governor david dewhurst. >> texas lieutenant governor david dewhurst. ♪ david dewhurst ♪ lieutenantng babies ♪ protecting ladies ♪ you're the most pro life candidate ♪ ♪ religious nation ♪ obama nation ♪ won't come to the good state of texas ♪ >> they actually say "break it down." this ad actually ran on television in texas. disco david dewhurst. the casio keyboard anthem about how anti-abortion he is. ♪ david dewhurst ♪ saving babies wow. the david dewhurst campaign in texas actually dropped that ad. ran it on broadcast television the day before the texas elections this week. it's almost like the campaign knew how badly david dewhurst was going to do in the elections this week. they knew he was going to lose his seat. and they just said you know, we spent this money to make the anti-abortion disco song about him. ♪ saving ladies we paid for the song, we might as well run the freaking ad. they just decided the last day before the election, let's burn the campaign down, let's do disco inferno. amazing. and the day after they aired the disco david dewhurst ad, david dewhurst did go on

disco david dewhurst. he is. ♪ david dewhurst ♪ saving babies wow. the david dewhurst campaign in texas actually dropped that ad. ran it on broadcast television the day before the texas elections this week. it's almost like the campaign knew how badly david dewhurst was going to do in the elections this week. they knew he was going to lose his seat. and they just said you know, we spent this money to make the anti-abortion disco song about him. ♪ saving ladies we paid for the song, we might as well run the freaking ad. they just decided the last day before the election, let's burn the campaign down, let's do disco inferno. amazing. and the day after they aired the disco david dewhurst ad, david dewhurst did go on to be the first statewide or congressional incumbent anywhere in the country to actually lose his seat. he lost by a mile. he got thrown out of office in a republican primary this year. he was the incumbent. as for right now he is still the king of the worst ad of this year's elections. so maybe t

that begins with patrick, who has run to the right of david dewhurst and even to the right of ted cruz, particularly on the issue of immigration. >> dewhurst's lies won't hide his failed record on illegal immigration. under dewhurst's leadership the senate passed an expansion of in state tuition and free health care to illegal immigrants. >> one of the reasons texas republicans have swept statewide offices as long as they have, is they have not alienated hispanic voters. some republicans in texas are nervous. new hearst has suggested patrick changed his name to avoid debt after personal bankruptcy in the 80s. patrick was born danny gohe. he legally changed his name in 2003. the dewhurst campaign posted a parody of "let it go" that featured an animated dan patrick. ♪ we won't let them in, won't let them see ♪ ♪ that i'm a phony radio disk jockey ♪ ♪ danny goeb, danny goeb, i can't lie to you anymore ♪ ♪ that's my name, danny goeb >> all right. that's on the lighter side of things. the nastiest episode happened just days before early voting. jerry patterson, who ran fourth in the lieuten

tea party dan patrick defeated david dewhurst. lieutenant governor.we have seen republicans going more established candidates. texas different? >> texas ask a little bit different. you're totally on point antonio. important position, you are the head of the state senate. you also get to appoint committee members when you're lieutenant governor. dan patrick has said, he talked about the type of committee members he would support fm david dewhurst has lost twice. he was the heir apparent to kay bailey hutchinson. antonio isn't that i don't think big a deal. i think conservatives are so far to the right in texas anyway that there tea party and the conservative right of texas republicans right now, this is a conservative state and you see conservatives winning. >> mississippi, we're seeing a battle between thad cochran and tea party republican chris mcdonald. there was obig scandal brewing there, a conservative blaring was charged with taking pictures of senator cochran's wife who has lived for 13 years in a nursing home with dementia. mcdaniel's. this is

david dewhurst is trying to hold on to his seat but he's trailing dan patrick, once a radio deejay whonce let ladies paint him. now he's facing this attack add. [♪ music ] ♪ won't let them see ♪ that i'm a phoney ♪ disjockey. ♪ why should they know ♪ why should they ♪ danny go ♪ danny go ♪ i can't lie to you ♪ any more ♪ that's my name ♪ danny go ♪ and i've got lies ♪ to answer for ♪ because danny don't care ♪ what you're going to say ♪ let my lies wage on ♪ it never bothered me ♪ any way >> hats off to the lieutenant governor for the song choice. considering the tween demographic locked up. that's the day's pow politics. >>> in detroit why automakers have recalled more than 11 million vehicles we learned today some of the cars and s.u.v.s may never get repaired, and it's completely legal. bisi onile-ere joins us live from detroit. bisi, why is that some of these recalled vehicles are not going to get fixed? >> david, according to a "new york times" report there are a number of safety watchdog groups who are pushing for legislation that would require used car dealers as well as rental

