i think scott walker has been doing a great job. i remembered there was an , and didn't a democrat go hide in illinois? i think that is not what i feelve of and believe. that is my comment. the: doug, i am not sure of situation you are referring to, but maybe somebody who does is craig gilbert. re-listening on that last call? guest: yes. he was referring to a controversial piece of the saga when there was a fight over collective bargaining rights, and democrats -- of the only way they could prevent a vote from to flee towas illinois for a few weeks breed host -- few weeks. go to a crowded primary there are two see who is going to take the next shot at taking down governor scott walker. with likely to emerge on the democrat side? guest: the favorite in this race is the state school superintendent, tony evers. no one else has broken out of this. field was ais household name before the race has won but evers several statewide elections for school superintendent and even though he was not a prominent political name going into this, he h

with scott walker, he's such a formidable fundraiser. can't discount -- that's all we were talking about all the way back in 2015, how formidable a presidential candidate he was going to be because of that fundraising network. that hasn't dissipated for him. that is going to matter. >> his performance as a presidential candidate was pitiful. >> it was not good. >> i want to get into the dynamics. this state fascinates me. you look at a state where the president, to his credit, turned pennsylvania, turned wisconsin, turned michigan. you study those states. was it just a one campaign? was it the clinton campaign's failings? was it some way the president talks? since then, you have scott walker, national republican figure as your governor, the speaker of the house, paul ryan, the president loved the fact -- he likes to give out his maps. look at the states i turned. now he has tariffs, and he's saying boycott harley-davidson. listen to speaker ryan and governor walker trying to dance around that one. >> yeah, the president has a style that'

we start with scott walker who did get the nod from the president and had a big night. >> scott walker the president weren't always friends but now he got the endorsement from the president and scott walker the less favored punching bag, the anti-union republican governor of wisconsin won big. that is a harbinger of challenges for democratic candidates in that state, showing himself to be strong and down the ticket, he backed the candidates on the ticket and his machine worked extraordinarily well. walker won big. rob: here's the endorsement that may have pushed walker over the edge, scott walker of wisconsin is a tremendous governor who has an incredible things, he has my complete and total endorsement, brought the amazing fox can't wisconsin with 15,000 jobs and more. vote for scott in the republican primary and walker might not have had a chance without that tweet. to the democratic side in the governor's race, tony evers. >> a great illustration. reforming unions, evers is the leader of the state education system. that is a perfect example of those i the ologies -- ideologies. rob:

i would not count scott walker out no matter what the polls say. he has name id, a ton of money, and the democrats, all of them are against the foxconn deal, and walker is for it. the economy is a big, big issue in wisconsin, and scott walker is going to be able to take credit for that, and see if that pulls him through one more time. neil: we shall see, tom, always fun having you, appreciate it. >> thanks, neil. neil: remember the subprime mess where you could give a mortgage to anyone with a pulse and people would back it up and collateralize it and then of course we went kablooey, guess what's back in the subprime loan business. after this. i don't know why i didn't get screened a long time ago. i kept putting it off... what was i thinking? ok, mr. jones... we're all done. i told you it was easy. with life line screening, getting screened for unknown health conditions is so quick, painless and affordable, you'll wonder why you hadn't done it before. so if you're over age 50, call now and schedule an appointment near you. for just $149- a savings

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here is governor scott walker and his recent ad. eo clip] a small town doing pretty big things. >> we have been rethinking cow we teach our kids. >> governor walker has been very helpful to us. >> the extra $200 per year per student to means a lot for small districts like ours. >> we are teaching students to think critically. student years a since the lab opened so i learned the kind of skill that employers are looking for. >> now we are training other school districts. governor's funding has really helped with transportation costs. >> wisconsin is a national leader bringing fablabs to school. government's commitment to funding education has made it stronger. on that ad that scott walker campaign ad upset the school district where it was filmed. said they did not know that the district was going to be featured in that campaign ad for walker and some are not happy about it. if you want to read that piece, it is by molly beck in the milwaukee journal sentinel. primary day and four states, vermont., connecticut, joining us by the phone

