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I think that people always just assumed that I was a liberal because I came from Southeast Seattle.

I was born and raised in the South, which is pretty conservative.

I went to college in Mississippi; I'm from Louisiana.

I'd never get elected if people in North Carolina realized how liberal I am.

I grew up in a politically aware household: very civically-minded, good Minnesota liberals.

I was born in the Northeast, and I have Midwestern parents.

I feel like I can be myself in L.A. I feel like Mississippi is a little close-minded; not all of Mississippi is, but just the part that I came from. They really don't get outsiders.

I'm from the South. I'm a Southern Baptist. I have a conservative point of view. I'm a Republican.