Tell us a little bit about yourself.

So my name is Rob Blanchard, as you said.

And, you know, I I've spent some time in government.

And, you know, a lot of the problems that I've been talking about through the elected officials I've worked for are problems that, you know, started to impact me as well at this age.

the cost of housing, the cost of child care, the cost of health care.

And so when you're working on behalf of someone to address these problems and you realize there are problems that you yourself are facing, you kind of feel an obligation to jump in and do something about it.

And public service has always been important to me and my family.

What have you learned from local government that you think would make you a different kind of a state senator? So