In a special election Tuesday, Republican Ron Estes defeated his Democratic rival James Thompson in the race for the House seat for Kansas’ fourth congressional district. There are four more special House elections this year in Georgia, South Carolina, Montana and California as Democrats look to make inroads against the GOP’s hold on the House. To discuss, ‘News With Ed’ is joined by former editor-in-chief at Salon, Dave Daley, and Mitch Caesar, former Florida Democratic State Chair.

Ed Schultz is an American television and radio host, a liberal political commentator, and a former sports broadcaster. He was the host of The Ed Show, a weekday news talk program on MSNBC, and The Ed Schultz Show, a talk radio show, nationally syndicated by Dial Global. Ed has won three Eric Sevareid Awards and has managed and been lead talent for a broadcast team that has won two Marconis and a prestigious Peabody Award. Ed has been named one of the top ten radio hosts in the country by Talkers Magazine for a number of years. Ed Schultz has been a nominee by Syndicated News/Talk Personality of the year by Radio & Records.