>> WELCOME BACK TO CHEDDAR
POLITICS, WE'RE JUST A FEW DAYS
AWAY FROM A SPECIAL ELECTION IN
THE LONE STAR STATE'S
FALLEN E PASSING A
REPRESENTATIVE ROB RIGHT OF
COURSE IN TEXAS SPECIAL
ELECTION FOR A CONGRESSIONAL
SEAT IN
NORTH TEXAS COULD BE THE MOST
COMPETITIVE SPECIAL ELECTION OF
THE BIDEN HARRIS ERA,
A WHOPPING 23 CANDIDATES ARE
RUNNING FOR ELECTION. THAT'S
RIGHT THAT INCLUDES 11
REPUBLICANS, 10 DEMOCRATS A
LIBERTARIAN AND
AN INDEPENDENT RON WRIGHT
WIDOW, EVEN PICKED UP A KEY
ENDORSEMENT FROM PRESIDENT
DONALD TRUMP EARLIER THIS WEEK
AFTER SHE DECIDED TO RUN FOR
HER LATE HUSBAND'S VACANCY THEY
CAN SEAT IN FEBRUARY.
JOIN US NOW TO HELP SORT OUT
WHAT IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING IN
THE SPECIAL ELECTION IS GOING
OR JEFFERS POLITICAL WRITER FOR
THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS
GOVERNOR GREAT TO HAVE YOU
HERE. WHAT CAN YOU TELL US MORE
ABOUT THE COUNTIES THAT WILL BE
VOTING IN THIS ELECTION, WHAT
IS IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO
UNDERSTAND ABOUT THE
DEMOGRAPHICS THERE IN THE
CONSTITUENCY.
>> GARY J J IS A MIX OF URBAN
RULE AND
SMALL TOWN. THE LARGEST PART OF
THE
DISTRICT IS IT ISN'T ERRANT
COUNTY AND THAT INCLUDES THE
CITY OF FOR WAR SO PARTS
OF FORWARD AND ALSO ARLINGTON
AND FOR YOUR VIEWERS ARLINGTON
IS WHERE THE DALLAS COWBOYS
PLAYED US THE THE BIG
STADIUM THERE THAT'S THE THE
URBAN PART OF IT AND THEN
THERE'S DALLAS COUNTY AND
NAVARRO COUNTIES AND THEIR
SMALL TOWNS AND RULE WHERE
REPUBLICANS ARE REALLY STRONG.
SO
SOME MIX IT'S A DIVERSE
DISTRICT WHERE YOU HAVE TO
APPEAL TO DIFFERENT
CONSTITUENCIES AND BUILD THAT
COALITION IN ORDER TO WIN.
>> AND IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN THIS
TENDS TO BE A
DISTRICT THAT.
>> FAVORS REPUBLICAN
CANDIDATES, WHAT DO WE KNOW
EITHER ABOUT COOK POLITICAL
REPORTING OR I WILL NOT A TOSS
UP TERRITORY ON THIS IS THAT
WE'RE EXPECTING.
>> NO WE'RE NOT IN TALL SO TARA
TERRITORY. IT
LEANS REPUBLICANS. WE'RE ON THE
RIGHT 1, 2, ELECTIONS BY ABOUT
8 OR
9 POINTS. BOTH OF THEM ONE BY
ONE
BY 9 POINTS IN 2018 AND IN
2020. BUT BUT THAT'S A
BIG DIFFERENCE FROM WHAT THE
DISTRICT USED TO BE
WHEN JOE BARTON REPRESENTATIVE
YOU KNOW A WHILE BACK SO
DEMOCRATS HAVE STEADILY
MADE GAINS BUT THEY'RE NOT
THERE YET ALL THE WAY THERE YET
IS STILL ON A LEAN REPUBLICAN
DISTRICT.
>> AND SO WHENEVER WE TALK
ABOUT LEAN REPUBLICAN DISTRICTS
OF COURSE THIS THIS KID
HAD THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM IS
ALWAYS DONE RIGHT BY ME OR DOES
THIS SORT OF REPUBLICAN VOTERS
THAT ARE PRO TRUMP
REPUBLICAN VOTERS THAT ARE MORE
ON THE MAKE AND MODEL LIZ
CHENEY OR AND ADAM KINZINGER
STYLE. WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT
HOW WELL DONALD TRUMP ARE
FORMED AND DOES THAT GIVE A
SCRUM OR ANY
INDICATION ON WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN
WITH THE SPECIAL ELECTION IS
TRUMP A FORCE HERE.
>> TRUMP FOURS AND PARTS OF THE
DISTRICT IN THE URBAN AREAS,
NOT
SO MUCH. HE LOST THE TARRANT
COUNTY, THE MAIN PART THE
DISTRICT TO
JOE BIDEN AND HE WON RIGHTS
DISTRICT BY ONLY 3 OR 4 POINT.
