senate in oregon and will face jeff merkley in the fall.n terms of the overall contest, now she has the nomination, there's question as to whether the news that broke in the primary process may affect her in the general election and republicans feel confident about that race. if the republican party has a particularly big year nationwide, if 2014 is a republican wave year, they think jeff merkley might be vulnerable. i have to say it would be a huge upset if the republicans are right about this since a republican has not won statewide office of any kind in oregon since the year 2002. >>> joining us now is len bergstein. thank you for being with us tochblt appreciate your time. >> nice to be with you. thank you very much. >> let me ask you about the late-breaking revelations that were dropped by "politico".com and the oregonian. they obviously didn't affect monica wehby's ability to win tonight. any reason to think they might have had a chance had the timing been different? >> i think it could have. but by and large she han ran a good news,

senate in oregon and will face jeff merkley in the fall.terms of the overall contest, now she has the nomination, there's question as to whether the news that broke in the primary process may affect her in the general election and republicans feel confident about that race. if the republican party has a particularly big year nationwide, if 2014 is a republican wave year, they think jeff merkley might be vulnerable. i have to say it would be a huge upset if the republicans are right about this since a republican has not won statewide office of any kind in oregon since the year 2002. >>> joining us now is len bergstein. thank you for being with us tochblt appreciate your time. >> nice to be with you. thank you very much. >> let me ask you about the late-breaking revelations that were dropped by "politico".com and the oregonian. they obviously didn't affect monica wehby's ability to win tonight. any reason to think they might have had a chance had the timing been different? >> i think it could have. but by and large she han ran a good news, ba

senator jeff merkley. but if we're honest, i have to tell you, covering the primary, the republican primary for that senate seat which is tomorrow has been like sitting in a dusking booth at a pitcher's convention. every time you think you get your bearings, boom, there you go in the tank like every time you go to check out a new news psych walthall this primary it's something new. there's lauren parks, the amateur sex hypnotherapist with contracts to have sex with him on business travels. he is a zillionaire who is substantially funded a lot of conservative causes in oregon but right now he's funning a pac supporting one of the two republican candidates in the senate campaign tomorrow. he's supporting monica wehby. the other person substantiallily funding that same pac has been widely reported to be monica wehby's boyfriend. one issue with that is anybody's boyfriend commingling with disconnect, disconnect with that guy. that's just me. it is a free country, the other issue is more pedestrian and specific

she will be the nominee for the republican party to face jeff merkley. big threat to merkley. unclear whether that pertains in the wake of the last two weeks of news cycles for monica wehby. the kentucky race. >> yes. >> it's striking to me how important coal is in that state's self imageage. if you look at the employment data more people work in the auto industry than coal. you see coal shrinking and the same thing in 2012 in west virginia, sa v.a. and ohio which oel coal became an issue. the thing killing it wasn't obama but it is a place where she will have to distance herself from if barack obama. >> i think that is two reasons. people look back on a time when the area was economically stronger because coal for a variety of policy and nonpolicy reasons was a stronger industry. i think also people look at the facts, the policies that discouraged the use of coal will reduce coal employment in kentucky if it is on the deline already. it is not surprising that it is an issue where democrats are vulnerable. >> we will get a big epa ruling before election

senator was defeated six years ago by jeff merkley and so in oregon, the chair of the republican partyecomes in effect the de facto representative of all republicans. it's like they're the governor in waiting and there's always a fight about what that chair of the republican party ought to be. should it be somebody who is kind of a pure republican whose social conservative wants to cut all taxes, all those kinds of things. those people get elected as the chair and then they can't raise money and they can't recruit candidates. >> ah. >> so then the party goes the other way and finds a moderate who can raise money and recruit candidates but they're not ideologically pure and the party gets rid of them after a term of being the chair. so we're on the more ideologically pure side right now ainge the party is suffering because of that. >> in terms of the funders of these -- people funding pacs and have been behind robinson's candidacy on both sides of the senate primary tomorrow, why is it that oregon seems to attract individual donors from across the country who aren't involved in any othe

