. >> one of the new members of the house is kristen mcdonald rivet. the democrat has experience in the education field. she served on the bay city commission in her home state and served two terms in the michigan senate. she talks about advice she received, retiring senator dan killed -- dan kildy. >> we are very alike so we tend not to get ruffled. what dan said to me is be yourself, lead with your heart, stay connected to the community. so that is what i do. i am new to elected partisan politics. i spent my entire career in public policy but never put my name on a sign. i started running for the state senate, and when they asked me to do it, i said noah couple of times. so my state senate district had been redrawn and it was a republican seat and they said we think you can win it. and also, we know that if you win this seat, we will have democratic control of the michigan senate for the first time in 40 years, so a pretty compelling case. we knew there was a danger at the time of roe v. wade being overturned. january 6 had just happened. it was this