Elizabeth Warren. Why She Ran~ [View all]

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I didn’t have a clue about how to run for the Senate in 2011. I knew what I wanted to fight for, but I had no experience with press scrums, fundraising, or grassroots organizing. And besides, a lot of people told me I just couldn’t win. The incumbent Republican I ran against had a 73% approval rating, $10 million in the bank, and a cool truck. Many people didn’t know me from a bag of doorknobs. Oh, and Massachusetts had never elected a woman as senator or governor before—a point many people drove home both publicly and privately.

A lot of good people looked at that election and told me: "He’ll win. Don’t even try."

Then I got a call from Patty Murray, a longtime champion for working families in the Senate. She said "Run." She knew what issues I cared about, and she talked about how I could fight for those things in the Senate. I heard her out, then I started listing the reasons why I might not be good enough for the job. She listened quietly for a couple of minutes, then cut me off with a voice as sharp as a knife: "Oh, please." She told me that women always think of reasons they aren’t good enough. Men never ask if they’re good enough to hold public office, Patty said. They just ask if they can raise enough money to win.

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