katie arrington's base is down here. only 50% of the vote counted here so if you are in the mace campaign you're looking to see can she make up the ground. if you look over all again we're getting close to 80%. nancy mace has a nearly 5,000-vote lead. we'll count to the end. >> let me ask you. texas tonight there is a special election. >> it is an interesting one as well. this is a democratic seat. the democratic incumbent resigned so they're having a special election. because it is a special election it is a little funky to get to the programming. let's pop down to the end and bring up the state of texas and move it over. the house general election. you see this strangely drawn district. we could have a week long conversation about texas gerrymandering. it is the 34th district. it was represented by a democrat. 97%, still counting but the republican candidate mira flores at 51%. the wall is acting up. if she can hold that and stay above 51% she will be the congresswoman only through january. this will be re-run in novem

. >> so, one of those was adam running for nevada senate, other is katie arrington running for house seat in carolina, where polls closed a the the hour. counting now. trying to unseat incumbent nancy mace who was critical of trump and allies after the deadly insurrection. >> his entire legacy was wiped out yesterday. they should be taking 100% responsibility for this, i was shocked as anybody that the words turned to action yesterday. >> also hoping to hold on to a seat in south carolina is republican tom rice, now, shocked his party, he was one of those gop votes to impeach trump for the role in the january 6th riot, a vote that rice knew could cost him his seat. >> if you lose, is it going to be worth it? >> sure, it will be worth it. absolutely. >> your obituary, the first sentence is going to be tom rice, who was a republican member of congress and voted to impeach donald trump. >> that will be it. i'll wear it like a badge. so be it. >> jeff zelaney "outfront" live in mint. pleasant, south dcarol, polls closed two or three minutes ago, counting now commenced, what is the latest

the other high-profile target of the former president nancy mace held on defeating katie arrington. trump predicted her victory in november. in nevada, trump-backed candidate and former attorney general defeated sam brown. he had this to say after. >> the failed policies are not just a product of joe biden, though he's served as a useful puppet, they look at the feet of cortes-masto. >> griff: this match up in november, republicans believe this race could be one of the best chances to win back the senate majority. >> todd: focus on the border race, you spent a lot of time at the border, practically lived there for a time. what is the democratic party not knowing what latinos at the border want. >> griff: great question. they are not listening to their citizens and community. myra flores is married to a border patrol agent. there are drugs and criminals, gang members coming across. in the 10 days i was there last week, todd, 15,114 apprehensions, equivalent of a caravan we've been watching coming in just essentially one week that i was there. the hispanic voters there, who have been

going back to the south carolina race where we started the conversation, nancy mace race against katie arringtony was a proxy battle between donald trump and nikki haley his former u.n. ambassador. because nikki haley was behind nancy mace whereas donald trump was behind arrington. mayes had angered donald trump by saying at one point trump's quote, entire legacy was wiped out by january 6th and that is whereby the bad blood happened. and last night though, for him to post that he is behind her going forward to beat the democrats progress. >> ainsley: how about south texas? 85% of this district where mya flores won is latino. and they carried in 2020, the democrats carried that district by 13 points. she is a republican. she was born in mexico. she came here as a child. her parents were migrant workers down in texas. and she is the first mexican born congresswoman, first republican to represent the rgv, rio grande valley area in four decades. so what does that say? does that signal trouble for the democrats in november? >> brian: yeah, i have never seen as far as -- i thought george bush was pro

katie arrington lost this district before. still counting votes. >> david chalian, john just laid out in south carolina representative tom rice and representative nancy mace, they chose different paths on how to navigate this whole trump issue as they are running. is it clear yet what republican voters think of those choices? >> well, it's clear that tom rice is in a heap of trouble. you saw his opponent was at 49.9%. if he gets over the 50% mark there, he's going to avoid a runoff and just win it outright potentially tonight. so that would be a big deal. that clearly shows that for the republican electorate, the vote to impeach donald trump for his behavior in the lead-up to, on the day of and the aftermath of january 6th, well, that is anathema to what they're looking for. that seems pretty clear from the results coming in there. you noted there was a different path for nancy mace. i mean, she went up to trump tower in manhattan and filmed herself in front of it. she is still very much aligning herself with donald trump desp

