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So we

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have elections

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that are

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going to have to take place

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before we get the answers

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to these questions,

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but I would suspect

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that Senate Republicans

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would have preferred

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to run these races

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in these, you know,

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three of these four key

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seats with Senators Hutton,

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with, Senator James,

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with Senator Weingarten,

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you know,

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what position

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are they in now?

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I mean, it's interesting,

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there's a mix of reasons

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why these, lawmakers

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have said

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that they are stepping down.

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And so the question is,

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who then comes out?

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I think Zac

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has made this point

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before that

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when you're in the minority

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and when you were kind

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of pushing up against,

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a less likely scenario,

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more sort of

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fringe candidates or people

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further to the left

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or the right

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tend to be

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the ones who come forward.

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And so there will be

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a really interesting question

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to see who is entering

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these races in November

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and what that does for who's

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wanting to vote in November.

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We saw in

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a number of elections

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in 18 and 22

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where top of the ballot,

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Tammy Baldwin or Tony Evers

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would win

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some of those

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Republican Assembly seats

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and Republicans down

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ballot won them.

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And then in part

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was because incumbents name

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recognition

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fundraising ability.

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And when you have

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people drop out

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you lose all of that.

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You don't have the name.

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You don't have

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the person that knows

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how to knock the doors,

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that has the

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community connections,

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and they don't

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raise as much money.