--- title: Hillary Clinton’s Latest Lure to Voters: Take Over My Twitter! description: You may have noticed that a small business owner and mom named Mary Jo took over Hillary Clinton's Twitter account on Thursday. 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It explains the politics, personalities and power dynamics behind the headlines, twice a week. #### Where can I get analysis of Washington politics by email? D.C. Brief is TIME's free Washington politics newsletter, available at time.com/newsletters. It is written by a TIME senior correspondent who covers the capital full time. #### Who writes TIME's D.C. Brief? Philip Elliott, a senior correspondent at TIME, writes D.C. Brief. #### Is D.C. Brief free? Yes. D.C. Brief is free at time.com/newsletters. ### Sources * TIME Newsletters: [time.com/newsletters](/c/time-nl-dcbrief-2026q3/newsletters?i=69639c50-9f96-46a6-9784-261172147244&cr=time-nl-dcbrief-2026q3-v1) ## Video: Hillary Clinton's Top 10 Political Moments [Watch (HLS stream): Hillary Clinton's Top 10 Political Moments](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/L3I0gpwt.m3u8) (1:49)  _Published 2015-04-09. Watch the top 10 moments from Hillary Clinton's career in politics._ by [Tierney McAfee / People](https://time.com/author/people/) ## Tierney McAfee / People Contributor May 22, 2015 2:46 AM UTC by [Tierney McAfee / People](https://time.com/author/people/) ## Tierney McAfee / People Contributor May 22, 2015 2:46 AM UTC You may have noticed that a small business owner and mom named Mary Jo took over [Hillary Clinton](http://www.people.com/people/news/category/0,,personsTax:HillaryRodhamClinton,00.html)‘s Twitter account on Thursday. Mary Jo introduced herself this morning by Tweeting: > [](https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/601386988965634048) She shared a photo of [her daughter](https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/601400462911381505) and explained how owning a small strategic design firm in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, allowed her to become a single mom at 40. And, of course, she talked about Clinton. > [](https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/601449321318354944) The Twitter takeover was just one of several publicity stunts the Democratic presidential frontrunner has employed so far in her campaign. Earlier this month, she took to Twitter to announce a contest promising [Mother’s Day phone calls](http://www.people.com/article/hillary-clinton-mothers-day-phone-call-contest) to five moms. According to the [_Las Vegas Review-Journal_](http://www.reviewjournal.com/trending/north-las-vegas-woman-gets-mother-s-day-surprise-hillary-clinton), the moms were from Nevada, Iowa, Colorado, Washington and Minnesota – all states that are considered important electoral battlegrounds. Not that the calls guarantee Clinton any votes – even from the recipients themselves. One of the moms, Amy Ponce, 37, of Las Vegas, said she was “leaning” towards voting for the former secretary of state, but was still undecided, the _Las Vegas Review-Journal_ reports. Another one of the moms, 51-year-old Kelly Drake of Ankeny, Iowa, said she was impressed by Clinton’s sincerity and the fact that she didn’t talk politics on the call, according to the [_Des Moines Register_](http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/2015/05/11/hillary-clinton-mothers-day-phone-call-iowa-kelly-drake/27104775/). “I just thought she was a mother to a mother, and I thought that was great,” Drake said. For Clinton’s next trick, she will [raffle off a trip](https://www.hillaryclinton.com/signup/may-hplusone/?utm%5Fmedium=social&utm%5Fsource=fb&utm%5Fcampaign=20150519hplus1%5Flaunch) to meet her on the campaign trail. The two winners will each receive two round-trip tickets to attend a campaign event with Clinton, plus two nights hotel accommodations. As with the Mother’s Day contest, the fine print for the raffle states that “no purchase, payment, or contribution is necessary to enter or win and contributing will not improve changes of winning.” Contestants have the option to enter with or without contributing to the campaign. Clinton isn’t the only one relying on raffles as a campaign strategy. Republican presidential candidate [Sen. Marco Rubio](http://www.people.com/article/marco-rubio-five-surprising-things-presidential-candidate) is offering a trip to Las Vegas to attend his birthday party, hosted by _Pawn Stars_‘ Rick Harrison. “You could win a trip to Las Vegas to help celebrate my birthday with Rick Harrison from Pawn Stars! Click the link in my bio to enter,” the Florida senator wrote on his [Instagram](https://instagram.com/p/26qH46TV0e/?taken-by=marcorubiofla). [_This article originally appeared on PEOPLE.com_](http://www.people.com/article/hillary-clinton-lures-voters-twitter-takeover-contests) ## Transcript You know, I'm not sittin' here some little woman standing here by my man like Tammy Wynette. I'm sittin' here because I love him, and I respect him. Now is our chance to beat the historical odds, and give the American people the health security they need. If there is one message that echoes forth from this. Let it be that human rights are women's rights and women's rights are human rights once and for all. The great story here for anybody willing to find it and write about it and explain it is this vast right- wing conspiracy that has been conspiring. Against my husband since the day he announced for president. I would be happy to, when you give me the signed letters. Well, right here. Right here. When you give me. Right here. Sign it right now. We'll shake. We'll shake on this, Ray. No, no, I want your signature, cause I think that everybody wants to see you signing something that you said you were for. You know, I have so many opportunities from this country. I just don't wanna see us fall backwards. Although we weren't able to shatter that highest, hardest glass ceiling this time, thanks to you, it's got about 18 million cracks in it. The battle to stop Al Qaeda and its affiliates. Does not end with one death. What difference, at this point, does it make? It is our job to figure out what happened and do everything we can to prevent it from ever happening again, Senator. I took the unprecedented step of asking that the state department make all my work- related emails, [ MUSIC ] Public for everyone to see. 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