represented his district for 25 years. defeated democratic opponents for years with total ease. if there is a big blue wave, it s a candidate like king, long believed to be rock solid safe, finding themselves out of a job. it looks like a possibility. king s democratic challenger has a 2 in 7 chance of defeating king and flipping the seat blue. and that challenger gretchen shirley joins me now. we asked congressman king to come, and his office did not respond. you started out getting a lot of attention you re a mom, two kids, to be able to pay for child care through the money you ve raised for the campaign. how has that worked out? you won. it s worked out. it s incredible because it s actually changed the way that people will run for office. there is a reason that we have so many millionaires in congress. for an average working american to take a year off of your life, give up your salary, pay your mortgage, pay your taxes and your school loans and also pick
king and flipping the seat blue. and that challenger gretchen shirley joins me now. we asked congressman king to come, and his office did not respond. you started out getting a lot of attention you re a mom, two kids, to be able to pay for child care through the money you ve raised for the campaign. how has that worked out? you won. it s worked out. it s incredible because it s actually changed the way that people will run for office. there is a reason that we have so many millionaires in congress. for an average working american to take a year off of your life, give up your salary, pay your mortgage, pay your taxes and your school loans and also pick up the cost of child care, it s nearly impossible. that s why we have so many people in washington who don t understand the issues that we live with every day. i have a 2-year-old and a 4-year-old. i ran the first six months of