because she was appalled by donald trump and wanted to make a difference somehow. she found this position people didn't pay much attention did, county judge. that group of county judges control a $5 billion county budget including election administration. when it came down to it, they could choose to spent $13 million more, which they did on voting administration, let people vote where it was convenient for them, not necessarily the one they were assigned to where they may not be at the end of the day because of their job or whatever else. and she ran on flooding. she ran on the point that harris county kept getting flooded because of these huge climate change-accelerated storms. to win these races from ron johnson in wisconsin for senate, all the way down to mayorships and county clerk levels, you're often fighting about just roads, bridges, local administration, the budget. so you're not always going to be engaged in the big fight for democracy, you're going to be engaged in the small work, the small "d" work of democracy.