Ami Bera on Why Biden’s Tuesday Was Super for House Democrats [5:03-10:06]

there's 68% of people who voted against sessions. You can expect most of them to flock to them now. So I think sessions is probably the underdog. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. All right. I've got a few myself, um, you know, something we were both watching was all the former's, uh, running to get back to Congress Jeff Sessions was one of them. Only one of the five former members of Congress, uh, running on Tuesday in a primary, uh, appears to not be likely to make it. And that is Steve Knight from California's 25th district. He was, uh, in Northern Los Angeles County, um, and, you know, he was running both in a special election and in the regularly scheduled election, uh, looks like he's going to finish third. But of course, as we talked about, uh, on Monday, California takes a wild account vote. So he's still not technically. He hasn't technically lost yet yet. I think even in California's 50th district where Darryl isa was seeking a comeback. I think he's up by a few points. Last time I, I checked, I don't know if they've officially called that, but it looks like Darryl isa running in a different congressional district than the one he represented for almost 20 years will advance, uh, to the November election against the Democrat who, uh, came close to defeating the previous Republican occupant of that seat, Duncan Hunter. So Darryl isa different district and then another ex member, um, who ran in a much different congressional district. Pete Sessions, uh, no relation to Jeff Sessions, but, uh, he represented a Dallas area district for about, uh, more than 20 years, I think, then, um, lost the seat in 2018. Then on Tuesday, he runs an awakeo area congressional district, a big Republican primary gets about 30% of the vote to finish first. He's going to go to a runoff. It looks like with a Republican businesswoman, Renee Swan, who's endorsed by the retiring congressman from that district, Bill Flores, who is not supporting Pete Sessions. Yeah. That's going to be a fun one to watch. Uh, I, I do think Pete Sessions has grew up there in, in that district, but obviously hasn't lived there. Certainly didn't represent that, uh, for many terms in Congress. Um, and then I, I think the other big story was, uh, Pierce Bush, um, the Sion, the grandson of George H. W. Bush coming in third in Texas's 22nd district down there in Exurban, Houston. A lot of people are looking at that. What does this mean for the bush named? Is it, is this a sign that, you know, doesn't mean as much? In the era of Trump, I think that's obviously true. I don't know if that's why he lost. He also isn't from the district. Uh, I don't think he was even living in there yet. He certainly wasn't living there when he announced for, for the race in December. Um, so he finished his third, you know, kind of a tough loss, and that is a district to watch for Democrats. They are trying to pick that up. That's right. Texas is 22nd district that's anchored in Fort Bend County, a very diverse, uh, area. Um, it's going to be a definitely a race to watch in the, uh, in the fall. You have a Republican runoff, uh, between the sheriff of Fort Bend County, there are in a self-funding, uh, business woman who spent about $4 million of her own money. And uh, while we're still in Texas, I would just go further south to, um, the 28th district Democratic primary where Jessica says, narrows a young immigration attorney backed by some of the more liberal elements of the Democratic Party, almost unseeded veteran blue dog Democratic incumbent Henry Quayar. Yeah. Came really close and, uh, you know, I, I'd say rather than this being, this hurting the progressive movement and, and some of the primaries to come, uh, where they're challenging, uh, more moderate incumbents, I, I bet this is sort of energizing them. She almost pulled this off. She's 26 years old. I'm guessing has never run for office before, um, this could be sort of a shot in the arm for that, for that movement right now. It's a very impressive showing for sure. Uh, K Green, from the 12th district, one more comfortably, 58% to 42% in the Republican primary in Fort Worth, um, and I, the other races I would just mention quickly would be in North Carolina, where you're going to see more, I think opportunities for more women to represent that state in the Congress, um, you had, uh, Democratic women outright win their primaries in the second district in Raleigh and the sixth district in Greensboro. Um, you'll have Democratic women favored to succeed retiring Republican men there in the 11th district or Republican district in Western North Carolina. You have a Republican woman, Linda Bennett supported by the retiring Congressman, Mark Meadows, making it to a runoff there. If she wins that runoff, she'll be favored to win the November election, um, and you could have, so you could have maybe five, as many as five women represent North Carolina in Congress because you already have Virginia Fox, the Republican and Alma Adams, uh, the, the Democrat from Charlotte. So gains for women in North Carolina, you could see November. All right. Yet another reason to watch the Tar Heel State. We will leave it there because up next is our weekly look at a recent campaign ad that stood out to us. Let's take a listen. Doug Collins says he's conservative, but look at his record, a criminal defense lawyer fighting to get bad guys out of jail. In the Georgia House, Doug Collins teamed up with liberals, Stacey Abrams, to let some convicted murderers avoid the death penalty. And in Congress, Doug Collins teamed up with liberals to allow early release for some sex offenders. Doug Collins, a criminal's friend and a conservatives nightmare Senate leadership fund is responsible