Democrats Christina Hines, Marni von Wilpert and Zach Dembo on priorities as they enter Congress
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[0:00] What a difference 10 weeks can make. On
[0:02] August 31st, right here at the family
[0:04] table, sat three Democratic candidates
[0:06] in the House side,
[0:07] eager to turn their red districts blue.
[0:10] Guess what? They did. And I wasn't here,
[0:13] but my you can see them right there, my
[0:14] colleague Ed O'Keefe filling in that
[0:16] day. And
[0:18] at the table, Elissa Slotkin of
[0:20] California, Elissa Slotkin of Michigan,
[0:23] Zach Dembrow of Kentucky. Each of them
[0:25] won and are now preparing quite
[0:28] obviously to serve in Congress in
[0:29] January.
[0:31] Ed today caught back up with them.
[0:33] Here's part of that conversation.
[0:35] >> Congress members elect.
[0:37] >> Hello.
[0:37] >> Good to see you again.
[0:38] >> Good to see you again.
[0:39] >> back.
[0:39] >> Okay, when we met in late August, did
[0:40] you think you'd actually end up here?
[0:42] Come o