We have to get back to a government where leaders are willing to talk across party lines and do not have absolute politics as the goal.

I think women bring a different perspective and that we tend to be more collaborative in our approach. I served in the Iowa Senate back in the '90s, when there weren't a lot of us. At the time, I think there were five or six women, and two or three of them were Republicans and two or three were Democrats.

If you are elected to do a job, you are supposed to do it to the best of your ability.

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