The special election for George Santos’s vacated U.S. House seat has attracted tons of spending and a lot of attention—all to hold the position for less than a year. Who’s running, and what can this vote tell us about what to expect in November? Guest: Mark Chiusano, writer, journalist, and author of The Fabulist: The Lying, Hustling, Grifting, Stealing, and Very American Legend of George Santos. If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get benefits like zero ads on any Slate podcast, bonus episodes of shows like Slow Burn and Dear Prudence—and you’ll be supporting the work we do here on What Next. Sign up now at slate.com/whatnextplus to help support our work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Note: Captions are auto-generated by YouTube. Subscribe to Slate: https://www.youtube.com/slate Learn more: https://slate.com/podcasts/what-next Follow Slate on Social: Host Mary Harris on Twitter: https://twitter.com/marysdesk Slate on Twitter - https://twitter.com/Slate Slate Podcasts on Twitter - https://twitter.com/SlatePodcasts Slate on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Slate Slate on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/slate/