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Obviously, you gained a lot

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of seats in the '24 elections

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but you fell short of

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regaining the majority.

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There were some

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close elections.

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I'm sure you know what seats

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you're going to target.

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What will be different

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in '26?

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Yeah so

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we worked to pick up

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15 seats last year

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and that of course

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was a big lift.

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That's in addition

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to protecting our incumbents

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in close seats

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including some

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that Trump wins.

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So we have five seats now

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left to go, to flip

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control of the state Assembly.

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That's a close number.

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We're looking at

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a good environment next year

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because people

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are pretty unhappy

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with federal Republicans

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and state Republicans.

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So we're going to

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have great candidates

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who are going to work hard

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throughout the next year

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to connect directly

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with voters

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and communicate their vision

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for the state.

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These are

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parents and teachers

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coaches

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local elected officials

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small business owners

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farmers, DNR wardens

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right?

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Just fantastic

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folks who are going to do

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the work of communicating

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that things can be better

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in this state

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and that

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they want to go to Madison

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and really represent them.

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So we're really excited

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about the elections

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next year.

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We're thrilled

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with the candidates

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who are stepping up to run

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and we are just going to work

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every day to talk

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directly to those folks

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who will need to win over

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for next year.