Ashley Allison
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OK, she's running up against a good old boy, somebody who is a legacy politician.
family come from a wealthy family, um, rural district.
So, you know, healthcare is a big thing for her, but she's also a clinical psychologist.
She deals with people with mental health and addiction.
She also in her younger years dealt with addiction and dealt with sex trafficking.
So she has such a real life experience that she cares about the humans that who are her constituents because she knows what people are facing.
She knows the struggles of, um,
employment without like a degree like entry-level employment just making ends meet she understands the people because she is one of the people that's right and also her want to address the healthcare industry knowing like
In the district she lives in, if a woman, her water breaks, she has to drive 60 miles.
There's no hospital.
60 miles to an OBGYN.
And these are the things that she wants to address.
And who better to address it than a person that understands what it is.
Whereas you have somebody from a wealthy family, they may have a family doctor.
They may have somebody come in and...
All of these things, those things don't necessarily exist in the neighborhood.
There's not a door to door doctor.
You need to go to a facility.