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mace is facing a challenge from katie arrington.s backing arrington but supported mace but changed after the 2020 election. trump supporters are questioning her credentials. she says she is focusing on issues, not presidential endorsements. overnight a statement from trump who says don't forget that katie arrington is running against a terrible nancy mace who really let us down. trump is trying to get another south carolina republican out of office. congressman tomorrow wright representing the myrtle beach area. he voted to impeach trump after 2020 and criticized trump since then campaigning with house speaker paul ryan former house speaker in june. rice is facing a challenge from trump candidate russell frye. trump held a rally in south carolina in march. frye now campaigns heavily on claims the 2020 election was unfair. early voting in the state has wrapped up and down from the previous mid-terms in 2018. we don't know what tomorrow will bring except for one thing. it will be hot. >> dana: mark meredith, thank you. >> bill: let's

she's being opposed by trump backed katie arrington. macy's leading biden about ten points. take a look at where the vote is coming in right now. what's happening is that mace is running up numbers, good numbers, in charleston county here. take a look in berkeley county. arrington got a big batch of goats there to put her in the league. one place that looms large -- we have no votes yet from beaufort county, and this could be determinative in this thing. again, overall, macy's leading by ten points right now. there is that key county yet to come. and the suspension in the seventh district, there is checking to see if there is more -- votes are in. this expansion in the seventh district is, how is fry going to do, as we get more votes in the myrtle beach area? could he get closer to 50% in an outright win or will tom rice live to fight this out in a runoff two weeks from now? either way, there's a very, very bad numbers for the income a republican in a primary like this. >> all right, steve kornacki, thanks very much for that. the senate reaches a bipartisan deal on gun refor

but, make no mistake about it, the support that the former president trump gave to katie arrington who was her challenger made for a decent showing on her part. so he is still influential. but he is not quite as dominant as he was. and my own sense is that his influence, likely remain strong for some time is simply not what it used to be. >> shannon: i want to put up the places where the democrats have an advantage where polling had showed they are viewed as better on the particular issues. climate change, abortion, voting right, election integrity, coronavirus, the fact is when you cross-reference that against the most important issues to vote, they are way down the list for voters, so while democrats can claim that they are better trusted on those particular topics, those topics don't seem to be top of mind for most voters heading into the midterms. >> brit: inflation, crime, land war in europe, while the president is trying his best to support ukraine, trying at least to some extent to do so, his ratings aren't particularly good on those things. and that, obviously, reflects his par

here, challenger katie arrington is going to lose. we are predicting that freshman congresswoman nancy mace will hold on, she will survive on this republican primary and you see the margin there with some votes to come. a little bit under ten points, misses cleaning up particularly in charleston but doing well enough elsewhere in the district. she has held off this challenge from katie arrington. so, don't, trump in texas -- in texas? getting south carolina, going one for two tonight. but speaking of texas, that is the other, at this hour, major development. it's a special election in texas. it's for a seat that will only exist of the next few months. and yet i think it's a significant result because we've talked so much about the south texas and the hispanic vote in particular. let's take into the if we can see and get this called up here. the 15th district -- i'm trying to get it called up here. here it is, mira flores, a republican, we've projected, will win outright the special election in the 34th district. this is one of the mos

trump backed challenger katie arrington.ed trump, he decided to get involved to try to out stir by criticizing, she criticized trump for being racist and also voted to certify president joe biden's win in the 202020 election. totally not distance herself from trump. pointed out she's been one of his earliest backers despite their differences. also has the backing of former south carolina governor nikki haley who's been hitting the trail on her behalf while arrington has been buoyed by ads from former president trump. >> i just looked, the casinos are still open. >> she picks the best place, right? it's clearly obvious where they are. >> i got about 40 minutes to hit the slot machine. >> thank you. so let's bring in el fox news correspondent -- you are having breakfast with friends in south carolina. lawrence, what's the temperature like there? >> 94 degrees? >> people are just starting to pile into the bistro. she said it up perfectly. of course arrington is backed by former president donald trump but the big issue for voter

