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from the secretary of state, granted, there are only aer s nu of precincts reporting right now. but they show that gavin newsom, the progress of lieutenant governor of california, and first place with 34.1%. john cox, republican businessmen, and the runner-up spot, 27.1 right now. followed by travis allen, republican at 12.5%. remember, in this jungle primary, whoever is in first place and whoever is in second place at the end of tonight winds up moving on to the midterm election in november. it is apparently going to take a , very long time to get results for many of these very competitive house races in orange county particularly. we've been watching and so far, many of them are showing the earl resultshat they got from mails and ballots or early ballots. so we are not going to know yet how big of a problem democrats

might have, as we've been talking about for the last couple of days. it's possible and a couple of places in orange county, southern california, democrats won't come in first place or second place, and districts, that makes it impossible for them to flip that g.o.p. held because they are not on the ballot. somethin else, though, that is getting a ton of late attention here in san diego and everywhere else that we are tracking in california, shannon, 118,000 people in los angeles whose names were left off the voter registration rolls. it's unclear how many of them turned away or showed up andere declined to file a provisional ballot. but the registrar's office sent me an email earlier with some information that apparently there was a printing problem and that is why more than 118,000 people who potentially could have showed up to date were not able to cast ballots at the precincts in los angeles, something that we are still

getting more information about, some of the campaigns, sound like the are pretty upset about the possibility that not everybody who might want to support them had the opportunity to do that. so what is going to be a late night anyway may have just gotten even later. shannon? >> shannon: i know you were and we are getting details trickling and prayed at a word about whether these folks would be allowed to cast a provisional ballot? of course, that is a critical area, critical population center that is going to be key to all of these statewide votes and races. >> the information we got from the secretary of state is that if somebody showed up to the polling place today, to the precinct, and they were told that their name was not available, then they should have been instructed to fill out a provisional ballot right then and there. we only had the big numr of people whose names weren't printed properly. it's not clear yet how many of

them did nctually get to cast a ballot. again, that is something that if it was a widespread problem, we will hear about it. we will hear anecdotes in certain pockets of los angeles county and the next couple of hours because the polls have only been closed for an hour and 3 minutes. >> shannon: as you learn more about that, and as these races tighten, and we get more results, let us know, peter on the developing story. thank you. >> will do. >> shannon: incumbent democratic senator jon tester has been the target of president trump. dan springer is live in helena, montana, to tell us the latest about what is going on. good evening, dan. >> yeah, hey, shannon. republicans really think they have a good chance of picking up this seat, not only because president trump has made it his mission to unseat jon tester but also, he won this state. president trump did by 20 points, just two years ago. he beat hillary clinton handily.

the state has been trending more and more red over the years. so there are more republicans than democrats and those people in the middle, there, those independents, they are the ones who decide elections inontana. mountain west democrats, like jon tester, have done well in the past. a two term incumbent, and so, de okay here. certainly, he thinks he's got a chance to keep his seat. republican think they can pick it off. the latest results come about 20% of all registered votes having been counted so far. without in, rose fagg, the formeristrict courtngs, the judge and a former state legislator is holding off matt rosendale with a 32-31% lead. he is leading by about 1,018 votes at this point with probably somewhere between 50 and 60,000 votes you have to be counted. they are expecting a 33% turnout, so well over half of the votes. two other republicans in this

race and they are all behind. so might res, and it looks like fagg has a .1% lead over matt rosendale. it is tightening. a very long night in helena. we are at the rosendale headquarters, campy night they are expected matt rosendalt it will be a dogfight. again, a seed republicans think they can pick up in november. hoping to knock off jon tester, two term democrat who is in a state where he has donel, but also, president trump did well two years ago. shannon? >> shannon: dan, we'll check back with you. the race could not be tighter as more numbers come in. we'll come back to you. as a result continue to pour in across the country, we've got fox news politics editor chris stirewalt here for the analysis. he is on his machine, giving him information about numbers. >> we are all hanging on

