When I was running for office in 2018, when I stood for governor, I had already been in political office for 11 years. When I ran the first time, it was to run for state legislature in 2006. And my parents were living in Mississippi, and I was having a conversation with my mom and dad one day, and my father said, have you started going to churches yet? (13:09–13:14)
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Asserts that Stacey Abrams first ran for political office in 2006 for the state legislature.
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