a surprise in minnesota's republican governor, jeff johnson easily defeated team polenti, the former two-term governor of that state, trying to win back his job. president trump played a role in the primary. johnson highlighted how pawlenty withdrew his support of trump. they sparred who had insulted president trump more. >> i supported him and you told people not to elect him. >> i voted for president trump. >> but you thought he was unfit to be president. >> i reacted to the "access hollywood" tapes. you calling him a jackass is better than me calling him unhinged. >> i have a question for you. >> come on, jeff. >> you said he was unfit to be president and you were

floated as a potential running mate for mitt romney and defeated by a county commissioner named jeff johnson. a major liability for pawlenty was criticism that he thought then candidate trump was unfit for office. minnesota's democratic primary voters still sent congressman keith ellison to the ballot for attorney general just days after serious domestic abuse allegations that he denies surfaced on facebook. and in vermont last night history as christine hallquist became the first openly transgender candidate to win a major party's nominee for governor. she will face vermont's incumbent governor phil smith, a republican, in the fall. julie. >> julie: peter doocy, thank you so much. >> bill: we'll bring in

. >> this race tonight with tim pawlenty losing to the county commissioner, jeff johnson, was fascinating, because you had two guys who criticized president trump, canada trump, on the campaign, and spent this campaign saying how much they didn't mean it. who didn't been at the most? tim pawlenty, two term governor, former governor, obviously, former presidential candidate, supposed to be -- >> ed: supposed to be one of the hopes of the republican party. >> he loses to this guy, and now this is going to be a head up against the u.s. democratic congressman tim walz, he won tonight. also, the minnesota state senator karen housley, she won the public and primary, to fill the seat of al franken that was filled by tina smith, the lieutenant governor, now sitting senator. interesting about this, this is not in anybody's radar. it should be. this race could be closer than people think.

who is jeff johnson in the republican nominee for governor four years ago in 2014. od year for republicans nationally. johnson lost that race by six points. he decided to run again. he has defeated tim pawlenty. this the upset of the night. a fascinating race in terms of what it tells us where the republican party is. back in 2016, when donald trump was running for president tim pawlenty called him unhinged and unqualified. jeff johnson said of trump back then, something i can't say on television i'm pretty sure. when they campaigned against each other in this primary in 2018, they both debated over who meant what they said new 201 less. jeff johnson tried to get to the right of pawlenty. who he face in the general election? congressman tim walz from the southern part of the minnesota has won the democratic nomination for governor in this state tonight. defeating his opponents. an interesting race in the sense there was some doubt about walz, could win a democratic primary with his voting record particularly on gun issues coming from that more conservative rural dist

he's running against jeff johnson. johnson joins us now to discuss the upcoming election.'s been airing in your great state and get your reaction. take a listen. >> who is jeff johnson? he's a career politician who taxes and spends, a lot. jeff johnson supported spending millions of dollars of tax payer money to support obamacare, higher taxes, wasteful spending. supporting obamacare. elizabeth: that was from a pawlenty campaign. they say you're a career politician. you're getting endorsement from the gop. what say you. >> i have the endorsement of the actual party which tim couldn't get. have tim pawlenty call me a career politician is humerus. he's been -- humorous. he's been doing this for 30 years. what's happening in minnesota is similar to what's happening all over the country. we have one candidate who is the establishment, backed by the political class, by the big money guys, which is tim and another candidate who is backed by the grass roots conservatives in the state who are looking for something different, who are looking for fundamental change, who will come in

governor's primary, trump supporter jeff johnson beat former governor tim pawlenty. you may remember pawlenty was once a g.o.p. star and former presidential candidate. he was also fiercely critical of president trump. in wisconsin right next door republican candidate leah vuknir won her primary she will be facing off against tammy baldwin in november. once critical of the president but last night she made it very clear whom she supports. watch it. >> we're going to take that to washington where they need the help of a strong conservative to join the ranks. [applause] to help president trump make america great, keep america great. [cheers] >> harris: and the president tweeted this, congratulations to leah vuknir of wisconsin on your great win. you beat a very tough and good competitor and make a fantastic senator against someone who has done very little. have you my complete and total endorsement. explanation point. democrats making his have any connect cut electing a school teacher who could become the first african-american democrat to represent the state congress a

