER. THIS IS ONE OF 17:01.153 --> 17:04.023 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THE PLACES WHERE THE REPUBLICANS HAVE SOME EARLY 17:04.156 --> 17:06.425 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% OPTIMISM THAT MAYBE IN WATAUGA COUNTY REPUBLICANS WILL BE A 17:06.558 --> 17:08.027 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% OVER PERFORMING. 17:08.160 --> 17:10.996 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% >> A.B., I GOT A COUPLE OF MECKLENBURG COUNTYIES FOR YOU 17:11.130 --> 17:13.866 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% LET'S START WITH 98. WE'VE GOT CHRISTY CLARK RUNNING AGAINST 17:13.999 --> 17:17.936 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% JOHN BRADFORD. CHRISTY'S THE INCUMBENT DEMOCRAT THERE. IS IT 17:18.070 --> 17:19.405 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% GOING TO STAY BLUE? 17:19.538 --> 17:22.241 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% >> YEAH, THIS IS ONE OF THE THE 2 RACES THAT WE'RE AT THIS ONE 17:22.374 --> 17:24.910 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% IN THE RACE THAT I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT NEXT AND MECKLENBURG 17:25.044 --> 17:28.247 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% WHERE WE HAVE INCUMBENTS WHO HAVE 17:28.380 --> 17:31.050 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% ARE TRYING TO HOLD THEIR SEAT AGAINST CANDIDATES WHO LOST IN 17:31.183 --> 17:34.486 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% '18. AND JOHN BRADFORD IS IS ONE OF THOSE. I DEFINITELY THINK 17:34.620 --> 17:37.156 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THAT THERE'S A MASSIVE FUNDRAISING ADVANTAGE FOR THE 17:37.289 --> 17:40.426 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% DEMOCRATS. AND DESPITE THE REPUBLICAN LEAN OF THE DISTRICT 17:40.559 --> 17:42.327 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% IT WILL BE A DEMOCRAT WIN. 17:42.461 --> 17:45.697 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% >> GOT RACHEL HUNT AND ROBERT BRAWLEY AT 17:45.831 --> 17:48.200 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% 103 DISTRICT. 17:48.333 --> 17:51.203 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% BRAWLEY OBVIOUSLY HAS LEGISLATIVE EXPERIENCE, RACHEL 17:51.336 --> 17:54.606 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% HUNT HAS A PEDIGREE. SHE GOING TO KEEP THAT SEAT? 17:54.740 --> 17:57.476 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% >> I JUST LIKE THE PREVIOUS RACE, I THINK THIS IS ALSO 17:57.609 --> 18:00.279 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% GOING TO BE A RACE THAT GOES TOWARD TOWARD DEMOCRATS AND 18:00.412 --> 18:03.315 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% SHE'S ABLE TO HOLD IT WITH BRAWLEY COMING BACK TRYING TO 18:03.449 --> 18:04.683 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% TO RECLAIM HIS SEAT. 18:04.817 --> 18:08.287 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% >> JOHN, STAYING IN MECKLENBURG COUNTY AND SEAT NUMBER 105 18:08.420 --> 18:11.657 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% WE'VE GOT WESLEY HARRIS RUNNING AGAINST AMY BYNUM. WHAT CAN YOU 18:11.790 --> 18:13.158 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% TELL US? 18:13.292 --> 18:16.261 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% >> THAT SEAT WILL ALMOST CERTAINLY STAY WITH THE 18:16.395 --> 18:19.098 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% DEMOCRATS. IN FACT, THE FIRST - THE SEATS THAT ANNA 18:19.231 --> 18:21.834 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% BEAVON TALKED ABOUT ARE MORE COMPETITIVE. 18:21.967 --> 18:24.403 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% >> AND DENNIS OVER IN THE FAR WESTERN PART OF THE STATE 18:24.536 --> 18:29.208 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% DISTRICT 119. THIS IS BEEN AN OFF AGAIN ON AGAIN CONTEST 18:29.341 --> 18:32.611 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% FOR YEARS IN HEYWOOD AND JACKSON COUNTY, JOE SAM QUEEN 18:32.744 --> 18:35.981 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% AND MIKE CLAMPETT, JOE SAM QUEEN IS THE CURRENT INCUMBENT. 