and doug mastriano is no exception. he is an election denier, he was backed by then former president trump. so having him out of the mix is welcome news for many from the p.a. republican party to here in washington with republican leadership. but let's look at the bigger picture here. because republicans are feeling pretty confident about the map when it comes to the candidates that they will have and the seats that they have to defend versus democrats. democrats have 20 plus seats that they have to defend including in several states that were carried by former president trump and of course that is the x factor here. if he is the party's nominee, if he ends up being at the top of the ticket, will that lead to losses for republicans in these purple states. they are eyeing most importantly here montana, west virginia, pennsylvania and even up in ohio, of course all of those thousand held by democrats and west virginia, we know jim justice the republican establishment favorite to meet manchin already entering that race. oh

doug mastriano, the gop nominee, radley lost the general election -- badly lost the general election.epublican leaders have taken lessons from that. they put a lot of effort into a candidate they think has a better shot of winning the general election. mccullough hasn't gotten a lot of traction from the establishment. that doesn't mean primary voters won't go for that. but she hasn't raised much. william: how much does this matter? we know that there is an incredible focus on the state supreme court race in wisconsin but in this case the democrats already have a majority even if the republican were to win, even if mccullough were to win, how relevant is that for the court? katie: it's relevant because in a couple years there will be more seats up and republicans would be in striking distance especially if they win this election. in pennsylvania the courts are pretty partisan and they often have a huge role to play in choosing congressional maps when we redistrict. resolving boundaries in pennsylvania election law, because there are a lot of gray areas deciding what balance can be coun

, state senator doug mastriano.t what he has tried to do, it least in his first hundred plus days is to be more bipartisan than perhaps other pennsylvania democratic governors have been in the past. so i don't think that he would necessarily say, if you had a press conference in philadelphia, that this was our office being hard on crime, tough on crime. i think that they are saying, his administration, and other people who are working in the space, listen, addiction to this or any other type of drug in the opioids, in this case, is a disease. that's not a crime. we're looking first to attack a disease. and that's i think what we're seeing here. >> denny, thank you very much for educating us to all of this. it is horrible, as you say. all right, on a much lighter note, we are about to show you harry on the white carpet, at the white house correspondent dinner. we'll tell you which celebrities he was posturing. [applause] >> can you believe they allowed me to do this? ♪ ♪ ♪ gets three jobs done at once - kills s weeds

mccullough's fundraising has come from doug mastriano who was very entrenched in the stop the steal election results denying movement. they are closely linked. william: as you mentioned, the judges part of the stop the steal movement. we have seen donald trump continue to claim the election was stolen from him. is there a sense that gop voters in pennsylvania are still motivated by the story? >> we saw some evidence that is not a huge motivating factor. the candidate who had the gop nominee had badly lost. it gives you a sense of how general election voters feel and republican leaders have taken lessons from that. they have put a lot of effort into boosting the candidate they think has a better shot of winning the general election. she has not gotten a lot of traction. it does not mean primary voters will go for it but she has not raised much. >> how much of this matters? we know there is incredible focus on the state supreme court race. in this case, democrats have a majority. how relevant is that? in a couple of years there will be more seat up and republicans would be in striking distance

considering i think in all this, too, is you remember last year in pennsylvania big story it was doug mastriano, republican candidate for governor and aligned himself with all of trump's claims of 2020. he's thrown his support behind mccullough in this race. >> it's worth noting if elect today the state supreme court it will not change the balance of the power on the court, not like the wisconsin state supreme court race that had national attention, but it is still meaningful. right now democrats have a 4-2 majority. and that would be a 4-3 majority in the state like pennsylvania, one of the swingiest states in the country in a presidential election year or any election year, the balance of the supreme court really very much matters. i've got to ask you about the pennsylvania statehouse, because that is also a body that matters in that state, and whether or not you think the balance of power tips back to republicans, the democrats have had for just a handful of what feels like hours. >> right. they finally won it last november after 12 years of trying, coming into tonight with these vacancies,

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considering in all of this as well is that you remember last year in pennsylvania the big story being doug mastrianoandidate for governor, aligning himself with donald trump's claims about 2020. he has thrown this support, strongly thrown the support behind mccullough in this race. he's considering running for the united states senate for pennsylvania next year. in some ways, i think this could be a test to his lingering strength in the republican party as well. >> it is worth noting that if she is elected to the state supreme court, it would not change the balance of power on the court. much like -- not like the wisconsin state support race that had natural attention. it was still meaningful. right now, democrats have a 4 to 2 majority. if a republican got one of the seats, it would be a state like pennsylvania. one of the most swing states in the country. presidential election, year any election year, the balance of the supreme court really very much matters. i have to ask you about the pennsylvania state house. that is also a body that matters in that state. whether or not you think that the bala

then he pushed doug mastriano, who got absolutely crushed. rapist's baby. you go down to georgia and herschel walker. go out to arizona, kari lake instead of matt salmon or somebody else who would have won that governorship most likely in 2022. again, if you're any of these people, why in the world would you take that chance? you take a guy like dave mccormick, who is as good of a candidate as they could have had in pennsylvania. trump called him every name in the book, just completely disparaged him. >> you mentioned kari lake. speaking of, the former arizona gubernatorial candidate has lost again trying to challenge her election defeat last november. more than six months later, a judge in arizona's largest county has ruled lake's team has failed to provide evidence of misconduct. additionally, the judge found no evidence that alleged misconduct affected the election's outcome. this was kari lake's only remaining legal challenge to her election loss. it bounced around multiple courts, including arizona's supreme court and an appeals court be