He's a Republican congressman who refuses to face his own constituents, and he's drawn a very convincing Democratic challenge from Rebecca Cook. That's one example of a district and a region that I'm watching closely. There are a lot of places that may not be on your obvious list of Democratic or progressive turf, much more purple or red areas where people are thinking for themselves, asking tough questions about how their lives could get better. And I think there's a lot of opportunity for leadership to arise in those kinds of places. So that's going to kind of be my specialty in the months ahead. (16:48–17:03)
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