orange county. southern california. we are all hanging there. this race in montana -- >> shannon: what you make of it being so tight? >> here's the thing. jon tester is a heart out. not an easy guy to beat. yes, it's true, president wants to come out after him, the president is upset because he emd him ove over ba. the grudge match. but montana is not like the deep south or it's not like some of the western states, some of the nearby states like wyoming. there is a strong prairie populist streak that goes through this state. oh, there is rosendale moving into the lead. >> shannon: there he goes. >> findi thehtte that is the right kind of person to run against tester, very popular in the state, a crucial questionepublicans. whether it is fagg a rosendale, i don't know. but i will say this, what tester would like to do, this guy is a carpetbagger who was sent here by his republican

overlords to come to montana -- >> shannon: overlords? >> how about puppet master. >> shannon: strong language. >> we have plenty of weeks of attack ads that are going to run out there. if you are tester, i don't know whether you are pulling for rosendale or fagg? >> shannon: let's get back to california. this is critical because democrats are hoping for a blue wave to flip the house in the ll. would make a difference to them on any number of things, some of them want to talk about impeachment, some of them say don't talk about it. what really, some of the southern california races, based on the jungle primary, two top republicans, democrats have no chance a to flip those seats. >> a simpler metric here, as peter was pointing out, this is going to be -- it's going to take a long time to get the horses back to the barn. ok, but how about this? what does democratic turnout intensity look like? years california, it is governor, legislature, the

birthplace of the resist movement in a lot of ways. you have their state attorney general, the governor, legislature, that is going to fight the trump administration tooth and nail, fight the month actuid it, fighem on global warming, fight them on a host of issues, and this was supposed to be the electrifying issue for california. we don't know what you turnout is going to look like. but it will a h lesson for california democrats if voters are too apathetic. to make it simple, yeah, it's true that the democrats have divided against themselves in such a way that it could take a couple seats off the table. but it wouldn't be a problem if they got enough turnout. they would walk right past lee's republicans. >> shannon: one oe interesting articles i read earlier today said when it came to absentee ballots in california, an enormous number, a lot of these races may not be decided for quite some time if they are that close. we are talking about, one figure was 1.8 million absentee ballots. initially, they said that those

requested democrats and republicans, the democrat requests outpaced the republicans but the turn rate of republicans was higher, outpacing on the returns. whats that say to you? you mentioned the resistance. we've been covering the resistance to the resistance, the localities voting their way out of the sanctuary city policy, don't want to go along without the sta is doing. has the resistance inadvertently energized the resistance to the resistance? >> to quote from the previous hour, the wheel in the sky keeps on turning. for every political action, there is a counter reaction. it -- for every action, there is a reaction. that is how thatoe here is the truth for republicans that they have to remember. yes, all that we say is true about voter intensity among democrats, we'll be looking for thut the larger truth for the republicans, they a giving up a lot of real estate in california. a state that essentially the republican party is to ve to concede that in the biggest -- in two of the big

estates in the country now, in new york and californi basically, you have a product on micro republican party that has to say, we can't compete ine states, even as democrats are trying to c in texas. >> shannon: within the democratic party, we talked about a article about the fact that republican -- democrats have to decide, do they want to go with where the energy is? the younger people, progressive, health care for all, bernie sanders wing of the par do the want to goth primarye more centrist and have a better chance in the fall, or are they banking on the fact that the energy, progressive energy, will show up in the fall regardless of whon toe? >> you tak a district, you look at one like darrell issa's district. i could preach at around or i could be aged flat. epends. you could say tha best thing to do in a demographically changing district like that one is to fire up the democratic base, get them out to the polls, get them fired up, and overwhelm the old line orange county republicans.

the more affluent, tend to be more college educated. the traditional republicans we used to know. the way the republican partyuseo they were ladies who had rain bonnets they would wear. it is. when i have one of those. >> i'm not judging brain bonnet bonnets. >> shannon: i wear it when it rains. >> my father drove in oldsmobile. i am sympathetic to the folks. this is the typical college educated, more affluent, tend to be more superb and republican nixon, reagan, a new republican coalition that has a lot more like bakersfield, looks more like inland empire, where you have more working class white voters who used to be part of the democraticon. as these two trains pass, you have the democrats were moving left, demographically changing, the republicans, they are going to switch some districts. they will see themselves creating some districts back and forth, not just in california, but across the country.

