Away Quote by Nancy Pelosi

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

Both my parents' brothers are into active politics and so was my grandfather.

— Mimi Chakraborty

I was eleventh-grade class president. That was the first elective office I held until I came into Congress.

— Donna Edwards

When my sister and I came along, my father's political life was completely over. He ran for president the year I was born. So…

— Anne Cox Chambers

My parents elected me president of the family when I was 4. We actually had an election every year and I always won. I'm…

— Condoleezza Rice

My father was not in power when I started my political career, or when I fought my first election in 1996. Starting like any…

— Mehbooba Mufti

My dad was a city councilman and a county commissioner, so I grew up involved and engaged in the political process.

— Bill Huizenga

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

— Rob Reiner

When I was 27, having never run for office before, I decided to run for Congress.

— Krystal Ball

As more time passes, people see my father for what he is - one of the last of a generation who went into government…

— Dorothy Bush Koch

My dad was a New York City cop. His father was a New York City fireman. And my mother's dad was a city taxi…

— Joe Lhota

I first decided to run for Congress when I was 29 - and became a Representative at the age of 30.

— Elise Stefanik