jeff johnson said something i don't think i could repeat here. they had a debate. debated over who meant that less. so they certainly changed their tune on that. it looks like johnson will be the republican nominee. who will he face-off in minnesota? this an interesting development as well. tim walz, democratic congressman from the southern part of the state looks like he's going to get through this primary. walz the thought had been maybe a little too conservative on some. >> especially guns. he represents a district with a lot of rural areas in the southern part of state. also something we'd been seeing in democratic primaries around the country this year. female candidates had been doing really well in democratic primaries. you add up the vote for the two leading female candidates here, you're over 50%. but maybe it was a little split up here. it looks like it will be tim walz, jeff johnson in that gubernatorial race, not tim pawlenty, as people were expecting. the other headline race for minnesota is the race for attorney general. keith ellison, he got hit with

jeff johnson won. he won because he supported the president.ame with kris kobach he won because unseating incumbent governor. very difficult to do. 97% get. >> >> harris: when i lived in minneapolis and covered politics in that city and state, he was an upand coming rising star what is changing right now, are politics no longer local? does this president have the clout, the mojo, the power to take what we have always known about local politics and flip it? >> no doubt. he has unparalleled support among our party. we see that in every single poll. to give you an idea, harris, this is really interesting how the rnc works with the president to mobile bliz his support. last week the ohio race for troy balderson, we noticed that the rnc, that balderson was only ahead by about 176 absentee votes in the key delaware county. we told the white house we told the president, we told the campaign. the campaign says okay, well, send the president there sent the president to delaware county. in the end, after that rally, balderson was ahead by 5,000 votes. th

jeff johnson takes the republican nomination for governor defeating tim pawlenty who was a big trump critic trying to make a political comeback. in vermont democrats made history by nominating christine hallquist, the first transgender person running for governor in history. i'm looking for a them. "wall street journal" headline. political outsiders progress in state races. is it still the year, the two-year advance of the outsider, tom? >> i think it certainly is. you see that rendered in the results we've seen coming in overnight. i also think quite interestingly you have seen this rejection perhaps of what some might have been saying was a growing sentiment by people like jeff flake, senator mccain, and to have republicans push back against the president. the president has, i think, been somewhat vindicated in terms of at least his control of the republican party narrative in last night's results. look at minnesota, for example. but it is interesting to see quite how much across the country whether democrat or republican voters seem to have a vested interest in having newcomers co

jeff johnson he was the runner in 2016. johnson lost by 6.ow, who will he face this november, tim walls, congressman from the southern part of the state. that's a rural district. walz has a position and does pull through the primaries, walz/johnson in november. the other big race out of minnesota was keith ellison. allegations in the final days of his campaign about domestic violence. well, you have the primary results. it's supposed to be here. let me see if it comes up. there you go. keith ellison wins the primary big. and this story becomes a cloud over the general election. the dnc said they're going to look into the allegations against ellison. will we learn more? anything like that? ellison, the democratic nominee, that story just hanging there. and the other big story, it's in wisconsin, it's next door. democrat taking their fourth shot at scott walker. he won in '10. he won again in '14. tony evers, a democrat. had walker down 13 point to evers. we will see. democrats have tried before. they think the national climate in wisconsin may

jeff johnson, he was the republican candidate for governor in 2014. to paw lentdy's right. i'm sorry we don't have the live numbers but in the early returns johnson right now running about ten points ahead of pawlenty. i should tell you it looks like johnson's base, hennepin county, is accounting for a lot of the votes so far. but even outside of that base he is early on running ahead of pawlenty. >> ten points ahead running in the early results? >> yes. >> wow. >> disproportionately, we're talking about johnson's base here, hennepin county, that's a part of that. you get outside of that it looks like he's running about five points ahead. but yeah, this would be -- he was the republican nominee in 2014. it's been a while since pawlenty's been active. we've seen that sort of anti-establishment thing. so we'll keep an eye on that. and you set it up too as well there. in the attorney general's race, these are early numbers. keith ellison, a number of opponents. but keith ellison you see basically, you know, better than 3-1 over his nearest opponent right

