Hour 3 - This Will Anger You to Vote
Hour 3 of the Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show continues the program’s intensive coverage of the 2026 midterm elections, focusing on key Senate battlegrounds, voter turnout, early voting data, campaign strategy, election integrity debates, and the national political landscape in the final days before Election Day. The hour opens with an extended interview with Ohio Republican Senate candidate Jon Husted, who discusses his campaign against Sherrod Brown, the importance of voter turnout, economic growth in Ohio, tax policy, energy production, and the broader Republican agenda. Husted argues that Ohio’s recent economic performance, including job creation and low unemployment, demonstrates the effectiveness of Republican leadership while criticizing Democratic policies on taxation, energy, and regulation. He also emphasizes the importance of maintaining Republican momentum in a state that has become increasingly favorable to President Donald Trump. A significant portion of the interview centers on energy policy, artificial intelligence infrastructure, and the rapid growth of data centers. Husted discusses legislation aimed at ensuring data centers bear the costs of their electricity and infrastructure demands rather than shifting those expenses onto consumers. The conversation explores balancing economic development, technological innovation, local community control, electrical grid capacity, and affordability concerns as AI-driven data center expansion accelerates across states such as Ohio and Texas. The hosts frame the issue as a major future economic and infrastructure challenge. The discussion also focuses heavily on election strategy and voter engagement. Husted highlights Republican early voting performance, campaign outreach efforts, and the role of campaign rallies featuring President Donald Trump and other national Republican figures. Clay and Buck examine turnout trends, compare current early voting patterns to previous election cycles, and stress that Republican success will depend on voter participation across Ohio and other competitive states. They also discuss Democratic campaign tactics, advertising strategies, candidate visibility, and the national implications of Senate control. Adding a lighter element to the hour, the hosts discuss Husted’s college football career after President Trump publicly praised his athletic background during campaign appearances. The segment includes humorous exchanges about Husted’s football accomplishments, physical fitness, and campaign trail anecdotes, providing some levity amid the election-focused coverage. Following the interview, Clay and Buck recap several of the day’s battleground-state conversations, including interviews with Mike Rogers in Michigan and Steve Hilton in California. They analyze Republican efforts to expand support among Jewish voters, African American voters, independents, and other voter blocs. The hosts emphasize reports from campaign officials suggesting strong Republican early voting participation in key swing states and argue that turnout momentum could prove decisive in several Senate contests. The hour also includes a technology-focused discussion inspired by listener reactions to previous conversations about Tesla vehicles, autonomous driving technology, and innovation. Clay and Buck highlight positive listener feedback regarding Tesla ownership, full self-driving technology, Starlink internet service, and related technological advancements. The hosts discuss how Starlink’s growing deployment by commercial airlines may influence consumer travel choices and suggest that increasingly reliable high-speed internet access is changing expectations for connectivity both on the ground and in the air. A major political segment focuses on Alaska’s Senate race and allegations involving efforts to place similarly named candidates on the ballot. Clay and Buck discuss reporting concerning Democratic operatives and an initiative reportedly designed to recruit candidates whose names closely resembled those of established Republican candidates. The specific controversy involves incumbent Senator Dan Sullivan and another candidate with a nearly identical name. The hosts debate whether such tactics constitute fraud, election interference, voter confusion, or merely aggressive campaign strategy. The conversation examines ranked-choice voting, ballot design, voter awareness, campaign ethics, and the potential legal implications if election outcomes are impacted by deliberate voter confusion. The hosts broaden that discussion into a larger conversation about election law, political intent, voter deception, and the standards used to evaluate alleged election-related misconduct. Drawing comparisons to previous election cases involving misleading political messaging, Clay and Buck argue that intent should play a major role in determining whether certain campaign activities cross legal or ethical boundaries. The debate serves as one of the hour’s most substantive discussions on election integrity and campaign conduct. Later in the program, Clay and Buck take listener calls from around the country, including reactions from listeners attending campaign rallies and participating in early voting. Discussion includes campaign events in Texas, Republican enthusiasm heading into Election Day, and continued debate over cultural and political issues influencing voters. Multiple callers reference voter participation, campaign messaging, and the importance of competitive Senate races in determining the future direction of national policy. The hour concludes with an energetic push for voter turnout as Clay and Buck urge listeners across battleground states, including Ohio, Michigan, Texas, Florida, Tennessee, and Alaska, to cast their ballots. The hosts revisit key races covered throughout the day, discuss appearances by President Donald Trump on behalf of Republican candidates, and emphasize that strong turnout remains the most important factor in the closing days of the 2026 midterm election cycle. 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