. >> the election in oregon pitting jeff merkley against monica wehby. she is a pediatric neurosurgeon rocked by revelations of harassment complaints of an ex-husband and former boyfriend. she topped a more conservative opponent. >>> two establishment candidates holding off the somewhat tea party backed secretary of state. cnn projects david purdue and jack kingston were the top finishers. neither broke the 50% threshold. there were two conservative congressmen who won the run off. whoever wins will face michelle nunn. she's the best chance for retaking the senate seat sam nunn once held. >> i would change is possible and we can do it. as i have been traveling across the state of georgia, i have been highlighting what washington can learn from georgia. you know what? i think washington is going to learn a thing or two from our campaign. >> the governor's race in georgia, jimmy carter's grandson will run. he is currently a state senator. >>> two congressmen are set to face-off for the race in arkansas for the gubernatorial race there. democrat mike ross a

she will be the nominee for the republican party to face jeff merkley.he was once seen as a big threat to merkley. unclear whether that pertains in the wake of the last two weeks of news cycles for monica wehby. the kentucky race. >> yes. >> it's striking to me how important coal is in that state's self imageage. if you look at the employment data more people work in the auto industry than coal. you see coal shrinking and the same thing in 2012 in west virginia, sa v.a. and ohio which oel coal became an issue. the thing killing it wasn't obama but it is a place where she will have to distance herself from if barack obama. >> i think that is two reasons. people look back on a time when the area was economically stronger because coal for a variety of policy and nonpolicy reasons was a stronger industry. i think also people look at the facts, the policies that discouraged the use of coal will reduce coal employment in kentucky if it is on the deline already. it is not surprising that it is an issue where democrats are vulnerable. >> we will get a big epa ru

democrats think she could unseat democratic senator jeff merkley in november.n idaho, another big race for the tea party, mike simpson, a john boehner ally and eight-term incumbent congressman trying to hold off a strong challenge from tea party candidate brian smith. >> in arkansas, mark prior and challenger tom cotton are expected to clinch their respective nominations. republicans have liked their chances for gaining this senate seat in arkansas, though mark prior has been hanging tough there as well. we'll break down the primary contest and trends to watch for next hour. we'll be joined by cnn political editor paul steinhauser, so do not touch that dial. >> paul's just getting out of the shower and racing to the bureau. we'll see him in an hour. >>> tension building between the u.s. and china. officials in beijing furious over the indictment of five chinese military officers accused of hacking into u.s. companies to steal corporate secrets. they're now summoning u.s. ambassador max baucus, threatening to retaliate against the u.s. let's bring in david kenne

wehby will face democratic incumbent jeff merkley. and a runoff election will be needed to determine the gop candidate in georgia. and in kentucky mitch mcconnell easily beat off a tea party challenge. craig boswell reports. >> reporter: the senate's highest ranking republican mitch mcconnell cast his ballot. kentucky is one of six states with primaries tuesday. three are likely to play a big role in the battle for control of the senate. >> this is the first time in i don't know how many years that mcconnell has had -- mitch mcconnell has had any competition whatsoever. >> reporter: businessman matt bevin's tea party supporters hope they'll ditch mitch and face a tough democratic challenge. >> you might say i'm raising money for both sides. she's able to raise money because she's running against me, i'm able to raise money because i am me. >> reporter: another senate battle is taking shape in georgia where chambliss saxby is leashing an open sick. several are slugging it out to take his place and are likely to face a runoff before nat

boyfriend accused wehby of stalking him last year so if she wins today she'll go on to face democrat jeff merkley. supporters of marriage equality are hailing a federal judge's ruling that oregon's ban on same-sex marriage as unconstitutional and issued licenses moments after it came down, they become the 18th state allowing for it. critics including the national organization of marriage are vowing to appeal. john kitzhaber tastes a ruling for freedom and same-sex couples are celebrating. more than 1,000 marriages performed last year before an emergency stay by the supreme court must be recognized. >>> all right, overseas there are some new concerns about tensions between the u.s. and china after a first of its kind indictment. five chinese nationals are now facing charges of allegedly hacking into computers of six u.s. companies and stealing trade secrets. the justice department says the companies included westinghouse, alcoa and u.s. steel. prosecutors allege the suspects are part of a military unit that uses e-mails to install malware on the company's computers. officials say the u.s. economy

