you have experience as a candidate in north carolina, narrowly losing two close state house elections in '18 and 2020. how do you think your experience as a former candidate and understanding how this process works helps you, and how do you talk about your state to folks who are thinking about getting into the races? >> absolutely. so, we know we have two critical -- or several rather critical races coming up in 2022. but, yes, my experience as a candidate running for state house in 2018 and 2020 really prepared me for standing up a field operation when in 2018 we weren't a targeted race. so, i think it truly showed me the ability or the efficacy around standing up a ground game and really getting out there into the community so people can see me and know that i was really fighting. >> it's so important. field organizing is the key.