>>> THIS WEEK, THEY GOT TO DO IT FACE TO FACE.

THEY GOT TO MEET IN CLEVELAND TELEVISED.

IT WAS NOT BORING.

EACH CANDIDATE TRIED TO PORTRAY HIMSELF AS MODERATE WHILE PORTRAYING THE OTHER AS THE EXTREMIST.

VOTERS SAW TWO CANDIDATES LAYOUT THEIR POSITIONS ON INFLATION, ABORTION, IMMIGRATION AND FOREIGN POLICY.

MUCH OF THE DEBATE WAS LIKE THIS EXCHANGE ON OHIO'S LOSS OF MANUFACTURING JOBS .

TIM RYAN REPRESENTING THE CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT HAS LOST 15,000 JOBS IN HIS TIME IN OFFICE.

THOSE OF US WHO CREATE JOBS KNOW WHAT IT IS LIKE WHEN YOU HAVE THAT POLICIES AND WE KNOW WHAT IT IS LIKE WHEN YOU HAVE GOOD POLICIES.

I WOULD LIKE TIM RYAN TO LECTURE ME ON MY BACKGROUND AND EXPLAIN WHY THE GUY WHO IS THE BIGGEST FIGHTER OF CHINA HAD HIS OWN CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT LOSE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF GOOD MANUFACTURED JOBS TO CHINA.

>> CAN I ANSWER THAT?

THE PROBLEM IS BECAUSE GUYS LIKE YOU, JD, MAKE MONEY OFF OF INVESTING IN CHINA.

CAPITAL FUND INVESTMENT, YOU INVESTED INTO CHINA, AND YOU HAVE THE AUDACITY.

THE ONE THAT GETS JOBS FROM CHINA TO MANUFACTURE THINGS THAT GOES LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, VEIL, OR A SKI RESORT.

I'M TELLING YOU , JD, YOU HAVE NOT DENIED INVESTMENTS IN CHINA.

>> IT IS A GOOD DEBATE.

I THOUGHT IT WAS CIVIL.

WE LEARNED SOMETHING.

DID THE CANDIDATES ACCOMPLISH WHAT THEY WANTED TO?

>> I THINK SO.

I WAS RE-WATCHING IT THIS MORNING WHILE I WAS DOING MY HAIR AND MAKEUP.

I THINK BOTH OF THEM GOT TO TALK ABOUT THEIR ISSUES, OR WHAT THEY WILL DO BEST.

ON INFLATION AND THE GROCERY STORE PRICES AND POLICIES HE SAYS MAKES THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY RESPONSIBLE.

RYAN ADVANCED ON THIS IDEA THAT THOUGH HE GREW UP IN OHIO.

HE HAS FUNDED HIS CAMPAIGN AND HE DOES NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT IS GOING ON HERE.

>> WHAT IS GREAT ABOUT DEBATES IS THEY ARE OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

THE REAL PERSON TO SEE HOW THEY INTERACT AND HOW THEY ANSWER QUESTIONS ON THE FLY , DID IT CHANGE ANYTHING?

>> IT IS NICE TO HAVE A DEBATE.

IT IS UNFORTUNATE THAT SO MANY CANDIDATES REFUSED THE DEBATE, BUT IT WAS GOOD TO SEE THEM BASED OFF OF EACH OTHER.

I THINK WHAT WAS INTERESTING WAS TO SEE THE STRATEGY WITH WHAT JD VANCE BROUGHT TO THE TABLE.

YOU COULD TELL JD VANCE WAS TRYING TO HIT RYAN ON CERTAIN ISSUES AND TIM RYAN WAS NOT FALLING FOR IT BECAUSE HE WANTS TO STICK TO THE NARRATIVE HE HAS BEEN STICKING TO THIS WHOLE TIME.

RYAN WAS TRYING TO HIT FANS ON BEING THE EXTREME AND REPRESENTING THE EXTREME.

I THINK BOTH CANDIDATES GOT ACROSS WHAT THEY WANTED TO GET ACROSS.