scott walker is running for the fourth time. they believe he may be vulnerable this time around.ckground on what we should be watching tonight. >> eight democrats are elbowing each other out of the way for a chance to face governor scott walker. but national democrats have been having kind of a hard time figuring out which candidate they should help with early resources or endorsements. the front runner is seen as the state's education superintendent tony devers, but he's not necessarily a favorite of the factors making medicine more aggressive because he was not on a short list drawn up by a group called, our wisconsin revolution. whoever does wind up winning will get a boost in the bank from the democratic governors association who already has millions squirreled away, and they ate candidates are all pretty similar in that none of them like walkers latest legislation which limited the collective bargaining power of the unions in the state and none of them like the 10 million dollar fox con electronics plant that walker helped bring to the state which is expected to bring thousa

he already told the milwaukee journal sentinel that we're going to win because we'll hold scott walkerle for haste reign of terror. walker said do we take a step backwards or do we continue to move forward as we keep wisconsin working for generations to come? democrats here also nominated randy the iron stash rice to try to flip the seat held by paul ryan. he will face ryan's former staffer, brian steil. next door in minnesota last night tim pawlenty lost his governor primary. he was once 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

wisconsin obviously has a great governor who's running for his third term, scott walker, who sort of this whole thing. walker was hurt a little bit by running for president. one of the things that happens when you run for president and don't do well, it makes it tougher when you go home. there's two tonight, one in minnesota who also was damage when he was a front runner a couple of years ago and got blown out early on. lou: is he going to win? >> i don't think so. he's certainly not a front runner and it's not a slam dunk for him. he was a two-term governor too. lou: walker is an interesting case. he's a highly effective, successful governor. >> tremendous. lou: he's not a charismatic governor. but i think the people in wisconsin understand he's kept his word in much the same way that the president has dominated national politics, walker has made considerable impression by just keeping his promises in the state of wisconsin. >> wisconsin was a very liberal state and basically he was the first -- lou: is it ever. >> he broke through, took on the unions and i think he's been an effecti

and another race wisconsin republican governor scott walker did get a democratic opponent tonight, thedent who easily emerged from an 8 person democratic field, either's is an outspoken opponent of reining in collective bargaining power and also opposes a $10 billion electronic plan he wants to build your. he accuses walker of getting fox connor handout. walker has already won two gubernatorial elections and did beat back a recall = has his hands full. national democratic leaders are hoping to flip the seat being vacated by retiring speaker paul ryan and they found their candidate in november, randy the irons - bright who announced his campaign in june by offering to trade jobs with the speaker saying he would go to dc, and his hand-picked successor also won tonight at he won by a sizable margin in the first district and he said in a statement i will do everything i can to help his fall campaign and look forward to his victory in november. $37 million was spent on the republican side and democratic side in this primary. republicans like their chances because donald trump did win here i

we thought that in wisconsin, scott walker and other leading contenders are. >> the president indra scottr a third term as wisconsin governor. we were just talking about tim valenti. his comeback bid was derailed because this is a republican he once called the president unhinged and look what happened. >> yeah, absolutely. valenti was one of those personalities politically who took a very aggressive stance against the president, stuck by it, never broke bread with the president and this is indicative of how that just simply didn't work in any way, shape or form. cheryl: as for democrats, should they change their messaging and listening to something bernie sanders had to say? >> trump was able to pick up on the failures of the democratic party that did not talk about the fact that hard-working decent people saw their jobs going to mexico or china. lauren: what you make of that? >> in a way, bernie is right that democrats need to speak to their voters, their voting base. the concerns about this. it has to do with jobs. has to do with the cost of health care and dave conversation items that

scott walker has in my opinion the toughest re-election campaign ahead of him.st polling position he has been since he was elected. >> why? >> i think number one, trump is unpopular, which is a big play. running for a third term is very, very difficult. i think it's all just coming together for scott walker in a way with democratic enthusiasm that he could be gone come november. >> in the great state of minnesota, if i do say so myself, you have quite an evening lined up. you have an open governor seat, both senate seats, a handful of competitive house seats. people are looking at minnesota and saying, this is important when it comes to midterms and the speaker gavel being up for grabs. >> four competitive house seats. it gives republican their best shot to pick up a house seat. democratic incumbents are retiring. democrats are looking in the second and third district. obviously, in the senate races, i should point out if you look at polling, it points to democrats doing well in those two senate races in the fall. >> history in the making in vermont? >> it could