>> shannon: stick around. more results are coming and we appreciate your analysis. >> the machine will be here. >> shannon: with all that in mind, let's bring a matt gorman, communications director for the national congressional committee. >> great to have you with us. i think the democratic turnout is and what democrats thought it would. democrats didn't just break the glass, they threw back a flaming catcher out thedow. they spent $7 million just to get a single democrat through to the general election, and tonight, there is no guarantee that will happen. >> shannon: oy. let's talk for the governor's race in california, we spent a lot of time on that, and how critical it is in fall to getting g.o.p. voters to show up in the polls for some of these of the races, i read the analysis from the "l.imes,," any paper you pick, says is a fl baron for cox. if he winds up in the primary, the general election, with the lieutenant governor, he has no chance of winning. >> john cox can be competitive. not an expert on governors

races. we are monitoring the gas tax repeal, which will be on the ballot. that is going to be a huge motivator down in orange county. i was just out there. gas is approaching $5 a gallon. i don't see democrats marching in theeets tot. so actually, there is a recall election in a state senate district but overlaps with california's 39th district, the district of retiring congressman ed royce. voters in my district are trying to recall a democrat who's been an ardent supporter of the gas tax, and we'll get very close in the district, might win and recall that state senator. i think that is going to be a harbinger of a republicans enthusiasm i fall. >> shannon: let's talk about alabama. congresswoman martha roby picked up that seat years ago, not that long ago, and now it looks like tonight and she doesn't make it out of the primary, she's going to have to run against a runoff candidate, someone who she's faced before.

think of that's not a surprise. congresswoman robie had a strong showing tonight, and of course, we stand behind her. an incumbent, part of the primary patriot program, and we will support her in july. >> shannon: what other are of key interest to you? a lot of focus on southern california. do you anticipate that there will be races where you are able to box out a democrat from getting into either one of the two top positions? >> it certainly could happen. our goal has been the same all along. we just want to get a single republican through to the general, we are pretty key that is going to happen tonight. we've been focused on get out the vote in orange county, west coast office there that has made alion phone calls, 100 thousands of doors down there, we've also done targeted get out the vote ads on digital platforms. the name of the game for us is to ensure that republican voters turned out, also, up in the central valley, that seat unexpectedly democrats but there is a chance, a possibility, the trigger republicans get in there. of course, we stand behind congressman denham.

all across california, democrats are coming up short. it speaks to the intraparty civil war across across the dec party. >> shannon: you know the president has decided to weigh in on some key races with endorsements and tweets and those kinds of things. how does that places like california, a plus or minus? >> it's always great to be endorsed by the leader of your party. i can speak for the nrc see, we don't get involved in open seat primaries, whoever emerges, we also import them he fall. we also stand behind the member members, congressman dana rohrabacher, congressman jeff dunham, and other republicans across the state of california. and across the country. >> shannon: given the amount of absentee ballots and the closeness of some of these races, it may be a little while before we know what is going on out there. thank you for joining us as we wade through the analysis and wait for the results. much more analysis of tonight's primaries after this break. stay tuned. ♪ mine better.

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>> shannon: welcome back to "fox news @ night," accented primary coverage tonight. we heard a short time ago from the republicans, talking about gas taxes in california and i think you're a city revolt. wondering whether democratic enthusiasm is there tonight. let's ask a man who should know. communications director for the democratic congressional campaign committee, joining us now the phone. patrick, a busy night. thank you for being with us. what do you make of what we have seen across the country? >> yes, t having me come shannon. i think we are seeing that democratic enthusiasm is onc n, don not in these primary races. in new jersey, iowa, and in

