i can't quit. i can't let them down. >> reporter: how many of you are first time candidates? >> i'm a first time candidate. i actually made history as well, first woman and african-american to hold the circuit court clerk first woman and african-american to hold the circuit clerk seat. it was an amazing feeling to not only represent shelby county but to show my children they can do whatever they want if they put their mind to it. >> i think maybe sometimes that the younger people thought that they couldn't be elected, and i wanted to step out and show them that women can be elected. >> at 27, the youngest among this amazing group of candidates, how does it feel to represent not just being a black woman but a young black woman? >> we galvanized young people, and we went to the streets. we went back to our old community roots. we talked to people. when you give us qualified, strong black candidates we will turn out to the polls and vote. >> how many of you all have beat guys to get where you're at now? how'd that feel? it feel kind of good?