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Katie Porter

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[Wikipedia] Katherine Moore Porter is an American politician who served as a U.S. representative from California from 2019 to 2025. A member of the Democratic Party, she was a candidate in the 2024 U.S. Senate election in California and the 2026 California gubernatorial election. She did not advance from the no

Quotes by Katie Porter

I thought running for Congress paled in comparison to being a parent and being a mom - especially a single mom of…

Being

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We asked voters who'd never voted before... who don't believe that their vote makes a difference, to turn out in races like…

Back

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When I went to law school, I took a bankruptcy class with then-professor, now-Senator Elizabeth Warren. And I'll never forget that first…

Day

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I just offer you proof that you can win on the policies that you believe in, and that are authentic to you…

Believe

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The financial instability and sometimes insecurity that families feel, deeply motivates how they respond politically.

Families

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Yeah, my parents really valued education; they were both educators. But it was definitely true that I grew up in an area…

Community

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We moved to South Central Iowa to the farm where my dad had grown up, where my grandfather had grown up. The…

Dad

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Yeah, I was born in Fort Dodge, Iowa. My parents lived in a little town called Eagle Grove. My mom taught high…

Community

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It is my preference that the Democratic Party leads us forward in a way that is about standing up to special interests,…

Campaign finance

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Congress wasn't built for members like me. For those of us who have young children, which is a minority, there's definitely the…

Children

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I won, we won, because we grew the base of voters who share our values - not because we tried to talk…

Democracy

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I kept working during my campaign because I needed to feed my family. As a single mom of three kids, I have…

Care

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I happen to love financial services.

Financial

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What I did as a professor is not that different than what I do in hearings.

Did

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I felt like there was a real opportunity to help people understand that if you're concerned about what's happening in Washington, then…

Help

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I'm not being asked to conform to some prior expectation of what a Congress member is, but I'm just getting to be…

Being

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I try to ask a question rather than give a speech.

Communication

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Orange County is a place where you can ask people if that's their real hair color; you can ask them if that…

Cannot

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I became a professor myself, teaching bankruptcy and consumer protection. I conducted a national study of mortgage companies in bankruptcy. And what…

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