Vanan Murugesan

She's somebody else that appears to be starting in a strong position.

I still, I think this race is a coin flip at best, but I, you know, and

I am – there is a chance that Alaska short-term economy might benefit from the rising cost of energy.

In some ways, that can happen sometimes to a state that is an exporter of oil and gas.

So I don't want to fully characterize the economy yet and what it's going to feel like or look like in Alaska because it might be unique and different given the current circumstances that we're in.

But we've already seen early polling indicating Patola starts an extraordinarily strong position here.

I think Dan Sullivan is going to be hard to magnify, if you will.

But because you have Lisa Murkowski sitting there as sort of closer to being a true independent in the Senate, I think by comparison, he certainly looks more Trumpy than certainly Lisa Murkowski.

And then I think the question is, what is number five on the list?

What is the fifth most likely to flip?

And I think at this point, I'm going to say it's Nebraska.

And this is going to be a bit of the surprise.

But let me explain why I think Nebraska and Dan Osborne winning as an independent and what that could mean.

Some of you may think, oh, it's just wishful thinking that I want to see sort of both parties get challenged here from a third way, from an independent way.

Yes, it's true.

I think both parties need a disruption from the outside as much as they're trying to disrupt each other internally.

But my skepticism, look, I think Pete Ricketts is no Deb Fischer.

And I don't mean that to knock Deb Fischer, but I think Ricketts is going to be, is already a bit more prepared for this campaign.

Is probably going to drop more oppo on Osborne than Fischer ever did.

She waited too long.