I want to start here because let's not beat around the Bushes. The party's spending a lot of money to fend off Ken Paxton in this election. Why is it that that is necessary? Well, unfortunately, Most of [the money] was spent because of Wesley Hunt, the third candidate who got in the race and got about 13% of the vote. So Texas is a big state. It's expensive to advertise in, and that's the reason why you've seen the money so far spent. (01:12–01:20)
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