. >> jeff johnson beat former governor tim pawlenty who struggled to distance himself from negative comments he made about the president during the 2016 election. >>> and in wisconsin a former aide to retiring house speaker paul ryan won that primary. >> who's with us all across wisconsin? bryan steil will face ironworker turned politician randy bryce. >> there will be more from arizona and florida at the end of the meth. kenneth? >> john schiumo here in new york. thanks. >> ahead, bernie sanders, one of yesterday's winners talks about last night's results and the upcoming elections. >>> six people were injured when a man started shooting at a pennsylvania walmart. police say the trouble started yesterday with the dispute at a checkout line at a walmart near philadelphia. one man pulled a gun and opened fire. the alleged gunman and a woman fled in a car. they were later arrested after crashing into a police vehicle. police say at least ten shots before fired in the store, but none of the injuries are life-threatening. >>> this morning recovery efforts are under way in the northeast and the p

pale palenti losing to jeff johnson for the primary of minnesota.ho will johnson face on the democratic side? tim wall, the it will be wall versus johnson for governor of minute minuneso. another headline race. theational committee giving up his house 76-seat in congress t r attorney general. he was hit with accusations of domestic violence in the final days of this campaign. he will be the democratic nominee, but that story figures to feature very prominently in the general election and one other headline from this primary night, it is the race for governor of kansas. the voting took place a week ago. but now tonight jeff kohlier, the governor conceding a very closeherace. concedes to crisco back. that happened and kobak candidate for governor. back to you. >> thank you for the update and your enthusiasm, steve. >> some nk city residents got a scare this morning when theyed this smoking manhole. officials now saying there wasn't an explosion. energy company s con edisons the smoking manhole caused a failure in their underground delivery service tha

his opponent, county commissioner jeff johnson, really hammered him. lead but now that johnson won, some suggestion that they might not get the money. ainsley: pawlenty used to be the governor as you know. the governor, the current governor now is stepping down a democrat. pawlenty he did say the president was unhinged and unfit for office years ago. county commissioner jeff johnson who won, beat pawlenty. >> hammered him. >> i voted for trump. hammered him on it. pawlenty said i'm done with politics. jeff flake, martha roby, paw lentty suffered some degree for opposing president trump. brian: marsha blackburn, in for trump. bob corker has not helped out mash that blackburn in the state of tennessee. ainsley: that race is getting ugly. brian: it could have a blue senator. ainsley: a democrat congressman in her state said he wants her to jump off a bridge. we'll talk to her about that he is. steve: very blue state is connecticut, rather than vermont. bernie sanders won the democratic nomination. he will turn that down, he will run in november as an indep

instead, jeff johnson will end up facing a congressman -- now congressman tim walz in the gubernatorialrimary. it will be a tough race for republicans. minnesota, hillary clinton carried it in 2016. amy will be at the top as well on the senate side and she is incredibly popular within the state. republicans are going to have to do a bit of re-strategizing how they are going to win this race. especially considering there is an entire map to take account -- take into account this year. host: take us next door to wisconsin. democrats have tried to take out scott walker. do they have a better chance this fall? i think democrats do have a chance this fall. tony evers has won statewide office several times before as superintendent of public inch direction and wisconsin in 2016 trumpsly -- president narrowly carried the state. in a year that looks likely -- we are seeing it is possible a democratic surge in enthusiasm could help evers get over that hump. host: 10 england, some -- to new england, some history being made in vermont. guest: yes, the democratic candidate will be the first transgen

of candidate trump evho tenugh he spo he lost the republican nomination by nearly ten points to jeff johnson who was backed by the gop. >>> and also in minnesota, the congressman, keith ellison, captured the democratic nomination in the race to be the state's attorney general. he's the deputy chairman of the dnc. you'll recall days ago, his campaign was rocked by domestic violence allegations. he's denying an ex-girlfriend's claim that he dragged her off a bed while screaming obscenities. >>> the u.s. conference of catholic bishops says it is sorry and ashamed after a new reporttsn ju onetate me vtimsay it gives them vindication, but not closure. here's danya bacchus with more. >> reporter: pennsylvania officials releasing a landmark grand jury report. identifying more than 1,000 victims and 300 predator priests. who the report says molested children in six dioceses. >> the time of telling these victims to keep their truth to themselves has ended. >> reporter: the report also accusing dozens of church leaders of taking steps to cover up the abuse. over a period of decades, beginning in the m

