Sometimes Republicans Engage In Number-crunching

When I First Registered To Vote I Registered As A Democrat.

Growing Up I Never Imagined A Little Girl From A Border Town Could One Day Become A Governor. But This Is America. In America Algo Es Possible.

I Went To Law School. And I Became A Prosecutor. I Took On A Specialty That Very Few Choose To Pursue. I Prosecuted Child Abuse And Child Homicide Cases. Cases That Were Truly Gut-wrenching. But Standing Up For Those Kids, Being Their Voice For Justice Was The Honor Of A Lifetime.

My Dad Was A Golden Gloves Boxer In The Marine Corps, Then A Deputy Sheriff. My Mom Worked As An Office Assistant.

Before I Ran For District Attorney, Two Republicans Invited My Husband And Me To Lunch. And I Knew A Party-switch Was Exactly What They Wanted. So, I Told Chuck, We'll Be Polite, Enjoy A Free Lunch And Then Say Goodbye. But We Talked About Issues - They Never Used The Words Republican, Or Democrat, Conservative Or Liberal. We Talked About Many Issues, Like Welfare - Is It A Way Of Life, Or A Hand-up? Talked About The Size Of Government - How Much Should It Tax Families And Small Businesses? And When We Left That Lunch, We Got In The Car And I Looked Over At Chuck And Said, "i'll Be Damned, We're Republicans."