when i talked to republicans, republican strategists, they kno w that they are frittering away a good opportunity. i spoke with republican senators and they know that trump is influencing the party, but they still cannot say anything because they risk a backlash. so, it is really confounding for them how they try to still win, because donald trump has cost them the house in 2018, he got them the senate in 2020, and i think the house is likely to flip based on redistricting. but he could cost them a senate majority, too. martin: andrew, do you think that the system favors the more extreme positions? does trump harm the republican party more than he helps them? andrew: i think we will get a pretty certain verdict in november on that question, but to piggyback off of what jessica mentioned, mitch mcconnell has had an east coast, that in the primary you have to send the most delectable republican to the general election, right? mitch mcconnell has talked for years and years about how republicans have been ill-served by candidates like christine o'donnell and todd akin and others, who migh

we assume more broadly republican -- we see more broadly republican primaries in swing districts, there been some nominees with positions on abortion that are a little out of the mainstream. vega won virginia's for seventh district republican primary to face the democrat candidate, a gift to her because vega has been endorsed by the house freedom caucus and has expressed skepticism toward acceptance of abortion and they will pursue that against her and other candidates who fit that mold. host: for the rear viewer who has not seen one of david wasserman's 49 appearances, is what he can do. chapter and verse on any district in this country. let me invite viewers to join in the conversation. if there is ray she want to talk about, go ahead. republican's (202) 748-8001, democrats (202) 748-8000, independents (202) 748-8002. he will be with us until the house gavels in. they will be coming in early to work on the inflation reduction act. start calling in. other trends you saw for primary season, and i know primary season is not over yet. guest: on the republican side, we are seeing two effec

i am a conservative republican. i believe deeply in the principles and the ideals and love of its history and i love what our party has stood for but i love my country more. [applause] so i ask you tonight to join me as we leave here let us resolve that we will stand together, republicans, democrats, and republicans against those who would destroy our republic. they are angry and they are determined but they have not seen anything like the power of americans united in the defense of our constitution and committed to the cause of freedom. there is no greater power on this earth and with god's help we will prevail. host: sarah longwell that is representative liz cheney what is your opinion? guest: she sounds like a person who is not at the end of their story but the beginning of the story. i think that what we have seen from liz cheney over the last many months has been a national historical figure being forced and i think she intends to see this thing through regardless of what it means for her political career and,

not a single republican.e passed a once-in-a-generation in our country's roads, bridges, airports, clean water systems, high-speed rail, internet, the biggest investment in america since resident eisenhower's interstate highway act. we did get some help from some republicans in passing it and i am thankful for that but the truth is, there is a lot more republicans taking credit for a guild that they actually voted against. you see it all over america. right here in maryland, a republican congressman named andy harris. and old andy is touting funding for a key dredging project in his district that he voted against. it has happened all over. as we say in delaware, maybe the boy will get some religion. we passed the chips and science act, a groundbreaking law. [applause] we are going to once again manufacture semiconductors that we invented, that power everything in our lives, right here in america. [applause] this law will create tens of thousands of construction jobs, bring billions of dollars of investment to

georgia republicans and really republicans through the country i think particularly in georgia are obsessed with the idea. david perdue is not a candidate for governor who ran for u.s. senate with outsider label. it was front and center and it was about everything he talkedabout, he was the outsider politician and there's no outsider like herschel walker . he has lived in the state for years. and he certainly wasn't involved in conventional politics. he was a big trump surrogate but he wasn't involved in day-to-day politics in georgia so he's running as an outsider, also running with the trump brand. it might not matter, you might have been in this position even without trump's endorsement but certainly these looked at as part of this program from slate coming to georgia and part of the former president's image is his attempt to remake the republican party in georgia in his own mind, his in his own image. he wants to oust a lot of incumbents who either align with governor or he feels like a light against him in the 2020 election even though there pretty much lockstep support for the former

republicans will riot. trump supporters will riot if he's held to the same legal standard that lindsey graham or any other member of congress would be held to." he tried to temper his remarks a little bit. like you said, too late. he says, i reject violence, but there will be violence. >> right. >> there will be violence. >> right. >> if a guy that took boxes of top secret material, confidential material, secret material out of the white house is held to account like any other american. it is fascinating. i will say, willie, and, again, perspective, perspective, let's have perspective, you look at the numbers out there and you see a majority of americans believe the investigation should move forward. 55%, 56%, 57% of americans believe that donald trump should be investigated for this. that was after the fbi search for all of those documents. one other thing, though, that's fascinating. there is a growing awareness inside the republican party. there is a growing awareness on the right that donald trump is th

