when republicans get the message that came through your election and don't put up joe kent or jamie herrera-butler. you are confident you would have that race? >> i didn't get in this race to beat jamie herrera-butler, i will tell you that much.uc my real hope in running this race is that it's not about me as an individual candidate. but it's as clear message to both parties, frankly, to stop going out and finding candidates that can self fund and find candidates who work for a w living. you know, work in the trades that have grease under their finger nails and worry about making mortgage payments and are not out buying new cars all theh time. people that really want to fix stuff. it's going to take grassroots work from both political parties to do that work. >> i want to ask you one thing. you use twitter judiciously. you're not looking for at which time twitter fate. you said we need to take a real hard look at politics now. >> we had a lot of timber issues that i think alienated democrats in rural communities. i'm a fifth generation -- come from five generation of loggers inra washington state.

jamie herrera butler, she was beat out in the primary by joe kent.e's a former army ranger, his wife was killed by an isi terrorists bomb. he's blamed the establishment. he's run a platform of denying the election and january 6. perez is an auto body shop mechanic and owner. she is winning. a surprise for a lot of democrats. >> a ways to go in a few key statewide races. where are those ballots being counted? >> clark county, nevada. 50,000ail-in ballots still out. los angeles county, 800,083 ballots left. mostly mail ballots. maricopa county, arizona. 400,000 ballots. how much of an update will we get? we don't know. will we know the fate of the house of representatives? we don't know, it could be a few more days. >> the counting continues. this is the process. patience is key. thank you so much. in the day's other news, president biden called on world leaders to take decisive steps against the climate crisis in his opening address at the cop 27 conference in egypt. he also pledged the u.s., one of the biggest polluters, would meet its target for red

jamie herrera butler, the republican who voted to impeach donald trump, lost the primary and still with of the vote in, but the democrats have a real chance of picking this one off. this is the kind of district that democrats are performing better than expectations and i put them in contention for the house. but they need to win races like that, and that they need to pull a full upsets of. they need to win in a few places where right now they are trailing in the tally. we're certainly going into the election, they were not in favor in places like the 22nd district of california, david valid dale, a republican, who had lost his seat in 18, won it back in 2020. this is the central valley of california, you see less than 40% of the vote up and counted here. valid dale leading, but it's a competitive race. that's the kind that would break the democratic wave. they would actually hit that 218 number. another example here, the 41st district of california, can covered, long serving republican, the district has change in redistricting. he close to have the vote tally there. calvert with a narro

republican congresswoman jamie herrera butler, first won the seat back in 2010 but was ousted earlierimary. she was one of the ten republicans who voted to impeach former president donald trump for his role in the january 6th insurrection. trump targeted her for political retribution by backing kent. the congresswoman elect joins us now. we appreciate your coming on this morning. congratulations first of all. >> thank you so much. >> what do you think put your race over the edge to make you the winner? >> well, i think people in my district, you know, they want a congress that looks like america. they want congress with a little bit of grease under their fingernails who knows how to fix things. i was the candidate who could fill that role. i think we're all tired of click-bait politics. we want people in congress to work, not to get twitter celebrity. >> congresswoman elect, sam stein here. for those who didn't see it i would recommend watching the video you did with more perfect union where you talked about rural democrats and building things as opposed to tearing things down as a po

congresswoman herrera butler was one of the ten republican members of the house who was voting to impeach donald trump a few weeks earlier. she had good reason to. as you, heard congresswoman jamie herrera beutler was a witness to donald trump siding with the capitol rioters over kevin mccarthy while the attack was still underway. in the end, the house impeachment managers did not call congresswoman herrera butler to be an impeachment witness. instead, they entered into the record a written statement from the republican congresswoman describing what she had heard donald trump say. later that same day, donald trump was acquitted in the senate, and the impeachment trial ended. it was not over for republican congresswoman jamie herrera beutler. back in her home district, in washington state, local republicans voted to censure her for having the audacity to tell the truth about what she heard that day. former president trump made it his mission to ensure that jamie herrera beutler did not stay in congress. he opposed her in a republican primary, and endorsed this guy, joe can't. interesting character, in an election denier that falsely claimed at the january 6th attack, quote, looke