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Polybius

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25. You may be right, he has diminished a lot lately

Reply to womanofthehills (Reply #24)

Sun Dec 21, 2025, 11:16 AM

Dec 2025

He did very well in the 2015/2016 Republican primary debates, and probably the only reason he won his Senate race against Beto in 2018 was because of the debates. No clue how he did in 2024.

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