Happy Election Year! (Video Version)

from Politics and the Past: Desert Dialogues · host Center for American Institutions

It's officially an election year again! Professor Rob Ferguson and Jack Hinrichs ring in 2026 by chatting about the Senatorial primary campaigns in Maine and Texas that will shape the political landscape for the November elections.Listen to Professor Rob and Jack chat about Graham Platner's most unfortunate tattoo, the natural animosity between Austin and Dallas in Texas, and (most importantly) why using Celsius to measure temperature is simply unamerican.

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