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Trump became president, she decided it was time to stop being mad and get even. co-founding a group called run for something. to encourage diverse, first-time candidates under 35. >> we thought it would be small. we would get maybe 100 people who want to run. in the first nine months, we've had more than 11,000 young people sign up. >> reporter: it's only a start of grass roots organizations. and many running in places democratic leadership long ago abandoned as unwinnable. >> what does it say to them in. >> reporter: don't get complacent and assume the only people that will run are the ones y...

Theme i heard over and over again in virginia, and i was in wisconsin last week. it's that they believe that the party regulars look at l.a., washington, and new york city. they don't understand what's going on on the ground. so, for example, kelen squire, you go to his website, it says i'm a hard working middle class christian. she emphasizes that she went to the virginia military academy, one of the first women. they know who is in their district, their knocking on doors and talking to people. even though this past weekend kelen squire had somebody slam the door in his face saying he thought...

Hillary clinton's election loss. there was a wave of enthusiasm, unbelievable number of first-time candidates and the question for them is what are they going to see? because generally whoever holds the white house, then, loses seats in legislatures. will that hold this time? we found many of these new candidates are running as democrats. but at the same time in some ways, running away from the party. take a look. >> not far from donald trump's winery in virginia in a district where he crushed hillary clinton, kelen squire is the first democrat to even run for the state legislature since 2009....