if she wins she could put the oregon seat being held by jeff merkley in play. again he is the incumbent. but to got there she has to beat representative conger tonight. that might an challenge. last year wibby's boyfriend accused her of stocking and harassment. >> this race will set up a big battle in the fall, and this particular senate race in arc that may determine whether democrats are able to maintain control of the senate, or if they concede the power to the g.o.p. >>> on to pennsylvania, the democratic primary for government features a tom wolf, a businessman against allison schwartz. wolfe spent $10 million of his own money in this battle. allison swords relied on her legislative experience. that did not go over as well as she would have liked. again the win already face one of the most vulnerable republican governs tom corbitt, approval ratings around 30%. >> good races to watch. thank you. today's outcome could have a huge effect. what's at stake here. maybe take us to 35,000 feet in these elections. >> reporter: really, there is a lot at stake. it bo

she was the best hope to pick off jeff merkley in november. two police reports have surfaced where her ex-husband and ex-boyfriend accuse her stalking them. here in georgia, turnout is expected to be extremely light. as good as 10% best cord according to some estimates, because it's such a tightly packed field, no one will emerge with the vote today. >>> we'll have all the results here on fox tonight. john roberts live in atlanta. thank you. >>> general motors is recalling another 2.5 million vehicles for safety problems. this is gm's 29th recall of the year affecting more than 15 million vehicles. disappointing retail earnings sent stocks tumbling today. the dow dropped 137.5, sawp dropped 12, the nasdaq fell 29. >>> playing politics on supposedly nonpolitical turf. >>> first here's what our fox affiliates are covering across the country. residents of nearby moore, oklahoma, remembering the victims of the ef 5 tornado that killed 24. the town of about 55,000 is trying to put the pieces back together. the school where seven children were kille

oregon chosen jeff merkley and position monica letty. michelle dunn used part of her victory speech to take shots at republican lawmakers. >> they don't believe in working together across party lines to get things done. they are more interested in scoring political points than they are in actually making progress. >> political analysts say elections in the fall will impact balanced power on capitol hill particular any in the senate and will set the tone for the 2016 presidential run. >> this war within the political party that has been trumped up in the press it's a folly. they are largely tactical. >> all parties have wings. those wings will be flying and soaring toward the mid term elections come november. back to you. >> kelly wright live for us in the studio. >> busy night. now to the va scandal. more calls from president obama to respond to the growing scandal. this after secret wait lists for our veterans continues to climb. molly henneberg is live with the latest. >> another day another new report of bad behavior in the va hospita

she will face democratic senator jeff merkley. tackling washington in her victory speech last night. here is some of that. >> the polarization in washington, d.c. is the worst it has ever been. and this vilifying of others who do not agree with us has got to stop. [applause] martha: of course how is that issue playing in oregon, carl? >> reporter: obviously has the potential to be decisive. incumbent senate democrat jeff merkley was a big cheerleader of the affordable care act and monica wehby is a strong opponent. she is pediatric neurosurgeon. that is 30 years experience in medicine. a former ama board member. so a really credible critic. oregon's health care exchange is a disaster. federal prosecutors are subpoenaing records from the state for a grand jury investigation. that could decide it. that is just the way it is. martha: very interesting to watch. swing over to georgia where the open seat will be saxby chambliss's seat in the senate. what went on there, carl? >> reporter: nobody got 50% so it will go to runoff. gop prima

a seat held by democratic jeff merkley. she has big endorsements.he might have been big problems too. her ex-boyfriend, lumber executive andrew miller accused her of stalking her. then he started a super pac to campaign for her. she denies there was any cooperation between her campaign and miller's pac. >> women are creating more new small business jobs than men. >> another super pac which aims to put the gop more in the middle has spent more than $400,000 in campaign ads. >> we don't want the government interfering in our business, in our personal lives, in our private lives, in our personal decisions. >> part of monica webby appeal is she's a socially moderate women. also for a party that's been attacked recently for having a war on women, she offers a new face and a different story. polls show her main opponent is jason conger. his support comes from more conservative parts of the state. >> we need real conservative fighters in washington. pro life, pro guns, and against gay marriage. >> you don't have to be moderate. you don't have to abandon yo

wehby is seening a being the republican best hope to defeat the incumbent senator there, jeff merkley in november. however, in recent days, this police report has emerged in which wehby's former boyfriend, lumber company executive andrew miller that she was quote, harassing his employees and quote, stalking him last year. it is expected she has a big enough lead she will prevail in this primary. if think don't clean up this mess by november she may have a tough time trying to pick off merkley. this is one race to watch today and in the months to come, julie. >> those are the skeletons you want to keep in the closet until november. not a good thing. >> reporter: that's a bad skeleton. >> pretty bad one. john roberts thanks so much. fox news is america's election headquarters. keep it right here all night long for our political prime time coverage. live primary results coming in starting 7:00 p.m. eastern and we got you covered right here on fox. jon: speaking of politics, there are new questions surrounding president obama and his promise to take a 5% pay cut. remember this? it was par

