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Got a big election last night.

You know big election in general a lot of different contests around the country

with a pretty big night for the Democrats.

I'm not sure it was quite blue wave territory, but there were a bunch of races around the

country that were being watched closely either because of their inherent

significance or as races that might give us some insight into what is going to happen next year in the

presidential and the congressional elections in 2024. In many cases it was both

in Ohio with the abortion referendum that passed enshrining

abortion rights in the state constitution in the legislative races in

Virginia and then a bunch of other races even ones that are like a bit unique like the gubernatorial race in Kentucky where the Democratic incumbent governor, not only one re-election, but actually expanded his majority,

you know, both in numerical and geographical terms from 2019 when he was first elected. The reason I say that that is kind of unique is that I think everybody recognizes that Andy Bashir is sort of his own brand.

His father was a popular governor in Kentucky, so that's part of it, but he's also just been a really popular and successful governor.

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