Let's start with
one in the third
Congressional District.
Rich.
I've heard
a lot about this district
because it's
our most competitive
congressional district.
Derrick Van Orden
is a Republican incumbent.
I've heard a lot
about Rebecca Cook,
the Democratic challenger
who has
outraised him recently
and seems to be getting
a lot of attention.
There is a primary there.
Well who's running?
So the primary is
between cook,
who's an old Claire Democrat
raised on a dairy
farm in the county.
And,
you know, has done
some political
consulting work,
fundraising work
for Democrats in years past.
But now she's back.
The other
Democrat is longtime
Eau Claire
City Council member,
former council president,
until just recently,
Emily Berge of Eau Claire.
And she,
she's portraying herself
as the grassroots choice
in this race.
And just anecdotally,
when I'm walking through
the city,
I don't see a lot of cook
signs.
In fact,
I don't remember seeing any.
But I see a whole bunch
of Burge signs.
Zac
do you get the sense
that this is,
you know, a competitive
primary here?
It could be.
It really depends on
how much the primary voters
pay attention.
And that's
always the issue in
some of these
primaries is name
recognition makes a big deal.
That's why the National Party
comes in and puts
resources behind cook.
It's not necessarily
that they like her more.
It's they think she has
the better chance
to win in the fall
and get her moving.
Now.