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beat David Valadeo, Valadeo's running again, that'll be a competitive race. You look at some of the Orange County seats that we picked up, Gilsis Naros, Harley-Rotta, those are going to be competitive races. Not because of anything that Gilla or Harley is doing, you know, they're putting together races running, but you look at the quality of their opponents, you know, in young Kim and Michelle Steele. Those could be close races, you know, someone who is really knocking the ball out of Park Cady Porter, just with her fundraising, and she's really owning that district. Yeah, on paper, that's a competitive district that I think Cady is, you know, doing a remarkable job, making that race a little bit safer this cycle. A little further north, Josh Harder, that's always been a competitive and tough district. Again, Josh is working really hard to do what he has to do to try to make that a slightly safer race. All right, Congressman, last question. We obviously, in 2018 saw just a green wave, just a mass fundraising effort by Democrats and it has continued this cycle. Is this just really a reaction to Donald Trump? Is that what's going on here? It's sort of sparked this green wave across the country among Democratic activists. You know, it's pretty amazing. I used to think of myself as a really good fundraiser, but I look at this freshman class and, you know, it is amazing how much they're able to raise and how much they're outraising their Republican opponents. I think it's partly the Donald Trump effect, but, you know, that they want to hold on to the majority. I also think, you know, it's that online fundraising ability as well, grassroots fundraising. And then, you know, hats off to these freshmen. They are working incredibly hard doing what they have to do to get reelected. So I think it's a combination of all of that. All right. Well, we'll have to leave it there. Congressman Barrett, thank you so much for joining the pod today. Thank you. Have a great day. Be well. All right. You too. This is Down Ballet Counts. Now, before we close the show, we've got a parting shot of trivia for you. That's right. It's trivia time on Down Ballet Counts when I tried to stump Kyle and you, the listeners, with a political trivia question. But first, let's review the question and answer from Monday when our guest was Tom Emmer, the chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee, the political arm of the House Republican minority. I asked for the most recent year when Republicans won the House majority away from the Democrats. Kyle, I'm pretty sure you got this right. Well, I shouldn't be politics editor of Bloomberg government if I don't know this. The answer is 2010. Ding, ding, ding. You are correct. And I'm sure you're covering the 2010 election, whatever capacity we're at the time. Of course. That was a fun election year. Republicans made a net gain of 63 seats that year to win the majority. They had lost just four years earlier. As Emmer said in our podcast on Monday, Republicans need a net gain of about 20 seats to win back the majority this November. So congratulations, Kyle and listeners are getting 2010 correct. But I can guarantee you, this week's question will be harder. We spoke earlier in the program with California Congressman Amibera, who heads the New Dem Action Fund and is also among a handful of medical doctors in the Congress. And my question is, who is the only female doctor in Congress? In other words, who is the only woman with an MD degree currently serving in the Congress? That's a good one. It's a harder question than last week's certainly. Think about that and email your answer to begovpodcast at begov.com or you can tweet your answer at the Bloomberg government Twitter handle at begov using the hashtag down ballot pod. We'll reveal the answer and ask a new question on the next episode of down ballot counts. That's it for us today. Before we go, Greg, what else are you watching this week? Kyle, I'm watching the Mississippi Congressional primaries on Tuesday, even though they're mostly pro forma. In this week, we get updated campaign finance reports for candidates running for Congress in Ohio and Illinois, which have primaries on March the 17th that you should be aware of. We'll talk about Ohio and Illinois in our next program. I'll note here that Michael Bloomberg, the majority owner of Bloomberg Government's parent company, also sought the Democratic presidential nomination. He endorsed Joe Biden on March 4th. The producer for down ballot counts as David Schultz. You can follow us on Twitter at KyleTrigstead and at Greg Jero. And be sure to check out all the great politics coverage on Bloomberg Government's website about.begov.com. We'll talk to you soon.