Nuclear engineer and ordained Baptist minister Chris Jones has strong qualifications as he runs for Arkansas governor. But the Democrat has significant hurdles to climb in a deep-red state that’s never elected an African-American to statewide or federal office — not to mention that his opponent is former Trump White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders. Jones joins the show to discuss his candidacy.

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Mehdi Hasan