IF RECENT POLLING SHOWS TIES AFTERWARDS.

>> WHAT WERE YOUR TAKEAWAYS?

>> I AGREE WITH WHAT WESTON SAID.

I THINK IT IS UNFORTUNATE THAT THE STRATEGY FOR JD VANCE IS HOW EXTREME HIS POSITIONS ARE ON THINGS LIKE IMMIGRATION AND ABORTION, AND IN THIS CONTEXT HOPING THAT PEOPLE ARE NOT PAYING ENOUGH ATTENTION OF WHAT HIS TRUE VIEWS ARE OUT OF OHIO.

>> THE BOTTOM LINE, THERE WERE NO GROUPS OR KNOCKOUT PUNCHES.

BOTH OF THEM SPOKE TO THEIR BASES.

CLEARLY FROM JD VANCE'S STANDPOINT, WHEN YOU CALL A GUY EXTREME, HE DID NOT SEEM EXTREME, AND RYAN WAS THERE, BUT ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT CAME OUT THAT WAS TOUCHED THE MOST ON WAS RYAN'S 20 YEARS IN CONGRESS.

THE QUESTION IS WHAT DID HE ACCOMPLISH THERE?

THE BIG THING OVER THE COUNTRY IS WHEN THREE QUARTERS OF THE PEOPLE BELIEVE THE COUNTRY IS IN THE WRONG DIRECTION, HOW DOES THE OPINIONS ON BIDEN AND INTERESTINGLY RYAN REINFORCED HE DOES NOT WANT BIDEN TO RUN AGAIN AND HE HAS KEPT HIS DISTANCE.

EACH CANDIDATE HAD TO DO WHAT THEY HAD TO DO.

>> EACH CANDIDATE HAD TO DO WHAT THEY HAD TO DO.

IT IS INTERESTING LIKE YOU SAID, A LOT OF THE REASONS HAVE BOILED DOWN , 260 CHARACTER TWEETS AND TO SEE TWO PEOPLE IN A ROOM TOGETHER, I THINK EVERYBODY WINS WHEN YOU GET DEBATES LIKE THAT.

>> ESPECIALLY WITH OTHER STATES THAT CANNOT EVEN GET PEOPLE WHO WILL ARTICULATE BOTH SENTENCES IN SOME CASES.

THAT IS GOOD, BUT RECOGNIZING IT IS BIZARRE.

>> WE HAVE SEEN THE NEGATIVE ADS TAKING MONTHS.

WE SAW THAT IN THE GENERAL.

LIKE A REASONABLY SMART MAN.

HE WAS NOT THE BOGEYMAN.

>> THAT IS A LITTLE BIT SCARY TO BE HONEST.

FOR THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE ARE MOTIVATED IN SOME CASES BY FEAR OF WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE TO HAVE HIM AS THE SENATE.

IF PEOPLE DON'T GET THAT WITH SOME OF THESE VISUALS, THEY MIGHT BE LESS LIKELY TO TALK TO THEIR FRIENDS AND FAMILY.

RIGHT NOW, IT IS A TURNOUT GAME.

>> TRAIN MENTIONED RUNNING AGAIN NOT WITH THE EXTREME POSITION, BUT DEMOCRATS SAY THAT WITH HIS PARTY .

HE HAS BEEN PORTRAYING HIMSELF WITH THE MODERATE DEMOCRAT.

HE NEVER WEARS A RED TIE UP UNTIL THIS CAMPAIGN, TRADITIONAL REPUBLICAN TYPE.

DID HE CONVINCE VOTERS HE IS MODERATE?

>> I DON'T THINK HE CONVINCED THEY ARE THE MODERATE.

THERE EARLY VOTING NUMBERS ARE DOWN SIGNIFICANTLY.

WE HAVE HAD A FEW DAYS .

HE LEAVES A LITTLE TOO SOON, BUT THERE WAS NOT A QUESTION AT THE SACRIFICE OF HIS SAFE.