trump-backed state representative katie arrington and catherine courtez-masto facing off against trump-backed candidates in november, in maine, janet mills looks to lockup the nomination today and will face a tough battle against the former republican governor paula page and in north dakota senator john hoven expected to win his primary and shift focus on locking up a third term in november. >> todd: did you hear this, calling for bret baier, moderate debate between senators bernie sanders and lindsey graham. the senators will tackle the biggest issues at the polls. stream the debate live on fox nation, the debate will be available after it wraps up on demand. tackpayers forced to pay $250 everyday to a homeless man accused of pushing a 62-year-old woman down a flight of stairs, yet it makes no sense to us either, we'll try to explain the outrageous reason why. >> carley: this is not the headline want to read if you live and work in new york city, police officers are set to retire, where is mayor eric adams? partying with celebrities, we'll be talking to mike lawless about it. when it comes t

. >> former state representative katie arrington looking to unseat -- >> we want someone to representy freedom. >> stocks in a free fall. >> we are watching closely. >> the death spiral is being driven by politics that don't work. >> yesterday, pro-choice demonstrators returning to justice samuel alito's home

other high-profile target of the former president held on in the country defeating the challenger katy arringtonevada, trump-backed candidate and former nevada attorney general adam waxall defeating sam brown for the gop nod in the senate rate in the silver state. afterwards, he had this to say. >> these failed policies are not just the product of joe biden, though he has served as a useful pubet, but they lie at the feet of the senator and senators like her who make the crazy woke agenda possible in america today. this election will be a referendum on senator masto and all these elites who look down on us. >> laxalt faces masto in november. >> carley: griff, you know, it will make democrats a whole lot more nervous for the midterm elections. i know you spent a lot of time covering the border. what do you make of the gop making gains in that region? is it a surprise to you? >> it's not a surprise but it's a clear indication of the growing republican influence in hispanic politics in deep south texas. you have to go back -- remember, just last week, carley, i interviewed republican mayor javier v

national attention is decidedded, representative nancy mace won against trump endorsed candidate katy arringtonendorsing mace and apologizing to former president donald trump. >> and to donald j. trump, sir, i am sorry i couldn't give you the birthday present that i wanted to give to you. but u will always be my number 45, my number 46. >> trevor: you know what, i-- i don't know why anyone would think trump supporters are a cult. ha ha it is just a normal woman apologizing to trump for losing her election on his birthday. it's not a cult. this is a very normal thing. please forgive plea dear leader, so normal, so normal. by the way, what was all that about you will always be my number 45 and my number 46. cuz i-- i get why she said t i know trump was the 45th president but is she saying he is still the president? because then he wouldn't be the 46th president. he would still be the 45th president. that's confusing. and if i am confused, you best believe donald trump is really confused. best believe. (applause) he probably watching that speech like wait, so i am joe biden? what a twist. i should

republican incumbent nancy mace in south carolina one of the house members their faces trump backed katie arrington in the first congressional district miss bass is the first female graduate of the citizens voted to certify the presidential election also voted to hold former trump adviser stephen in contempt of congress for refusing to testify before the general six committee. in 2018, mr. arrington won the gop primary for the first district, but you lost the general election to democrat joe cunningham, who nancy mace and then defeated in 2020. and then in the state's seventh district primary, trump backed candidate russell fry, a state representative. well who will try to unseat congressman tom rice, who four voted in favor of impeachment following the january 6th capitol riot. five national republicans tetanus is on the ballot there is well, but those are two key races in the portmanteaus state that are being watched tonight. with that, the phone lines areas. what you want to talk about? this is barbara, out of newport news, virginia. democrat. good morning. >> good morning, john. how are you doi

ka katie arrington did. nancy mace actually svoted to certify the 2020 election. what did she do?ilmed a video there. trump gets his revenge getting someone out, or he makes someone he's not supporting grovel for his support. it's win/win in south carolina. >> let's go to nevada now. >> i'm going to go to the secretary of state primary in nevada. take a look. this is the republican primary. jim marchant, 38% of the vote, he's the winner. this is the republican nominee in nevada to have oversight of the elections there and he is an election denier from 2020. this is the real world still modern day, not looking back to january 6th, but today and going forward potential threat to sort of our democracy, to the foundations of free and fair elections. he's the republican nominee in nevada. i want to show you in nevada in the senate race there, one of the key contests of the cycle, if i can get to it, you'll see here adam laxhalt, he's the big winner in the republican nomination. he'll go up against katherine gomez, one of the vulnerable candidates. >> crucial race there. take us to texa

