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I don’t have any such plans, but I’ve watched my wife do this recently.

She started by finding something about which she was passionate (education).

She started attending school board meetings as an observer. She met with school board members from time to time to raise concerns about various issues (too much screen time, too much testing, doing away with recess). She attended meet and greet events for our local state rep and eventually hosted an event for her at our home. She signed up to do a program that teaches people about how our school district is administered. She joined The League of Women Voters and and became part of the education committee, eventually moving up to co-chair. She began canvassing for candidates in whom she believed. She joined out state’s public education caucus (and became VP shortly after joining). In that role she’d visit our state capitol during legislative season and met with legislators.

All of this while being a self-described introvert.

The key is that she forced herself out of her comfort zone and put time in to get into leadership positions (all of which was made easier by the fact that she was passionate about education).

Eventually, our current t school board member (who termed out) asked if she’d consider running to take her seat, then that state rep that she hosted an event for asked her to run to fill that school board seat, then our US congressman asked her.

Her election is in 7 weeks and she’s totally tied into the county party and, to a lesser extent, the state party.

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This is so very inspiring! Thanks a lot for sharing this :)

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Hahaha any day ...

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