>> it's actually what scott walker has been rubbing on, democrats are fired up and he has said, he'ssaid, they are coming. >> republicans have demonstrated that they can still win and they can turn it on and drive voters out to the polls. a lot of voters are trying to glean a lot, but take into account the special election. now it's a blip on the radar and nobody is even talking about it being competitive for november. there's a special election when there's a microscope on them and people are talking about them and there's lots of money invested is very different. >> you really see how much things can change so quickly. you look at the primary, and i agree with you on wisconsin that it's really going to give us a chance where things are going in the midterms and in and in the next presidential election as well. president trump has won wisconsin with that narrow margin and it was critical to him. i think democrats are really kind of wanting to fight and make it not indicate that there's been an overall shift in the state. but when i think when it comes down to mid term, it all comes

in wisconsin, peter with more. >> neil, scott walker who wants was a primary opponent of president trumpged the president's on twitter last night. walker is going for his third term. he is won two generals and one recall so far. he is expected to cruise to an easy victory in his primary tonight on the republican side of the ballot. the real intrigue is on the eight candidate field of democrats hoping to take him on. it could reveal a lot about what kind of candidate could beat i tromped trump backed candidate. he has butted heads with public workers unions, forcing them to pay more for certain benefits and limiting the bargaining power that they have had. only one of the eight democrats who took them on in november has ever had estate held office. only everts, is considered the front runner. the association is raising money to boost whoever winds up winning the primary tonight. all of the candidates have similar views, including a support for an organization and opposition to 10 million dollar fox can't plant that is expected to bring thousands of jobs to wisconsin. democrat front runner

he doesn't have the backing of wisconsin gop heavyweights like paul ryan, scott walker, reince priebust state senator volusia county mere to win. the paul ryan wants his former aide, candidate ryan styles to succeed him. the district has five other republicans as well, who will face the winner of the democratic primary, in november, and what is no longer this wisconsin first district, a safe republican-held seat come november. david. david: i remember when it was a safe democratic seat. it goes both ways. peter doocey, great to see you. melissa. melissa: here to react one and only james freeman, "wall street journal" editorial page editor and author of a fantastic new book sliding off the shelves at amazon. if there any there get them there immediately because it will be gone in a minute. "borrowed time." james freeman. >> thank you. melissa: a lot of pressure on you with that introduction. i hope you brought you "a" game. let me ask you about wisconsin. a lot of races in there. >> yes. melissa: a lot of really big-name people clustered around. what do you think is going to happen? wha

>> dana, the last three times democrats have tried to unseat scott walker or beat scott walker, theye failed. twice in general elections, once with a recall. that frustrates democrats in wisconsin because while he's been in office, walker has been butting heads with public workers unions by forcing them to pay more for certain benefits and rolling back certain bargaining power they had. now democrats have an eight candidate field trying to knock him off. whoever wins could reveal a lot about what kind of candidate democratic voters in the midwest believe gives them the best chance to flip gop offices and seats. republicans are about to take a senate candidate that gives them the best chance of a blue wave. the target is incumbent democratic senator tammy baldwin. republicans trying to challenge here including kevin nicholson from the college of democrats that broke with the party and his family over the pro choice part of the democratic platform. he's got a fund-raising lead but he doesn't have the backing of wisconsin's gop heavyweights like paul ryan. another very important primary

scott walker, democrats couldn't beat him in 2010 when he first ran.hey 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 not that button, let's see if this works. there it is. tony evers, our poll, our nbc/marist poll has him starting 13 points ahead of scott walker. here's the bottom line with walker. the bottom line with walker, 2010 and 2014 when he won and when he was re-elected, those were extremely favorable national midterm climates for the republican party. now walker running for a third term, he faces the prospect of running in a democratic climate. he hasn't had to do that before. we will see. early on, our polling certainly favorable to the democrat. boy, this thing has a life of its own. >> steve, you have a possessed big board. >> i don't know what it is. electromagnetic energy or something. >> maybe you have static on your shirt, who knows. panel, o

