The Hunt for November

It has been a while since my last post, but I have a great explanation...my resume. I spent ten weeks interning for the Washington State Senate, for an amazing Senator who is a great role model for women. Those ten weeks opened my eyes so much I haven't been able to look away. After my internship I decided to stay in politics as a campaign manager. The only problem was I still had another quarter to go before graduation. So what did I do? Quit school, like some other campaign managers, and graduate later. No, I continued going to school full-time and working as a campaign manager. After a brief stint with a poor candidate I found my groove in the campaigns and have been working for a brilliant Representative, hopefully to turn Senator, for the past 4 months.

Working in politics has come naturally to me, perhaps the demand of the job matches my personality. I tend immerse myself in my work and am passionate about what I do. This makes the long hours, intense meetings and tough decisions much easier to bear. So far, the campaign has been going well. For those of you in Washington you know that our primary was August 19th. We received nearly 60% of the vote which is very reassuring. My candidate and I, of course, were looking for a higher number but primaries tend to pull our party loyalists not the independent vote that we are digging for.

Regardless, the hunt for November is definitely on! With all of the excitement in our country and state about the Presidential race, voters are also realizing how important it is to get great legislators into office in order to make change locally. Hopefully this enthusiasm will only build until November 4th. I can't wait to see the results.