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We are,

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of course, focused on

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primaries
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but we are looking for
clues this week

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from primaries

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that happened
in New York.

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So, Anya,
what did happen there?

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Yeah,
there were a number of

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congressional
primaries,

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including three
candidates

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who received
the backing

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of mayors around.

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Mamdani himself
a socialist.

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Two of those
candidates

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also received

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endorsements
from the Democratic

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Socialists of America,
which is a group

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that he's
also affiliated with.

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And so a lot of
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are kind of looking
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as a tea leaves
for what that says

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about the

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Democratic primary
right now

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and what voters want

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in their blue
candidate.

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Why are we asking it
here, though,

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or what's

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kind of our thread
where it feels like,

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hey, this could really

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be significant
this year?

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Obviously,

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there are many
differences

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between New York City

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and the state
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but one of the things

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that there is kind of
in commonality here

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is that we have this

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crowded Democratic
race for governor,

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as we've mentioned,
and one candidate

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from there, Francesca
Hong, is sort of

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in that same vein
as Mamdani.

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she identifies

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as a socialist, as a
democratic socialist.

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She's
part of that caucus

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in the legislature.

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The thing that's
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in Wisconsin is, is

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you don't have
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powerful endorsement,
it seems, as they did

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in New York from Mayor
Mamdani

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who came in and said,

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this is what it means

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to be a Democrat
right now.

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Democrats don't quite

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have that
for many reasons,

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including that

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they don't hold these

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majorities
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They don't hold
the White House.

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But I think also,

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this really is

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a little bit

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of like

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a existentially

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exploratory
time for Democrats.