>> YOU THINK NATIONAL DEMOCRATS FOR THE STORY OF THE AP CAME OUT TODAY THAT THEY HAVE NOT GIVEN TO THE CAMPAIGN AS MUCH AS OHIO DEMOCRATS WANTS TO BASH DEMOCRATS NATIONAL ORGANIZATION PUTTING THEIR MONEY IN WISCONSIN , GEORGIA, PENNSYLVANIA , NOT SO MUCH IN OHIO, BUT DO THEY THINK RYAN CANNOT WIN?

ARE THEY MAD AT RYAN FOR STIFF ARMING DEMOCRATS?

>> THERE ARE A LIMITED PART OF RESOURCES .

DECISIONS HAVE TO BE MADE.

I IMAGINE A LOT OF WHAT IS DRIVING THAT IS WHERE WE HAVE MORE DATA POINTS THAT SUGGEST LIKELIHOOD OF SUCCESS.

WE HAVE PLACES WHEREBY AND WAS ABLE TO WIN.

MORE THAN ONE STATEWIDE DEMOCRAT.

THAT IS NOT WHERE WE ARE AT AS DEMOCRATS IN OHIO, AND THAT NEEDS TO CHANGE.

HOPEFULLY IT CHANGES THE CYCLE, BUT THAT IS TAKING INTO ACCOUNT WITH DECISIONS.

>> I MADE A POINT WITH THIS PROGRAM SEVERAL MONTHS BACK.

IT IS ONE MAN AND ONE VOTE.

CHUCK SCHUMER IS NONVOTING TO PUT $20 MILLION IN.

WITH THE DEFENSE OF CHUCK SCHUMER, HE HAS OTHER STATES THAT ARE EASIER TO WIN IN LETTER SMALLER AND LESS COSTLY.

WASHINGTON IS CLOSE WITH THE INCUMBENT OUT THERE.

BOTH SIDES HAVE PRIORITIES OF WHERE THEY .

>>> FOR THE SECOND TIME THIS YEAR, GOVERNOR THE WIND WAS ABLE TO ANNOUNCE A MAJOR WIN FOR OHIO MANUFACTURING.

IT WILL BUILD ITS COVETED ELECTRIC CAR BATTERY FACTORY IN OHIO.

THE COMPANY WILL PARTNER WITH LG ENERGY SOLUTIONS TO BUILD A 3 1/2 MILLION DOLLARS FACTORY IN THE COUNTY NEAR SO FROM COLUMBUS.

THEY COULD MAKE ELECTRIC VEHICLES THE EFFORT WILL CREATE ABOUT 2500 NEW JOBS .

>> TRANSITIONS WITH THE VEHICLES OF THE FUTURE, THEY WILL DO THAT IN OHIO WITH OHIOANS .

WE WILL MOVE FORWARD, AND WE WILL BUILD THE FUTURE TOGETHER.

WHAT WE DRIVE AND HOW WE DRIVE MIGHT BE CHANGING.

ONE THING THAT WILL NEVER CHANGE IS THE GREAT , THE DETERMINATION, THE INGENUITY AND WORK ETHIC OF OUR I HIRE WORKERS .

>> WHAT DOES NOT CHANGE HIS GOVERNMENT HELP FOR PRIVATE COMPANIES.

THEY PROMISED $156 BILLION IN INCENTIVES IN RETURN FOR THOSE AND THE THOUSANDS OF JOBS THEY WILL CREATE.

IN DETAIL, HYUNDAI HAS THREE PLANS, ONE IN WESTERN MISSOURI, AND INDIANA.

IS THIS A UPSET WIN , OR IS THIS A EASY WIN LIKE THE BUCKEYES AGAINST CARLITO?

>> THERE IS A LOT OF TALK ABOUT THIS SECTION OF LAND THAT HONDA IS DEVELOPING ON IS MADE FOR HONDA .

IN THE EARLY 2000'S, WE CREATED A BUSINESS DISTRICT TO GET THE PLANT THAT ENDED UP IN INDIANA.