california. we are really excited about the candidates who are winning these primaries and emerging from these races, candidates with deep ties to these districts and we thinky'll go onto a lot of success in november. >> shannon: i want to redo something we have earlier from the "washington examiner." "the democrats biggest challenge is internal. their enthusiasm is left of center b path t the majority is smack dab in the center." to gain back the seats they lost in their pitch left between 292,016, they need to center themselves. what is the focus of the party? there needs to be energy and the further left, but are you seeing, thinking about that and weighing it as you lcandidates e primary end of the general? >> the f the primary throughout the primary campaigns has been two issues, health care, and the tax bill that the republican congress passed and president trump signed into law. on health care, we saw revolt across the country against

republican attempts rep health care away from working people. even in the tax bill, because of the provisions in it, health care premiums will spike across the country due to the irresponsible republican tax plan. our candidates are in the district talking about health care, talking about the tax bill, and what it means for these districts. these candidates understand the districts they are running in, they are out there every day talking to voters. we feel really good about the message they are delivering across the country. >> shannon: as you know, the nonpartisan tax policy center, a lot of people think leads to the left, that 85% of americans were getting caught under the tax bill, 10% would remain the same, 5% may have a hike. polling shows that more the people learned about it, the more they see their paychecks, they think it is not such a bad thing, growing in popularity. how do you run against that? >> we haven't seen hundred is growing in popularity. ultimately, a big problem with the tax bill, in addition to the health care premium increases that it will lead to, is that it

was usually weighted toward larger corporation, corporations on the wealthy. americans understand that imbalance in the bill, and i think that many americans will agree that there are better things to spend $1.5 trillion on that massive tax cuts for large corporations, and t wealthiest americans you don't need it. >> shannon: also including 85% of americans. 85%. those aren't my numbers. >> we are not disputing that some americans will get some tax cuts in this bill. but they understand that the lion's share of the tax cuts went to these corporations and went to the wealthiest americans. and many americans have said, maybe they get a little bit that helps and that's great but they see's a very unbalanced bill. i think there's a lot of questions as to why republican members thought it was more important to give these kinds of tax cuts to corporations and to the wealthy when there are a lot of other things we could spend that money on. >> shannon: we know those are the sectors of society that also pay by far the largest margin of

the taxes. patrick, i hear you. we thank you very much for joining us tonight, as we watch these races play out. it will be a late tonight. an early morning a lot of places. thank you, patrick. fox news cannot project that gubernatorial candidate gavin newsom, currently lieutenant governor in california, definitely going to be one of the top two finishers in california's jungle primary. he will advance as expected to the november election. it's too early to determine the other candidates, because it doesn't matter party. we'll see which one gets the most votes. john cox is running strong, early returns, still waiting, some problems in los angeles. antonio villaraigosa would benefit from those votes. he is now raising challenges as it appears there was a printing problem. we'll get more details on that, peter doocy is digging in on that. let's go back to the panel. richard fowler, syndicated radio host, joined by fox news contributor lisa boothe. >> hi, shannon. >> shannon: great to have you

with us. a lot of discussion about how far left the democrats would go. they were just talking about with patrick, and california, diane feinstein, long time liberal democratic senator could not get her party's endorsement earlier on this year because she was not far enough left for them. richard, what do you think is a danger in that? your challenger doesn't look to be presenting any real problems for her tonight. the party seems to be lurching left in a lot of places. >> i think it's a misnomer to think that political parties in midterm elections have a particular tilt or nontilt. this is not a presidential election where there is one particular leader of the party that determines the platform. indeed, there are 435 different, unique h races, and you have 34 different senate races, and every one of these candidates are running the r differently. they have different districts, different concerns, different issues, and so it's hard to say that the party is moving more to the left or the republican party is moving more to the right.

they candidates are adapting to their districts and they are running for their district. dianne feinstein has been a california democrat for a very long time, the 1980s. she knows how to win or district, and her state, and that is what she did tonight. she did it handily. i think we'll continue to watch and see what happens as these issues play out. jungle primaries are fun, they are interesting, and you know, -- >> shannon: they a dangerous. >> ask the folks in louisiana who have a democratic primary. >> shannon: we have more news, we just told folks that the lieutenant governor, you, gavin newsom in california, has sealed the top spot in the jungle primary. now being called john cox, the republican businessman, the number two in that race, there will be a republican on the statewide ballot for the governor's race. lisa, a lot of folks have been talking about how critical that as to the g.o.p. and hoping to