vote republican. think that's gonna be a very challenging message for democrats to be able to overcome, because that's just not gonna change between now and november, the economic environment is just not gonna get much better. >> quickly, i want to ask you, amy because in the next segment we're gonna dive deep on the two senate races. we went through the battleground, whether senate battleground is shaping up to be. if there was one senate race but you could know the outcome of right now, that would be sort of a harbinger of how november 8th is gonna turn out for both parties, what would it be? >> i liked that you picked pennsylvania, because it is the one offensive opportunity that democrats have. on paper, well it is a quote unquote blue state, i would argue it's more of a purple blue state. and in this environment, republicans should win that district. but for the fact that they really do have weak hand in awe oz. if oz comes back and wins this thing, what it will tell me is that the candidate does

to a republican. have been watching the news and listening to the attorney general has said and russia collusion, they have been looking at him the whole time he was in office and have not convicted him of one thing. i don't know why they keep going after him. the followers have been called deployable -- deplorable it is not right. everyone on the other side is stirring this stuff up. god knows what is going to happen if it keeps going like this. host: two minnesota, independent , good morning. caller: you partially public levels going to say, but we are going to wait until 3:00 until they open the seals. so we are dealing with facts and not just he said she said. host: we don't know if it will definitely be unsealed. it could be argument. indications right now are that merrick garland wants them released and donald trump wants warrant released. we will see what happens from there, but go ahead. caller: i am looking forward to the opening to know what is going on. but maybe the truth will set us free,

republican party. you have maga, the threat on democracy, attack on the capital. it was all done with the influence and the whole thing of one person. what happened in kansas causes me to stand on my head. the hand that rocks the cradle rules the world. think about that for a little bit. i don't know what i'm going to do, but i have to think before i vote for a split party. there are no republicans anymore. it has been split. host: do you agree with him? guest: every party has factions and divisions. certainly we've been seeing a lot of divisions within the republican primaries between people who support donald trump 100% and people who maybe want to take the party in a slightly different direction. when push comes to shove, most people vote in the republican primary will vote for the nominee and that is what the polls show and the same thing is true of democrats. there are splits among democrats between progressives and moderates but they come together at election time to defeat the common enemy and t

republican party. caller: yes, i feel like the former president trump had several things that he did while he was president that i was pleased, i was proud of him. but i think some things that are coming out about how he ran his government are very bad, not just bad, they are very bad. i know somebody who has worked in most areas of government in the washington, d.c., area. i would say his handling of the secret documents is just abominable, not acceptable at all for anyone to handle documents that way, but certainly not the president. his underlying dishonesty and willingness to not present himself honestly is what bothers me the most. i do think he had some wonderful things that he could have continued to do for the country though. thank you very much. host: before you go, i do not know if you were listening at the top of the show -- were you surprised by the polling that shows that donald trump's standing in the republican party has gone up since the fbi raid? caller: i am surprised. i am very upset

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i am a conservative republican. i believe deeply in the principles and ideals upon which my party was founded. i love it's. history and i love what our party has stood for. but i love my country more. >> wyoming has drawn a line in the sand, that if we put you in power, you will be accountable to us. you will answer to us. and you will do what is in our best interest. and if you don't, we will fire you. >> cheney warned freedom must and cannot die, and we must be very clear eyed about the threat we face. direct words there. cnn's jeff zeleny was there, and has this report from jackson. >> congressman woman liz cheney concedes defeat in her primary race, but now looking ahead, the real work begins. in a sweeping speech outside of, jackson, wyoming on tuesday night, the congresswoman talked about the threats to democracy. she talked directly about former president donald trump, saying she could have won reelection, had she followed the path of election lies. she said she was simply not willing to do that. >> two years

