I'm Kathy Barnette and here's why I want Pennsylvania's vote

I believe this is the greatest country that has ever existed. But like many Pennsylvanians, I believe our country is in trouble.

I never planned on running for political office. It was never on my bucket list. But I got tired of sitting on the sidelines while this country I loved was being torn apart at the seams. 

When my grandmother asked me to help her in the garden, I didn’t realize at the time that it was for our survival. But despite all of that, I was never told I was a victim. And because I never viewed myself as a victim, I went on to serve in the U.S. Army Reserves, became the first in my family to graduate from college, worked in the financial industry, became an adjunct professor of corporate finance, and authored my book "Nothing to Lose, Everything to Gain: Being Black and Conservative in America."