So we
have elections
that are
going to have to take place
before we get the answers
to these questions,
but I would suspect
that Senate Republicans
would have preferred
to run these races
in these, you know,
three of these four key
seats with Senators Hutton,
with, Senator James,
with Senator Weingarten,
you know,
what position
are they in now?
I mean, it's interesting,
there's a mix of reasons
why these, lawmakers
have said
that they are stepping down.
And so the question is,
who then comes out?
I think Zac
has made this point
before that
when you're in the minority
and when you were kind
of pushing up against,
a less likely scenario,
more sort of
fringe candidates or people
further to the left
or the right
tend to be
the ones who come forward.
And so there will be
a really interesting question
to see who is entering
these races in November
and what that does for who's
wanting to vote in November.
We saw in
a number of elections
in 18 and 22
where top of the ballot,
Tammy Baldwin or Tony Evers
would win
some of those
Republican Assembly seats
and Republicans down
ballot won them.
And then in part
was because incumbents name
recognition
fundraising ability.
And when you have
people drop out
you lose all of that.
You don't have the name.
You don't have
the person that knows
how to knock the doors,
that has the
community connections,
and they don't
raise as much money.