paul ryan is leaving the house and scott walker is in electoral trouble. pedro: how do she fit into the picture? cortez --across your ocasio cortez? she has sort of popped out of nowhere. -- has been a useful in example as to be kind of as, there isenergy a new crop of young up and com ers. who knows how it will ultimately play out? she could play out quicker than anyone realizes. the "new york one story, youee will see three over the next few months. in local and house races around the country in which young people in their 20's and early 30's are making good progress against established candidates. that is a very salient storyline at the moment. bleed-over into the next cycle. i am not calling for generation xers to put a flag down. i am making more modest suggestions. to do with your personal life and his self-regulation in the way you raise your children. i am not making the political case for a wave of gen x'ers sweeping the political tables. born after 1980, from california, this is dave. caller: good morning. you mentioned millennials don't think th

another race, wisconsin's republican governor scott walker did get a democratic apartment tonight.ent tony devers, who easily emerged from an eight person democratic field. he is an outspoken opponent of walker's most famous legislation that reined in unions collective bargaining power and evers also poses a $10 billion electronic plan that fox gone wants to build here. he accuses walker, his soon-to-be opponent, of giving them a handout. ryan has -- walker, rather, has already won mike two gubernatorial elections and he beat back a really dumb a great call try so evers is going to ho make a fourth time a turn for the democrats. national democratic leaders are also hoping to flip the seat being vacated by by the retirig speaker paul ryan. they found their candidate in november. it's going to be randy "the iron stanch sell's --" price. he said he will go to d.c. and ryan can go work in a mine, that never happened. but his successor also unlike today, a former running aid, and he won by a sizable margin in the first district, so now paul ryan said in a statement, i will do everything

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>> well, scott walker -- [laughter] i think, you know, every politician has an expiration date. not saying scott walker's is there, but i think some voters feel that and feel he hasn't been as responsive to them. and he's going to have to fight. but that's who scott walker is, and i'm not one to count him out because he always fights like it's his last race -- charles: and he's overcome massive hurdles. i would say, ned, wisconsin also a lot of folks are going to use it as sort of to get a feeling on how trump voters are reacting to rump's to policies, particularly his battle with harley davidson. i do want to point out in wisconsin that the unemployment rate is 2.9% overall and that the manufacturing jobs are up since december of 2016 over 4% at their highest level since january 2009. so right now it looks like, you know, the folks who actually felt like the elites were not, you know, not in it for them must be happy to a degree. what if the vote tonight dispels that? >> well, i think you're right, charles. i think the policies have been very good for wisconsin. i think we'll h

if evers wins that will be an incredible match, scott walker is the education governor.d those big battles in the public sector union, teachers and school districts, more control, tony evers is the state superintendent of education. jillian: pretty competitive minnesota house races and four are supracompetitive. >> not so much about primaries but who will win the house of representatives in november. only 10% of races nationwide are competitive for the house, that is the way the system works. minnesota, you have four of the eight races that are competitive, district 1 and district 8 are the only two districts in the entire country where democrats hold the seat and republicans have a shot at fixing them up. they are rural districts, and donald from won both parties. and tim policy was the big hope for the gop, and spending a lot of money, jeff johnson running more grassroots campaign. 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 poss

>> i mean, scott walker is on the ballot, radioactive since he fwh won in 2010.unch of democrats vying to take him on a poll showing he is beatable in a gubernatorial race. in all likelihood, end up with a guy, a superintendent a long time on the education side. if you remember, walker went after teachers. went after their pensions, the amount of money wisconsin is putting into schools. again, this is sort of -- a little microcosm of trump's dynam dynamic. a state like wisconsin run by republicans. republicans should be killing it. unemployment below 4%. it's a good time to live in wisconsin. the politics have become so radioactive and democrats are more motivated after basically sitting it out because they weren't that motivated by hillary clinton. if they have a big day i think you're right. it is a microcosm and you'll see the same thing potentially in pennsylvania, potentially in minnesota. the only question now is, does this momentum continue? if it continues it's impossible to see republicans keeping control. not that much will change between now and electi