nancy mace took the primary defeating trump's preferred candidate, katie arrington. and in texas republican mayra flores flipped a democratic house district where 85% of residents are latino. senator marco rubio says it is a sign the gop is making big gains among that voting block. >> it is severe losses by democrats. so-called hispanic activitys or people who claim to speak for hispanics but everyday voters and people aren't the same thing. hispanics don't want to pay $5 for gas or criminals running the streets or schools trying to convince their son that he is their daughter. it is voting against the party responsible for those policies. >> dana: alicia has more for us. >> this is interesting and exactly what the national republican party was banking on here because it dumped more than $1 million on tv ads alone on this special election in a traditionally democratic district and the candidate is now congresswoman mayra flores filling the remaining months in office, a seat vacated by retired democratic representative. flores is the first mexican-born woman elected t

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here in charleston, trump candidate katie arrington tried to get out the vote. sitting republican house member. arrington has run for congress before but lost in 2018. she's betting on trump support and a fed up washington mentally will make the difference. >> he's still polls in the 80s in this congressional district. he's the heart of the republican party right now. he represents hope. there's going be a better tomorrow. >> arrington's opponent, nancy mace, that was once endorsed by trump is now considered to be by him a horrible person. she's criticized trump's behavior since the 2020 election while she's staunchedly conservative, she's trying to focus on other things like the economy and proud to tout the support of the biggest names including nikki haley. >> nancy mace is a conservative fightner this race. she's the person that i want representing me. she's the one that i know south carolinians want representing them. >> trump is dominating in other races. tom rice is trying to hold on to his congressional seat. he's been in congress several years but now f

. >> in south carolina's first district, cnn projects that nancy mace was able to win over katie arrington. >> i also want to thank mick mulvaney who endorsed my campaign early on. he helped us raise some money. he is a great fiscal conservative. i also want to thank former south carolina governor and u.n. base nikki haley. >> and cnn projects another trump backed candidate will compete for u.s. senate seat from nevada, adam laxalt is grandson of the former governor and as well as senator. >> i'd like to thank president donald trump for not only believing in me, but for believing in nevada and leading an america first movement, a movement that is alive and well today here in nevada. >> laxalt will face the incumbent democrat in november. a win for him could help tip the balance of course in the republican's favor. >>> given economic and as well as security priorities, the white house says that joe biden will visit saudi arabia, israel and the west bank in july. sawudi stop is revising some ol controversies. joe biden had vowed to make saudi arabia the pariah. >> khashoggi was murdered and

hold on to their seats first there's congresswoman nancy mace facing off against trump backed katie arringtonanuary 6th mace said it wiped out all gains but she later voted against forming the january 6th committee and for kicking republican congresswoman liz cheney out of her leadership position also in south carolina congressman tom rice challenged by trump backed russell fry. a recent poll showed rice trailing fry by double digits. >>> in nevada, more tests for the former governor's challenge. trump and his allies supporting state's former attorney general adam laxalt. he's a fierce trump supporter. laxalt faces retired army captain sam brown. whoever wins the primary will likely take on the sitting democratic senator, katheryn cortez masto it's going to be the most competitive in november. dave wasserman is with us. dave, thanks so much polls just closed in south carolina what are you watching there? >> yeah. these south carolina primaries are real mud fights. we have nancy mace in the first district who is being challenged by a trump endorsed candidate katie aring ton who lost in 2018 na

trump had been backing katie arrington, the challenger in this race, miss looks like she's gonna fend off arrington. make the not go as far as tom rice did, when speaking out donald trump, she did not vote for impeachment, she did not for the formation of the bipartisan january six commission. she did know, in the initial wake of the january six attacks, make critical comments about trump, about his role in that, she spent the rest of her first term here in congress though, in many ways, trying to make peace with trump voters. politically that maybe just enough to help or survive. she is going to win tonight. nbc news now projecting that, one other notable house was all to tell you about. in texas, and a special election in texas. in a district that has only going to have this for a few more months, but it's significant because of this conversation we've been having, about hispanic voters, potentially shifting towards the republican party. in the last couple years. look at, this the 44th district in texas this is as current as it's currently constituted one of the most hispanic distri