WHEN HONDA DECIDED NOT TO GO, THE COUNTY LEADERS SAID WE WILL MAKE SURE THERE IS WATER, SEWER, FIBER OPTIC SERVICES JUST IN CASE THEY ARE READY THE NEXT TIME IT CAME AROUND, AND THIS TIME WAS THE NEXT TIME IT CAME AROUND.

PART OF THE CENTERS YOU MENTIONED IS A $85 MILLION PROPOSAL FOR BETTER ROAD AND WATER INFRASTRUCTURE.

THERE IS A LOT MORE MONEY GOING INTO THAT REGION THAT HAS BEEN GOING THERE LATELY.

>> LOOKING AT THE INCENTIVE PACKAGES WITH THE PROCESSING FACTORIES, THAT IS TWO ALIEN DOLLARS.

THIS IS 80% OF THAT, SAME NUMBER OF JOBS, THOUGH INTEL IS SPENDING 3 1/2, AS FAR AS INCENTIVES, IT SEEMS REASONABLE.

>> IT IS POSSIBLE IT COULD GO.

THE LEGISLATURE HAS $1.7 BILLION OF ARPA FUNDS.

A LOT OF THAT HAS TO GET SENT BEFORE THE YEAR.

THAT IS SOMETHING WE WILL BE WATCHING IN THE COMING WEEKS.

ARPA , THE FEDERAL COVID-19 DOLLARS ABOUT 1.7 LESS TO SPEND.

SOME OF THAT HAS TO BE OUT BY THE END OF THE YEAR.

IT IS POSSIBLE TO SEE MORE WATER AND SEWER PROJECTS.

>> MONEY WAS SPENT.

>> WE HAVE TO ASK IF THESE INCENTIVE PACKAGES, LIKE WHAT IF THE COMPANY DID THIS?

IF SO, THAT IS TAXPAYER MONEY BUT NO ONE CAN DENY THAT HONDA HAS BEEN A HUGE BOON TO OUR STATE.

THE MAJORITY OF HONDA JOBS ARE IN OHIO, BUT WE NEED TO HAVE TRANSPARENCY AND PUBLIC INPUT ON WHAT THESE PACKAGES LOOK LIKE TO MAKE SURE WE ARE GETTING THE BIGGEST THINGS FOR TAXPAYERS DOLLARS .

>> HOW DOES RECORD, IN OHIO, IS GOOD WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE 14,400 JOBS.

IT IS A FAMILY THAT HAS HONDA VEHICLES.

THEIR VEHICLES DELIVER WELL.

THEY ARE NOT OUT OF THE COUNTRY OR OUT OF THE STATE COMPANY, BUT PLANS TO GET STUFF UP FRONT, HONDA HAS PRODUCED REAL JOBS AND REAL PRODUCTION.

IT IS NOT JUST MANUFACTURING, IT IS TRUCK DRIVERS AND THE CONSTRUCTION.

IT IS HUGE.

>> RHETORICAL QUESTION I GUESS.

THAT COULD HAVE GONE TO INDIANA.

I KNOW YOU SAID THIS WAS MADE FOR HONDA, BUT THEY HAD OTHER OPTIONS.

>> WE TALKED TO HONDA EXECUTIVES RIGHT BEFORE THE ANNOUNCEMENT WAS MADE.

HE SAID WHAT ARE THE INCENTIVES?

THEY SAID THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT IT, AND THE NEXT DAY, THEY ANNOUNCED IT.

I WAS GUESSING THAT WAS FINALIZED BECAUSE I SAID, WELL, ARE YOU GOING TO DO THIS WHETHER OR NOT?

THERE WAS NO COMMENT ON THAT SIDE.

>> THE OTHER THING IS THE SUPPLY-CHAIN ISSUE.

THAT HAS BECOME CLEAR DURING THE PANDEMIC THAT IT IS IN THEIR INTEREST WITH MORE PRODUCTION FOR THE PARTS THAT GO INTO MAKING THEIR CARS.

YES, IT IS BENEFICIAL TO US, BUT IT IS BENEFICIAL TO HONDA.

