And there was a silence that fell across the entire restaurant. And I remember a night specifically because we were there eating before a show. My best friends and I would go across the street to this restaurant, loaded up on a ton of junk food. I went to an arts high school and middle school before every jazz band concert. Well, I got involved in this fight and in politics 10 years ago, after the mass shooting that happened in Sandy Hook. Because we have to give our candidates the ability to spend as much time with the constituents as possible, because we need more working-class families represented in the halls of Congress and across the country in local and municipal governments. I think publicly funded elections are something that should be implemented and looked at, that's a North Star. And we see that happen across the country.Īnd so, there's a lot of bold ideas out there on how we can make this more accessible. And I would say in January or February, if I had kids and I had people were depending on me financially, I would have had to drop out of the race.

But I'll tell you this, there were some pretty low points, especially for me financially during this campaign. Like you mentioned, you know, I had to start driving Uber about three months into my election, to really pay for my food, pay for my bills. You know, what it really showcased for me is the fact that it is an inaccessible thing to run in the first place.

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