she has held off this challenge from katie arrington. donald trump in texas going -- in texas, in south carolina going one for two tonight but speaking of texas, that is the other at this hour major development. it's a special election in texas. it's for a seat that will really only exist for the next few months and yet i think it's a significant result because we talked so much about south texas and the hispanic vote in particular and take a look at -- let's see if we can get this called up here. take a look at the result in this special election in the 15th district. i'm trying to get it called up here. here it is. flores, a republican, we have projected will win outright the special election in the 34th district of texas. this is one of the most hispanic congressional districts in america. again, this is a special election for a seat. it's being redrawn because of redistricting. but we have been talking since the 2020 election about south texas, the rio grande valley, the border region, we saw county after county in this region of tex

watching as congress woman nancy mace is trying to safe her job as she facing a challenge from katie arringtonement. she lost in 2018 and turned the district over to democrats briefly. mace is still running on the america first policies trying to it focused on the economy. she has the endorsement of nikki haley who said she and trump are close but are on separate sides in today's race. >> we don't agree on 100% of things. i saw him last week. he's a fresh. but when it comes to this district, nancy mace is a conservative fighter in this race. she's the person i want representing me. >> we'll be watching to see if any of the candidates make it over the 50% threshold, which means there will be a run-offer. stay tuned. hopefully we'll find some shade. >> martha: it can be hot in charleston. good to see you. now to aishah hasnie live in reno, nevada where the winner of the gop senate primary will take on vulnerable democrat katherine cortez masto. she's considered the most vulnerable democrat senator in these races. hi, aishah. >> hi, martha. good afternoon to you. this is a state that is voting on

that is why nancy mace beat katie arrington.lican nominee and lost that seat to a democrat. so, yes, nancy mace, she crossed donald trump but was not anti-trump. she embraced his policies. she embraced his sort of spirit if you will. so candidates absolutely matter in the race. you cannot be sort of at odds with republican voters. that's what tom weiss was. >> the question is does that carry over? there were ten house republicans that voted to impeach donald trump last time it was on the primary challenge. four of them here decided not to seek re-election. then you see the four in the middle there. they are all republicans who voted to impeach donald trump. they all faced trump-backed republican challengers in august. so in the middle of june now, we got a ways to go to get there. >> this is trump's priority in so many ways to exact his revenge on people who openly defied him and crossed him. if you are any of these folks, liz cheney might be number one on his list of people he wants to see ousted. you have got to worry. you loo

the areas to the north of charleston, more rural, a lot more conservative, those are going for katie arrington. she's someone who was a particularly trumpy candidate all the way along to the point that she lost to a democrat in this district. i think that's what republicans writ large are concerned about. they're concerned that trump will select candidates that are frankly like not okay for some of these other areas. that's what mitch mcconnell was worried about in georgia. >> one of the concerns i have and maybe that's why you were unable to find another word for trumpy. you hear the committee, before the committee hearings, there were thoughts of will they focus on trump? withal try to make this a singier focus, or to make it more broad? and in doing so, i have often wondered, is this feeding into the hands of being able to say, hey, there same former president who would say they're after me, tare after you, trying to go after you, though, does this actually legitimize some of the claims that people who might not be watching are saying, see, it's all about trump for you all. why not make it

strongest defenders in congress faces the former president's handpicked challenger, katie arrington. both candidates running on drilling for american oil and border security. the border and security crisis that we have humanitarian crisis at our border that the biden administration refuses to acknowledge in nevada, democrat dina titus faces a primary challenge from her left progressive. amy vilela former bernie sanders state campaign chair. now's the time to elect pulled leaders who will fight to change our current system that favors the rich and over in maine and interesting race shaping up as former republican congressman bruce pollack win seeking to win back his old seat. a win tonight would put him on a path to challenge the moderate democrat jared golden in what should be one of the tightest and closely watched races come november. that was joe khalil reporting for us this afternoon. all of the midterm elections will be held on november. 8th. >> international news this afternoon. the state department met yesterday with the phoenix mercury giving the basketball team an update on