>> THE GOVERNOR WAS CLEAR TO SAY THIS IS CLOSE TO COLUMBUS, BUT IT IS CLOSE TO CINCINNATI AND WORKERS FROM APPALACHIA WITH A STRETCH.

THAT IS THE RESPONSE.

IT MAKES IT EASY TO CONNECT.

>> : THIS WAS GETTING ALL OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DOLLARS, CORRECT?

>> IT IS A WIN-WIN IN SOME DIFFERENT WAYS.

INTEL, THEY MIGHT MAKE CHIPS THAT GO INTO HONDA CARS, THIS PUTS OHIO MORE IN THE FUTURE.

WE ARE NOT JUST BUILDING FOR THE PAST THE WAY BUSINESS WAS, WE ARE BUILDING WHERE COMMERCE AND MANUFACTURING GOES FOR THE FUTURE.

>> IS IT ELECTRIC CARS NOT?

>> REPUBLICANS LIKE CARS AS OPPOSED TO OTHER WAYS OF GETTING AROUND.

THE ANNOUNCEMENT WAS NOT THE OCTOBER SURPRISE.

DEMOCRATS WERE HOPING FOR THAT AS THEY TRIED TO DEFEAT GOVERNOR DAY ONE.

DeWINE HAS A 14-POINT LEAD OVER WHALEY.

THAT REMAINS LARGE AND THE TIME LEFT FOR THE CAMPAIGN IS GETTING SHORTER AND SHORTER.

IS THIS SEALING THE DEAL FOR MARK THE WIND DO YOU THINK?

>> THAT IS NO DOUBT PART OF THE TIMING OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT.

I THINK DEWINE'S CAMPAIGN HAS BEEN TRYING TO CONCEAL THE ABOUT, HOW EXTREME A LOT OF HIS POSITIONS ARE AND HOW MUCH HE IS GETTING TO THE FAR RIGHT OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AND WHETHER OR NOT DOCTORS CAN SEE THAT REMAINS TO BE SEEN.

POLLING NUMBERS ARE NOT GREAT, BUT IT IS A TURNOUT.

WE NEED TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE KNOW WHAT IS AT STAKE.

>> IS THIS A COINCIDENCE THAT HAPPENED IN EARLY OCTOBER ?

THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SAYS WE DON'T MAKE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS WITHIN 60 DAYS OF AN ELECTION.

HONDA DOES NOT HAVE THAT RULE APPARENTLY.

>> I THINK IT WAS INTERESTING THEY DID NOT HAVE THE INCENTIVES FIELD, BUT THEY SAID THIS IS THE 45th ANNIVERSARY OF US ANNOUNCING HONDA WILL COME TO THE U.S.

THIS JUST HAPPENED TO BE THE DAY BEFORE THE VOTING STARTED.

>> WAS THAT JIM RHODES ?

WAS THAT 45 YEARS AGO?

>> JIM RHODES DID WELL TO BRING HONDA TO OHIO , AND THEY BENEFITED FROM THAT.

THE OTHER INTERESTING THING ABOUT INDEPENDENCE, TRENTON IS AHEAD BY 20 POINTS, NOT JUST 13.

EVEN AMONG THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN SAMPLE IN THIS, HE WAS AHEAD BY 27, WHICH IS ABOUT PERFORMANCE FOR A REPUBLICAN.

DeWINE IS PERFORMING WELL BECAUSE HE IS DELIVERING FOR THE PEOPLE, AND THEY LOOK AT THE COMPARISON AND THEY LIKE WHAT THEY HAVE RIGHT NOW.

>> INDEPENDENCE AND DEMOCRATS WERE GETTING HIM HIGH MARKS IN THE BEGINNING OF COVID-19.

>> I THINK THAT IS WHY PEOPLE KNOW THE NAME DeWINE.

HE HAS 100% NAME RECOGNITION, WHICH IS UNUSUAL FOR A GOVERNOR.

I DON'T THINK OTHERS CARRY THAT NAME RECOGNITION.

HE WAS THE GRANDFATHERLY FIGURE ON YOUR TV OR YOUR COMPUTER EVERY DAY DURING YOUR EARLY DAYS OF THE PANDEMIC WITH HIM AND AMY AT KING FROM THE DIFFERENT UNIVERSITIES.