bring along enthusiasm to republicans, getting them to the polls. john cox is not only are important in theovernor's race, very few are giving him a chance, although he is very enthusiastic, and republican's are hoping he can pull off a miracle of such. his presence on the ballot, they are hoping, will get other republicans downstream and down ballot to turn out as well in >> as you mention, it's helpful to have a republican on the top of the ticket because it could help drive republican voters out in some of these down ballot races, as you mentioned, some of these key congressional districts, democrats are to turn seven of those congressional districts that hillary clinton won in 2016. that is why it is so critical and why democrats spent millions of dollars trying to get one candidate on the ballot in some of these races. so they have said before that majority of the house runs through the state of california. so if we end up tonight or tomorrow, whenever these races fully commend, where democrats

don't have a candidate on the ticket, that impacts them. we are looking at states like new jersey, iowa, california, all having very, very competitive races. it's very key for democrats, one, to get the candidate, their preferred candidate that is viable, and t have a candidate on the ballot in the general election, period. >> shannon: we talked earlier about immigration and how that is playing in capitol hill but certainly been critical in california aell. not long ago, we poured through the numbers, they are near the to the list and a lot of negative things, poverty, taxes, and they have a lot of key initiatives on the ballot. richard, as i talked about earlier with john cox, who will be heading to that gubernatorial final in the fall, a lot of people say they are angry about the policies, and the decisions that democrats are making in sacramento. ey keep sending them back there, and here to the hill. it's very interesting. remember, this discharge petition being run through the house started with -- was

started by a california republican and a very, very vulnerable district, who understands that republicans and moderate republicans have to do something about immigration. this is why this midterm election is going to be a very interesting one for republicans. traditional republicans, people who are saying we got to fix immigration, we got to make middle-class tax cuts permanent so we can win, then you have the far right, the freedom caucus, saying we have to move farther to the right to maintain the majority. then you have democrats saying, all we got to do is a vote agait trump, and we have to have a lr plan, both parties are all over the place. they are all over the map. we will find out in november what strategy is a winning strategy when it comes to determining who wins the house of representatives. i can tell you, i think that history is on the side of the democrats. i also do believe that the map, both in the state of new jersey on the side of the democrats.ia,

>> we've also seen changes in a generic ballot that could change, you go back to february, quinnipiac had democrats up by 16 points, and, not according to real averages 3.2%. that is troubling for democrats, particularly as richard said, when they have history on their side, a lot of opposition to president trump. regarding immigration, a danger for republicans there as well as alienating their base, if they cut a deal in immigration that will turn those waters off. i also think president trump's changing the dynamics of the debate by giving a voice to the individuals who have been negatively impacted by illegal immigration, like we saw him do the state of the union. >> shannon: we are out of time but you know all through the campaign and through much of this presidency, he has said that that would be a top priority, the minute he starts to truck away from that come his base gets upset. we'll see how all of that factors into the fall.

tonight, a little bit more crystallization about what we will see in the general election a number of key states. richard and lisa, thank you very much. >> good night. >> shannon: results continue to roll and for california's jungle primary. stay tuned. breaking news and expert analysis on the latest resultsg. no. with claim rateguard your rates won't go up just beacuase of a claim. i totally could've... (wife) nope! switching to allstate is worth it. ♪ confident. but it's not kayak confident. kayak searches hundreds of travel and airline sites to find the best flight for me. so i'm more than confident. how's your family? kayak. search one and done. you finished preparing overhim for college.rs, in 24 hours, you'll send him off thinking you've done everything for his well-being. ningitis b progresses quickly and can be fatal, sometimes within 24 hours.