rob: minnesota, a governors primary, jeff johnson wins over tim pawlenty who had more name recognition you will expect him to outperform but this is a perfect example of someone who clearly distanced himself from the president in a definitive way versus someone who has aligned himself with the president -- rob: minnesota was taken down by clinton, the moderate, the anti-trump republican, we head into november. >> 18 after the hour. antifa just rent a murder donald trump. chris cuomo. >> when someone gets hot and physical, equally wrong, i argue know. >> stay where you are. ♪ jillian: they are known for violence riots and investigated to murder their president. >> chris cuomo seem to defend antifa in a monologue. >> all punches are not able. when someone comes to call out big attended gets hot. are the equally wrong as the bigger they are fighting, >> carly shimkus is here with the outrage over those comments. >> donald trump got widespread criticism for saying white supremacist and counterprotest sisters were to blame for the deadly riots in charlottesville. the president was wrong to

and tim policy was the big hope for the gop, and spending a lot of money, jeff johnson running more grassrootsign. jillian: could this be one where a lot of people are surprised what happened? >> could be. if you asked me today, i think nancy pelosi wins but i will see you tomorrow. >> this is total possible. >> aaron murphy was named state official body but that doesn't mean that much. the current congressman, bush front weather. lori swanson is very competitive. we don't know what will happen. the governor's race is very important because it is a tossup in the general election. >> thank you for joining us. schools in alabama have an option to bring god back to the classroom. our next guest proposed the new losses political correctness has gone too far, he joins us with a message to the critic. >> we are open to people who share values. jillian: democratic candidates calling themselves socialists supporters is growing. >> democratic socialist movement appears to be growing, county tennessee democratic party chair among those embracing this far left ideology. >> we are open to working with peo

. >> to our primary opponent jeff johnson and his team, they did a great job, they won, they will be now for future vision of the republican party, and for where the state of minnesota will go ahead. liz: a big critic of trump he was now he is gone. >> now to mark sanford, not surprised, people like america first agenda and promises made and promises kept, they see it with president trump. >> aim. >> i out of time. i am so sorry. >> thank you. liz: we'll be right back, stay there. senior-living referral service. for the past five years, i've spoken with hundreds of families and visited senior-care communities around the country. and i've got to tell you, today's senior-living communities are better than ever. these days, there are amazing amenities, .. and nobody understands your options like the advisers at a place for mom. these are local, expert advisers that will partner with you to find the perfect place and determine the right level of care, whether that's just a helping hand or full-time memory care. best of all, it's a free service. there is never any cost to you. senior livi

minnesota, one wanted another run at the governorship but he was critical of the president and jeff johnson. he won the race. >> what about turnout? >> in minnesota and wisconsin, we did see decent democratic numbers. that is critical in minnesota where there are four house races there that are tossups. there are two democratic seats that republicans could win. looking at those turnout numbers, it doesn't show a sign the democrats are looking good in the seat. aboutt does it tell us the money that will pour in in minnesota? mean we will see both parties pour money in there? >> yes. republicans, there are two seats that republicans could flip in november. they are both in minnesota. try to pour aem lot of money into those house races because for every seat that republicans flip, that is more seats that democrats have to flip to get to the magic number of 23. >> and $13.3 trillion record. u.s. household debt sticking up to new highs while delinquencies continue to drop. that is according to the federal reserve bank of new york. this is fascinating that we see delinquencies plummet at the same

ed: let's go to jeff johnson who against heavy odds and a big fundraising disadvantage, the former presidential contender in the primary battle as governor of minnesota. now the republican nominee for governor of minnesota live tonight to weigh in on the idea that america was never that great. what do you say to andrew cuomo. i notice eric trump tweeted out among other things we weren't great after we beat nazi germany? >> i haven't heard this quote until just now. illustrates the difference between many on the left and those of us on the right. most conservatives believe america is the greatest country in the world and always has been and always will be. we have had our ups and downs but we are closer to perfect than any other country has been. there are many progressives in this country who don't believe that and think we should be more like european socialist countries. it is entertaining when progressives say what they really think which it looks like mister cuomo did. >> progressives on the left are more and more saying they are for socialism. that is the democratic party being pooled to t

term governor, tim poland you, losing his bid to return to the governor's mentioned, losing to jeff johnsont that poland was going to be a heavy favorite. >> heading over to the state everyone has their eyes on, wisconsin. republicans choosing tammy baldwin to run for her money in november and is the crucial for democrats to keep if they want to change the balance of power in the senate in those midterms. peter doocy live in milwaukee. >> reporter: in that race the outsider candidate kevin nicholson could not turn a huge fundraising advantage into a primary when. he just conceded a few minutes ago, they started to break down the stage, that means the candidates who will face the incumbent democrat tammy baldwin in november will be the favorite of paul ryan and scott walker and writes priebus and a lot of gop establishment type folks in wisconsin. and another race wisconsin republican governor scott walker did get a democratic opponent tonight, the school superintendent who easily emerged from an 8 person democratic field, either's is an outspoken opponent of reining in collective bargaining