SO SO HE IS A
MIXED BAG. BUT
CERTAINLY AS REPUBLICANS CALLED
THE REPUBLICAN PART OF THE
VOCALS. YEAH, TRUMP IS A FORCE
PARTICULARLY IN THE
SMALL TOWN THE RULE AREAS,
SEVERAL CANDIDATES WANTED HIS
ENDORSEMENT. SUSAN THE WIDOW
RON WHITE GOT IT NOW WHAT'S
ALSO INTERESTING JD IS THERE IS
ONE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE, HIS
NAME IS
MICHAEL WOOD. HE'S RUNNING AS
THE ANTI-TRUMP CANDIDATE.
HE WANTS THE REPUBLICAN PARTY
TO MOVE AWAY FROM TRUMP AND
HE'S LEANING INTO IT. HE SEES
BEING REAL AT THE FORUMS AND
EVENTS TELLING THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY LOOK THIS GUY IS BAD NEWS
FOR BUT YOU NEED TO MOVE AWAY
FROM THEM SO IT'S AN
INTERESTING MIX GOING ON.
WITH THE
23 CANDIDATES.
>> OKAY SO I ASK YOU ABOUT THIS
GUIDE AND
ARE.
>> WHO'S IN THIS RACE BEGAN AS
HE'S BEING HELD OK SO HERE,
HERE'S THE FUNNY I'M BORN AND
RAISED IN ESSEX AND IN
NEW JERSEY. DAN ROD AND I WENT
TO THE SAME
HIGH SCHOOL WELL NO ONE FROM
MY PART OF NEW JERSEY SHOULD
EVER BE SEEN WITH ALL DUE
RESPECT TO YOU ALL IN TEXAS, NO
ONE WHO COMES FROM A COME FROM
WHATEVER WHERE COWBOYS THAT
THAT'S JUST NOT WHO
WE ARE THIS GUY RON DERMER IS A
PRODUCT OF DEBT IN VILLE NEW
JERSEY RAN UNSUCCESSFULLY.
I THINK IN NEVADA
AND NOW IT IS THE DEAL WITH
THIS OR DIE AND HOW STRANGE HAS
IT BEEN DOWN THERE.
>> IT'S BEEN PRETTY STRANGE
BUT BUT JT ROUTE FROM CHICAGO
AND I DON'T EVEN WEAR A COWBOY
HAT HERE. SO BUT IT'S
BEEN STRUCK IN THE SENSE THAT
THE BEGAN.
>> RON DERMER ROAD I'M AROUND
HIM HAS BEEN A NATIONAL STORY
RIGHT BUT.
>> THE LOCAL THE THE LOCAL
VOTERS SEEM TO TO TAKE IT FOR
WHAT IT IS HE
ISN'T DOING ALL THAT. WELL IN
THE POLLS AND SO THE RACES COME
DOWN TO
SEVERAL CANDIDATES. AND IT'S
NOT OF BIG DAM ROAD, I'M MARY
SNOW. HIM HE'S NOT REALLY A
FACTOR YET. IT'S MORE
ENTERTAINMENT THEN THIS SORT OF
SERIOUS CANDIDATE TO THIS POINT
WE'LL SEE WHAT SATURDAY.
BUT IT HE'S BEEN ENTERTAIN HE'S
BEEN FUN AT THE FORMS FOR A LOT
OF PEOPLE AND HIS HIS
CO-WORKERS ARE REALLY GOOD I
THEY'RE REALLY COLORFUL AND
EVERYTHING
LIKE THAT. BUT YOU'RE YOU'RE
RIGHT I THINK PEOPLE REALIZE
THAT JUST IN NOVEMBER. HE WAS
THE
REPUBLICAN NOW MONEY FOR A
CONGRESSIONAL SEAT IN THE LAS
VEGAS AREA AND
PEOPLE REALIZE SAID AT THE END
OF THE DAY I THINK IT'S IT'S
GOING TO COME DOWN TO A COUPLE
REPUBLICANS AND
ONE DEMOCRAT TO SEE WHO MAKES
IT TO WHAT'S EXPECTED TO BE
A RUNOFF.
>> SURE AND ROAD I APPRECIATE
THE NAME PRONUNCIATION AIR AREA
AT ALL
AS WELL, NO NO NO, BUT I
APPRECIATE THAT WHILE THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE HAVE MY PROMISE
BEING BORN AND RAISED IN ESSEX
COUNTY
NEW JERSEY. I WILL NEVER RUN
FOR CONGRESS FOR THE STATE OF
TEXAS THAT MUCH IS
ABSOLUTELY SUR