Nicole Locklin on turning outrage into a campaign

Nicole Locklin for US Congress is an attorney with more than a decade of legal experience, most recently serving as Lead Commercial Legal Counsel for Healthcare and Life Sciences at Databricks. She grew up in a town of about a thousand people in rural Oklahoma, where her parents ran a crop dusting business. A first generation college graduate who relied on student loans to earn her law degree, Nicole is now running as a Democrat for U.S. Congress in Florida's 26th District, challenging a twenty plus year incumbent and making the case that working families in South Florida deserve a representative who actually works for them.We talked about what it has actually felt like to leave a legal career and step into a congressional race with no political background, the affordability crisis Nicole keeps hearing about on doorsteps across South Florida where homeowner's insurance averages $8,000 a year and a one bedroom apartment can run nearly $3,000 a month, and why Nicole believes corruption and corporate money in politics is the root cause blocking progress on every other issue families care about. We also discussed the gerrymandering that reshaped FL-26, why Nicole sees the seat as genuinely flippable, and what it means to run a grassroots campaign in a state where the political establishment has spent years trying to erase Democratic votes.Connect with Nicole: Website | Instagram | Substack If you’re looking to unleash your potential, find your personal, professional, or political fire, and to connect with a community who is doing the same, click here to learn more. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit shannonwatts.substack.com/subscribe