this race suggests, that this reason 2022, for lieutenant governor, is going to be nationalized in a way that no statewide races ever been before. in terms of money immediate tension. this is the place that is really the sharp end of this, fear of the trump revolution. and that has made this a place where the intensity on the ground, is unprecedented, in my experience. doing this for almost 30 years now. >> so john, there is another approach, that is possible. and it's actually the approach we used to see. way back in the 20th century. and it's that, when an electorate started moving in a certain direction, that was a towards say the other party. the party that it was moving away from, would start to make a few accommodations, and find ways to reach out to that electorate. to try to basically move in their direction. texas republican party, sees a new population coming in.