Administrator Quote by Satpal Maharaj

I was a chairwoman of my state Democratic party.

— Deb Haaland

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

— Rob Reiner

One of my great mistakes coming up, since I was a kid from wrong side of the tracks, and fearful that I might be…

— Kevin Allen

I have been an organizer and then activist and a legislator, all of that. But then there's this big gap after I advanced in…

— Maxine Waters

I ran for Congress because I was tired of the erosion of political discourse throughout our whole country and a government that too often…

— Dean Phillips

I ran for Congress not because I was having a mid-life crisis. I left the private sector because I saw a looming financial crisis…

— Steve Daines

When I was 33 years old, I ran for United States Congress in New York City. I lost miserably.

— Reshma Saujani

I put myself and all the members of Congress in the same boat of things that could have been done better.

— John Breaux

I joined the Communist Party because I felt I had to be in some organization.

— Klaus Fuchs

I ran for Congress, just once.

— Shirley Temple

I came to Congress to break through the partisan gridlock and be an independent voice for California's 39th District.

— Young Kim

In the midst of conflict, I was pushed to step forward. There were groups who wanted to change our leadership immediately. Some tried to…

— Suharto