with 32% of the vote now in, voteengl -- sharon engle has about 32% of the vote. what does that tell you about the matchup with senator harry reid? >> the democrats and senator reid got the candidate that they wanted. democrats believe that the former state assemblywoman is .he weakest of the field coul there is no doubt that senator harry reid is in deep trouble. his approval ratings are so bad. the nevada economy is so bad. his reelection campaign has struggled. it is a tough environment. having said that, republicans were not able to get a top flight to counter in that field. the candidates who were thought to be an extremely strong challenger faded and had a lot of problems in the end. i think the late surge created a late front-runner. they will struggle to compete with the wider electorate. >> in california, it looks like two former ceo's will be leading the republican party in the senate and governor's races. >> right. this is a big boost for republicans. they have really struggled in california for a decade. having those kinds of fresh faces and more diver

he's running for re-election this year against nevada state representative sharon engle. his remarks from the state's democratic party convention are 25 minutes. >> first of all, i think a few are watching the world cup. what do you think? we're very happy to be here, aren't we? but i did have to just say a word about the world cup. we have hercules gomez. i also wanted to tell everyone that landon is doing really well. we're almost sect shern travel for the first time in august to come back, and she had her last surgery two weeks ago on her face. she's doing well. she has -- [applause] she has a cast on her face, a splipt, whatever it's called, but she expects to get that off in a week or so, so thank you very much. she's a real trouper. she's been kind of home alone for three months because she can't drive, so it's been a difficult time for her. our state is being tested as it's never been tested before. how we react to this crisis is the difference between renewing our future and repeating the past. it's really a simple choice. and it's really, it i repeat, an easy cho

former state assemblywoman sharon engle is a slight front runner, due to significant expenditures.ut former state party chairmen, sue lowdon, who suggested of barter system for health care remains in the game because of her considerable spending. then there is a businessman, danny. he is the son of a former unlv men's basketball coach. we will look at other races coming up on tuesday. let's go to our first call. chicago, democrats line. what motivates you to vote in primaries? caller: good morning. what motivated me was watching channel 11. i thought i knew the history. i saw the history of the suffragettes and i was so embarrassed i did not know about that earlier. people died for the right to vote. women of this country have not had the right to vote for 100 years. and it really bothers me when neighbors, "i do not want to vote. i might have to be on jury duty." it's so awful. so i vote very probably in the whatever little election. local is where you can it matter. if you just do one thing. it is something we do for community. it may be sad when i went to work and there was a lo