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>> we supported nicht what it was was scott walker and he's built a very strong organization there in turn for the woman who won the process. and you're going to have two candidates. the key thing is we don't have a single democrat down under. we've got to -- lou: say that again. >> we don't have a single democrat of the 25 that rupp for reelection that we can say are automatically ours. we've got to win these races. there are eight or ten that we've got shots at, three our four good shots at, including baldwin yesterday and we've got to win them. i keep coming back to that. we've got 80-some-odd day to go. the campaign is just beginning. lou: you've got paul ryan who is not trying to win. he's trying to manage a rino rear guard action so that he keeps the rinos in place for the benefit of the chamber of commerce, the business round table, the koch brothers, wall street, you name it. >> you have a very full agenda that trump has put out there and the candidates should be running and talking about tax cuts, immigration reform, those kinds of things. the tendency of -- lou: you mean the

in wisconsin, he have seven democrats trying to challenge republican scott walker. talked about minnesota, wisconsin, connecticut. anything else we should be watching? anna: those are the main racist today. vermont has a primary today. we are looking to see what kind of candidates are nominated, whether parties are choosing the most extreme ideologues or more centrist candidates. that could determine how the general elections and up later on this year in november. seen: thus far, we have president trump on one side and bernie sanders on the other getting involved in these i marries -- in these primaries. is that happening today? anna: it depends on the race. in wisconsin, the republican candidate is pretty moderate. he is marvin establishment kind of republican in the paul ryan mold. he is being challenged by a more right-wing candidate, paul kneeland, who has been discredited because of anti-semitic remarks. it depends on the race. i think republicans are for the most part embracing the president, recognizing that it is the party of trump, and they pushed back agai

and democrats elected state schools chief tony evers to challenge republican incumbent scott walker. >> history also being made in minnesota in the fifth district with the democrats there nominating representative elan oma, a somali american running for the seat there. and keith ellison won the democratic seat for minnesota attorney general, despite allegations of domestic abuse coming out against him. he denies those allegations, but the dnc will begin a review. >>> and finally, one week after the kansas primary, kris kobach is officially, officially the winner of the republican nomination for governor. incumbent governor jeff colyer conceded last night after absentee and provisional ballots extended kobach's lead to 345 votes out of 315,000 cast. really close. >> yeah. that's a win for president trump as well, who endorsed kobach at the last minute. >>> and the trump campaign is filing for arbitration, claiming that omarosa manigault newman breached a 2016 non disclosure agreement. it is the first legal action sense omarosa published a tell-all book about her time as a senior advis

someone who has a vested interest in that, governor scott walker, wisconsin. hopes to get a third term in there. this is the fourth time democrats are trying to take him out. we'll explore that with the positive a little later. these on going, optimistic comments the president is making about trade and something he will discuss in new york, when he comes up to the hamptons for a fund-raiser, is something that has got a lot of people excited, maybe at the very least the chill with china will ease a little bit. there is no way to guarranty that. the first talks anyone is having on this subject since last spring are being deemed at least promising. we shall see. is this optimism, buying at wall and broad a good sign of things to come? get the read from real clear markets editor, john tamny, and gerri willis from the new york stock exchange. gerri, looks better resolving the impasse better it looks for stock, right? >> people talk about how we haven't focused on trade but it's a steady back beat with any conversation you have with traders down there. they are conc

it's ironic because, of course, scott walker ran against donald trump and clearly, you know, it wasn't a big fan at least at one point but, you know, in addition to policy, paul, what makes walker stand out is he has one of the best political organizations of any governor of either party in the country and you just don't count him out. as you said, he's won 3 elections for governor even though it's two terms, he never gets more than 51, 52% of the vote but he always wins an he's been able to get allies nominated and elected too. so right now it's a toss-up but that's one you should watch every day all the way to election day. paul: let's turn to new england states because that's now seen as leftist center stronghold and yet you pointed out this week in news letter that the republicans could actually win every single one of those states in governorships if everything fell in the right direction, what's happening there? >> what's happening there is, paul, the republicans are adapting to local conditions and nominating candidates who can win. that is social moderates, fiscal conservatives