18:36.115 --> 18:38.550 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% IS GONNA HOLD HIS SEAT? 18:38.684 --> 18:40.052 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% >> GROUNDHOG DAY TOM. 18:40.185 --> 18:44.656 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% [LAUGHTER] THEY GO BACK AND FORTH ALL THE 18:44.790 --> 18:50.262 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% TIME. I WOULD SAY THAT IN THAT AREA PEOPLE I'VE TALKED 18:50.395 --> 18:52.231 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% TO UP THERE IN THOSE MOUNTAINS. 18:52.364 --> 18:54.766 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THEY'RE GOING TO STICK WITH JOE SAM THIS TIME. I THINK - 18:54.900 --> 18:56.168 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% I THINK I'D GIVE HIM THE EDGE IN THAT RACE. 18:56.301 --> 18:58.704 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% >> ALL RIGHT I WANT TO GO AROUND VERY QUICKLY WHO'S 18:58.837 --> 19:01.974 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% GOING TO HOLD CONTROL OF THE HOUSE. DON'T NEED A LENGTHY 19:02.107 --> 19:05.811 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% DISCUSSION HERE. WHO'S GOING TO CONTROL THE HOUSE? JOHN? 19:05.944 --> 19:08.213 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% >> I BELIEVE THE REPUBLICANS WILL END UP STILL IN THE 19:08.347 --> 19:09.982 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% MAJORITY IN THE HOUSE >> CHRIS? 19:10.115 --> 19:12.885 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% >> I THINK BY VERY NARROW MARGINS, MOST LIKELY 19:13.018 --> 19:15.554 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% REPUBLICANS. BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THEY'LL HAVE THE 19:15.687 --> 19:18.223 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% SPEAKERSHIP. I THINK THERE'S ALL SORTS OF CRAZINESS HAPPENING 19:18.357 --> 19:19.324 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% BEHIND THE SCENES. 19:19.458 --> 19:20.759 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% >> ALL RIGHT. DENNIS? 19:20.893 --> 19:23.061 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% >> I'M GONNA STICK MY NECK OUT A LITTLE BIT AND PULL FOR THE 19:23.195 --> 19:26.431 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% DEMOCRATS ON THIS ONE, SLIGHTLY. 19:26.565 --> 19:27.933 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% >> ANNA BEAVON? 19:28.066 --> 19:29.902 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% >> I THINK IT'LL BE REPUBLICANS WITH 62 SEATS. 19:30.035 --> 19:32.171 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% ALL RIGHT LET'S MOVE OVER TO THE SENATE. 19:32.304 --> 19:34.973 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% WE WANT TO FOCUS ON THE UPPER CHAMBER OF THE LEGISLATURE. 19:35.107 --> 19:39.578 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% CURRENTLY SENATE HAS 29-21 SPLIT WITH REPUBLICANS IN CONTROL. 19:39.711 --> 19:43.148 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% DEMOCRATS HAVE TARGETED 8 DISTRICTS TO WIN A MAJORITY. 19:43.282 --> 19:47.319 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THEY NEED 5 SEATS TO TAKE CONTROL OR 4 IF THE LIEUTENANT 19:47.452 --> 19:49.888 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% GOVERNOR IS A DEMOCRAT. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THAT, JOHN, 19:50.022 --> 19:52.891 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% BEGINNING IN THE SENATE DISTRICT 1, WHICH IS UP IN THE 19:53.025 --> 19:54.793 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% NORTHEASTERN PART OF THE STATE. 19:54.927 --> 19:58.964 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% BOB STEINBURG IS RUNNING FOR REELECTION AGAINST TESS JUDGE. 19:59.097 --> 20:02.301 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% I UNDERSTAND POLLS SHOW JUDGE MIGHT BE AHEAD. 20:02.434 --> 20:05.003 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% >> WELL, IT DEPENDS ON WHOSE POLLS. TESS JUDGE IS, I THINK, 20:05.137 --> 20:07.773 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% A PRETTY GOOD RECRUIT FOR THE DEMOCRATS UP FOR THIS THIS 20:07.906 --> 20:11.176 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% RACE, SHE'S BEEN INVOLVED IN CIVIC AFFAIRS IN THE NORTHEAST, 20:11.310 --> 20:14.313 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% QUITE A BIT. STEINBURG IS A FORMER HOUSE MEMBER TRYING TO 20:14.446 --> 20:16.848 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% HOLD THIS A SENATE SEAT. 20:16.982 --> 20:20.118 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THIS IS ONE OF THE AREAS AS YOU MENTIONED EARLIER TOM, EVEN 20:20.252 --> 20:22.187 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THOUGH