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One primary that is really

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big this year in our world,

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the Democratic primary

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for governor,

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if you had to name that one.

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Anybody got any takers

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here?

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The why not primary?

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I think everyone

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and their mother

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is running for governor

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and you have to go.

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We've got at least

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seven candidates

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running for governor.

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Sean, let's flip

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this on its head for you,

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because part of

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the idea behind

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having primaries in the past

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or not having them

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was fear

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of wasting resources.

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But the other end of it was

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you can battle test,

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and whoever comes through

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a primary

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is a better candidate

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for the general election.

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So what's your take on a wide

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open primary like this?

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How can it help Democrats

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if they're are battling

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this many people there?

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I think that, you know,

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there are plenty of examples

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in the recent past,

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particularly

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among Republicans, where you

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you come out of a battle

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tested primary

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and you are wounded.

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And it did not help them

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very much

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in the general election,

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I think, in 2018.

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Tony Evers came out

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of a battle tested primary

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and was a little bit

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out of money.

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So there is a risk to it,

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but it does also,

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get attention,

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I guess, is the thing

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that it does for sure.

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I think another piece

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of this, too,

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is that it's very easy

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to kind of present a unified

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front as a party

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when you're in the minority,

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because it doesn't

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really matter, right?

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You don't have power.

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And so we might know

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that kind of

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behind the scenes,

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the further left Democrats

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and the more

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centrist Democrats

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don't get along or disagree,

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but then they'll come forward

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and kind of vote

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in alignment.

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And so now what we're seeing,

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because there's a little bit

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more of a sense

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that perhaps

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they could

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actually win things

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and gain power.

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There's also,

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I think, a little

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bit of a fight

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for what will the Democratic

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Party in Wisconsin look like?