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scott walker is running again.publican party plays in that state, why the president played in that state is scott walker's organization after election victory after election victory is very real, extremely proficient and almost roundly successful over the last couple years. that's a key senate race and obviously key governor's race to watch. then minnesota, you know that state better than anybody else. it was one of those interesting elements, you talk about the president's success with endorsements. tim pawlenty, former governor, well-known state recognition with name i.d., he lost to jeff johnson. i think the 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 l

they was backed by paul ryan and scott walker.at. reporter: all eyes on minnesota where republicans rejected former well-known presidential candidate tim paw lentty for newcomer, county commissioner jeff johnson who aligned himself with the president. pawlenty suffered from the his comments in 2016 calling donald trump unhinged and unfit for presidency. pete who endorsed and campaigned with easily cruised to victory in a primary. keith ellison, the dnc deputy chair, facing a series of domestic abuse allegations he won the attorney general primary for democrats n vermont, it was about bernie sanders, nominated the first transgender governor. in connecticut they chose a teacher of the year. steve: get is getting exciting. griff. ainsley: that transgender beat a 14-year-old. they didn't have a age limit. the 14-year-old said i'm going to run. ran in the primary. didn't win. brian: got more votes than any other ninth grader in the country. ainsley: that's a deficit. steve: i think tim pawlenty given a do-over would in the say the pres

scott walker survived three lives fighting for a fourth in wisconsin? what do you think? >> there is no better campaigner than scott walker and he has been a fantastic governor. he will have a long day and a tough election. he always does but always comes through. we'll be watching wisconsin and paul ryan's race. in minnesota we have opportunities to pick up seats in the house in the first and eighth district. we think we can flip seats in minnesota and senate races in minnesota as well. i think tina smith will be somebody we'll look at closely. housley is a great challenger and an opportunity to flip that seat. >> bill: how would you characterize republican turnout to date in these primaries? >> california we had higher turnout in six of the seven districts. a battleground states for the democrats and their path to the majority. in ohio we had higher turnout, in georgia and south carolina. in these specials it has been harder to gauge in the summer and off years. the turnout across the primaries we have been matching the enthusiasm of the democrats and i expect we about

and two-term republican governor scott walker is seeking the nomination for a third term, facing thehallenging political environment in his career. in minnesota, former republican governor tim pawlenty is trying to get back his old job. joining me now, nbc news national political correspondent steve kornacki at the big border. and swrer jeremy peters from "t york times." let's talk about wisconsin, jeremy, and paul ryan's seat, an open seat. >> that's right, paul ryan is stepping down, that will be an open seat. republicans have a pretty good chance of holding onto it because of a weak democratic challenger who is favored to get the nomination there. i think the bigger story, though, andrea, is the republican senate race, which really is kind of a microcosm of the larger divide taking place in the republican party right now. you have one candidate, kevin nicholson, who is an upstart. he's new to the scene, he's young, he's only 40 years old. he's a former marine. he's never held elected office before. and he's really portrayed himself as the most unabashed, pure supporter of presiden

. >> a lot of primariy ies on tuesday, the wisconsin for governor, scott walker won in 2010.they can't beat scott walker this time maybe he'll be governor forever. it will be interesting to who the democrats nominate, who is a bernie person or clinton person as well. >> big question mark on the republican party. kaitlan. >> as someone who spent last week in new jersey, a lot were discussing the nonvacation vacation, insisting only there because doing renovations to the white house, not the oval office specifically. they didn't mention the renovations before he left to go to new jersey last week. it's interesting how they maintain he's still working even though he's there and even the president himself saying he misses the white house and wishes they were back there. they love the small table he uses to do bill signings and did a prison reform round table and it's not unusual for presidents to take vacation. his predecessor took vacation with abandon and never try to insist it wasn't some kind of vacation. but with trump because he's long criticized his predecessors, his most

