Trisha Calvarese: “Before he died, he told me, you need to step up and you run…”

“But thanks to my local union, afge 3403, I was able to drop everything, come home, and provide that care for my parents. And now. My dad was a lifelong Republican. Lifelong. Always voted for republicans. And Before he died, he told me, you need to step up and you run to serve the community that raised you. So that is exactly, that's exactly what I'm doing. And it has been a wild race ever since. Ever since. It has been the wild west out there.” (04:47–04:54)

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