Mike Nellis

And I think that was the right call.

And it's a really hard thing to do because I'm incentivized to do that.

Like that was probably like, you know, $10 million I would have gotten for the digital persuasion, the digital advertising that I could have done.

And I would have gotten a hefty commission on that.

But like, for me, I care way more about winning elections than I do about like making the money.

Like we make plenty of money regardless.

Um, so I try to give the best advice that I can.

But the other thing is like sometimes running and losing is also okay.

Like you can run and lose and your star can rise and you can make a point and you can move the ball forward.

Like we need a lot of people who are going to step up in states like Arkansas and Mississippi and Iowa that like are going to have tough go of it if they're going to win, but they're going to have a down ballot effect.

Like Tim Ryan ran for Senate in Ohio against J.D.

Vance, right?

And that race was not as close as we would have liked it to be.

But the coordinated campaign that he ran dragged two House candidates up that helped Democrats flip the House in that election.

So I just think it's just a kind of a different place to be in.

And you kind of have to just take everything into account when you're making those decisions.

Yeah, I've had those conversations before.

I've also told people, it's like, look, it's gonna be hard for you to win this race.

I'm gonna do everything that I can.

But like, you can also, and let's talk about like these midterm elections, right?