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JG Jim Geraghty Jim Geraghty Senior political correspondent at National Review and contributing columnist at The Washington Post since 2022.

“Unfortunately, in the governor's race, it looks like Democratic Senator Amy Klobuchar is running well ahead of Republican Lisa Demuth. … Amy Klobuchar, I mean, a Democrat, undoubtedly. But she can say, look, I've been in Washington. I didn't have anything to do with the decisions of the state government over the last four years. So in a very strange way, usually you're trying to run as an outsider in Senate race. In this strange one, Amy Klobuchar says, look, I am an outsider to the state capitol.”

3 Martini Lunch – Political Humor & Commentary · US Politics · October 2026

“Unfortunately, in the governor's race, it looks like Democratic Senator Amy Klobuchar is running well ahead of Republican Lisa Demuth. … Amy Klobuchar, I mean, a Democrat, undoubtedly. But she can say, look, I've been in Washington. I didn't have anything to do with the decisions of the state government over the last four years. So in a very strange way, usually you're trying to run as an outsider in Senate race. In this strange one, Amy Klobuchar says, look, I am an outsider to the state capitol.” — Jim Geraghty on Amy Klobuchar, 3 Martini Lunch – Political Humor & Commentary

Context

Jim Geraghty of National Review on the 3 Martini Lunch podcast (October 1, 2026), discussing Minnesota's statewide races and the effect of the state's fraud scandals on Democratic candidates.

Transcript

3 Martini Lunch – Political Humor & Commentary Around 03:35 into the episode
Greg Corombos

Yeah.

Speaker 1

So a bit more seriously, I.

Jim Geraghty

Had said Michelle Tafoya was probably about the best candidate Republicans could hope for. She's well known, got high name ID, but not from traditional politics. And I would note that, like, look, you mentioned the Keith Ellison being in trouble. Unfortunately, in the governor's race, it looks like Democratic Senator Amy Klobuchar is running well ahead of Republican Lisa Demuth. So one of the interesting things is that, you know, Amy Klobuchar, I mean, a Democrat, undoubtedly. But she can say, look, I've been in Washington. I didn't have anything to do with the decisions of the state government over the last four years. So in a very strange way, usually you're trying to run as an outsider in Senate race. In this strange one, Amy Klobuchar says, look, I am an outsider to the state capitol.

Speaker 1

I have nothing to do.

Jim Geraghty

With what's been going on lately and can be a little bit more the candidate of change. But I think the fact that Peggy Flanagan is running so much worse than Klobuchar is indicates that the fraud scandals have really damaged her. Obviously, Tim Walz was thinking about running for re-election, chose…

Greg Corombos

Yeah, no question about it. And so we hope that she continues to do well and we'll see if those poll numbers move in her favor even more. But neck and neck in Minnesota in a national environment like this is probably better than we could have hoped for. But now we'll be looking at what the…

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