Arizona Quote by Gabrielle Giffords

I'm honored to have served for 18 years as Arizona's 10th Senator - and for four terms in the House of Representatives before that.

— Jon Kyl

I was a member of the Florida legislature for nine years, the speaker of the house, majority leader, majority whip.

— Marco Rubio

I ran for Congress, just once.

— Shirley Temple

I represented the 4th District of South Carolina... from the election '92 until election '98. And then I was out six years and then…

— Bob Inglis

I was a Georgia state legislator for a great many years

— Julian Bond

I was the last person to announce I was running for Congress in a big district, and I still won.

— Mike Quigley

I served on a lot of the local boards in my local community, and then I ran for the state legislature in '98 and…

— Jon Tester

I consider myself an Arizona member of Congress who works across the aisle with everybody.

— Ruben Gallego

When I first ran for Congress in 1998, people counted me out.

— Tammy Baldwin

I ran for Congress in 1992, but I lost the election, and I really dropped the idea of ever serving in Congress. Eventually, I…

— Lois Frankel

I've been a candidate for office at least eight times. A couple times for mayor, state representative, city council.

— Sixto Rodriguez

I was also a congressman. I had decided to run for office and had become a congressman with Queen Latifah.

— Rob Reiner