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Political Note #138 Jennifer Wexton VA CD 10

Jennifer Wexton is a graduate of the University of Maryland and the William and Mary Law School. She began her legal work in 2001 as an assistant prosecutor in Loudon County. The next year, she was assigned to lead the prosecution in a case that attracted attention. Twenty year old college student Clara Schwartz was accused and, as a consequence of Jennifer Wexton's prosecution, convicted of first degree murder and conspiracy in orchestrating her father's murder. Wexton did her job and got the conviction. She also became electable.

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Political Note #137 Katie Hill CA CD 25

Katie Hill is the grandchild of prosperity that came as a result of military scholarships. Her parents were a nurse and a cop. One grandfather went to Yale on a ROTC scholarship and became an aeronautical engineer. The other grandfather, after a stint in the army, used the GI Bill to go to college and to pay for graduate school at Princeton. He taught political science at UCLA. Kate Hill brings her own kind of toughness and risk taking. She and her husband are rock climbers. She uses both toughness and responsiveness as an advocate for the underdog. She worked as Executive Director of People Assisting the Homeless (PATH). She was instrumental in getting a referendum passed to help provide homes and support for the homeless in Los Angeles.

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Political Note #136 Colin Allred TX CD 32

Colin Allred brings to the table a life transformed by his reading Barack Obama's Dreams of My Father. He was moved by the experiences of a man like him -- a mixed race child raised by his white, single mom, confronting his aspirations and his identify. He changed his career interest from medicine to public service. His first career interest, though, was football. He played outside linebacker for the Tennessee Titans for five years. After law school at the University of California, his legal focus was civil rights.

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Political Note #135 Steve Sisolak NV Governor

Until October 1, Steve Sisolak, a former member of the Board of Regents, was a pro-gun, NRA A- rated Democrat. His website says the Las Vegas mass shooting transformed his views on gun safety. Nevada passed a referendum requiring background checks and banning bump stocks that turn semi-automatic weapons into automatic weapons. But Governor Sandoval has not put the law into effect. Steve Sisolak promises that he will.

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Political Note #134 Julie Goldberg NY SD 38

Teacher and librarian, Julie Goldberg is neither apolitical nor focused on New Jersey. Her local cultural interests are in New York. She is a board member and editor for River River -- a New York community arts organization. She is a founding member of the Hungry Hollow Coalition. This New York community improvement group sponsors fund raising musicals and helps the homeless. It contests zoning issues and supports candidates. The Coalition does the candidate supporting bit in New York and does quite a lot of it. Goldberg is a beneficiary of that support in her run for the State Senate.

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Political Note #133 Gil Cisneros CA CD 39

Gil Cisneros running for Congress because he was lucky. In 2010, he won the lottery -- $266 million.He had had a productive life without the lottery. When he won the lottery, he had retired from the navy and was a shipping and distribution manager. he started nonprofits focused on helping Latino kids succeed in school. He started scholarship funds for those kids who did succeed in school. He studied education. He switched political parties; became a Democrat. He went into politics.

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Political Note #132 Amy McGrath KY CD 06

Amy McGrath was at the Naval Academy when the rule about women flying in combat was changed. She trained as a pilot and, in Afghanistan, became the first woman to fly an F-18 on a combat mission, the first of her several missions. She did a second tour flying in Iraq. Later, as a Marine Corps Congressional Fellow, she provided defense and foreign policy advice. Still later, she served as the Marine Corps liaison to the State Department. Now she is running for Congress in Kentucky.

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Political Note #131 Susan Wild PA CD 07

Susan Wild has been honored by the Governor, by the Lehigh Valley Business Council. She was named one of Pennsylvania's top 50 women attorneys. She is on several civic boards. She has had tough and interesting cases in her career. Her toughest, though, was serving as City Solicitor in Allentown during an investigation of corruption. For her work during that investigation, she earned praise from the FBI.

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Political Note #130 Gina Raimondo RI Governor

Gina Raimondo is seeking reelection as Governor of Rhode Island. As State Treasurer, she led an effort to reform Rhode Island's pension system. That success has earned her respect nationally. In Rhode Island, it has earned her respect, but little love. Those who lost some prospects for their pensions are particularly disappointed in her.

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Political Note #129 Danny O’Connor OH CD 12

Danny O'Connor's case for election rests on his work as Franklin County Recorder. Not glamorous work. Not work for a member of the elite. The Recorder keeps land records -- deeds, surveys, mortgages, easements, and liens. Danny O'Connor cleaned up an office which was badly run. He is in tune with his electorate.

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