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You know, my dad served in the President's Cabinet after his time as a governor. He told me he enjoyed being governor a lot more. Now, I understand why. If I do my job well, I can make a difference in people's lives and I can help our children realize their dreams.

When I was three, I wanted to be four. When I was four, I wanted to be prime minister.

I had the chance to be governor for eight years and I took a year to transition out and a year to transition in, so that's a decade of my life where I pursued my own ambitions and I thought it was time to rearrange my life to focus on other things.

I've gone from being one of the youngest governors to now the longest consecutive serving governor in the country.

When a governor asks you to come and serve... or a president, subsequently in my life - you do so.

When I finished my term, I thought about running for governor then but decided not to because, frankly, I didn't think I was ready. I wasn't comfortable that I was prepared to do the job.

My parents elected me president of the family when I was 4. We actually had an election every year, and I always won. I'm an only child, and I could count on my mother's vote.

Growing up, I never imagined a girl from a border town could one day become a governor.

I joke with my kids, who love history, that I'll be the only governor to be elected twice in his first term.