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I definitely learned about the inner workings of campaigns enough to know that I'm glad that I'm not in politics.

I haven't lost an election since middle school.

It's passionately interesting for me that the things that I learned in a small town, in a very modest home, are just the things that I believe have won the election.

The big secret to winning elections is to get more votes than your opponent. My friend Representative Robin Hayes is a good example to study.

I was a political science student.

I've spent the better part of my career in politics and public policy working on and fighting for education reforms.

I entered politics in 1967; since then, continuously, I am getting elected... Fortunately I never lost the elections.

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.