Kimberly Adams

Can you break down the basics?

So basically, it would allow these big national parties when working with campaigns to get cheaper ad buys and to spend more money on a race that they deem as important.

You think this is a good thing or a bad thing?

So what does all of this mean for how the campaigns may look, or at least what voters see is going to look different this cycle compared to maybe primaries of the past?

Anything else that you think regular folks should be watching for?

Like, I know people really probably don't even want to pay attention to politics and campaigns this early in the cycle.

But what else do you think people should be watching for this midterm cycle?

Tim Lim is a Democratic strategist and president of Lim Consulting Services.

Thanks so much.

Thank you.

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