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Paul Pate: ““You didn’t see a big ticket thing here,” Pate said. “I don’t think it was a Democrat wave or a Republican wave. This…”

On the recordNovember 4, 2026
“You didn’t see a big ticket thing here,” Pate said. “I don’t think it was a Democrat wave or a Republican wave. This was a wave based on the candidates and their messaging. So we’ll watch and see how it unfolds over the next two years.”
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Discussing the election results and voter behavior.

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