Inside Ryan Elijah's Election Night watch party

We want to check in with her first with Fox 35's Chancellor Nguyen, who's joining us live right now from the Ryan Elijah election night party, and Chance, how are things going? Don't be. Well, Garrett, I could tell you just about an hour ago or so. So before the polls actually closed, we briefly talked with Ryan Elijah. He said he was feeling cautiously optimistic. He spoke to his people in Washington, D.C. They say they're looking at the numbers and they're hopeful about them, pretty confident. But Ryan did say you don't really know until all the votes are counted. But, Garrett, you mentioned that the early number of votes, about 26 percent. So it's a nice little lead for Ryan right now. And I want you to take a look because this is the watch party. We had to step out so you could get a better view inside of how crowded it is. This room is, but one thing Ryan Elijah's campaign has really focused on is families affordability with the everyday items like groceries and gasoline and lowering the price of gasoline is what Ryan Elijah believes it could lower the price of those everyday goods like your groceries in your store. And the reason he says that that could happen is by capping government spending and reducing the restriction on domestic oil and gas drilling. And then sticking with families, we're focusing on healthcare with Ryan Elijah's campaign And he would like to advocate for families to have the opportunity and the ability to shop around before receiving a bill. So he advocates for that mandatory upfront pricing disclosure from hospitals and insurance companies. And then focusing again, continuing with this trend of families, we go straight into schools and education. We know how important education is for these families. And Ryan Elijah has been campaigning on putting that option, that choice into the hands of the parents. The ability to choose between A public, a private, or a charter school, along with also calling for district-level curriculum transparency so parents simply know what is being taught in the classroom. And we've all heard about the public safety aspect of this. Ryan Elijah has been endorsed by both sheriffs in Volusia and Seminole County. And he's also, of course, relying on his familiarity around this area. He's lived in this district for more than a decade, I believe two decades or so. He's worked in... As a news reporter, a news anchor right here on Fox 35 for more than a decade. So he has been in the homes with these families. And when he jumped into the initial primary race, winning that night, he said that his team was quickly, immediately going to work. Because moving from August till now on this election night, he said it was like the fourth quarter of a football game, making that final. Push to get the voters to the polls, focusing a lot on what he calls NPAs, these non-party affiliates, because those people, those voters were not able to vote in that Republican primary just a few months ago. But now those NPAs, those non-party affiliates, they're hitting the polls, they're casting their ballots and they're voting. And he believes that those are the votes that could really make a difference in this election. Again, this is a highly contested race for the Florida's 7th Congressional District, but he beat two-term incumbent We're going to be having our eyes glued on Fox because we want to see exactly as those numbers pour in and how the numbers continue to fold out. But I can tell you, Ryan Elijah is really hoping that this campaign watch party turns into a bit of a celebration here tonight. We're now reporting live in Sanford. I'm Chancellor Nguyen.