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Hi, this is Grant Downs, calling from beautiful Magnolia, Ohio, where after a meeting to certify

the vote at our Board of Elections, I lost the tied mayoral race on a coin toss. Oddly enough,

a coin toss also decided our town's last contested election for mayor 40 years ago. This podcast

was recorded at... 157 pm on Friday, November 22nd. Even after next week's automatic recount,

the outcome of this election is unlikely to change, but something else has probably changed

by the time you hear this. Okay, here's the show. That is not the first election I've heard of

where they get decided by like a coin toss or pulling a name out of a hat. That's how we decide

all the chores and decisions in our house. There you go. Collecoins. It's too much work.

Hey there, it's the MPR Politics Podcast. I'm Susan Davis, I cover Congress.

I'm Claudio Grisales, I cover Capitol Hill. I'm Franco Ordonia, I cover the White House.

And I'm Dominican Montenegro Senior Political Editor and Correspondent.

TGIF, we have officially survived what we believe is the end of the public phase of the impeachment

investigation. What a week. It's unbelievable. This was really a historic and monumental week.

So we're going to take this podcast to maybe take a step back and take a look at the week that was.

I'd be curious to hear about what you all think were your biggest takeaways or the moment or the

big idea that you have as we come to what we think is the end of one phase and potentially the

beginning of the next phase in the House Judiciary Committee. Yeah, so I found it fascinating that

at the beginning of all this controversy going back as far as President Trump running for office,

...