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Pete Buttigieg: “Less than 1 out of 10 [House seats] is considered to be…”

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Published | Video Starts at 36:42

But where I think this actually hurts us the most is in Congress. So we've got 435 seats in the House. Last time I checked, Less than 1 out of 10 [House seats] is considered to be seriously competitive. At best, like less than 40 are actually competitive, which means in nine out of 10 races, the primary is pretty much it. (36:42–36:47)

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