she is on the outs with maga world, she campaigned with mace while trump is backing katie arrington.o do you think has more pull there, nikki haley or the former president? >> i think the former president, but, again, i think that the die is cast on that race. as we beoth know, endorsements are done not to help the other, but to build fund-raising and contact base. we'll see. every bit helps. people don't refuse or turn back endorsements. so i think the president has more sway, but, you know, every vote matters and i think haley is of help to mace. >> today's primaries are the latest in a string of primary votes in other states. what you've seen so far from the outcomes across the country, what does it tell you about the path that the republican party is on, not just for these midterms, but looking ahead to 2024? >> it is on a path to political extinction if we stay on the road that we're on. the problem with the cult of personality is eventually that personality dies off. we age. we die off. and so this has to be a party of late, about ideas, it hasn't been about anything other than

motor in the early vote at least in one county in this district more than a 2-1 advantage over katie arringtons the fact that this is very early in terms of the total number of votes that will come in. one thing that we've seen in some republican primaries throughout this spring has been that the early vote, the votes cast first have been more favorable in a lot of contests towards the candidate who don't have trump's endorsement and then the same-day vote, the folks who went out today and voted, the trump-backed candidates have done better that. that's one thing we want to see as more votes come in here is the initial batch of votes we're getting shows mace more than 2-1 ahead of arrington in the first distrifngt the other republican incumbent being targeted by donald trump. early votes, a very different story. here's tom rice. he's running behind and running significantly behind. it's only 4% of the total, but he's already, you can see, double digits behind the trump backed challenger. this is a state legislator, russell fry. take a look here and see where the votes are coming in in this dis

interesting because we had one incumbent, nancy mace, who survived a challenge from a trump-backed katie arringtony critical of trump, but did not vote to impeach him. however, if you impeach trump, as tom rice did, look at this, he only got 25% of the vote. the trump-backed russell fry got 51% of the vote, my goodness gracious, an incumbent getting just 25% of the vote. talking about inging about trum candidates, adam laxalt, he was endorsed by trump. here's the thing about nevada, i think is so important, this is going to be a huge state in the fall, the general election senate, currently controlled by the democrats, the betting odds of who is going to win, it is fairly close, but look at that. adam laxalt with a 63% chance of winning that race. this say key race, not just last night, but going into the fall. if republicans can win and flip nevada, they probably will flip the senate chamber. >> no one better to explain things, right, alex? no one better drawing arrows -- >> i have horrible handwriting. my handwriting is atrocious. fortunately this technology is decent enough i can make things re

. >> mayes' primary challenger is katie arrington who former president trump supports.mp, once a mayes fan, now wants her out of office after she criticized him following the 2021 capitol riot. >> you have another horrendous rhino known as crazy nancy mace. >> arrington lost her congressional race in 2018 and now campaigns heavily on trump's endorsement. >> we in this district want someone that is going to represent the three core values we believe in faith, family, and freedom. that's why donald trump endorsed me. >> mayes is counting on the supreme court of trump's former u.n. ambassador and potential 2024 candidate nikki haley to win over maga voters. >> nancy mace is a conservative fighter in this race and she is a person that i want representing me. >> two hours north in myrtle beach republican congressman tom rice is also fighting to save his job. rice, one of 10 house republicans who voted for impeachment after the january 6th riot is being primaried by six republicans. >> we take an oath to protect constitution not a man. >> what i did conservative vote. >> vote

katie arrington is trump-backed. this has gotten a little closer, but a 12-point lead for nancy maye mace. if you look at it a different way, nancy mace is leading in every county that has reported votes so far. more math to do. at this point it looks like a split decision. >> all right, john king, we'll stay on it. thank you very much. i want to bring in gloria borger and former senior adviser to president obama, david axelrod. what do you make of the different approaches former republicans trying to survive the former president's ven vengeance? >> i can't help but think about tom rice, who is completely unapologetic about voting for impeachment. i remember when he did it, and i want was a big surprise because he is a staunch conservative who represents a conservative district. and he has told everybody, look, my constituency was elected in 2012, he has said look, my constituents know how conservative i am. and they understand that i'm voting my conscience, and they're going to remember how conservative i am. i was

