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Laura Pastor dropped out of the CD3 race in August. Did she change her mind and drop back in?

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No it just happened while I was on vacation so i forgot...

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About your analysis of CD2: I guess it depends how one might view the phrase "very much a longshot", but here are a couple of reasons why I wouldn't have described it that way. (1) Planscore (a part of the Campaign Legal Center) has a probabilistic model for our final redistricted maps, and that model gives the Dems a 23% chance in that district. Pretty far from 50%, sure, but 1 in 4 happens, oh, about 1/4 of the time. And yes, I know it's just a model, but it's the best statistical one I know of for Congressional maps. And (2) Crane has showed himself to be among the very most willing to burn the House down with his tactics and statements in the current Speaker mess, and with his other MAGA statements. In other words, while he would certainly win a Republican primary in that district (if there were one), his extremism may work against him, particularly against someone with strong name recognition there like Nez, who can probably expect strong turnout from supporters. So overall, I guess I would say something like "tough slog" or something like that rather than "very much a long shot."

Am I quibbling about language? Sorry. The caffeine hasn't kicked in yet.

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Fair. "Tough slog" is also just more fun to say.

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Wasn’t Debbie Lesko one of our illustrious fake electors? Are you sure she wants to spend more time with family or just ‘go away’ in case the DOJ start looking at AZ?

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Sadly, CD 8 Democrats were ignored yet again. Not a word mentioned of the 26 year Veteran Lady Truck Driver- or the other other 4 Dems- running to replace Lesko. I have been meeting with Democrats across the District, volunteering with Healthcare Rising to collect signatures for Abortion Access at the State Fair, calling voters prodigiously and I’m assuming the guys running are doing the same. Yet after the piece on Lesko, only potential Republican challengers are discussed

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Yeah I think most people wrote off that district for Democrats after redistricting. Looked close in the Tipirneni days, but that seemed like a high water mark for the west side Dems. Who knows tho!

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Come spend a few hours with a working-class candidate knocking doors or just meeting with the R-Clubs, It’s a totally different conversation when Red Hats say “wait, you’re a regular person. You’re like... me.” 🤔😎

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That actually sounds fun... Veteran Lady Truck Driver meets Red Hats. Give me a liiiiiiittle more time to stabilize my general state of chaos and I'll take you up on that.

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The Rachael Sedgwick piece made me laugh out loud - thank you for that :-)

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Santa Cruz County is on pins & needles.

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Sevens Dems running in CD 1 against Schweikert? As of 12:45 p.m., W., 10/18, the SecState continues to list six: Marlene, Conor, Amish, Kurt, Andrew, Andrei.* That said, "Congressional Scramble" today was a GREAT report.

*https://apps.arizona.vote/electioninfo/SOI/46

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Ah yes, good eye, I was counting off fec filings and there's an additional joker in there who has already terminated his campaign. It's hard to keep track of all the abandoned campaigns!

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If I was a registered Democrat (I'm not despite appearances otherwise) I would be thrilled that a.D candidate got strong cross aisle financial support.

But I'm more interested in winning a seat than standing on the highest moral ground and throwing my shield at my feet.

As a Recovering Republican I know several of those named in your column. Their relationships go back. Way back. And they remained friends and supporters of Grant even after he changed the color of the one tie he still.owned.

Just for fun, Hank, ask Jason Rose his favorite Grant Woods story. Then see if he'll tell you who coached his Little League baseball team.

The strongest allies are the ones that stick with you even when you change teams. Gronkowski made it simple when asked why he left the Patriots. "Whereever Tom goes I follow. I like winning more than my zip code."

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lol if you know the favorite grant woods story please just tell us all and save me the call i'm curious but not thaaaat curious

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I'll tell you. But not everyone. I can't tell that story nearly as well as Grant or Jason told it. Two serious people also seriously funny people

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