# Erick Erickson Show: S15 EP129: Hour 1 – Candidate Quality Matters

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Podcast: [The Ricochet Superfeed](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ricochet-superfeed-446950)
Published: 2026-07-16T21:52:57+00:00
Episode link: https://ricochet.com/podcast/erick-erickson-show/s15-ep129-hour-1-candidate-quality-matters/
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Duration seconds: 2216

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Erick argues candidate quality will decide 2026 and spares no one, ripping GOP picks like Mike Lindell in Minnesota (against Amy Klobuchar), Colorado’s fabulist nominee Victor Marx, and Georgia’s Mike Collins, whose white nationalist son-in-law Alan Shear and huge cash gap against Jon Ossoff keep growing. He then turns on the Democrats’ own wreckage: Michigan […]

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