Congresswoman Katie Porter

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In California, Katie Porter flipped a long-held Republican district to her Democratic Party in the 2018 Midterm Elections. She talks to us about the challenges she faced to become a US lawmaker, made more difficult by her life as a single mother. We go with her to a town hall meeting, where she talks to her constituents and hears their varied opinions about what they want her to accomplish in Washington.

Reporter: Carolyn Presutti, Camera: Jeff Swicord, Carolyn Presutti, Arturo Martinez, Adam Greenbaum, Arash Arabasadi, Miguel Amaya, Marcus Harton, Editor: Jacquelyn De Phillips