On a day when the presidential race becomes a total toss up, the woman who could be Second Lady made a trio of stops in the Valley.
The race between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton is a statistical dead heat, according to both a national CNN poll and a statewide Arizona poll from the Morrison Institute.
"I don't think it changes strategy," said Anne Holton, wife of Democratic Vice Presidential Candidate Tim Kaine. Kaine is a U.S. Senator and former governor of Virginia. Holton served as the Virginia's Secretary of Education until she resigned to help campaign.
Holton says Hillary Clinton has a plan to help families further their children's education, without accruing crippling debt.
"I heard from a young woman in her 30s - mid 30s - making a choice between does she pay back her student loan debt or does she start her family," Holton said. "People shouldn't have to make those choices, and Hillary has come up with some concrete proposals, including proposals how to pay for them, that would make community college tuition free."
Holton thanked campaign volunteers and had coffee with Latina Hillary supporters after meeting with Valley veterans. During a roundtable with military families, she said Clinton and Kaine want to strengthen the VA.
"They, and I agree with them fundamentally, believe that privatizing the VA is not the right solution - that veterans do have a unique medical issues and the VA has some great strengths in dealing with them, but we got to do it better," Holton said.
Holton is the only person to live in Virginia Governor's Mansion as both a child and adult. When Holton's dad was governor in 1970, he made a controversial decision to send his children to a newly desegregated school. Holton says it had a profound impact on her and taught her all people have more similarities than differences.
"We were much more interested in what was the math homework and is our team going to win the game tonight than we were in all of the politics that were swirling around us," she said. "It was really an honor as a 12-year-old to be part of something larger than myself, something that really mattered, and I'd like to think it started me on my career in public service."
