Oh, man. And so. And Karl Rove called all these guys once. We couldn't get J.C. to run again. And I thought, well, you know, here I am. This was. He [J.C.] decided late. So it's late June of 2002, and I knew nobody else could win that seat. Only JC could have won it. First Republican to ever hold it. It was registered over 60%. When was the primary? The primary was in July. And, oh, this is. So this is happening. And so it's like. It's all unbelievable. But I'd already built all of his staff. (06:30–15:14)
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