Are you gonna, do you wanna surprise us later or would you share what your favorite part of the Capitol is?

My favorite thing about the Capitol is the stories about it.

So the architect Cass Gilbert grew up here.

He is from St. Paul.

He grew up playing on this field.

This was the destiny of his life.

He restored homes in the area.

Do you know where the marble granite, what is this, marble?

What is the, the shape of that race as we head into next week's primary?

The big story here is that there is a race, because for about three decades, the Republican endorsement was all that mattered.

This could be a brave new year if the Republican-endorsed candidate does not win the primary, because it has been a given.

You have to go all the way back to our childhood.

Republican Governor Arne Carlson is the last one to beat an endorsed candidate for governor.

And this does tell you the big picture that Republicans have been locked out of statewide office for so long in this state, that they're going for electability.

They wanna win a race so much that there is a real challenge of the endorsed candidate.

So what are you looking for when these candidates, uh, for governor in particular, like, meet on this stage at Farm Fest for the first time?