we have republican -- i don't know if they're republican women or more centrist republican men and women. and we have not only the story that was raised about young girls being raped and implications of that. you have horror stories of doctors, of women who have had miscarriages and couldn't get a d&c to potentially save their life and health or make them wait in agony to get a procedure because of supreme court ruling and the chaos it's thrown up around the state. so, the ruling has had far more radical implications that i think people on the day of the ruling realized would do. both in terms of young girls being raped and in terms of mothers who might be having a miscarriage. and i whether the sum of that plays into what we saw in kansas. a bad sign for people like mastriano in pennsylvania. a man running for governor on a very firm anti-abortion platform. you wonder if the republicans are going to have a look at how they run their own races in the likes of what happened in kansas. >> but, eugene, it's not just an anti-abortion platform which is typically you're pro-life with exception

governor on the republican side. brian kemp his office called himself an outsider and his office was across from casey, as secretary of state. and you see elected those who say they're outsider in the political game even though they've been in politics for years. >> and certainly people know they're not literally outsiders, when they define themselves as outsiders, who are they hoping to reach. >> conservative base in states like georgia. you hear it over and over again when you're out there on campaign stops and talking to voters. they want someone who can shake up atlanta and shake up washington. they don't want the status quo. there is the sense that there's corruption or there's malaise or there's gridlock and they want someone who can help fight for them. and it has been sort of the calling card for republican officials, especially in georgia, to say that they're out there, to say that they can be that candidate who can maybe channel a little bit of donald trump, and the same with the republican voters flock to

western republicans or even southern republicans. there are a fair amount that want to try something new, perhaps in the form of florida governor ron de santis. it's hard to tell what will happen now. as of course, we know in this era, the court of public opinion feels to be the only court that matters. so the political ramifications, particularly in this republican party, i think, will be quite severe. will they rally behind trump and stay there? what will the mid terms do? or is there going to be a new energy behind trump endorse candidates who were losing for many weeks? and then now we see sort of a resurgence of some. these are all open ended questions right now, because this is such an obviously unprecedented move it because no former president has done anything that has warranted such a search. that's what i like to remind republicans is that this has never been warranted. so let's be sort of cautious in the moment about what this really means about the future of the g o. p. and henry are based on 1st impressions from your van

republican, to republican, to republican, to this last guy that we just had.hey went in with a decent economy or a floundering economy and left with a just as bad, including ronald reagan. even though we did better under reagan, we were starting to move better because we were moving better under his predecessor. the facts are that, let's get out of this last guy. the longest recovery in our nation's history. some would say the second-worst economic situation that we experienced in 2008. when he left, during his mishandling of covid, the problems that we had -- they are talking about too much. there are so many things to deal with. the definition of inflation, too much money going out. the only people who can really introduce more money is the fed and our fiscal policy. if i put my money in somebody's hands today, it may transfer to three or four people, but as it moves through the economy, inflation does not start the day that mr. biden started his policies. it started before mr. biden got in office. host: he was talking a good bit about the former president,

so it's not only the republicans, crazy republicans turning off moderate republicans, but also liberal democrats going to the right to be able to survive the midterm elections. and really knowing that if they don't do that, the their, you know, their lives and and their house seats are at stake. well, >> well, it's interesting too, because you bring up this is a redistricting, you know, election as well. we have members running against members in certain districts there, there's been an influence about how are they these being drawn that will affect the long term. what are see there? >> i think the consensus is that the district registering solidified republican democratic districts as opposed to throwing more up in the air, which has not always been the case. we'll see what new york has a kind of colorful race with to a long term incumbent democrats next week. some of them got knocked off and some of them are in tougher races because the districts isn't entirely people who voted for. the reason a change, redistricting changes the partisan leans of different districts and be people sor

where some republicans are going to say to other republicans, you've gone too far. we talked earlier about the possibility of trump running for election. we're already seeing efforts by his supporters to take control of election infrastructure in many states. how extensive is that in your view? it's a real world. it is a real worry and there's a because what donald trump did, the end was too clumsy and too gross for the american political system. that what other people have more shrewdly recognized, is that if you manipulate the system a little bit, you can't refuse to count votes once they've been cast. but it's not so difficult to stop the boats from being cast and the 1st place. and it's not too difficult to wait the boat, so some people, so it's count for more and other people's votes counts, count for less. and the american system has never been as represented as a parliamentary system is. but you can make it more equal as happened between about 960 and about 2005. or you can push the opposite direction as we've been doing since 2005 and now with turbo power si