dream candidate for the republican party and best person go up against the incumbent senator jeff merkley there. opponents have drudged up old police reports ex-husband and boyfriend last year accused her of harassing behavior and stocking them. apparently andrew miller the ex-boyfriend who filed the police report made up. he is contributing to a pac that is supporting her and against her opponent. not sure where that relationship stands right now. but she is trying to say much to do about nothing. this is all personal business. not involved in my senate campaign. not likely to effect her results in the primary tonight because it's a mail-in ballot in oregon. most of the ballots already cast before this news came out. certainly, greta, it could be a factor in the november election and one that she is going to have to do some quick patchwork on. >> the headline there would be never dull. anyway, john, thank you. and now to kentucky. senate minority leader mitch mcconnell easily beating primary challenger tea party favorite businessman matt bevin. kentucky enquirer reporter scott joins us l

they hope she can stretch the political map and challenge democratic senator jeff merkley in the fall georgia, businessman david perdue and congressman jack kingston, two candidates also favored by the republican establishment, advanced to a july runoff. the winner will face democrat michelle nunn, daughter of former senator sam nunn. >> who we send to washington matters. changing the culture of washington, building out relationships. i pledge to meet with every senator in the first year. i want to find common ground. >> woodruff: in the race for georgia governor, democrat jason carter, grandson of former president jimmy carter, will take on republican incumbent nathan deal. and in pennsylvania, businessman tom wolf easily won the democratic gubernatorial primary. >> woodruff: his fall opponent will be republican tom corbett, one of the party's most vulnerable incumbents. >> woodruff: with us now, two reporters who follow politics about as closely as one can: jonathan martin of the new york times and dan balz of the washington post. welcome to you both. back to the program. >> thank y

they have running there, monica wehby can really give them the best chance to possibly take on jeff merkley for that seat. she pro-abortion rights and maybe gives them a decent chance if this was a long, you know, a big wave that this would give them a chance there out west. >> ifill: interesting how many of these key contests we have women at the heart of it. >> well, the first thing is women, we know, make up 51% of the population a 53% of the electorate. but in congress, severely underrepresented. we know as you can see on your screen, 20% of the senate, 20 women in the senate in congress, four out of five of those are democrats. in the house, just 79 out of 435 members of the house are women. that's about 18%. we know that there are several reasons for this. top of the list incumbency seems to be something that makes it very difficult for anybody who wants to try to get in. when you have 90 something percent incumbency rates t makes it very hard for almost anyone to try to get into some of these races. >> ifill: let's look at a couple races tomorrow where women candidates we're watching

in oregon are where polls close late they are evening the republican battle to take on senator jeff merkley has been a bizarre, ugly contest with 911 tapes released and accusations of stalking. and, of course, the most entertaining primary in all of america in idaho where this man is on the ballot as we speak. >> as it says on my motorcycle club, hey diddle diddle, right up the middle. that's my style. >> the marquee race of this evening centers on had this man, senate minority leader mitch mcconnell who, in his fifth term as senator, is in peril. mcconnell is the man who represents the state that four years ago gave us the tea party senator ron paul, a man in mitch mcconnell who has presided over scores of minority led filibuster who filibustered his own bill. the man who famously and infamously said this about president barack obama. >>> he is trying to avoid becoming the first minority leader in the long history of this great republican to lose his race while his party is occupying the white house. . that is what mitch mcconnell finds himself desperately trying to avoid. tonight he survi

senate to get a chance to run against incumbent democratic jeff merkley.ner, monica webby vastly outspent her opponent. the election has taken a weird turn at the very end as police reports surfaced from her ex-boyfriend and also her ex-husband, in both cases accusing her of stalking and harassment. now, technically speaking a lot of voting in oregon is done by mail. not clear how many people voted before the last minute bombshell news about her personal life was reported in the last four days before tonight's primary. but that's what we are going to be keeping an eye on in oregon. back here at midnight eastern. an hour after voting has ended in or gun aegon and idaho. our coverage continues live now with chris matthews. see you at midnight. >>> it is super tuesday. i am chris matthews, you're watching special election coverage. the votes are in. we are looking towards november already. can mitch mcconnell be unseated in kentucky. what do the primary defeats mean for the tea party? live reports tonight analysis and key moments from the victory and concessi

