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I ran because somebody had to do it first. In this country, everybody is supposed to be able to run for president, but that has never really been true.

I had my freedom, and I had my comfortable life, but I couldn't accept the fact that the politicians were making it increasingly difficult for my kids and millions of others to achieve their dreams as I had achieved mine. So, in 2012, I ran for president.

I was one of the first 18-year-olds in the United States elected to public office right after 18-year-olds got the right to vote back in the early '70s. I ran for the Board of Education.

My freshman year, I ran for student class president and lost. The next year, I ran for student class vice president, and I won.

I thought I could make a difference, so I ran for office.

When I first ran for Congress in 1998, people counted me out.