SCHWARTZ COVERING THE DIXON CAMPAIGN TONIGHT. MICHAEL. ALL RIGHT, JEFF, THANK YOU. I'M HERE WITH OUR 7 NEWS POLITICAL ANALYST BOB MCCARTHY TO GO OVER SOME OF THE NUMBERS HERE. AND I WANT TO START BOB BY SHOWING. SO THIS IS THE VOTE TOTAL TONIGHT, RIGHT? WE SHOWED YOU THE HIGHLIGHTED NUMBER. 68. 32, TIM KENNEDY, MORE THAN DOUBLING THE VOTE OF HIS REPUBLICAN OPPONENT. LOOK AT THIS NUMBER RIGHT HERE. TOTAL VOTES. 68,000. THAT WILL GO UP A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE THERE ARE HANDFUL OF VOTES LEFT TO COUNT. BUT I'M GOING TO COMPARE IT TO THE LAST ELECTION. LESS THAN 2 YEARS AGO. THIS WAS THE GENERAL ELECTION IN 2020 TO 241,000 PEOPLE VOTED BOB. OBVIOUSLY, THERE WAS A LOT MORE ON THE BALLOT. EVERY ASSEMBLY SEAT, EVERY STATE SENATE SEAT, THE GOVERNOR'S RACE. IT WAS A MIDTERM ELECTION. THIS IS A SPECIAL ELECTION, BUT IT TELLS US, FIRST OF ALL, TODAY TURNOUT WAS EXTREMELY LOW. IT'S THE NATURE OF A SPECIAL ELECTION, MICHAEL, THAT. >> ALL THROUGH OUR LOCAL HISTORY, WE FOUND ANY TIME THAT THERE'S A ELECTION TO FILL A VACANCY. PEOPLE JUST AREN'T USED TO GOING OUT, ESPECIALLY ON A TUESDAY NIGHT IN APRIL. AND SO IT JUST ISN'T SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE ARE USED TO AND IT DIDN'T REALLY GET PEOPLE TO EXCITED. I DON'T THINK EITHER. SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT WE COME UP WITH. YES, 68,000 PEOPLE DETERMINING WHO WILL REPRESENT 700,000 IN WASHINGTON. A COUPLE OF INTERESTING POINTS HERE, THOUGH. IF WE LOOK AT ERIE COUNTY IN THE RACE HERE, 71 29. THAT WAS EXPECTED. THE ERIE COUNTY PORTION OF THE DISTRICT IS EVEN MORE NIAGARA COUNTY PORTION. >> BUT IF YOU LOOK AT NIAGARA COUNTY, 10 KENNEDY DID REALLY WELL. WELL HERE WINNING BY 12 POINTS COMPARED TO 2 YEARS AGO. BRIAN HIGGINS ACTUALLY LOST THE NIAGARA COUNTY PORTION OF THE DISTRICT. THIS TIME THAT FLIPS. HOW SIGNIFICANT IS THAT? DOES IT TELL YOU ANYTHING? I THINK IT JUST SAYS A COUPLE THINGS. FIRST OF ALL, KERRY DIXON PROBABLY WASN'T VERY FAMILIAR TO PEOPLE IN THAT RECOUNT GHANA, WEST SENECA OF KIND OF A RELATIVE NEWCOMER. >> THE ONLY THING I DON'T THINK THAT WITH THAT MANY NATIONAL ISSUES THAT THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN IN THE LAST ELECTION THAT WAS KIND OF A NATIONAL ELECTION. THIS WAS VERY LOCAL. I DON'T THINK REPUBLICANS GOT FIRED UP ABOUT IT. I'M NOT SURE ANYBODY CUT FIRED UP ABOUT IT, BUT CERTAIN REPUBLICANS JUST DIDN'T COME OUT TO EXPRESS THEIR SUPPORT FOR SOME OF THE NATIONAL ISSUES. FINALLY ABOUT OF ABOUT 30 SECONDS LEFT HERE, LOOKING FORWARD, GARY DIXON SAID IF HE WON TONIGHT, WHICH HE DIDN'T, HE WOULD RUN AGAIN COME NOVEMBER. >> IT SEEMS LIKE BASED ON WHAT YOU'RE HEARING, DIXON IS IS NOT GOING TO BE RUNNING FOR THE FULL TERM IN THE NEW 2066 RIGHT. REPUBLICANS HAVE A BUFFALO ATTORNEY ON THE BALLOT RIGHT NOW. RECCHIA WHETHER OR NOT HE WILL STAY ON THE BALLOT. BUT IT LOOKS TO ME AS IF THERE ARE AT LEAST PREPARING FOR THE EVENTUALITY THAT GARY DIXON WILL NOT BE THEIR CANDIDATE. ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN DOES HAPPEN WHEN YOU HAVE A PLACE HOLDER. RIGHT KERRY DIXON IS NOT ON THE BALLOT FOR NOVEMBER. AND JUST TO WRAP UP HERE QUICKLY, 68 32 OF THE VOTE TOTAL TONIGHT. 98 1% OF THE TOTAL VOTE IN A
