Do you think more
ideologically extreme
candidates hurt their party
in a state like Wisconsin?
Or do these candidates
help their party win?
Zach, will
we get an answer
to this one once
and for all this November?
Yes and no.
And the reason
for that is once
somebody wins,
they are
the definition
of their party.
And certainly for governor
at one point in time,
Tom Tiffany
was one of the more
right leaning.
More.
You could label him
an extreme.
He was one of the early ones
to cozy up to Donald Trump
and the MAGA movement.
He was on the far
right of the Republican
congressional delegation
and certainly Republicans
within the state.
Now, he is
likely the frontrunner
to be the Republican nominee
for governor.
And if he wins, he will be
the face
of the Republican Party.
You know,
we've got Republican
Congressman Derek Van Orden.
He's set
a lot of inflammatory things.
He's on social media
a lot thousands
and thousands of tweets,
probably Democrats
call him extreme,
but he's won reelection.
And some conservatives
in the third
Congressional District
like that.
They like that about him.
They like that about Trump.
They they feel that
that means they're authentic
and that they're
not listening
to the consultant class
in crafting their messaging.