ALBANY, N.Y. -- 21st Congressional candidate Tracey Brooks knew she wanted to run for Congress when she received a fateful phone call last fall.
"The day that Congressman McNulty called and asked for Senator Clinton's phone number, we just started thinking about it, what the timing looked like, who would be in the field, and at the end of the day, things looked good," she said.
She's spent the months since then and now gearing up for Super Tuesday, as Clinton's Presidential Campaign Regional Director. The confetti has barely been swept up and Brooks is on to her next challenge - with the White House hopeful's support.
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"We did speak about it. She knows exactly what I'm doing. She's happy for me, but I'm not going to diversify attention from the number one priority for her and that's running for president," Brooks said.
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"Well I think actually what it is, is a lot of people who are passionate about the Capital Region and the 21st Congressional District," Brooks laughed. "And what we see here are many of the same problems that we're seeing nationally."
And touting the issues of the national candidates.
Star power support is nothing new for Brooks. New York's Senior Senator Chuck Schumer stumped for her when she was a State Assembly candidate back in 2004. Now, as she vies for Washington, she hopes to have the same backing.
"We're certainly talking to everyone, we've spoken to everyone. It's a little bit different this time because we are in a primary," Brooks said. "And so we'll to wait and see what the field looks like."
Right now that field includes Albany County Legislator Phil Steck, but Schenectady Mayor Brian Stratton is also weighing a run.
Even so, Brooks said, "We're staying in the pool, we're in, we're in."
But the question remains - whose campaign has the best chance of staying afloat?