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Lea Márquez Peterson: “Running for Congress, you raise one and a half, $2 million…”

Featuring: Lea Márquez Peterson, Republican | Arizona Corporation Commission

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Lea Marquez Peterson - Episode 7

Published | Video Starts at 32:59

And so running for this office, as opposed to a local office means you've got to go to Mojave, you've got to go to Navajo, you've got to go. And I was going to point out, Running for Congress, you raise one and a half, $2 million, something like that, by asking people for money. That's usually the biggest hurdle that people face, is they don't want to. It's so awkward, right? I don't want to ask and so on. But that, beyond that, it's the scrutiny. (32:59–33:05)

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