IT IS QUOTE A RURAL AREA. IT'S A LITTLE BIT 20:22.321 --> 20:25.257 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% DIFFERENT TERMS OF DEMOGRAPHICS AND THE NUMBER OF NON NATIVE 20:25.390 --> 20:27.659 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% VOTERS. AND SO IT'S AN AREA, THE REPUBLICANS HAVE SOME 20:27.793 --> 20:30.696 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% CONCERN BUT STILL A GOOD CHANCE OF PULLING IT OUT. 20:30.829 --> 20:33.031 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% >> THERE ARE SOME WHO SAY NEW HANOVER COUNTY MIGHT BE THE 20:33.165 --> 20:36.401 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% BELLWETHER COUNTY IN NORTH CAROLINA. SO FAR AS WHO 20:36.535 --> 20:39.838 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% CONTROLS THE VOTE IN NORTH CAROLINA IN THE STATE, 20:39.972 --> 20:42.908 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% LET'S MOVE TO SENATE DISTRICT 9. HARPER PETERSON 20:43.041 --> 20:46.445 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% IS RUNNING AGAINST MIKE LEE. HARPER, THE INCUMBENT 20:46.578 --> 20:49.147 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THERE. DENNIS, WHAT CAN YOU TELL US. 20:49.281 --> 20:51.750 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% >> WELL YOU SAID IT BEST, TOM. 20:51.883 --> 20:56.622 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THIS IS A BELLWETHER RACE. WITH HARPER BEING THE INCUMBANT. 20:56.755 --> 21:00.092 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% YOU MIGHT HAVE REMEMBERED THAT THERE WAS A HOSPITAL ISSUE 21:00.225 --> 21:02.494 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THERE, ABOUT TO SALE OF A HOSPITAL. PETERSON WAS IN THE 21:02.628 --> 21:06.198 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% MIDDLE OF THAT. SO I, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S STILL AN 21:06.331 --> 21:08.734 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% EDGE TO HARPER PETERSON IN MY OPINION, GIVEN 21:08.867 --> 21:10.235 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THAT DISTRICT'S DEMOGRAPHICS. 21:10.369 --> 21:12.804 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% >> ALL RIGHT CHRIS, LET'S MOVE OVER TO SENATE DISTRICT 11, 21:12.938 --> 21:15.374 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% JOHNSON NASH COUNTY WE'VE GOT LISA STONE BARNS 21:15.507 --> 21:17.843 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% MOVING OVER FROM THE HOUSE RUNNING AGAINST ALLEN WELLENS 21:17.976 --> 21:21.179 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% WHO WAS FORMALLY A SENATOR. 21:21.313 --> 21:23.782 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THIS IS AN OPEN SEAT, HOWEVER. 21:23.915 --> 21:26.485 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% I UNDERSTAND IT'S FAIRLY CLOSE. 21:26.618 --> 21:29.488 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% >> WELL, IT IS CLOSE. BUT I THINK THE DEMOCRATS REALLY 21:29.621 --> 21:31.890 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% WERE HOPING FOR THIS AND THEY STILL MIGHT GET IT. REPUBLICANS 21:32.024 --> 21:34.593 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% WERE A LITTLE PANICED, ARE SPENDING A LITTLE MORE IN THIS 21:34.726 --> 21:39.498 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% RACE GIVEN ITS SIZE - AND ITS SLIGHTLY RURAL OR 21:39.631 --> 21:42.167 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% SUBURBAN NATURE. THIS TO ME, IF THE DEMOCRATS WIN THIS 21:42.301 --> 21:44.236 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% ONE, THEY WIN CONTROLM OF THE SENATE. THAT DOESN'T MEAN THEY 21:44.369 --> 21:46.371 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% WILL WIN IT WITHOUT IT, BUT THIS IS A VERY KEY RACE. 21:46.505 --> 21:49.207 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% >> ALL RIGHT, LET'S GET FRANKLIN WAYNE COUNTY ANNA BEAVON. 21:49.341 --> 21:52.344 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% WE'VE GOT LARRY NORMAN RUNNING AGAINST SARAH CRAWFORD. 21:52.477 --> 21:56.748 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THIS IS THE OLD JOHNNY MACK ALEXANDER SEAT. IT'S IT SEEMS TO 21:56.882 --> 21:59.918 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% BE TENDING BLUE, WHAT DO YOU THINK? 