It is time for new leadership, new direction, and new results in Washington, D.C., and that is why I am running for United States Senate.

I will always support a vote. The constitution gives the president the right to appoint justices with the advice and consent of the Senate. The Senate does have the right to say no; they do not have the right to say nothing.

The people have the right to know whether or not the person they elect has the capacity to represent them.

You have to be committed to the people and willing to do what is in their best interest even when it isn't in your best interest, and you have to be committed to getting results even if you don't get the credit.

Work is really wrapped up with identity. Work is not just money for most people.

The slave narratives, there is a wealth of research there, because you are hearing stories from the first person account, and that's a whole different thing than reading about it in the history books. You're able to really personalize it.

Incorruptibility by money is the old story... Now it's incorruptibility by media.

While they would have provided financial support if I had needed it, the greatest support my parents gave was emotional, psychological.