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Well, you know, I think going to Bauman.

He was a statesman and a citizen and a patriot.

I didn't cover him, obviously, but I covered him a little bit, got to meet him several times, interview him, because when I was in the ENA Bureau of the Oklahoma, he lived in Billings, about 30 miles away.

And so if he needed anything with the governor, in fact, one of the first stories when I moved to Oklahoma to work for the ENA newspaper in 1981 was to contact him and see if he was going to run for governor.

uh because he moved back after congress and uh he wasn't giving many interviews then in fact when i went out there to see him he was on the combine you know and not he's wasting my time boy you know and uh and he wasn't he didn't run that time but then after you know he agreed to serve um dhs again that just shows and i think governor nye showing how Politics sometimes doesn't, you have to look at the best person who can handle the job.

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