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Do you all

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think that this field
will be smaller

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before people vote in August,
that you'll have some candidates

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say, look,

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I know I'm on the ballot,
but I'm dropping out of this

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race and I'm throwing my support
behind someone else.

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You would expect

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that the field
would shrink a little bit,

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but also, this is an open seat.

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So it's kind of a different
ballgame.

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You know, why not keep going?

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We've got candidates

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that in polling
have been hovering around 1%.

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You know,
single digits essentially.

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And they're still in it.

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And I can't help
but think of 2022.

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It was a U.S.

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Senate race,
against Ron Johnson.

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You had the Democratic
candidates all drop out

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all at once and endorse,
Mandela Barnes,

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who is now running for governor.

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But I really don't expect
to see anything like that

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this go around.

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But especially
if you see yourself as kind of

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standing out from the pack of,
like,

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occupying a lane to yourself,
why not kind of keep running

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in that way?

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To your point,
will there be then

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when people do
start dropping out?

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And I do

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think we're going to see some
before the primaries,

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but there's going to be
some trading, like

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there's going to be back door
discussions.

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I know everyone hates talking
about

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how those happened in politics.

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You know,
to trade my support for you.

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And so that'll be
really interesting to see

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who wants to kind of give it up
this time, in exchange

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for something else on the line.