Mr. WIGGINS: The way I always felt, even when I came back and went back to work for the government and such, I felt that if you could not change the system, then you could do it for yourself.

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Back when I first started campaigning for office, I said I wanted to change the way Washington works so that it works for the American people.

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"That's when I sat back and said, I just started a conversation about global warming and climate change and the parts per million of CO2 in our atmosphere on a NASCAR forum, " she said.

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