if she rant as a republican and donald trump ends up being the nominee for the republicans, you lookned in 2016 when trump won with 46% of the vote. instead of jill steen leeching some votes from democrats, she's leeching votes from republicans, it might make it easy for a democrat, and it seems like joe biden is intent it's going to be him to make a run for the white house. >> no matter what happens on tuesday, liz cheney is not going anywhere. there is another primary on tuesday. mario, i want to start with you. sara the palin could be headed to the house in alaska, one of the questions i've had, is she going to win? she has name recognition and celebrity. what's your sense of the race right now? >> well, again, the name id, the celebrity, et cetera, she's essentially the prototrump as well. those are all in her favor. the question is if she wins, is congress big enough for her and marjorie taylor green in that wing of the party as well. >> that's what i was going to ask you, you lived on the hill in the capitol hill building for many years. we didn't live together, right? but cele

it was with voters and republicans. they voted to preserve the abortion protection, so it is not just a democratic issue, and in the trump years, republican struggled with college-educated women, and that is where they were bleated. the abortion issue makes that harder. host: talk about the senate race. caller: this is an interesting one. these are the only two states held up by republicans and one by biden in 2020. ron johnson is the most endangered incumbent for republican spirit he has survived before when he was counted out, and written off in 2016, but he came back in one. he has an opponent lot -- now in the lieutenant governor. johnson is controversial pretty look at his approval ratings, and there in the 30's. that's not what we see for a successful incumbent. in early polling, there is a lead by lieutenant governor, but he takes controversial positions , see will see that from republicans with teachers and say it polish ice and say medicare for all. we are going to see republicans really trying to defy this as

that republican gain.er large we estimate it is at this point, right? so that's number one. number two is republicans are still seen as more likely to prioritize inflation if they gain congress, and that's a gap that the democrats still have not filled. maybe they're not going to erase that because there's a year of voter frustration behind it, behind that for the democrats, all of which is to say, major, again, what is this election about? that's often the most important question. if it's about the economy, the republicans have an advantage. if it's about all these other things we've been talking about, maybe some hope for democrats. >> very quickly, energy on both sides? >> energy, enthusiasm is up. enthusiasm is high at this point, very strong turnout is what we'd be looking at. >> anthony, thank you so much. "face the nation" will be back in one minute. please stay with us. alright, the reason your dishes aren't as clean as you'd like... isn't your dishwasher, it's the detergent. i recommend cascade pl

host: -- talking about extreme macro republicans --maga republicans. >> the threat is extreme maga republicansthat is a crisis we confront. extreme naca republicans --maga republicans. extreme on social security. they want to end it in five years. social security, they want to end it. extreme on democracy and they do not believe in it. they want to leave on a path toward authoritarianism. extreme on guns and medicare. they want to end it in five years. that is the threat. that is why we will put people over projects and make it clear what these republicans are all about. host: does that argument work? guest: it is not fair political observation and it is somewhat true that extreme candidates of any party are less likely to win moderate voters. it is ironic to hear that from congressman jeffrey, how -- house democrats across the board have spent $50 million for voting for these maga republicans to face the other republicans. democrats have had to face uncomfortable questions including congress -- congressman jeffrey sims of -- jeffries himself. host: independent. caller: thanks for having me. i

party or outside the republican party? >> i haven't made any specific decisions or plans about this at this point. >> so running as an independent is a possibility? >> i'm not going to go down that path anymore in terms of speculating. >> the rnc is trying to figure out ways to keep you out, this idea of getting into a debate, promise to support the eventual nominee, you're not going to do that? >> i can understand why they would not want me on a debate stage with donald trump. >> so let's talk about the committee. one of the key figures here, is obviously mike pence, he said this week he's willing to consider testifying if he's asked. are you going to ask him? >> we have been discussions with his counsel when the country has been through something as grave as this was, everybody who has information has an obligation to step forward. i'd hope that wehe'll do that. >> you think we'll see him in september in this room before the committee? >> well, i would hope that he will understand how important it is for the american peo

