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Hey, everybody.

Welcome to another episode of the Buck Sexton Show.

I have Tudor Dixon with me now.

Not only does she have the coolest name that I have heard in a long time.

And my name is Buck Sexton, so I feel like I know something about at least unusual names.

Her name is just straight up cool. She ran for Governor of Michigan, came really close to defeating

the Wicked Witch of Michigan, Gretchen Whitmer, which would have been amazing.

I is a mom, is an American patriot, wife, commentator, soon-to-be-podcaster,

Mishigander. Tudor Dixon, great to have you on.

Thank you. I'm happy to be here.

So how do you decide, I always like to start with the origin story.

It's almost like a comic book. How do you decide to get to get into this game? I mean, you know,

I was I was rooting for you so much because I was a New Yorker during the pandemic and Michigan was

one of the only places where I didn't expect the lockdowns to get as crazy as it got, if that makes sense.

New York, L.A., D.C., sure. Michigan? Is that what happened?

Right. Yes. So we were watching this happen, and the origin story kind of goes back far because

my origin story in Michigan starts in a steel foundry. So I spent most of my career in the steel

foundry on the shop floor, working the product through, helping make sure we get it on time to our

customers. And then in 2017, I had a friend come to me and say, I don't know if you know what's

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