and also of know, the minnesota governor lost in his upset bid, losing to jeff johnson for the republican nomination to be governor of minnesota. all of this as the cooke political report placed three more house seats held by republicans in the toss-up category. the cooke map has 37 seats, 37 held by republicans as toss-ups in making it appear this is an impending blue wave. but in actuality, republicans backed by the president has been winning throughout the primary season and are poised to do so again in november. republican voters would like to see house majority whip steve scalise apparently succeed paul ryan to be speaker of the house, according to a new poll. scalise receiving 18% support. house freedom caucus cofounder jim jordan receiving 11%. how majority leader kevin mccarthy receiving 9%. joining us now, the top strategist, great america pac, former reagan white house political director, fox political analyst, ed rollins great to have you with us. >> thank up. nice to be with you pld you and the president doing very well yesterday. >> the critical thing is we have great candida

he was defeated by jeff johnson, a rising newcomer allied with president trump. democratic congressman keith ellison scored a big dream days after domestic abuse allegations surfaced against him. >> we had a very unexpected at the end of this campaign. that happened i want to assure you we are going to keep on fighting. a woman who could be the first and only american member of congress. >> in vermont, history was made. democrats nominee christine hall quits to be the first candidate for governor. by the way, 14-year-old received about 4700 votes. also in vermont. bernie sanders won the primary. he's expected to turn on the nomination and run as an independent as he did in his previous campaign. not wisconsin. governor scott walker won the right to speak a third term after being endorsed by president trump. meanwhile, last week's gop gubernatorial in kansas was finalized after just cool your conceited. that happened last may. >> project in an appeal to the u.s. for the release of an american pastor. andrew benson's lawyer renewed an appeal for his travel ban to b

jeff johnson he tried to get sort of pawlenty right in this. he lost by six points four years ago, he ran again. looks like he's going to knock off tim pawlenty. an interesting dynamic in this case. back in 2016 when donald trump came on the scene neither of these men seemed to be much, tim pawlenty called him unhinge. they both debated over who meant that less. looks like he's going to knock off tim pawlenty. an interesting dynamic in this case. back in 2016 when donald trump came on the scene neither of these men seemed to be much, tim pawlenty called him unhinge. they both debated over who meant that less. so they certainly changed their tune on that. it looks like johnson will be the republican nominee. who will he face-off in minnesota? tim waltz, democratic congressman from the southern part of the state, looks like he's going to get through this primary. waltz it was thought had been maybe too conservative on these issue, like guns. and also something we've seen for the better part of this year, female candidates have been doing really w

the anti-trump polity defeated by jeff johnson who looked for support from president trump backers mister trump expressing his pleasure on twitter righting in parts, you have my complete and total endorsement. meantime, domestic abuse allegations failed to derail the campaign of minnesota democrat keith ellison who won his primary for attorney general. >> we had a very unexpected event at the end of this campaign. that happened. i want to assure you that it is not true. >> reporter: tuesday's primaries also setting up potential history. and connecticut a democratic nominee would be the first black congresswoman from the state. democrats in vermont back to the first ever transgendered candidate for governor. voters in minnesota supported candidates who could become the first somali american in congress. there is finally a winner in last week's gubernatorial primary in kansas. trump back chris kovach has claimed victory overkovach no f kelly. in washington with ktvu fox2 news. >>> today in virginia lawyers for paul manafort are trying to reduce his ability the former trump campaign chairman

didn't keep it close against jeff johnson.t's bring in our former republican congressman from florida and our senior fellow of governance and our msnbc contributor. the trump effect. the president posted not one but not two but nine tweets congratulating republicans, including this one of johnson calling it a big night. johnson beat tim pawlenty. does this leave any doubt in your mind that the republican party is the party of trump's. >> absolutely not. primaries season is donald trump's touch. he has the mightiest touch across the country. chris, we have to look at the special election that we had for congressional since trump got elected where they had more of a general election flare. that's where we are seeing democratic voters turn out up and under performance by republicans and none of those races occurred in truly competitive districts. going into november, these districts are going to be hard for trump republicans to hold here or win. >> it did not seem that pawlenty recognizing the land. he tried to distance himself.

