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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Poke78" data-source="post: 2255725" data-attributes="member: 4333">Go check her campaign finance reports to see how much she expended for the 2012 election, assuming she ran opposed. If she was unopposed, that data won't help you so you'll have to find an election when there was some opposition that would have caused her to expend money. That figure establishes your absolute budget floor and really needs to be about double that since you have to achieve name recognition. Do you have that kind of money personally? If not, you'll need a plan to raise it. How many and what type of connections do you have that can become a campaign organization? Church, civic group, neighbors, businesses in the district? That's your base and it needs to expand exponentially by finding out who those people know in the district so you can draw them into your circle.ETA: These ^^^ are the facts and they are undisputed. (End Kevin Bacon voice) Your personal political philosophies have little to do with these facts and here are some others. Start with the basic research to determine if you would be a viable candidate. The info above is just a start. You also need to know the political mix of registrations in the district, votes/ballots cast in recent elections, demographics of the district, etc.</blockquote>