How is everyone's weekend? Mine was a little boisterous. It's a long story, but my

bachelor party before getting married got canceled because of COVID and

turned out I got a surprise makeup. Bachelor party. So Jeffers still hung over

this morning. I'm fine this morning. Don't ask me about Sunday or Saturday.

My, uh, but my, my pitch is much more of a base today than it normally is.

Hello and welcome to the 538 Politics podcast. I'm Galen Drouk. We've got a busy

week ahead of us folks. Former president Donald Trump is expected to appear in

court in New York City on Tuesday after being indicted last week. That's likely

when we're gonna learn the actual charges against him. But presidential

indictments aside, this week was already going to be a big week for elections

watchers. Voters are headed to the polls on Tuesday with the most closely

watched contests being the Wisconsin Supreme Court and Chicago mayoral races.

The race in Wisconsin is largely considered the most consequential of 2023. It's a

statewide election in a purple state with the overall orientation of the court and

issues like abortion and gerrymandering hanging in the balance. The Chicago

mayoral race will be another test of whether urban politics are shifting to

the right with a clear choice between a teacher's union backed progressive and

police union backed centrist. And in case you missed it over the weekend the

pool of 2024 presidential contenders got a little bit bigger. Former Arkansas

governor Aisa Hutchinson is running for the Republican nomination with a pitch

that it's time for conservatives to move past Trump. We've got a lot to cover, so

let's get to it. Here with me our senior reporter Emilia Thompson to vote. Hey

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