. >> reporter: jeff johnson beat former governor tim pawlenty who struggled to distance himself from negative comments he made about president trump during the 2016 election. and in wisconsin, a former aide to retiring house speaker paul ryan won that gop primary. brian style will face ironworker-turned-politician democrat randy bryce. john schiumo, cbs news. >> democrats in connecticut nominated johanna hayes the first black woman to represent a new england state in congress. cancer governor jeff collier conceded to kris kobach who was supported by president trump. >>> >>> once a crime hub an unlikely east bay area city boasts million-dollar homes. >> and we all know the traffic is bad, the road conditions questionable around the bay area. but a new study puts it into dollars and cents. we'll break it down next. >> and right now, we are starting to see the roads get crowded out there. everyone is joining the morning commute but we have advisories to tell you about and a traffic alert that remains in effect along northbound 101. details coming up. >> a little breezy and cloudy out th

. >> reporter: jeff johnson beat former governor tim pawlenty, who struggled to distance himself from negative comments he made about president trump during the 2016 election. and in wisconsin, a former aide to retiring house speaker paul ryan won that gop primary. >> who is with me as we spread our conservative wisconsin style solutions all across wisconsin? >> reporter: brian styles will face ironworker-turned- politics democrat randy bryce. john schiumo, cbs news. >> democrats in connecticut nominated jahan jahana hayes the first black woman to represent a new england state in congress. >>> an arbitration claim was filed yesterday by the trump administration against omarosa manigault newman. she allegedly breached her 2016 confidentiality agreement with the trump campaign. the filing came as omarosa released a new audio recording. on the tape, trump campaign aides discuss a rumor that president trump used the "n" word while filming the apprentice. the fact that omarosa was able to secretly record a conversation in the white house "situation room" raised security concerns. on sunday

the minnesota primary for governor, commissioner jeff johnson easily defeated tim pawlenty, a former two-term governor. he will face congressman tim walz then in wisconsin democrat tony evers one in a crowded eight-way primary for governor. the school superintendent is up against scott walker, who is seeking a third term. >> in connecticut, 2006 u.s. senate nominee ned lamont claimed the nominee for governor my. a former ge registered democrat and history was made last night at democratic candidate for vermont governor christine hallquist is the first transgender. democrat a marwyns the minneapolis house seat -- om omarwins. >>> we show president trump's net negative approval rating in double digits in each of the polls. >>> now the latest polling about the russia probe. 58% believe the investigation into russian efforts is a serious matter. >>> a shocking grand jury report is rocking from fas from pennsye vatican, hundreds of predator priests in pennsylvania. if the abuse was covered up by senior church officials. anne thompson has more. >> reporter: in searing damage language, the

jeff johnson, who previously distanced himself from trump, in a state where trump came awfully close to winning, still reasonably popular in parts of the state today. my sense looking at his statements following his primary victory, his basic thought is, i will focused on issues that concern minnesota and let national politics take care of itself. we have two other examples, kris kobach won narrowly the nomination for governor in kansas, who got a last-minute endorsement from trump, is he going to be able to or want to extract himself from that endorsement? we have florida, where we have a primary coming up on the 28th of the month. the president intervened on behalf of congressman ron desantis. in the case of kobach, and desantis if desantis wins the florida primariry, this will be a test of president's endorsement power in general election, not just a primary. there is qualitative difference between a candidate gets endorsement from trump in primary for governor than one who doesn't. neil: you know, i talked to a number of pollsters and all of them say, right now it's a battle roya

instead, voters went with the republican county commissioner, jeff johnson who said he supports the presidenthe state of connecticut, a major upset in the republican primary for the governor there. former g.e. executive bob stephanowski took down the candidate, the gop establishment endorsed. the rookie politics beat out four candidates for the nomination. president trump tweeted his support for stephanowski. and in wisconsin, governor scott walker easily won the republican nomination to run for his third term. president trump endorsed him this week. walker will face the democrat, tony evers in november. evers beat out seven people for that spot. and in a race to replace the house speaker, paul ryan's congressional seat, university of wisconsin regent ryan stile came out atop of the republican field. he used to work for ryan who endorsed him. randy brice won the democratic nomination. he's an iron worker that goes by the nickname iron staff. in vermont, christine colquitt when she became the first tran gender to win state after. she beat three democrats. she called vermont a beacon of hope. s

