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What's the number one priority

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for the next governor?

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We asked nine

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of the leading candidates

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and their answers

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were actually quite similar.

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I'm Here & Now

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senior political reporter

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Zac Schultz.

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There's a decent chance

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the winner of the

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gubernatorial election

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this fall could enter office

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with a legislative majority

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ready to pass their agenda.

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So I asked the candidates

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what's the first bill

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they want to sign into law?

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Most of them had

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an answer

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that talked

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about affordability.

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That's not surprising

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as affordability

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is the new

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political buzzword.

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But what the politicians

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mean when they talk about

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affordability falls

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into some pretty

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predictable categories.

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Two Republicans in the race

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say affordability means taxes

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specifically property taxes

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an issue Republicans

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have focused on for decades.

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Most of the Democrats spoke

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about the cost of child care

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health care

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and housing, issues

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Democrats have been pushing

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for just as long.

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How these candidates describe

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their priorities

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has a new title

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the issues are the same

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as they've always been.

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