surface sooner? obviously, typical election, opponents do research on others, you see unflattering stories or basic elements lying what your bio is potentially? some on news day put tis out. his opponent robert zimmerman had been saying there were things he didn t think checked out but the campaign so focused on other issues. democrats in new york focusing on his ties to trump saying he was at the january 6th rally, he said he did not go to the capitol. focused on abortion stances and on crime and central to his campaign and other things overlooked or marginalized because of that. michael gold, fantastic reporting. thanks to you and your colleague grace. thanks. and ahead, we are going to get reaction from robert zimmerman, who you just heard michael talk about. he lost the election to george santos. we ll see what he says, next.