There was an ability to self finance his race and that was a successful strategy. And while the Democrats spent our time fighting in the primary, the Republicans spent their time putting the best candidate forward. We got into a low turnout, tough general. Millions of dollars were spent on both sides. and we came up in the second closest race in the country, 564 votes short. (11:23–11:30)
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