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

— Sixto Rodriguez

It was amazing that I was ever elected.

— Ian Paisley

It sucks. I used to be governor of New York.

— Eliot Spitzer

I remember feeling proud as I cast my first vote in Chicago in the 1972 presidential election - President Richard Nixon versus Senator George…

— Richard Edelman

You have had presidential candidates over the last 30 years who would have had a very hard time getting nominated under the old system.…

— Michael Beschloss

I worked in the Senate in the 1970s. I worked for the Labor, Public Welfare Committee, and we had Ted Kennedy and my old…

— Angus King

One of the first members of Congress I met when I was first elected in 2008 was Barney Frank.

— Chellie Pingree

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

When I was elected for the first time in '06 I'd never been elected to any body. City councils, school board, community college boards,…

— Kevin de Leon

After college, I went on to be a successful businessperson. But when I met with former state Sen. Ed Royce, who went on to…

— Young Kim

I've been involved in five presidential campaigns, once as national campaign manager for Walter Mondale.

— Bob Beckel

I think that I'll always remember the bust of Dr. [Martin Luther] King. I thought having an American here who represented rhat civic spirit…

— Barack Obama