We had a number of interesting things including two Democrats fighting each other because of redistricting but also some
consequences for anybody who voted for impeachment who is a Republican. Well isn't that right. It's hard to not look at last
night's results through the Trump prism once again. I know this has been a bit of a trend over the course of primary season and
that remains the case. Last night three Republican House members who voted to impeach Donald Trump were on the ballot. Two of
them in Washington state have yet to be called. But to your point in Michigan not a good result for Peter Meyer freshman
congressman. He lost to John Gibbs the Trump picked candidate who was actually propped up by Democrats. You know we've seen
this a couple of times Democrats investing in ads to help him at least indirectly because they believe he might be easier to beat
in the general. The two incumbents you mentioned both of whom appear on this broadcast from time to time was a very bitter
contest between two former allies. Haley Stevens won the race against Andy Levin. That's the result of a redrawn map and a
loss of one seat for Democrats David. And she had a little help from the outside energy.
Yes that's for sure. This actually became a very expensive race considering the fact that it was a House district and Democrats
knew that there were going to be losing this. Some public interest groups poured an enormous amount of money into that
contest. Arizona is really worth looking at. I don't know if you've had a chance to dig through these results either David
but this was definitely a good night for Trump in Arizona. And Peter too.
Peter to you. But Drew. So tell us about Blake Masters. Blake Masters is going to be running against Senator Kelly. He won the
Republican Senate primary backed by Peter Thiel of course and backed by Donald Trump a pretty formidable candidate there. He
won by a longshot and he was expected to win by a good 18 20 points as he did. As you look down ballot though some really
interesting races here beyond the governor's race that I'll mention in a moment. Trump
endorse candidates and election denier is now the head of the election system there. Secretary of state or when the primary
for such Mark Finchem is his name. He could become the top elections official in Arizona which is something that has some
Democrats and Republicans concerned. Also Rusty Bowers remember him from the January 6 committee the speaker of the House in
Arizona. He was actually trying to vie for an open state Senate seat and he lost that race not on the right side of Trump. The
gubernatorial contest though is still up in the air. Kerry Lake former TV anchor endorsed by Trump claimed victory last night.
David even though she was really not ahead basically a statistical tie with Karen Robson who was endorsed by Mike
Pence. That's a proxy battle between Trump and Pence one that has yet to be decided and one we're looking at very closely. I
don't know Joe there might be some correlation between Trump endorsements and people who've been on television a lot and
maybe have a future there. And also having in Michigan the gubernatorial. But take us back to the Senate race in Arizona
Mark Kelly against Blake Masters. Do we have a sense of who's ahead.
Well listen it's a difficult it's difficult to tell what kind of trust polling right now. Mark Kelly is considered to be severely
endangered though as a Democrat. That is a seat that Republicans are vying for and think they can pick up. That's going to be one
of the races that helps to decide the balance of power in the Senate. Missouri was also in play last night. Did you hear about
the Erick's David. Did you hear Erick one. I just. Yeah. And also got endorsed by Donald Trump. Right. Which isn't
sure which Erick. That's right. Eric Greitens the former governor who actually left that seat earlier was accused of
sexual harassment. You might know him from the rhino hunting ad that he put together where he's walking down the street with a
with an assault style weapon looking for rhinos. He lost the race to Eric Schmidt the attorney general. Both of them love
Trump. Both of them were election deniers but they never got an endorsement until the night before Donald Trump was pressed to
say something. And he endorsed Eric without a last name last night. You'd like this David. Donald Trump congratulated Eric.
He said great going. Big night. Eric in quotes. Thank you. We just don't know.
You can't make it up. So Joe put all this together. Does it tell us anything do you think about the Senate balance.
That's a tough question to ask right now. Democrats think that they can hold the Senate in either way it's going to be within a
couple of seats. Blake Masters could be a formidable candidate if you're looking
at Arizona. That's going to be a tough race. But if you talk to a lot of experts they see the Senate as a draw. Right now the
House remains a very different prospect although after that result in Kansas that we saw last night where we started this
hour the abortion vote drew such enormous turnout in Kansas that a lot of folks are wondering if they're actually gauging the
electorate in the right way following the Supreme Court ruling on Roe. Some 70 percent of voters who registered in Kansas after
the Supreme Court ruling were Democrats. I'm so glad you brought us back to that Kansas election because it really is pretty
remarkable. And it does I don't want to engage in identity politics but it does raise a question whether that so-called
suburban woman is back in play. It's certainly in play. It's just a question of which direction
it's going to go. It's such a divisive issue that Democrats and Republicans know that a lot of races will be decided within that
demographic. And it's one that you're going to hear a lot of deliberate language when in terms of advertising and placement
of money in the next couple of months. Now that we saw that result last night as I said a little while ago we we need to
figure out if that's a bellwether for the nation or a story about very effective organizing in Kansas. Whether that can be
duplicated in other states.