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People used to feel oddly empowered to tell me all the reasons I couldn't win. Because I was a woman. Because I was a lesbian. Because I was from the West Side of Manhattan.

I was not a Democrat; I was an independent. Here's the thing: You can't win that way. But I didn't know that.

I am fiscally prudent and socially progressive. I believe in protecting a woman's right to choose. I believe in marriage equality.

I'm conservative on some issues, and I'm progressive on others.

I'm a Progressive. Much in the same way our founding fathers - who, oddly enough, wouldn't get elected today - were Progressives.

When people ask me why I am running as a woman, I always answer, 'What choice do I have?'

I don't feel, finally, that my politics are entirely determined by the fact that I'm a gay man.

I've tried to lead a progressive, activist government.

I'll put my progressive credentials up against anyone's.