Shelly Jackson

And then once they get into the door, I think they push them.

I think they share this ideology and this narrative that they have.

And the more people are there, the more they start to adopt it.

But I think sometimes on our side, we forget about that or we expect people to be at a certain place right away.

And that's just not where most people are.

You know what?

This year is actually really interesting in Arizona when it comes to the funds, because this will be the first year, I think, in about 14 years that we haven't had.

We won't have a Senate race.

Right.

So for the last few cycles, we've had a really big top of the ticket race that has been helpful to garnering support.

We know that when we get big funds like that, it really helps us.

other candidates that are down ballot as well.

But this year, we don't have a Senate race or anything like that.

So I think we are already starting to see some differences.

The money is not flowing in the way that it has in the past.

I'm still trying to hold out hope that it is coming and it is on its way because as you know, we have other races that are still important here in our state.

Yeah.

So you know what?

I'm someone who never thought I was going to be in politics, in social justice.

So I definitely never thought I was going to run for office.