mr. fortuno: thank you. if i may i'm going to ask congresswomen hinson and young, who do you lean on for that first race? how do you make that decision? did that personal -- set of persons were they dein your decision making in that first race? mrs. hinson: when i ran hi to give up my job. a lot of legislators when they run for statehouse they were able to keep their day job. because i was on the air as a journalist i had to make that tough decision to give up my career fully to do this job. my husband and i had a lot of soul-searching conversations. he decided he's in sales. he decided, ok, i have to go sell more insurance, i guess. which i was like great job, honey. i think i also learned some lessons from being in sales. that's the answer is if you don't ask the answer is always no. that applies absolutely to politics. it also applies to asking for help from people. you have to be willing to ask for help with mentors and those relationships. it's incredibly important. my first campaign speaker linda up my

mr. fortuno: thank you. if i may i'm going to ask congresswomen hinson and young, who do you lean on for that first race? how do you make that decision? did that personal -- set of persons were they dein your decision making in that first race? mrs. hinson: when i ran hi to give up my job. a lot of legislators when they run for statehouse they were able to keep their day job. because i was on the air as a journalist i had to make that tough decision to give up my career fully to do this job. my husband and i had a lot of soul-searching conversations. he decided he's in sales. he decided, ok, i have to go sell more insurance, i guess. which i was like great job, honey. i think i also learned some lessons from being in sales. that's the answer is if you don't ask the answer is always no. that applies absolutely to politics. it also applies to asking for help from people. you have to be willing to ask for help with mentors and those relationships. it's incredibly important. my first campaign speaker linda up my