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>> shannon: has primary results continue to pour income at the democrats have a chance of winning the majority in the house? is it better or the chances lesser?

joining us now, senior capitol hill producer chad pergram and fox news politics editor chris stirewalt. welcome to both of you. chad come i want to check in with you. now there is this conversation about this cancellation of part of the recess in august, and some folks say, great, we got a lot of work to do, others say, this is the republicans trying to hurt democrats who need to be campaigning and he races that the republicans want to flip. i want to read you something, we just got for the president. hold on. "mitch mcconnell announced he will cancel this in its august recess. great. maybe the democrats will get something done other than their acceptance of high crime and high taxes. we need border security." what do you make of this cancellation? >> first of all, this is just dealing with a senator. the reason the house of representatives is not going on a recesses because they need their members to campion. by the same token, what mitch mcconnell is doing, is compelling democrats who are in competitive races, north dakota,

indiana, ohio, to stay tethered to washington, d.c., to campaign. there are $0.33 races on the map right now. 24 are democrats, minor republicans, and the republican conservative.places that are utah, wyoming. they will hold those seats probably. sherrod brown in ohio, heidi heitkamp and north dakota. if they are tethered to washington, d.c., they can't go back to campaign. that is where bill nelson, democrat come on mike from florida, against rick scott, republican governor. they say it's boldfaced politics by mitch mcconnell go. chuck schumer turned it around, said, we are happy to stay here, talk about health care all month long, health care is an issue that is good for the democrats right now, and we need the president to make sure he stays in washington, d.c., too, not run off to golf, not go down to mar-a-lago, work hand in glove with us on these issues, facing the country.

>> shannon: we are continuing to hear from the two men who appeared to be the top two finishers in california for the gorn race, one democrat, one republican. we'll stay tuned and take you the for a few comments from them tonight as we hear from them. in the meantime, chris stirewalt, i would like to play a little bit of a bite, a sound bite, from senator kennedy, republican out of louisiana. here's how he feels about the august recess be canceled. >> i'm glad. look, i enjoy going back to america as much as anybody, getting out of washington, d.c., i'm a lot more comfortable with the people of louisiana then washington cartel, but i was sent appear to do a job. >> shannon: isn't that the best sound bite? >> are we a part of the washington cartel? >> shannon: i'm not from here. when i leave here, i go back into the same accent that kennedy has got. >> you good honey drip that if you want to. >> shannon: from tallahassee.

>> this is good politics for republicans in the sense that they have to look busy, but it's also practical for this reason. they are going to move a lot of nominations. they are going to move a lot of inventory. the president frustration -- look, this administration has been great at moving its own on inventory and it's tripped on its own shoelaces a lot. there f backlog over there that they could move through. they will fill out the federal judiciary, they will do all of these things that tell republican conservative voters, hey, this is what you want to. this is what you areere for you have a judge in district, he's 40 years old and he will be in your district -- >> shannon: he's in the federalist society. >> he will be there forever. he will be there for a million years. he will do all of these things that are satisfying to your public and base voters. that is hopeful, too. i will make a prediction right now, i'd be interested to know what chad would say about this, but i bet they end up giving two

weeks of that back. i bet that it starts out of a lot of big talk at hot kerfuffle, and in the end, they'll say, actually, you guys can head home. am i right? >> shannon: chad, we've talked about this. tell us what happened last year. it ssounds familiar. speak at timing is interesting. this cancellation of the recess was telegraphed and may come announced in june. in july of last year, mitch mcconnell said, we will be in session for the first two weeks of august. we were here for about three and half days. they got an agreement, approved a slate of 77 nominations, ambassadors, judges, all over the place, by putting the democrats on the spot right out in early june, saying, look, chuck schumer, we know that you want to go home and campaign in west vginia, joe manchin, heidi heitkamp, claire mccaskill, let's cut a deal here, we are putting you on notice. we'll probably be in for a few days, the other thing is to watch if this is a charade. they do this thing sometimes in the senate where they say they

will be in for several days and they have a skeleton staff and then they on a thursday or friday or whatever it might be and that is when everybody comes running back to washington, d.c. watch to see if this is a charade, a photosion. >> shannon: three and half days. >> three and has stays. that is even less. i will point out some of the republicans, air republican in nevada who needs to be at home, dean heller. republicans need may be leading him for dead, not sure if he will continue to invest in entries, but there will be considerations on that side, too. >> shannon: will continue to watch that. we are standing by to hear from the top two finishers in california and the governor's race, one republican and democrat. how that could impact the fall elections. coming up next, also former congressman jason chaffetz weighs in onhat tonight's results mean so far. stick around. ♪ i'm ray and i quit smoking with chantix.

