WEBVTT BILL O’NEIL, WITH HER STORY, FROM WINSTON-SALEM. >> TERRI LEGRAND SAYS SHE WAS MOTIVATED TO RUN FOR OFFICE, IN PART, BUT THE 2016 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. SHE’S A MOVIE BUFF, WHO ONCE WORKED AS A LAWYER AND NOW IN FINANCIAL AID AT WAKE FOREST. SHE SAYS SHE AND HER OPPONENT COULD NOT BE FURTHER APART POLITICALLY. >> THERE ARE VERY SIGNIFICANT POLICY DIFFERENCES. MY OPPONENT DESCRIBES HERSELF AS A TEA PARTY BEFORE TEA PARTY WAS A THING. I AM VERY FAR FROM THE TEA PARTY, SO THAT IS A BIG DIFFERENCE. BILL: LEGRAND SAYS NORTH CAROLINA NEEDS TO CHANGE ITS PRIORITIES, INVEST IN EDUCATION INSTEAD OF CUTTING TAXES, STOP PLAYING POLITICS WITH HEALTHCARE AND EXPAND MEDICAID COVERAGE. SHE IS CHALLENGING INCUMBENT, DEBRA CONRAD, A THREE TERM SENATOR, HOPING THAT DEMOCRATS CAN AT LEAST AND THE GOP SUPER MAJORITY, IF NOT TAKE BACK THE NORTH CAROLINA HOUSE. WHY AT THIS POINT, DO YOU FEEL LIKE THIS IS IMPORTANT. >> BECAUSE WE HAVE TROUBLING SITUATIONS IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT I FEEL NEED TO BE ADDRESSED. AFTER THE 2016 ELECTION, I DECIDED I COULD NO LONGER ALLOW OTHER PEOPLE TOGETHER INTO THEIR WORK FOR ME IF I FELT STRONGLY ABOUT THE DIRECTION OF OUR STATE AND COUNTRY NEEDED TO TAKE, I NEEDED TO GET OUT THERE AND WHAT MYSELF. REPORTER: SHE SAYS SHE WOULD START BY WORKING TO STOP NEXT YEAR’S TAX CUTS FROM GOING INTO EFFECT. THE WINSTON-SALEM DEMOCRAT SAYS HER DISTRICT IS STRUGGLING. >> FORSYTH COUNTY HAS A VERY HIGH CHILD POVERTY RATE, A VERY HIGH FOOD INSECURITY RATE, A VERY HIGH WORKING POOR RATE, AND I AM AT IT GET TO WORK TO SOLVE SOME OF THOSE PROBLEMS FOR THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE IN THIS COMMUNITY. REPORTER: LEGRAND SAYS SHE OPPOSES ALL SIX CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS ON THE BALLOT, ESPECIALLY THE ONE ON VOTER ID. >> SO, TO IMPLEMENT A VOTER ID LAW IN MY MIND, THE ONLY PURPOSE OF THE LAW IS VOTER SUPPRESSION. REPORTER: REPUBLICANS ARGUED THAT THERE IS REALLY NO HUGE OBSTACLE FOR VOTER GETTING AN ID, THAT YOU CAN GET THEM FOR FREE. NOT A FAIR ARGUMENT, IN YOUR VIEW? SURE YOU CAN GET ONE, IT IS NO PROBLEM AT ALL IF YOU HAVE A CAR, IF YOU HAVE TIME TO TAKE OFF WORK WHEN THE DMV IS OPEN, THAT IS SUCH A PRIVILEGED STATEMENT. THE REPORTER: WE ASKED THE CANDIDATE TO SHARE SOMETHING THAT VOTERS DON’T KNOW ABO HER. >> I AM A HUGE MOVIE BUFF, THAT IS A THING MY GIRLS AND I DO TOGETHER, WE WATCHED TONS OF MOVIES EVERY OSCAR SEASON, WE MAKE SURE WE CATCH UP ON ALL THE OSCAR-NOMINATED FILMS. BY WON THE APERTURE THEATER ASK HER POLL ONE YEAR AND ONLY MISSED ONE QUESTION. REPORTER: LEGRAND SAYS PART OF HER MOTIVATION TO RUN WAS THE FACT THAT SO MANY PEOPLE IN HER DISTRICT NO LONGER HAVE A SHOT AT THE AMERICAN DREAM COME OF THE ABILITY TO LIFT THEMSELVES OUT OF POVERTY AND CHANGE THEIR LIVES FOR THE BETTER.