22:00.052 --> 22:02.354 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% >> YEAH, THIS IS ONE OF THE RACES. ONE OF THE DISTRICTS 22:02.487 --> 22:05.424 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THAT HAS BEEN LEANING MORE TOWARD DEMOCRAT THROUGH 22:05.557 --> 22:09.361 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THE PROCESS OF REDISTRICTING AND SARAH CRAWFORD IS A VERY 22:09.494 --> 22:11.396 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% LIKELY CANDIDATE TO WIN THIS. 22:11.530 --> 22:16.735 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% AND HAS RUN AGAIN FROM HER RACE IN '14 WHERE SHE WAS THE 22:16.868 --> 22:19.705 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% MOST EXPENSIVE SENATE RACE IN THE STATE. 22:19.838 --> 22:23.442 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% >> ALL RIGHT OVER TO THE SENATE 19, JOHN. THIS IS CUMBERLAND 22:23.575 --> 22:26.578 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% COUNTY AGAIN, INTERESTING POLITICS DOWN THERE. WESLEY 22:26.712 --> 22:30.048 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% MEREDITH IS RUNNING AGAINST KIRK DeVIERE - ALWAYS 22:30.182 --> 22:33.552 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% MISPRONOUNCE THAT NAME - THE DEMOCRAT INCUMBENT, 22:33.685 --> 22:35.120 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% HOW'S IT LOOK? 22:35.253 --> 22:37.956 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% >> DeVIERE IS A FORMER MEMBER OF THE FAYETTEVILLE CITY COUNCIL 22:38.090 --> 22:39.958 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% HE'S DEFENDING HIS SEAT. THIS IS A REMATCH FROM 2 YEARS AGO. AND 22:40.092 --> 22:42.027 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% AS I SAID EARLIER, CUMBERLAND COUNTY, AND CHRIS DID TOO. 22:42.160 --> 22:46.231 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% CUMBERLAND COUNTY IS SORT OF MORE IMPORTANT THIS YEAR THAN 22:46.365 --> 22:49.167 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% ALMOST ANY OTHER COUNTIES AS FAR AS LEGISLATIVE CONTROL. THIS IS 22:49.301 --> 22:52.270 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% AN AREA WHERE THE REPUBLICANS HAVE HOPES THAT THEY CAN REGAIN 22:52.404 --> 22:53.705 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% A SEAT. 22:53.839 --> 22:57.843 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% >> INTERESTING. DISTRICT 24, ALAMANCE AND GUILFORD COUNTY. 22:57.976 --> 23:02.180 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% WE'VE GOT AMY GALEY AGAINST JD WOOTEN. CHRIS, I UNDERSTAND 23:02.314 --> 23:03.949 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THIS RACE IS CLOSE. 23:04.082 --> 23:06.585 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% >> IT IS CLOSE. THIS IS ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE SORT OF 23:06.718 --> 23:08.954 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% TRADITIONALLY REPUBLICAN AREAS THAT'S BECOME MORE DEMOCRATIC. 23:09.087 --> 23:11.890 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THE DEMOCRATS NEED THIS ONE, I THINK. THEY'RE GOING - THEY 23:12.023 --> 23:14.493 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% HAVE 2. I THINK THEY'RE COUNTING ON - A COUPLE MORE 23:14.626 --> 23:16.828 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THEY THINK ARE CLOSE. AND THEN THIS ONE IS SORT OF THE NEXT 23:16.962 --> 23:19.531 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% TIER. IF IT'S A BIG DEMOCRATIC YEAR, IT'S NOT OUT OF THE 23:19.664 --> 23:21.833 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% REALM OF POSSIBILITY, BUT CLEARLY IT BEGINS WITH A 23:21.967 --> 23:23.268 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% SLIGHT REPUBLICAN EDGE I THINK. 23:23.402 --> 23:26.405 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% >> ALL RIGHT DENNIS. WE GO UP TO 31 NOW WHICH IS FORSYTH AND 23:26.538 --> 23:29.841 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% DAVIE COUNTY. JOYCE KRAWIEC IS RUNNING AGAINST TERRI LEGRAND. 23:29.975 --> 23:33.745 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% A LOT OF PEOPLE FEEL LIKE THIS COULD BE A BELLWETHER RACE 23:33.879 --> 23:36.615 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% IN THIS SENATE CONTEST. 23:36.748 --> 23:38.450 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% >> IT IS A BELLWETHER RACE. 23:38.583 --> 23:42.320 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% MY REPUBLICAN FRIENDS I TALK TO, DO FEEL LIKE KRAWIEC HAS 23:42.454 --> 23:45.223 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% AN UPHILL BATTLE ON THIS ONE TIME, EVEN THOUGH SHE'S THE 23:45.357 --> 23:48.593 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% INCUMBENT. THEY'RE TELLING ME THAT THEY THINK THEIR 23:48.727 --> 23:51.696 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% OPPONENT'S GOING WIN, THAT LEGRAND'S GOING TO BE THERE. 