The field of Republicans hoping to unseat Democratic Rep. Chris Pappas of New Hampshire includes a 25-year-old woman who worked in the Trump administration.
Karoline Leavitt, a former assistant White House press secretary, just graduated from college a few years ago, but she says is determined to be the next Congresswoman from New Hampshire.
"We desperately need strong, young, dynamic people with energy who are going to go down there and who are going to really shake up the system," she said.
She says she was taught to work hard at a young age and that her working class parents never looked to the government for help.
Leavitt went to Saint Anselm college on a softball scholarship, but quickly found out her passion was politics. It was 2016, and Donald Trump was running for president.
"I was a big supporter of his from the very beginning in that primary, one of the few conservative students and Trump supporters on campus," Leavitt said.
What was it about Donald Trump that she connected with?
"His strong and unapologetic love for our country and his ability to resonate with the American people," she said.
In 2019, Leavitt filled out an application on whitehouse.gov, landing a job a few weeks later.
"It was the second time I'd ever been to Washington, D.C., in my life," she said.
Within months, Leavitt was appointed assistant press secretary.
"My desk was in the West Wing of the White House, and it was the honor of my life to serve," she said.
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