MIKE DeWINE WAS A TRENDING THING.

PEOPLE MADE T-SHIRTS.

SURE THE FEELING THEY GOT FROM HEARING HIM EVERY DAY PROBABLY PLAYED A ROLE IN THAT.

>> MIKE DeWINE AND HARPER COULD BE ON THE ABORTION ISSUE.

TWO THIRDS DO NOT SUPPORT THAT.

IT AFFECTED OHIO ON THE BIKES ANYWAY.

NGUYEN WHALEY, HER LAST THREE TV ADS THAT HAVE COME NOW, I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH MONEY SHE SPENT AROUND THEM, BUT THAT DEALS WITH MIKE DEWINE'S STANCE ON ABORTION, SOMETHING SHE CALLS EXTREME, IS THAT EFFECTIVE, AND IS SHE TOO LATE STRESSING THAT ISSUE?

>> THIS IS A QUESTION THAT WILL BE NATIONAL , HOW EFFECTIVE ABORTION IS WITH RALLY A LOT OF WOMEN VOTERS, ESPECIALLY IN OHIO FOR DEMOCRATS WHO CAN SWING THINGS IN OUR WAY.

I THINK THAT MAKES SENSE TO DO BECAUSE IT IS A MONUMENTAL MOMENT.

I AGREE WITH WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING .

A LOT MORE HAS TO ELECTIONS TEND TO BE ABOUT THAT.

WE HAVE A COMPLEX STATE WITH MULTIMEDIA MARKETS.

IT IS EXPENSIVE TO BUILD YOUR NAME AND GET THAT OUT THERE.

SHE CAN ONLY DO SO MUCH WITH THE FINANCIAL RESOURCES SHE HAS.

>> SHE WAS A MAYOR AND HAD A PROFILE AFTER THE BIG BUS SHOOTING.

>> I THINK IT IS INTERESTING TO SEE HOW CLOSE THE RACE IS BETWEEN MIKE AND VANCE.

MIKE DeWINE IS RUNNING AWAY WITH IT.

THERE IS A MINI DIFFERENTIAL WHERE MIKE DeWINE HAS RAISED NGUYEN WHALEY IN THAT WAY.

IT IS A SUPER IMPORTANT THING.

THE FACT THAT MIKE DeWINE REFUSES TO DEBATE MEANS THESE ISSUES ABOUT ABORTION AND GUNS AND HB SIX AND WHO WAS INVOLVED IN THAT SCANDAL, THEY DON'T NEED TO COME UP AND MIKE DeWINE DOES NOT NEED TO FACE THOSE ISSUES .

>> NGUYEN WHALEY IS NOT THAT WELL KNOWN OUTSIDE OF THE MEDIA MARKET, BUT IT IS ABOUT ISSUES.

NEARLY HALF OF THE PEOPLE IN THE EMERSON POLL SAID THEIR ECONOMIC RELATED ISSUES, AND THAT IS 3 1/2 TIMES BIGGER THAN THOSE IN THE LOW TEENS WHO MENTION ABORTION.

ABORTION IS A BIG ISSUE PARTICULARLY ON THE DEMOCRAT SIDE.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE EMERSON POLL, THE ECONOMY IS THE DRIVING ISSUE WITH MOST PEOPLE.

>> I THINK THERE MIGHT BE A HUGE DIFFERENCE IF ABORTION WAS ON THE BALLOT.

IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED IN KANSAS, IF THERE WAS A 15 OR 20 WEEK STANDARD, THERE IS A DECENT CHANCE THAT MY PASS THROUGH OHIO, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THE VOTERS ARE SINGLE ISSUE VOTERS.

THEY WILL NOT PERHAPS VOTE FOR GOVERNOR MIKE DeWINE.

THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN VOTERS IN OHIO WANTING TO CODIFY SOME ACCESS FOR ABORTION AND VOTERS ELECTING MIKE DeWINE .