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has drawn a challenger, katie arrington who has endorsed donald trump, in the race marginally becausen the wake of january 6th. another candidate who dropped out who endorsed arrington. this is test one of donald trump going after an incumbent republican member of congress. the more interesting test and the second one in north carolina is this one, in the seventh district, you go to myrtle beach, conway, up to florence, that part of south carolina. here is tom rice, republican incumbent, he didn't condemn trump's behavior after january 6th, he voted to impeach him. we have for the first time this primary season a republican who voted to impeach trump, tom rice, being opposed to russell fry. the first time we've seen trump endorse a challenger to a republican who voted to impeach him. there's a run-off rule in place if nobody can get to 50%. the top two will advance to a runoff two weeks from now. tom rice, the republican who voted to impeach trump. one other primary, we'll start getting numbers later in the night that we'll be keeping a close eye on. it's in nevada. it's the republica

i want to play video she made right after trump endorsed her opponent, katie arrington. >> hey, everyone of the trump tower today. in 2015 when president trump renounced his run, i was one of his earliest supporters. i work for the campaign in 2016. i worked in seven different states across the country to help get him elected. i supported him, again in 2020. i believed in him. >> then there is the olive branch extended. the trump tower is behind me. trump mocked her for making that video. has it worked with her persuading trump supporters so that she can survive? >> from her perspective that video was really to make the case that look, she was on board with trump early on because of the policies and those are still the policies in the agenda that she wants to advocate for her in congress. has this criticism or for the supporters? pulling in the district shows it's pretty likely that congresswoman is going to win reelection in this primary race. or at least win the primary on tuesday. tom rice, the other republican, his chances are not quite as hot as nancy mace is. it comes down to the i

trump backing katie arrington, the i thinker to freshman congressman nancy mace in this race.condemnation of donald trump's behavior on and around january 6th last year but then seemed to pivot a bit in the rest of her term in congress trying to make peace with trump voters speaking positively of the former president. was that the difference maker in this district? she survives the margin here, looks like it will be eight points. nancy mays winning in south carolina's first district in the republican primary. then look at what happened out in nevada. a couple races to highlight here. the marquee race this fall is going to be the senate. catherine cortez masto the democratic running for re-election. this is a swing state. biden won it but by two points, in 2020. the question is, who would be running against masto. the answer, laxalt. the other race in nevada from a trump influenced standpoint is the secretary of state spot in nevada. a chief election officer, responsible for certifying the election. it is an open seat. the incumbent not running for re-election. jim march ant wi

in south carolina's first district, nancy mace beat trump's pick, katie arrington.s flipped a house seat held by a democrat. she's believed to be the first mexican born congresswoman. joining me now, vaughan hillyard. also with us today, white house correspondent eugene daniels. vaughan, to new south carolina. it's a win and loss for donald trump in south carolina. the defeat of tom rice is getting a lot of attention. it's a big note on the trump score card. 126 wins and 8 losses with the vast majority incumbents. many of those didn't face any real challenges. tell us about nancy mace, who had a mixed record, criticizing donald trump right after january 6 and then shooting a selfie in front of trump tower to try to regain his support. >> reporter: i think republicans in real time are still calculating here in the summer of 2022 just how closely aligned to donald trump they need to be. if you are looking at georgia, brian kemp's race there, where he won his re-election bid, he largely stayed away from talking about the former president and not relitigating the 2020 e

you mentioned nancy mace, mace also targeted by trump, katie arrington the trump-backed opponent.ser race, but you played the clip there of what mace has tried to do. in the wake of january 6th, she condemned trump's behavior, condemned his actions, but then spent most of the race of her freshman tenure trying to make peace with the trump wing of the party. that strategy looks like it has paid off there as you can see an eight--point victory. >> to the ground in south carolina stay with us, steve, more to talk about. in charleston nbc news correspondent vaughn hill-yard. what's the reaction in south carolina to the results? i'm thinking back to mark sanford's stunning loss four years ago where he said the lesson i learned, don't cross trump if you want to win in my district. >> right. and that's exactly what you saw nancy mace's evolution look like over the last 16 months. when she was first elected to congress, she was quite direct saying she wanted to be a new voice for the republican party, it needed to go through reconciliation because donald trump, in her own words, put membe

