fox as alex keaton really became the center of the show.rote to that. >> it's not fair, alex. >> yeah. there's nothing you can do about it, jen. my advice to you is that you just enjoy being a child for as long as you can. i know i did. it was the best two weeks of my life. >> alex is a little bill buckley. the "wall street journal" is his bible. he has a tie to go with his pajamas. he's a very conservative and very intense 17-year-old. >> the first thing your teacher is going to ask is what did you do over the summer? a lot of kids will say i went to the zoo or i went to the beach or i went to a baseball game. what are you going to say? >> i watched the iran contra hearings. >> if mom and dad thought this generation was going to the dogs, think again. this is the generation that has discovered hard work and success. >> american culture is changing in the '80s. and in terms of television, there's a whole notion of demographic segmentation. >> networks were beginning to not be afraid to appeal to a very specific demographic. >> hey, handsome

. >> i'm one of these kind of alex p. keaton kids from the '80s.ublican my whole life. >> thank you so much. >> reporter: nowadays chairman of the mayorricopa board of governors, arizona's most populous. among the board's responsibilities, running elections. >> this election was run well. there was no fraud involved in this. no corruption. why do i feel confident about that? because this has been the most scrutinized election we'vin run. >> my job was to make sure there wasn't anything improper or fraudulent that was going on. >> reporter: you weren't discounting anything? >> no. my job is to investigate what was being brought to me. so i followed up on those with our elections officials. >> reporter: and -- >> and there was nothing to it. >> good morning, sir. >> reporter: for gates and his colleagues the madness began in the hours after the polls closed. >> as far as i'm concerned we already have won. >> reporter: before the tally was finished -- [ chanting ] supporters who believing president trump arizona began flocking to the site. >> it was l