mr. rouda mr. rouda declared victory this weekend. he is a first-time democrat. he is new to the republican party. for years he was a registered republican. now he is the newest political newcomer to wrestle a solid red seat into democratic hands. joining me now, harley rouda, who has declared victory against dana rohrabacher in california's 49th congressional district. mr. rouda, thank you for being here. >> thanks for having me. >> under normal. >> circumstances, i'd congratulate someone who has won a seat. well haven't determined that you've won that seat. how did you determine it? >> part of it is looking at what votes are left to be counted. and for us, those were the mail-in ballots that had been received three days prior to election day, those that were dropped off on election day, those that are received three davis election day and provisional ballots. and based on the trend lines we had seen, those were all going to be headed our direction. >> democrats had flagged this district on as