>> a prominent pro-chohoice republican woman on the end of roe v. wade, this week on "firing line." [ cheers and applause ] the passions... [ cheering continues ] ...and protests. >> no fight, no frm! >> as the supreme court overturns the nearly 50-year-old ruling upholding a woman's constitutional right to an abortion. >> abortions are gonna happen. we've seen what's happened before, and women will die. >> a decision raising questions about what happens now and what could be next. christine todd whitman is the former two-term governor of new jersey. >> raise your right hand. >> a republican in a state that's gone blue in every presidential election since 1992, who is trying to push her party beyond the extremism of trump. >> he has no regard for the rule of law, no regard for the constitution. it may be time for another party to come forward, more centrist. >> and what she sees as a radical shift in the supreme court. >> we're gonna start losing some rights that are really serious, and we've got to fight back. >> what does governor christine todd w

i think a lot of republicans -- i have talked to a lot of republicans in texas who are switching to goith vito -- beto because they have seen this before with governor greg abbott. nothing has changed, nothing is done. the only other thing i wanted to say is, and we have seen this before, where people have gone up and started hating the federal government, hit the government and rhetoric coming out of my own republicans. the government and after what has happened with the search warrant, we have seen this before. it leads to things that have been like in clinton's terms for you had the attack on the federal building. so i hope everybody tones down the rhetoric and we talk about real things. host: some quick thoughts. guest: texas is an interesting race, texas has been changing politically. latinos in texas are actually a little more conservative, because texas has attracted a lot of business. so businesses and voters have a more liberal state, that makes the environment become a little more possible for democrats. beto o'rourke has narrowed the gap. with uvalde and the power grid break

can republicans make that pivot? if things start to improve for democrats on the economy, on the abortion issue, on guns, i think that's a different environment. >> i think they are going to be told to. the consulting class is going to tell them, listen, as we go into the general election, talk about inflation talk about job creation, talk about the fact that interest rates are increasing right now. but i don't think donald trump is the de facto ahead of the republican party that you are going to see folks. because they realize they need him. but once he is gone, when he is no longer, you know, there with his long shadow cast over everything, i do think you will see republican start to come back to reality. >> i appreciate that, i appreciate that use the words consulting class in the same sentence. >> i did say class. >> but does that dance work? are you going to have to pick whether you lead or follow that dance, or whether it's a foxtrot or a waltz? i, mean summaries would have to make a decision when it comes to n

i believe the republican party -- i'm a republican. am not really happy with the republicans as i am with the democrats. in this case, the republican party has the moral high ground. i say that because democratic support for the burning and looting of our cities, the destroying monuments and everything. there is clearly a double standard. they went into president trump's home. could they have issued a subpoena? could they have done things in a more congenial manner to get this? i'm not trying to make excuses for president trump. it seems there is a clear double standard. there was a double standard with hillary clinton. a clear double standard with eric holder. sandy berger, i remember his name. he tried to escape with classified information. he was handed a life sentence. i heard on television he just got his law license back. he didn't get punished that severely. roger stone, clearly for sensationalism. armed people there. muller calls cnn. peter navarro arrested at the airport. this is intimidation. i think people have to wake up an

caller: my comment is, i do not know how anybody can trust the republican party when all of the republican senators let to impeachment slide, they let a president commit crimes and then okayed it. that sent a signal to the rest of the world that this guy can force a president to accept his bribe or is forcing -- he was impeached because he tried to extort information, false information. he wanted zelenskyy to lie for him for his own gain. used his high office for his own personal gain. he has an oath of office to keep. the former president committed a serious crime, and his republik and colleagues let him off the hook. i do know how they can solve that call themselves law and order president. he committed a crime, his big live, inciting a ride on the capital. they let that slide. how they call that law & order is beyond me. also, the crimes he committed while in office over the pandemic. he lied to us, that was a crime. it was a moral to lie to us. he had a phone call from the president of china early january 2020, the president of china told president trump it is an airborne pandemic, fiv

a republican his whole life. i don't think he's ever voted for a democratic presidential candidate in his life. immediately texted me during the show. he goes, "hey, what about election officials?" we're getting death threats if we don't buy into conspiracy theories. three election officials said, "enough, we're tired for the death threats. we didn't sign up for this. we're quitting." it is not an overstatement to say that the republican party is putting in danger the lives of many great americans who just want to serve their government. these lies especially about the irs agents, so reckless and irresponsible. well, just like the fbi agents. and i know mitch mcconnell understands, that's part of the problem, too. he's got one of the most senior members in the united states senate saying that the irs is coming to homes in iowa with ar-15s. you've got fox news hosts saying they're coming with ar-15s to kill middle-class americans. it's -- this is, you know, like 11:30, and oklahoma city is at 12:00. these people a

