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Kelly Armstrong: “We didn't have a candidate against Heidi for a very long…”

Featuring: Kelly Armstrong, Republican | Governor of North Dakota

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ND Governor Kelly Armstrong from Episode 612

Published | Video Starts at 08:54

But I will tell you, more so than all of this stuff, this is the frustration I have, because everybody. I think sometimes we forget. When I was the state party chair and Roz was the executive director, We didn't have a candidate against Heidi for a very long time. Right? We didn't have a candidate, and we were engaging in the politics of trying to make sure that North Dakota Republicans were in the best position possible to beat Senator Heitkamp when she was on the ballot. (08:54–08:58)

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Asserts that there was a delay in finding a candidate to run against Senator Heitkamp.

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