Dan Osborn in Nebraska. Kevin Kiley in California. What's with all these quasi-independents running for Congress? The DDHQ Podcast dug into this trend. So far, independents running effectively as stand-ins for a major party really hasn't worked.

We opened the conversation by exploring Kiley’s situation, then looked at Osborn & and a group of other left-leaning independents running for Senate in Montana, South Dakota, and Idaho. Listen/watch here:

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