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This is Sarah Stewart Holland.

This is Beth Silver's.

You're listening to Pantsuit Politics.

And today we are looking ahead.

We spent a while together on Tuesday.

Quite a while. Looking back. Testing everyone's patience a little bit, talking about former

President Biden, about the aging leadership of the Democratic Party, about what we have personally

gotten wrong in our political analysis, where we have personally felt constrained in our political

analysis.

Okay, a lot of problem diagnosing. Today, we're thinking about the prescription forward.

We want to share two conversations we had with candidates who represent a new future for the Democratic Party.

Their visions, their ideas, hooray for ideas, and how they

want to go forward. So first we're going to be talking with Michigan State Senate Majority Whip Mallory

McMorrow. And then we will introduce you to Jake Rakehofe, a candidate in California's 32nd

Congressional District. Jake is running against 15-term incumbent and his former boss, Congressman Brad Sherman.

And Jake stuck around for outside of politics with us.

We're going to talk about musical theater.

So if you need something to hold your attention in this space, I feel like we've got a good contingent out there that's going to be

like, I am charging ahead to hear Jake's favorite show. Now, before we get to that, we're dragging

ourselves across the finish line here, guys. It's May Sember. It's tough out there in those streets,

but we're here with you. We see you. And that is why we're

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