23:51.830 --> 23:54.466 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% >> OKAY, ANNA BEAVON, LET'S GO NOW TO MECKLENBURG COUNTY AGAIN 23:54.599 --> 23:56.968 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% INTERESTING RACES THERE WE'VE GOT SONIA NICHOLS RUNNING 23:57.102 --> 24:01.072 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% AGAINST JEFF JACKSON AND SHE'S GIVEN HIM A RUN FOR THE MONEY. 24:01.206 --> 24:03.508 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% >> YEAH, THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST INTERESTING RACES I THINK 24:03.642 --> 24:07.712 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% BECAUSE THIS PREVIOUS DISTRICT WITH JEFF JACKSON WAS A STRONG 24:07.846 --> 24:10.849 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% DEMOCRAT DISTRICT AND THROUGH REDISTRICTING HAS BECOME A MORE 24:10.982 --> 24:14.252 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% COMPETITIVE RACE. AND SONIA NICHOLS IS PROBABLY THE BEST 24:14.386 --> 24:17.456 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% CANDIDATE THEY COULD HAVE PUT UP AGAINST - REPUBLICANS COULD 24:17.589 --> 24:18.857 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% PUT UP AGAINST JEFF JACKSON. 24:18.990 --> 24:24.162 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% >> WEALTHY, VERY ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY. OVER TO 39 SENATE 24:24.296 --> 24:26.431 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% DISTRICT. JOSHUA NIDAY IS RUNNING AGAINST 24:26.565 --> 24:28.333 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THE DEANDREA SALVADOR. 24:28.467 --> 24:30.569 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THIS IS THE OLD DAN BISHOP SEAT. 24:30.702 --> 24:34.739 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% MY UNDERSTANDING IS IT'S LEANING D, DENNIS. 24:34.873 --> 24:36.575 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% >> THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING. 24:36.708 --> 24:41.246 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT SALVADOR BUT I KNOW THIS IS A VERY 24:41.379 --> 24:44.182 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% CONTESTED RACE. AND WE'LL SEE HOW IT COMES OUT. 24:44.316 --> 24:46.785 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% >> ALL RIGHT I WANT TO GO AROUND THE HORN AGAIN. 24:46.918 --> 24:49.454 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THERE IS SPECULATION THAT IF ONE OF THE HOUSES IS GOING TO 24:49.588 --> 24:52.457 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% FLIP, IT'S GOING TO BE THE SENATE. TELL ME WHO'S GOING TO 24:52.591 --> 24:57.229 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% CONTROL THE SENATE AT THE END OF NOVEMBER 3RD. JOHN? 24:57.362 --> 24:59.998 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% >> I STILL THINK THE REPUBLICANS WILL END UP WITH A 25:00.131 --> 25:02.601 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% SLIGHT EDGE. THE DEMOCRATS ARE ALL ARE CERTAINLY GOING TO PICK 25:02.734 --> 25:05.170 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% UP 2 SEATS. WE'VE ALREADY MENTIONED BOTH OF THOSE SEATS. I 25:05.303 --> 25:06.538 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THINK IT'S A SLIGHT EDGE. 25:06.671 --> 25:08.173 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% >> ALL RIGHT. CHRIS? 25:08.306 --> 25:12.511 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% >> I THINK IT'LL EITHER BE 26-24 DEMOCRATS OR MAYBE MOST LIKELY 25:12.644 --> 25:15.380 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% 25-25 WITH THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR CASTING THAT 25:15.514 --> 25:16.281 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% DECIDING VOTE. 25:16.414 --> 25:18.416 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% >> COULD BE INTERESTING. DENNIS? 25:18.550 --> 25:21.353 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% >> I SAY 25-25 WITH THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR CASTING - 25:21.486 --> 25:22.854 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% >> WOW. 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