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I won vice president of my student body in high school. That doesn't mean anything.

The beginning of my political career was not promising. I ran for junior class president at Shortridge High school and was runner up. I ran again in the senior year with the same result. But opportunity came ironically, or fortunately, when I returned to Indianapolis after serving in the Navy.

I was student council president in high school, and even in law school, I was vice-president of the student bar association.

I ran for president in 1996.

I wasn't the student body this, student body that. I was not much into running for office.

I was involved in a bunch of school activities - I was a cheerleader, I was on the chess team, I was vice president of my class.

In 2004, I ran for Congress and lost. In 2006, I ran again and won - defeating Richard Pombo, a seven-term Republican incumbent.

I was class president, on the cheerleading squad, in a competitive show choir, and in, like, six different clubs.

I was a good student, I was good at soccer, I was vice president of the student council, I was a pretty girl.