This millennial congresswoman is bringing vulnerability to Capitol Hill. Katie Hill is ready to share her most personal experiences with the 116th Congress.
Rep. Katie Hill ran what she calls “the most millennial campaign ever.” When she first announced her candidacy for California’s 25th District, at age 30, she was relatively unknown, leading a nonprofit to combat homelessness in California. If she was going to beat Republican incumbent Steve Knight in a solidly purple district in 2018, she knew she had to connect with voters, especially younger voters, in a new way.
CK: Some of your videos were deeply personal. In one, you talk about finding out you were pregnant at 19 and your experience wrestling with the decision of whether to have an abortion. How did you decide to share that publicly?I’ve been pro-choice my whole life, but when I was actually faced with that decision, I realized how profoundly hard it was to make the decision to have an abortion. I’m in a pretty pro-life district.
CK: Have you, or would you, bring up your personal experience around abortion with colleagues on the Hill?Oh, absolutely. Because now I have these relationships, even with Republican members of Congress. You have at least some degree of rapport with each other: You joke; you can tell they respect you or they like you or something.
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