in wys con, eight democrats face off to challenge incumbent governor scott walker, who is seeking hiserm. meanwhile, democrats will see a three-way battle for minnesota's open governor spot betwe. former governor tim pawlenty will try to win back his old job. in minnesota's race, democrat tina smith who was appointed to the seat after al frank enresigned is expected to win her primary against former bush administration official richard painter. finally in connecticut, both sides will face off for another open governor spot. democrats will have a two-way race between business leader ned lamont and bridgeport mayor joe began non-. on republican side, businessman bob stefanowski will face off. >>> ellison is denying allegations of domestic abuse as voters head to the poll. the allegations surfaced after a woman the congressman dated until 2016 confirmed a story shared by her son on facebook. the post allegedly detailing messages from ellison and ellison dragging her off a bed by her feet. the post was shared at least 2,000 times. ellison is the front-runner in the crowded rate for attorn

been effective over the years and gary was executive director of freedom coalition and advised scott walkerand marco rubio and lots of other people over the years, great to have you in from atlanta, both of you welcome to austin. so why don't we give you a few minutes to set scene about stakes, related to dc circuit court justice and take a few minutes and we will talk about specific things, mario. >> thank you, matt, i want to thank eric for wonderful conference, always great to be in texas with beautiful people and strong conservatives, i love it coming in from the swamp it's refreshing to come here. i want to see if i can set the stage for where we are, we have a tremendous opportunity and we should not take it lightly, if you remember the nomination and confirmation of justice neil gorsuch which we celebrated and we worked so hard for, what the replacement of justice an on -- antonin scalia so you are basically replacing a strong constitute -- constitutional list with constitutionalist. we were trying to preserve the status quo. you heard from the panel before, hillary was sure she was

wisconsin, democrats selecting state schools chief tony evers to challenge the republican incumbent, scott walker. >>> history also made in minnesota. democrats in the fifth district nominating state representative ilhan omar, a progressive somali-american woman, for a congressional seat. and congressman keith ellison won the democratic nomination for minnesota attorney general, despite allegations of domestic abuse against him. he denies those allegations, but the dnc will begin a review. >>> and we finally have a winner in kansas after the primary there. kris kobach, the trump-backed candidate, officially the winner of the republican nomination for governor. the incumbent governor, jeff colyer, conceded last night after absentee and provisional ballots extended kobach's lead to 345 votes out of more than 313,000 cast. >>> all right, the trump campaign is filing for arbitration, claiming omarosa manigault newman breached a 2016 non disclosure agreement. it is the first legal action sense omarosa published that tell-all book about her time as a senior adviser to the president, and it comes less t

, the governor that they feel is four times the charm now when it comes to taking out scott walker. tony evers is favored to win the democratic primary for governor and we will see what happens when the polls close, but our own nbc poll here a couple of weeks ago the maris poll gave him a double-digit lead over the incumbent republican governor, and in 2010 they were unable to beat walker and as he claimed the governor and had all of that union legislation, and they could not recall him in 2012 and in 2013 they went after him again and walker was elected in 2014 and so far the democrats are 0 for 3, but with the republican president in the white house who may not be that popular right now giving the democrats the best shot yet at walker. other polls have had it closer, but ours had it 13 points the last time we check ed n. also, talking about a midterm climate and houw about all of the democratic senators up for re-election this year, and wisconsin and tammy baldwin running in the trump state and we will see tonight in the primary on the republican side who her opponent going to be,

. >> an easy win for governor scott walker who earned the gop nomination as he seeks a t faces who won an eight way primary race. and two contenders emerged for paul ryan's 76-seat. democrat randy bryce will face-off against republican bryan steil. for more on the highlights let's go to nbc national political correspondent steve kornacki. >> another night of headlines, big one. minnesota tim was a presidential canned dapt in 2012. he wanted his old job back, but he will not. pale palenti losing to jeff johnson for the primary of minnesota. who will johnson face on the democratic side? tim wall, the congressman. it will be wall versus johnson for governor of minute minuneso. another headline race. the national committee giving up his house 76-seat in congress to run for attorney general. he was hit with accusations of .omestic violence in the final t story figures election and one ominently in 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 close race. he concedes