Tammy Baldwin Quotes

I know I can serve Hawaii and our country well in the U.S. Senate, know we can mount a solid statewide campaign, know we have a good chance of prevailing.

I really feel very strongly that the person who runs for office is the courageous one, and the one who everybody has to know.

John, I need for you to write an editorial urging me to run for the State Senate.

I'm not running for the U.S. Senate because I think Lincoln Chafee is a bad man.

The politicians said Dr. Tom Coburn couldn't deliver babies when he got elected to the U.S. Senate.

I am considering running for Senate, as well as other opportunities.

If you think too much about being re-elected, it is very difficult to be worth re-electing.

The only problem with running for office is, once you are elected you have to serve.

Go back to your constituencies and prepare for government.

For me, there's nothing more important than serving my constituents and winning the House.

I'm thinking of trying to talk Jonathan Toews into running for Congress. We could use him.

It's not unusual for someone running for Senate in Illinois to come see me.

Running for Congress isn't something I ever thought I would do.

My approach to running for office has always been driven by where can I do the most good and where are my skills best applied.

I want to thank the many Missourians who have reached out to me and asked me to consider running for the United States Senate.

Every decision I make in Congress will be centered on the needs of the district.

When I'm elected to the Senate, I will continue to meet with all Marylanders, whether we agree on every issue or not.

It's a very tough thing to run for office, but it's also the way the American people get to know you.

If you want to be a policy maker, run for office.

What is the use of being elected or reelected unless you stand for something?

A political campaign is a movement. It's built around a single candidate. It will evaporate when he or she gets elected.

To be elected to public office requires no qualifications.

Fellow citizens, I offer myself as a candidate before you, for the office of governor. I do not pretend to be a man of extraordinary talents .... Nevertheless, I do think I can govern you pretty well. I do not think it will take a very smart man to govern you ... I do not think you will be very had to govern.

Mere law cannot reform Congress.... We must amend the Constitution to limit terms. Imagine the intellectual honesty and political courage that would be brought to bear on national problems, when men and women entering Congress knew with certainty they could not build a career in that place by currying favor with special interest groups.

If elected, I shall consider the whole people of Sangamon my constituents, as well those that oppose as those that support me. While acting as their representative I shall be governed by their will on all subjects upon which I have the means of knowing what their will is.