a republican wave. did i get that, right, steve? >> exactly. and there were key races right through october. we said the democrats have a shot here and by 9, 9:30 on election night, they voted republican. >> so what happened there? do you use that as an indicator maybe not what to expect for the election but a warning sign for everybody watching and trying to make a prediction? >> we all love looking at generic ballots but they're an imperfect measurement to look at what's going to end up happening, whether in house races fought congressional seat by congressional seat or in senate and gubernatorial races. because of republican success in gerrymandering, in redistricting particularly after their gains in the 2010 mid-term elections, that sometimes actually if republicans were able to perform one or two points better on winning the national vote, that created a whole lot of gains across the country. and so in some ways democrats need to overperform even the fundamentals to be able to hold on. so i just s

congress, democrats and republicans. politicians and party platforms, they have never been more different. they are totally distinct. when that is the case, the general public can sort more cleanly into being democrat or republican. it used to be there were people with a bunch of liberal views who voted republican at a time and vice versa, conservative folks voting democrat. but now that would be very strange to do. you have to make clear which team you should be assigned to. and has led to a bunch of other trends, including demographics being more associated with party, race and ethnicity highly associated with party. gender highly associated with party. whether you live in a rural or urban area is more associated with party than it has ever been. it has kind of turbocharged that party identity, and those animosities that rural people have for urban people, now feels partisan animosity. a very long answer to your question, but we now have a situation with distinct party identities that are really different, people don't

republican party.ave maga, the threat on democracy, attack on the capital. it was all done with the influence and the whole thing of one person. what happened in kansas causes me to stand on my head. the hand that rocks the cradle rules the world. think about that for a little bit. i don't know what i'm going to do, but i have to think before i vote for a split party. there are no republicans anymore. it has been split. host: do you agree with him? guest: every party has factions and divisions. certainly we've been seeing a lot of divisions within the republican primaries between people who support donald trump 100% and people who maybe want to take the party in a slightly different direction. when push comes to shove, most people vote in the republican primary will vote for the nominee and that is what the polls show and the same thing is true of democrats. there are splits among democrats between progressives and moderates but they come together at election time to defeat the common enemy and that is

maga republicans.icans. >> there is no more a republican party that does not have maga ideology as its sensual driving force and its major tenet. i don't see republican party without maga. what is biden trying to accomplish by using that label might get republicans because i noticed you both used it as well? >> i think we need to understand to get outside of the media bubble. there are a lot of voters out there who have a certain vision of with the republican party used to be. they called it up as the party of ronald reagan, so using the term maga republicans is giving those people permission to change their vote. to vote with us this time. read a point in our democracy where we need to take it when election cycle at a time. every election coming up is the most important election in our nation's history. it is important to the fulfillment of democracy. we need to give these voters a reason to change their mind. people who may have voted for donald trump in 2016, who voted for joe biden in 2020, but may

republican seat. but in a 50/50 senate, every seat matters. so that is what concerns republicans. if eric greitens wins tonight, is he going to be able to be a credible general election candidate? we should also note though, there are 21 republican candidates on the ballot entirely. so the vote will be split up. mark mccloskey, who you may remember from st. louis, he and his wife stopped protesters at their home two summers ago holding a gun. he's also running for senate and his yard signs are all over the state here, john. so this does appear to be a three-way contest, at least as republicans were going to the polls. but the big question, will eric greitens stage a comeback or not? >> yeah, that's something something to watch for tonight. jeff zeleny, appreciate it. tonight john king is joining us back as. cnn poll corresponded, our president, david chalian, and cnn senior political correspondent abby philip, -- let's start with arizona, the election tonight. >> i, mean there's so much going on here,

in minnesota, trump plus ten, the republican won by four in 2022.s past week, biden won this district by less than two points. a democrat, who was not really expected to win, did win by more than biden did, and in new york 23 the republican won a trump plus 11 seat by just six points. to your point, continue. >> yeah, that data does portend the kind of environment we might be in if we were in a wave election, obviously as alex said, we're very early and there are several weeks before the actual election. but the fact that democrats are outraising democrats -- several republicans on the senate side and in some cases on the house side, have been too far out of the mainstream to be able to win over some of these independent voters and haven't been able to be the kind of strong candidates that you need to take advantage of a waive election and flip seats maybe on the outskirts of sort of what, you know, politicians typically see as, you know, stretched seats. and in this case it appears that they're fighting for some of these flip seats that they wanted