Always Quote by Matt Salmon

I'm not running for state Senate because I wanted to become a politician. I'm running because I wanted to serve.

— Carl Lewis

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 was very productive as a senator for my state.

— Carol Moseley Braun

A funny thing happened on the way to the election - I got to the Senate first.

— Pierre Salinger

My motivation for running for Senate was not for the stature of being a senator, but because I wanted to make a difference on…

— Herman Cain

I should hate to think that the Senate was as tired of me at the beginning of my service as I am of the…

— Charles G. Dawes

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

— Mike Quigley

I was appointed to the Senate, and it has been my job to serve in the Senate and then to earn the vote of…

— Tina Smith

I was in the Minnesota state Senate from 2000 until 2006. In 2006, I was urged to run for Congress, I did. And I've…

— Michele Bachmann

Running for Congress isn't something I ever thought I would do.

— Deb Haaland

I'm not new to the political process; I was making a contribution as the speaker of the third largest and most diverse state in…

— Marco Rubio

I thought if anyone need a leg up, it was our foster children. So, I started getting involved in education reform, and that was…

— Michele Bachmann