When women grow up surrounded by these values and surrounded by the thought that they can achieve, I think we will continue to be producing more and more female leaders in our country because of that.

We've seen a dramatic shift in the '80s and '90s and into this century with more political involvement by women, and I think that's a good thing.

There are some preconceived stereotypes that exist that can serve as an obstacle. But I think it's getting better.

I don't tend to think that they're that significant on the local level. I think people want to see more of the candidates in person.

Television ads are very expensive - and it's been the opinion of folks working with me, and my opinion, that the kind of campaign that I've been running has been one where I've been more in touch with the voters themselves. And putting money into those types of efforts rather than TV ads seems to make sense at this point.

We want to try and gather as much input and information as we move into the interview process.