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Welcome back to the Lincoln Project. I'm your host, Reed Gaelin.

Today, for our last episode before Christmas, I'm once again coming to you solo to answer

questions that come from you, the listeners and members of the Lincoln Project Community.

We at the Lincoln Project love the smart and thoughtful questions that come from y'all

on social media, from emails and town halls, and are always looking forward to hearing what you all want to know.

So if you have a question, don't hesitate to ask and let's get into it.

So our first topic today is about Texas. So let's start here.

Scotty Whiteeman asks, what are your opinions of the Abbott Beto Race in Texas?

So I would say this is that the filing deadline just passed, so the candidates in the race

for the March primary are the people we're going to see. I think that Beto has a

even money chance right now of being victorious. And I think that most of the things

that he needs to do are run as good and consistent and disciplined a campaign as he can.

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