in minnesota supporter jeff johnson won his primary over tim polenti who has criticized the presidenthe president backed kris kobach. he has yet to endorse a candidate in the arizona senate elections. all three are running towards trump's message ahead of the competitive primary next tuesday. one of those candidates, republican kelli ward, joins me now from phoenix, arizona. dr. ward, thanks for being on the show tonight. >> thanks, kasie, glad to be here. >> i want to start by asking, why hasn't president trump endorsed you? >> you know, i've heard through the grapevine and in the press that he likes everyone in the race. i've also heard maybe i'm his favorite. i like to hear that. i think he's ready to let the people of arizona decide. i've heard from people again and again and again that trump's base is kelli ward's base, my base. and that the people that support me want the president to support me and i would love to have his endorsement, but the most important endorsement right now and on august 28th is that of the voters of arizona. and i think i've got that. >> do you think tha

tim pawlenty, former governor, well-known state recognition with name i.d., he lost to jeff johnson.e expectation of the republican party was tim pawlenty would have a good shot to win the governor's mansion. he got wiped out. not only did he say negative things about president trump, left his $3 million job as a d.c. lobbyist to go run in that race? those will be very key states for november of 2018 but also for 2020. >> minnesota, governor's mansion up for grabs, two senate seats. it is a key state for a lot of reasons. mid-terms and heading into 2020. for sure. >>> a group of african-american ceos will spend millions and millions of dollars in the upcoming mid-terms. the black economic alliance has already raised $3.5 million. they're raising more. they are an officially non-partisan group right now backing four democrats in the first round of endorsements. the co-founder joins me, dr. tony coles. >> thank you for joining me. talk first about -- it is worth noting, this is really the first time we've seen black american executives come together and say we'll put our power and voic

but jeff johnson knocking off tim pawlenty and republicans thinking the reason they worked so hard toecruit pawlenty into the race was they thought, hey, minnesota is a tough road to hoe for democrats, but maybe pawlenty was the guy that could do it. now they'll have to do it with johnson. a lot of conventional wisdom is that could hurt their odds. the other thing is who do the democrats nominate? they nominated tim walz, a congressman for a district that went for trump by 15 points in 2016 down in the rural southern part of minnesota. so he's got some appeal to the trump, to the republican parts of the state. that could help him as well. the other big marquee governor's race, you mentioned it in the upper midwest, wisconsin. we will be talking a lot about this in the fall. scott walker, democrats couldn't beat him in 2010 when he first ran. they couldn't beat him when they tried to recall him in 2012, they couldn't beat him in 2014. now democrats have a candidate to go after him for a fourth time. tony evers nominated last night. we have a poll taken on that race very recently. it's

he lost the primary to jeff johnson, who will face democratic congresswoman tim walz. meanwhile one week after the kansas primary, governor jeff colyer conceded to the trump favorite, kris kobach. kobach will face democratic state senator laura kelly. vermonters will see a lot of brooke paige's name on the ballot. he could also be the gop's nominee for the u.s. senate. this practice, by the way, is legal in vermont. paige has done it before. vermonters also made history, making christine hulquist the first transgender candidate to win. christine joins me now. congratulations on your victory. how do you feel about it? >> oh, i'm very excited and i also will tell you that it's -- i'm honored and humbled. i have certainly recognized that i'm riding on the shoulders of thousands of vermonters before me who has fought for what is right and what is just. >> interesting that you say you did not intend to make history. >> well, you know, in vermont -- vermonters have always been leaders in the nation in terms of civil rights as well as environmental issues, and so i've -- as ce

jeff johnson he was the republican candidate for governor in 2014.ding now with more than half the vote in by ten points. 16, 17,000 vote margin over pawlenty. this also just a fascinating race because it illustrates so much about the republican party today. in 2016 pawlenty called donald trump unhinged and unqualified. johnson called trump something i'm not even sure i can say on tv. but they both debated over who meant it less. johnson, though, again this could be the big surprise. and who would he face if he does hang on, and on the democratic side it looks like congressman tim waltz from arizona. and the other headline race out in minnesota tonight, keith ellisen in the race for attorney general and of course the x factor with ellis the x factor of domestic violence. right now democrats are going to nominate him to be their candidate in the fall. >>> tonight's "last word" is next. & he's got wide feet. & with edge-to-edge intelligence you've got near real time inventory updates. & he'll find the same shoes in your store that he found online he'll

