Liam Donovan

It certainly was the case with Peltol in the first place.

But why was that?

It's because Democrat or Republicans were divided.

You had two flavors of Republicanism in literally Sarah Palin against Trump.

That's right.

And there's a baggage scion.

So just like these names kind of weave in and out of Alaska politics.

But the first time he ran, it was against Sarah Palin.

And in the immediate context of ranked choice voting and those preferences, there were enough divisions on the Republican side that Peltol was able to sort of triangulate and become the moderate middle of two Republicans ends up.

Winning that and then holding it in that next in that in that next general election when it was a straight up race against baggage when he came back, she lost.

So I don't want to say she's not the absolute strongest candidate Democrats could have put up.

She absolutely is strong.

I just don't think the conditions are there from the standpoint of Republican divisions or there's not really blood in the water in the way there might have been.

Like the reason Texas attractive is, well, you've got some issues with the candidate.

You've got some divisions within the party that doesn't exist in Alaska.

That's right.

And I also think in terms like the Anchorage market, you just go buy it out for cheaper than you could come coming into, you know, San Antonio or something.

So so I think that in terms of the the kind of alpha there in terms of resource allocation there.

It makes a lot of sense.

And similarly, Iowa, where you have and again, going back to this question of incumbent versus open seat, if it was Joni Ernst, it would be a different proposition.