That was the thing that bolstered me the most and convinced me that I had to continue speaking out and running for office and taking action, there are a lot of victims and survivors out there who care, who need to be heard, who need to be represented and who need the law to reflect what we want and need to see in our country.

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What is the magic sauce in Michigan ? There's nothing mystical about it, people want leaders they can look up to, who can solve problems and actually deliver results for our people.

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People are losing sleep over the fundamentals, not about what is happening in Washington, DC.

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I ran on fixing the roads... I ran on cleaning up drinking water.

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I imagine everyone who's watched( the video) had the same uncomfortable look on our faces, but even more troubling.

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As a legislator, a lawyer and a mother of two girls, I think the fact that rape insurance is even being discussed by this body is repulsive.

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My number one priority is keeping our kids safe and protecting the health of the people of Michigan.

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I'm proud to be a Michigander, but I look around at the Michigan that my kids are growing up in and it doesn't look like the Michigan that I think of when I talk about my pride.

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I think the most important thing to know is I'm running for governor because I love the state of Michigan.

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I know that the DeVos agenda has absolutely devastated our public school system in Michigan.

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Kids in high poverty are much more expensive to educate and need much more support... When they're packed into a classroom of 40 people, they don't have the support they need, they're lost. Schools are supposed to be the thing that levels the playing field.

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We have to make it easier to afford to go into education in the first place, so you don't leave with crippling debt that you never have a chance to pay back because you're not making enough money.

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We need to ensure that everyone's got a path to getting a license, so they've got identification.

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So many of these decisions are made in a vacuum with a bunch of men sitting around a table deciding what a woman's rights should be, what our access to health care, trying to control women by controlling our bodies.

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But over 20 years ago I was a victim of rape. And thank god it didn't result in a pregnancy. Because I can't imagine going through what I went through and then having to consider what to do about an unwanted pregnancy from an attacker.

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Obviously, Detroiters pay the worst when it comes to car insurance, but car insurance is expensive for Michiganders across the state. I hear about it in all communities.

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One of the weirdest questions I've gotten on the campaign trail is, 'Are you going to run as a woman?' I'm like, 'Do I have an option?' Like, what does this mean?

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Detroit's really important to the success of our state. You know, you can't have a successful Michigan if the biggest city isn't a success as well.

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I talk about jobs. I talk about education. I talk about making government work for people. That's really the dinner-table issues that I hear from Michiganders in every part of our state.

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If you don't ask for money, people don't think you are a serious candidate.

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Lots of women candidates get compared to one another because there's so few women in office and positions in corporate America.

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