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we saw earlier this week in texas, the texas republican establishment represented by david dewhurst beatennot sure we should draw the who won, who loss, this nursing home issue so dominated the race and so out of bounds. you and i spent a lot of time in many races and talked about it many times covering this stuff. this is so outside the boundaries of acceptable behavior. if thad cochran wins, it seems to me that this controversy played a big role in it. >> gives dirty tricks a whole new -- >> oh, my gosh. it's appalling. appalling. >> chris cillizza, you're not appalling. >> i do my best. >> great to see you. in one of her last public appearances maya angelou came to the smithsonian for the national portrait gallery, she shared what she considered her greatest achievement over eight decades as a writer and poet and civil rights lieder. her answer, patience, you can only have patience if you have courage. that painting by ross rossen was installed for public viewing at the national portrait gallery. a beautiful portrait it is. a fitting celebration for a truly phenomenal woman a day after

texas's incumbent republican lieutenant governor david dewhurst has lost his seat tonight to a tea partyn patrick who will now go on to the general election. but because of the makeup in texas, he is likely to become the new lieutenant governor in the state of texas. and another one to watch. this one is a congressional race. this is texas' fourth congressional district there is only 28% of the vote in right now. so this is worth watching closely. but this is ralph hall, republican congressman 91 years old. the oldest serving member of congress. he is facing a challenger mr. hall, served 17 terms. no other member of congress has been thrown out of his office this year in a primary. but tonight, at least, 28% in. he is running two points behind. that's within to watch. last polls close in texas about an hour ago. some closed two hours ago. some closed an hour ago. results are still coming in. we'll let you know more here on msnbc tonight as we learn it. now time for "the last word." thank you for joining us. >> six dead. 13 wounded. one of the victim's parents joins me tonight with a mess

conservative radio talk host dan patrick won over david dewhurst running for a fourth term. >>> police used facebook to find a baby snatched from a hospital hours after she was born. they posted a picture of the suspect who was disguised as a nurse. the suspect's friends recognized her and called police. [ crying ] >> that was the mother's reaction after police brought her baby back. the hospital says lit bring in experts to get answers. >>> edward snowden was a spy. that's what he told nbc. the man who leaked 1,000 nsa documents says he was not a low level systems administrator but a cia spy. as you know for nearly a year edward snowden has been exiled in russia, unable to leave after blowing the lid on the spying program and earning charges of espionage. now the man known as a whistle-blower is breaking the silence about the other key role he claims to have served. >> i was trained as a spy in the traditional sense of the world. i worked for the central intelligence agency under cover, overseas. i worked for the national security agency under cover, overseas, and i worked for i devel

lieutenant governor david dewhurst is distancing himself from documents suggesting opponent dan patrickay night with the release of court documents showing he was hospitalized for depression in the '80s. >> reporter: meanwhile in oregon, these are the headlines the day before primary voting ends. according to the police report, quote, monica has pulled his hair, slapped him, and thrown items at him. but negative campaigning has a mixed track record. it's easy to remember the attacks that worked. like this one against michael dukakis. >> gordon kidnapped a couple repeatedly raping his girlfriend. a weekend pass. dukakis on crime. >> reporter: in a close race with rand paul, jack conway's campaign ran this. >> why did rand paul tie a woman up and tell him his god was aqua buddha? >> what are we going here? >> what a collection of people. >> kasie joins us where she's safe there. as the candidates make their -- i'm going to stick to kentucky, i think, as the candidates make their closing arguments, anything new this morning? >> well, kentucky voters remember the aqua buddha ad well. they a

long-time incumbent david dewhurs tchldewhu dewhurst earned just 28% of the vote.d a focus on immigration. >> dewhurst leadership, the senate passed an expansion of free health care to illegal immigrants. more taxpayer funded benefits for illegal immigrants. >> it is that republican tone on immigration that democrats hope is going to make this a close race come november. why might that be? well, i recently spoke to the democratic candidate in the lieutenant governor's race who thinks one of the keys to success could be the latino vote. >> i'm the senator from antonio. >> she is her party's best bet for 2014. a latina candidate in the state where hispanic voters could transform the political map and turn the lone star state blue. >> what makes democrats feel right now that texas is winnable after decades of republican rule? >> texas is winnable. exactly because of decades of republican rule. >> reporter: the state senator from san antonio could help democrats pull off something they haven't been able to do in 20 years. win state wide office. it was 1994 when george

the conservative radio talk show host beat republicans incumbent david brewer by over 30 percentage point dewhurstked him and spewed anti-obama rhetoric. >> i understand why obama thinks he can change the weather because he thinks he's god. he thinks he is the smartest person in the country. he thinks he knows better in washington. what we do in texas. he thinks he'ses the one through all his executive orders that congress isn't even up to his level. so i'm not surprised he thinktion he can also change the weather. >> oh, yeah. wear the plaid shirt and go after the president. folks, those are the words of a man one step closer to the second highest office in the state of texas. proof that the tea party is still very much alive and well in the lone star state. joining me fora pid response panel on this. sarah slayman. a field director for the democratic party in texas and also, professor mark jones, chair of the department of political zriens political science at rice university. can you give us a description of the political climate in texas if tea party is not showing very much strength nationall

david due hurst. he ran an attack ad that he used to be a deejay. [♪ singing ] >> well, the voters answered by giving patrick the victory and giving dewhurst the boot>>> speaking of ads, biographical spots bearing a weapon. thanks to michigan republican paul mitchell we can now add cross bow. >> creating jobs, hmm, that's a rare skill in congress. if that's not enough i can shoot a cross bow and play the accordion. just not at the same time. i'm paul mitchell, and i approve this message because we need more job-creating, cross-bow shooting, and accordion-playing congressmen. >> and bruce braley who is seeking his position in senate by highlighting his career as a trial lawyer. >> i spent my lifetime trying to be the voice for some who have problems that they can't solve themselves. >> if the iowa primary poll holds, braley will face jodie ernst. >> i grew up castrating hogs. so when i went to washington, i cut pork. >> castrater versus trial lawyers. do you believe in miracles. >>> recently 50 u.s. senators september a letter to the national football league asking for a name change of the washington redskins and respect for, quote, tribal sovereign