jeff johnson, who against heavy odds in a big fund-raising disadvantage, be with a former tim pawlenty last night in minnesota public and primary battle for his old job, governor of minnesota. a county commissioner, now the republican nominee for governor of minnesota. here live tonight to weigh in on the idea that america was never that great. good evening, sir. >> good evening, thanks, ed. >> ed: what you say first of all to andrew cuomo tonight? you want to be a governor from your great state of minnesota. i notice that eric trump tweeted out, among other things, "we weren't great after we beat nazi germany? ">> i think i hadn't actually heard this quote until just now, and it illustrates the difference between many on the left and those of us on the right. i think most conservatives believe that america is the greatest country in the world and it always has been and always will be, you know, we have had our ups and downs but we are closer to perfect and any other country has been. unfortunately there are many progressives in this country who don't believe that and think that we sho

pawlenty lost his bid to return to the state house for a third term he's down by nine points to jeff johnsonhe won the democratic farmer labor party nomination. i was reading different stuff. sorkin, this was on huff post. >> yep >> i saw an analysis of why tim pawlenty left. they were glad because he became a lobbyist for five years for wall street banks. >> they said this means republicans and democrats will not take somebody who has been taking money -- >> that's not the only thing i saw. they went back and quoted what tim pawlenty said about trump, where he said he's unfit, blah, blah, blah they tied it that he was unable to -- even though he later said i voted for trump, i don't like his behavior he tried to walk it back, it was too late i don't know how the midterms are shaping up everybody has a different view >> i don't know that i would believe anything i saw because the polls have been so off >> we will learn on november 9th. >> i wouldn't believe anything i saw any way. nothing surprises me >> are you guys going to do that little thing, remember that really cool chart that shows t

a surprise in minnesota's republican governor, jeff johnson easily defeated team polenti, the formervernor of that state, trying to win back his job. president trump played a role in the primary. johnson highlighted how pawlenty withdrew his support of trump. they sparred who had insulted president trump more. >> i supported him and you told people not to elect him. >> i voted for president trump. >> but you thought he was unfit to be president. >> i reacted to the "access hollywood" tapes. you calling him a jackass is better than me calling him unhinged. >> i have a question for you. >> come on, jeff. >> you said he was unfit to be president and you were withdrawing your support a few weeks before election. who did you want to win on election night when you were watching the coverage? >> i voted for president trump in early voting, but again i support president trump's policies. i don't like his -- >> who did you want to win? >> i absolutely wanted president trump to beat hillary clinton. >> even though you said he was unfit to -- >> i voted for him. >> you should have told people t

he was beat by jeff johnson.eat. >> the circumstances we live in in the era of a different kind of leadership in terms of president trump and the like. i just don't fit well into that era, into that picture. >> bill: he said it's the era of trump and i'm not a trump-like politician. said a few others recently over the past two years. >> sandra: no offense to governor pawlenty. you have to feel bad for a guy who tried to go back one more time and face planted. that's a bad day. but i think he is misappropriating the blame. the situation here is clear. he was a popular governor in the state, decided he would run for president, number two, he was going to basically seek to sell influence or provide his services to wall street, to banks. he went and got mega rich and then said okay, now i'll come home and you guys can take me back. that's never a good look. that's not a good fit. he is running against a guy running to his right. they've both been critical of trump but he comes back to a guy more conservative who said

former governor who served the two terms and then left to run for president unsuccessfully and then jeff johnsonepresumed front-runner is first because of the name recognition. turnout is not projected to be incredibly high on the republican side, which helps the endorse candidates. i think he is a bit more nervous about that and that is one to watch. unusually and a primary states, there is going to be votes for both the senate seats. explain why that is happening in minnesota? senator's of those seats were supposed to be up this year but because of al franken's's sudden resignation, his stepping down in december and the governor mark dayton appointed the lieutenant governor in january. she is running to defend the seat and a special election that coincides with the general election. it is pretty competitive. she is facing a primary challenger today, two individuals. and activists, and a former republicans, bush era ethics cou ncil who has been a critic of president trump. he is challenging her from the left, because he is a former republican. finance -- she is running hard on things like prote