Jim Oberstar

Uh, many, many years ago I was involved in politics.

I started my foray into politics w- uh, working as an intern for Congressman Jim Oberstar.

You did? Okay.

I did, back-

But back then, it had been voting Democrat for 80 years.

And there was a congressman named James Oberstar who was upset in the 2010 election by a Republican named Chip Kravak.

And one of the Democrats in northern Minnesota told me after you guys didn't beat James Overstar, we took him out because he wasn't representing us anymore.

So I think Michelle Tafoya.

And we've had, you

know, we've had Oberstdorf.

We've had some very incredible people.

you know, super well-known representatives from this district.

But, you know, I just remember the environment that year, like, deteriorating to the point where, you know, you would look at these House members in safely Democratic seats that their district started to look more... come more onto the board.

I think I remember reading one article at the time, like a month before the election, saying, okay, look, the Democrats, you know, they're starting to worry about members like Jim Oberstar, or maybe John Dingell even might have his closest race in a while.

So, you know, that's kind of the vibe that you're seeing.

In fact, you'll just, you know, one of the I'm not going to say which one, but one of the things we do at the Crystal Ball is we kind of talk to some of these campaigns.