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it was gavin newsom on the democrats! it wasn't president trump who gave us a $52 billion gas tax increase without any reform of one of the most wasteful and inefficient agencies in the country. it wasn't donald trump who gave us that gas tax. it was gavin newsom and we are going to repeal that tax in november! [cheers and applause] it wasn't president trump that gave us one of the most expensive and failing school systems in the country. this is absolutely criminal to deprive our children of the educatio they deserve. we know it. the tax money they passed for an prop 30, it is not going into the classrooms, they are going d pensions. we need to get that money into

the classroom and we need to give our children and our parents the education they deserve! speed when you have been listening in. that is the top republican vote-getter in the jungle primary for the governor's race. he finishes numbe to lieutenant governor gavin newsom, the democrat he will not face in the fall. newsom will speak shortly, we are told, and when that happens, we'll take you there. for now, let's talk to former congressman jason chaffetz, fox news contributor and fox news politics editor chris stirewalt. jason, we'll start with you. your reaction to what we have seen so far? a lot of focus around california but races across the country being decided. >> i was thrilled to see noem win in south dakota for the governor's race. i think she'll be the next governor of south dakota. we are very proud of her and she is going to be a great national figure in addition to being the governor of south dakota. as you look at california, got to tell you, donald trump flexed

some muscle and california and it seemed to work. that was a very impressive showing by john cox, hopefully,s some coattails, down down ticket, particularly in orange county. i thought dianne feinstein had a remarkable finish. that was not even close in a race that a lot of people were chattering about. she dominated from aty that really didn't even sup her. i think she's got to be pretty thrilled tonight. >> shannon: what do you make of your former colleagues in southern california, house members, how their districts are playing out, potential lockout for democrats republicans are hoping for that. >> earlier in your show, shannon, you had the deputy, i believe, for the democratic party. they don't have any issues to run on. if you look at what the democrats running on nationally? what are you running on locally? they think the taxes, reducing

taxes are unfair. they really want to put nancy pelosi back in the speaker's role, they want to give her the gavel, they want raise taxes. i don't think that works and even the most liberal places of california. they have a crazy system of california, hard to figure out what is going on. nationally, i just don't think there is a message, certainly, one that resonates, that the democrats are running on, other than, we like donald trump. think the hard line actually likes donald trump. >> shannon: jason, if you'll stick around, and chris as well. much more as we look to break down results as they continue to come in. we'll watch for lieutenant governor gavin newsom in california, his speech as well as he finishes first in the race for governor. stick with us. ♪ ♪

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>> shannon: in california, the gubernatorial primary race, fox news can project the top two lieutenant governor gavin newsom and republican john cox, you just h of the speech. let's get some analysis from chris stirewalt and jason chaffetz. how big is this, chris, her republicans that they have a republican now on one of the statewide races, come fall in c? >> it is important. it will matter more, i would say, these districts southern california, what we are coming down to one, literally, going down to the wire. on the dana rohrabacher district down t, the california 49, democrats could get a shout out. you know what's interesting? i think what i've observed through this process, and all of these races, we've talked a little about the quality of the candidates, we were discussing earlier how about the democrats did in new jersey and thinking district specific candidates that could fit, bright out a

republican. the democrats are taking any -- if you can get over the bar, if you can just get in the race and be competitive, find out very quickly in these seven races in california how good they are. >> shannon: jasons we go into the fallaces, these primary races, we have the competitors for the fall, how much do you think the president wa these races? he tweaked and it helps these races. you think youill be out there on the trail? >> oh, yeah. i think donald trump loves it. i think he is really good at it. he energizes the group of people that the democrats can't even relate to. and cerly, it helps with fund-raising. that is a huge issue, when you get district by district, what you are spending m on the ground, these competitive districts, you know, the democrats are very thinly spread, particularly in house races. >> shannon: all right, we've got to leavet there. gentlemen, thank you for staying up late for us with these exciting primary races all across the country, focuses on

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