we should keep in mind katie arrington, but 53% better than 25 but not awesome. >> that margin for an incumbent is very interesting. i want to go to texas because there was a primary race there, it was an open special election seat there which may mean something different. >> yeah, look, this is more about where we are in the nation, i think the national environment and this is a district that joe biden won by four points but hillary clinton had won it by i believe it was 21 points or at least a little bit more than 20 and then look here, what happened last night, the republican 51% of the note, dan sanchez the democrat 43% of the vote. you need to get 50% of the vote plus one to avoid a runoff. at this particular point it looks like flores is going to get over that 50% mark. this is an indication of how strong the national environment is for republicans, it's very, very good. more than that we have seen in a lot of the polling some drag among hispanics for democrats and this is an indication this is a majority hispanic district, the fact that a republican did this well here points to

katie arrington in the case of mace race, he's been supporting her.t to democrats back in 2020. that's why many republicans here believe this is still a swing district. they believe this race is important for that reason, but up in the seventh district here in the state of south carolina, a tough race for tom rice, no doubt about it. russell fry is a state representative, backed by the former president, but several candidates on the ballot there, this could go into a runoff. so the bottom line here in south carolina is that the former president, his persuasion, his power, will be tested once again but a slightly different context given the fact that the hearings are under way in washington at the very time that people here are thinking about who they're voting and who they're voting for. victor? >> all right, jeff zeleny in charleston, thank you. >>> severe weather is affecting all regions of the country right now. record heat in the midwest, catastrophic flooding forces one of america's most popular national parks to shut down. and tornado threats in

set on you as he did nancy mace, the south carolina congresswoman and backed his challenger, katie arrington enough. he has a better than i think 90% track record getting his candidates over the finish line. did not work with congresswoman nancy mace who easily beat back the challenge. will live to fight another day in the general election in november. she is kind enough to join us now. congresswoman, congratulations. >> thank you so much. neil: you defied some odds here. you had big help from kristi noem and others backing you even in the face of donald trump but i'm noticing the former president did congratulate you saying on his social media website, congratulations to nancy mace who should easily defeat her democratic opponent. he doesn't often do that but he did to you. are we to read anything into that? >> it was a sign of unity. we had big backing from nikki haley. out voting with us last few days as well. this district i always said is different. we march to the beat of our own drum. i promised when i ran in 2020 and flipped the seat from democrat to republican i would truly be an in

. >> mace's opponent is former state representative katie arrington. run for this seat before and lost to a democrat back in 2018. she believes with trump's support in the very conservative district she has a shot tonight. >> we in this district want someone who will represent the three core values we believe in, faith, family, freedom. it's why donald trump endorsed me. >> trump is dominating another race this one further up the coast in the grand strand. tom rice is fighting to keep his seat facing a challenge from six other candidates including state rep russell frye attracting national attention. rice is outspoken against the former president. it could go to a runoff later on this month. depends on what the results look like tonight. can i pitch for the hawaii primary now? might as well put in my options while i can. >> dana: absolutely. "america's newsroom" would be happy to accompany you on this trip. way to plant a seed. >> bill: enjoy the grits in south carolina. on the map behind us now what mark was talking about is the low country. one of th

. >> katie arrington continues to reach out to south carolina republicans, especially those that feel the three core values that we believe in. faith, family and freedom. that's why donald trump endorsed me. that's why this district will enor thes me in the ballot box. >> a few hours away, tom rice is looking to hold on to his seat. he's facing a challenge from former president trump. rice has continued his outspoken criticism of the president saying he represents the past of the gop. voting will come down to turnout. what that will be? it's very hot here in south carolina. john? >> all right. it's a race that we'll watch closely. thanks, mark. thanks for being here today. >> thanks for having me. >>> good to see you. >> john: i'm john roberts. >> i'm jacqui heinrich. the story starts right now. >> martha: good afternoon, everybody. i'm martha maccallum at fox news headquarters in new york. mounting pressure at this hour on the attorney general, merrick garland, after the alleged plot to assassinate justice kavanaugh. what will the doj do and what will congress do to protect justices