Chesapeake bay Quote by Ralph Northam

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 born and raised in a small town in Maine, Waterville. I enjoyed living there - still do - and my goal in…

— George J. Mitchell

I started in the mailroom, literally, as an intern... in 1974. The legislator I was working for at the time said, 'I want you…

— Claire McCaskill

I was the legal counsel in the effort to amend the Virginia Constitution to give Virginians the right to hunt and fish constitutionally, and…

— Tim Kaine

My journey started in the courthouse and went to the statehouse.

— Kim Reynolds

I'm not a legislator. I've never been a lobbyist. I've never worked a session before, but based on my conversations with leadership in the…

— George P. Bush

I grew up in a really rural area in Maryland.

— Maggie Rogers

A lot of good things start in Virginia; a lot of good things have started in Virginia. We're no strangers to firsts.

— Robert Hurt

I began in government service as a federal prosecutor. After more than eight years of trying cases before juries, I served more than three…

— Alejandro Mayorkas

I was a trial lawyer when I was elected to Congress.

— Geraldine Ferraro

I liked to go to court. I became a lawyer because of the allure of the courtroom, not necessarily to be chained to an…

— John E. Jones III

In my four years as a state legislator, I went to dozens of nontraditional events - everything from bird watchings to tree giveaways, neighborhood…

— Jimmy Gomez