and senator jeff merkley will defend his position.two of her exes came forward in the final days of the election claiming harass am. here is what she had to say on victory night. >> i do have a message for those national democrats who were willing to shred my family for their own political gain, people are tired of your dirty tricks. >> and there is big news on the georgia senate race. you guys have more on that. >> all right. thank you very much. >> you can say that again, do we have more. we have one of the candidates. battle of control for the senate may come down to georgia. a runoff between jack kingston and david perdue because neither man got 50%. joining us is jack kingston. congressman, how does it feel to get through to the runoff, but know that you were percentage points behind mr. perdue? >> we feel very good about where we are. it was a very crowded seven-way race. a lot of great people ran for this seat. so we just wanted to be one of the top two, which we were. there is only six points that divide us between where i am

in oregon, they're boeing up against senator jeff merkley. monica wehby and jason conger. web by has a big lead. story came out, ex-boyfriend, timber company executive andrew niller and harassing his employees. sources close to web by told me last night she is expected to survive the primary but will need to clone the whole mess up by november if she hopes to have a chance against mercury. martha. martha: interesting when you enter the fray and what comes out. john, thank you very much. >> reporter: thank you. martha: fox news is america's election headquarters. you knew that. keep it right here all throughout the evening and the wee hours to find out how all of that went. live results from 7:00 p.m. eastern. >> looking forward to that. there has been a murder empty hollywood hills. it is not a movie but for real. noted tv actor under arrest, accused of shooting his wife death right in front of their children. coming up we will also have this. >> oh, my god. >> this is not good. please, dear god, please keep these people safe. lots of debris in the air. martha: it was one

if she wins today, she'll go on to face democrat jeff merkley.ale willie, take over. >> thank you, female mika. that's quite a dump at the end of the campaign. we'll see how it plays out. let's go to, eugene robinson, about kentucky. what kind of race does this shape up to be? this is as tough as mcconnell has been challenged right now. but as you look at that poll, he's locked and worried about grimes. >> all the polls show this is a close race in november. alison grimes from that clip is a formidable candidate. she's, you know, a female candidate as mitch mcconnell pointed out. he's a crafty politician. he knows kentucky. he's got a lot of strings to pull. but he's in a really tough race and it's a funny state, you know? basically as solid red state, but it could elect a democrat. it's not beyond the realm of possibilities. so this could be the fight of his -- of this phase of his political life. >> if memory serves me correctly, i think there's a poll within the past six or seven weeks that showed senator mcconnell's internals were highly nega

state of oregon where the five republican candidates are competing for the chance to challenge jeff merkleyndidates met seeking the paper's endorsement. >> oh, i love this. >> great exchange of ideas. >> mark callahan jumped to the defense of one of his competitors. it's like family feud. >> what? i don't get it. >> you want to talk about disrespect? i see what you're writing down there. you just wrote down blah blah blah for everything she said. she is a respectable woman. why are you not respecting her by writing blah blah blah on your note pad? >> mark, we're going to move on. i'm going to ask a question. and if you answer respectfully, we might -- >> you have to give respect in order to get respect. right now on that side of the table you're not giving very much respect to the five of us and our time here. >> do you have anything to gain by doing this? >> i see what your colleague is put here, blah blah blah while she was giving a detailed answer. >> mark, here's my question. climate change. do you believe it's a myth or reality? >> it's a myth. >> it is? >> yes. >> okay. >> where are y

democratic party some of the most attractive leadership in the senate elizabeth warren sherrod brown jeff merkleysome of the most attractive leadership in the house the the leaders of the rising american electorate the obama majority the base of the party with organized labor etc all supportive of a more populist position than we get out of this administration and certainly out of the well that's what we're looking at we abandon truthfully abandon populist not just with citizens united i mean citizens united was the icing on the cake but the but the democratic party is very clear there are no longer anything that looks close to a puppy you got some exceptions but they're not even you wouldn't generally call him a populist party you used to but not anymore and bill clinton changed all that when he came to said you know we can and need wall street and whatever wall street wants is the politics of what we're going to become we saw. bomb a ticket even worse than than bill clinton i mean he raised it to a whole new level to where we don't even prosecute wall street because we're afraid they're going t