>>> FINAL TOPIC, THERE ARE MANY OTHER THINGS ON THE BALLOT.

MOST STATEWIDE RACES SEEM COMPETITIVE.

REPUBLICANS ARE RUNNING OVER LITTLE-KNOWN DEMOCRATS.

GOING TO GET A LOT OF ATTENTION IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS AND SHARON KENNEDY ARE TRYING TO MOVE TO THE CHIEF JUSTICE ROLE TO REPLACE CONNOR.

PAT FISHER FACES DEMOCRAT APPEALS COURT JUDGE TERRY JAMISON AND REPUBLICAN INCUMBENT PAT THE WIND FACES MARYLAND IN APPEALS COURT .

SHE IS A JUDGE.

WE WILL START TO SEE MORE AND MORE ADS ON THESE RACES ON TELEVISION.

>> THE ADS STARTED THIS WEEK ON BOTH SIDES.

YOU WILL SEE MORE OF THAT.

THERE ARE STATEWIDE BALLOT ISSUES ON BELLA BOND AND WHETHER JUDGES COULD CONSIDER PUBLIC SAFETY.

JENNIFER BRODER AND THREE OTHER JUDGES SAID, NO, YOU CANNOT CONSIDER PUBLIC SAFETY WITH BONDS.

THAT ISSUE WILL BE ON THE BALLOT.

THAT ISSUE WILL BE INTERTWINED THE COMMERCIALS I SAW COME OUT THIS WEEK.

>> HOW DOES THIS RACE BE DECIDED?

IS IT DEMOCRAT VERSUS PUBLICAN?

>> REPUBLICANS IN THE LEGISLATURE PUSHED PRETTY HARD.

THEY HAVE THE AFFILIATION ON THE SUPREME COURT RACES, AND I WONDERED IN THE BACK OF MY HEAD IF THAT WILL BITE THEM IN THE BUTT BECAUSE IF YOU HAVE STRONG FEELINGS ABOUT ABORTION OR SOME DECISIONS, AND IF PEOPLE HAVE THE U.S. SUPREME COURT, WHICH IS ENTIRELY POSSIBLE, LIKE STOP THE LAKERS, WE GET QUESTIONS ABOUT FEDERAL POLICY ALL THE TIME, AND THERE MIGHT BE PEOPLE WHO SAY I THINK DEMOCRATS SHOULD BE ON THE COURT, AND THAT IS WHAT I WILL PICK.

I KIND OF WONDER IF THAT PUSH MIGHT MAKE THESE RACES MORE COMPETITIVE.

>> WE LEAN RIGHT.

THIS IS DEMOCRATS RYAN HAS A SOLID CHANCE, BUT THIS IS WHERE DEMOCRATS CAN HAVE INFLUENCE IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS.

>> THE THREE WOMEN RUNNING HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB OF CAMPAIGNING ALL OVER THE STATE .

SOME OF THEM DON'T HAVE THE SAME IDEA LIKE JENNIFER, BUT THEY HAVE BEEN EVERYWHERE.

I THINK THIS WILL BE AN INDICATION OF HOW WELL WOMEN CANDIDATES CAN GO STATEWIDE.

NGUYEN WHALEY IS AGAINST THE INCUMBENT.

THAT EVERYBODY HERE IS, SO I THINK THERE IS A REAL OPPORTUNITY.

>> IT WILL BE IMPORTANT FOR THE DEMOCRATS TO WIN BECAUSE IF JENNIFER BRODER WINS, HER SEAT HAS TO BE REPLACED BY GOVERNOR DeWINE AND LIKELY BE A REPUBLICAN.

IN ORDER TO FLIP THE DYNAMIC OF DEMENTIAS, THEN ANOTHER DEMOCRAT WILL NEED TO GO TO ONE OF THOSE OTHER RACES.

IT IS IMPORTANT ACROSS THE BOARD .

>> MIKE DeWINE ANGERED A LOT OF REPUBLICANS BECAUSE OF HIS POLICIES.

REPUBLICANS MAY BE VOTED FOR SHARON KENNEDY, BUT LEAVE PAT THE ONES NAME BLANK?

>> ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE.

WITH THE EMERSON POLL THAT CAME OUT YESTERDAY, WHEN YOU LOOK AT REPUBLICANS, THEY ARE PRETTY FIRED UP AND THE BASE IS MORE SOLIDIFIED THAN THE PRIMARY.

THE POLE LOOKS GOOD THAT WAY IN TERMS OF REPUBLICANS COMING HOME JUST LIKE DEMOCRATS COMING HOME.

THAT IS WHY I SENT TO THE INDEPENDENCE NUMBER, THE INDEPENDENTS ARE THE REAL SWING VOTERS.

WE ARE WATCHING TURNOUT.

TURNOUT WILL BE HIGHER THAN AT 18, BUT IT WILL NOT BE PRESIDENTIAL.

>> ANY REDISTRICTING ALL SUMMER LONG?

YOU HAVE SCARS FROM THAT.

>> YES, DO PEOPLE CONNECT THE TWO DOTS ?

WILL THEY VOTE ON THOSE?

>> IT JUST DEPENDS.

THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING CLOSELY WILL SEE HOW IMPORTANT THESE RACES ARE.

THE FACT THE OHIO SUPREME COURT BY A SPLIT DECISION WITH ONE KEY FINDING THESE UNCONSTITUTIONAL.

IF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN FALLING, THEY WILL REALIZE HOW IMPORTANT THESE RACES ARE ALONG WITH OTHER ISSUES THAT WILL COME BEFORE THE COURT.

>> THEY CANNOT REALLY TALK ABOUT THEIR STANCES.

ON THE OUTSIDE, YOU CAN, BUT THEY CANNOT.

>> I CANNOT REMEMBER IF IT WAS OHIO RIGHT TO LIFE, BUT THERE WAS A PRO-LIFE GROUP THAT RECENTLY SAID THEY HAD STATEMENTS FROM THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES SAYING THEY SAY THEY BELIEVE LIFE BEGINS AT CONCEPTION.

THAT WAS A STATEMENT ON IF THEY WOULD COME DOWN TO ACCESS ON ABORTION.

>> FIRST UP IS MORGAN HARPER.

>> ANOTHER BIG OHIO COMPANY, KROGER, ANNOUNCED THAT THEY WILL BE ATTEMPTING TO MERGE WITH ANOTHER LARGE GROCER, POSSIBLY ALBERTSON'S AND THAT CAN FACE ANTITRUST SCRUTINY.

WITH LABOR ISSUES, WE ALMOST HAVE A STRIKE IN COLUMBUS.

IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE HOW THAT PLAYS OUT WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR OR SO.

>> MY PREDICTION IS ON THE TV SCREEN.

YOU WILL SEE A LOT MORE ABOUT CRIME.

THAT IS AN ISSUE THAT TIM RYAN PICKED AND NAN WHALEY , THEY HAVE THINGS THAT WILL BE HAVING QUESTIONS RAISED.

THAT WILL TIE IN WITH STATE ISSUE OF THE SPRING SO COURT RACE .

>> THERE IS A LOT OF STATEHOUSE RACES.

YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW WHAT DISTRICT YOU ARE IN ANYMORE BECAUSE THEY ARE AROUND LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT.

AS YOU GET READY TO GO, CHECK ON YOUR VOTES BECAUSE YOU MIGHT BE SURPRISED.

>> WE DON'T HAVE ANY IDEA WHO THEY ARE.

>> THE REPUBLICAN HOUSE SPEAKER, THE REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT HAS FILED A APPEAL WITH THE U.S. SUPREME COURT AGAINST THE OHIO SUPREME COURT'S RULING THAT HAS BEEN AGAINST THE CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.

THE CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT HAS BEEN RULED UNCONSTITUTIONAL.

THE HOUSE SPEAKER AND THE PRESIDENT HAVE GONE TO THE U.S. SUPREME COURT.

THEY ARE ARGUING THE >> I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO MADE THIS EVENT POSSIBLE.

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