Hi, this is Catherine and I'm at the National Bobblehead Hall of Famine Museum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

This podcast was recorded at...

Uh, 106 pm on October 25th, 2022.

Things may have changed by the time you hear this, but I will still be surrounded by 7,000

Bobbleheads, agreeing with everything I have to say. Okay, here's the show.

I don't know whether to be surprised that there's 7,000, and like, is that a lot or not?

I don't know. I don't know. This was picked for me. I had a Bobblehead doll collection as a child.

So this is like very, very exciting. Yeah, I had a bunch of, I think I ended up with like 60 before I

realized, well, this is a weird, weird hobby, but that's, that's really exciting. You need to go to

Wisconsin to this Bobblehead Museum, miles. Uh, I do. I do. I need to make the pilgrimage. Uh, hey there,

it's the Empire Politics podcast. I'm Miles Parks. I cover voting. I'm dear Gerwalsh, I cover

Congress, and I'm Susan Davis. I cover politics. And when it comes to which party is going to control

Congress after this year's midterms, it feels like Georgia, Arizona, Nevada are getting all the hype.

But today, we're going to focus on a much smaller swing state, New Hampshire. The incumbent Democrat

there Maggie Hassan won her last election in 2016, but just about a thousand votes.

Republicans this time around have nominated Don Bulldick, a retired Army Brigadier General,

as their candidate. And Deirdre, you were just in New Hampshire. Tell me some things you heard from

voters. I think far and away, the economy is the issue that is top of mind to voters. I talked to

across the political spectrum. People at Baldick events, people visiting with Senator Hassan when

she was on the trail and undecided voters. New Hampshire is a lovely state to visit in the fall,

the fall foliage is gorgeous, but it's getting cold and home heating bills were something that came

up over and over again. Groceries and gas also came up. And I talked to three voters in New Hampshire,

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