eric shawn is live with us on the ground in hazleton tonight with the latest results.ening. >> good evening, shannon. it's a historic night here in pennsylvania, at least eight women have won their nominations for congress across the state on both the democratic and republican line. there is some disappointing news for rick's account, remember him? the republican state representative who was narrowly defeated by connor lamb and a special election two months ago near pittsburgh. he lost his primary republican battle tonight to another candidate in another district. when asked for the u.s. senate race in pennsylvania, it is going to be a doozy because tonight for term cumberland defeated jim cristiano which will set up a major battle for democratic senator . a self-made businessman, mayor of hazleton, he made national headlines back in 2006 for his tough stance on illegal immigration. he was endorsed by president trump, who actually urged him to run for the state and tonight he likens his candidacy to that of the president's. he said he's reaching out to reagan democrats

a self-made businessman, mayor of hazleton, made national headlines for his stance on illegal immigration. he was endorsed by donald trump who urged him to run for the seat. he likened his candidacy to that of the pres. reaching out to reagan democrats, calls himself a blue-collar working-class guy who will fight for pennsylvanians noting casey votes for sen. elizabeth warren. in massachusetts and not pennsylvania, does not have the values of the keystone state. >> the media said donald trump could not win in pennsylvania. pennsylvania took donald trump to the white house. i was told i would never be made her. i was mayor for three terms. they told me we would never be and incompetently beat an incumbent and they said i won't beat bob casey and we are going to beat bob casey. >> reporter: casey has been in office 12 years and is the son of former governor robert pk, one largest critics of the pres. and urged him to resign over sexual misconduct. his campaign issued a statement that said in part this will be a choice between a candidate who fights for corporate interests, stacked the deck

eric shawn is in hazleton tonight with the latest. good evening, eric. >> good evening >> nine. some think that the races here in pennsylvania could eventually help to control of the house. in fact the chairman of the state g.o.p. today predicted that the democratic party could pick up as many as five seats in november, and the reason he said is it redistricting. today, 84 candidates are running in 18 new congressional districts that were read iran after the state supreme court ruled the old lines were partisan and violated the state's constitution. the democrats say that ruling leave end of the playing field but republicans are angry against that, crying foul. meanwhile, president trump is looming large in that senate race. he has endorsed congressman lou barletta, who today we interviewed and discussed the issue of immigration. he made national headlines in 2006 targeting that issue when the city enacted laws that deny permits to businesses who hired illegal immigrants, landlords who rented to illegals, and declared that english is the city's official language. today, he told

he of a favorite here, the congressman, former hazleton mayor he is a favorite running against the state representative, jim christiana, a lot of people here in western pennsylvania are already talking about the potential of a matchup which they are also telling me it would be the classic referendum on donald trump. you have a staunch critic in bob casey versus one of the earliest and most ardent supporters so not a lot of interest here on the ground in the primary. if jim pulls it off i know a lot of people who will be surprised but lou appears to be the favorite here. >> host: if lou goes on what faces are the other challenges and how will he prepared with money and also info structure? >> guest: he will face mr. casey and you will have a lot of interest from local party officials and he will have a lot of money in his coffers and he will have the familiar name of donald trump and donald trump recorded aroma: missed the primary heading up to it and he endorsed lou in the primary earlier in the year and they are close to each other and i think you'll see appearances from the president h