00:00For Gary Chambers, running for office is bigger than him.
00:04Here are the receipts.
00:07Chambers was born and raised in northern Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
00:11In 2012, he co-founded the Rouge Collection,
00:14a media outlet covering issues impacting the African-American community in northern Baton Rouge.
00:20The Glen Oaks High School graduate is also an ordained minister.
00:24Known for his viral posts, the Senate candidate's first campaign ad was of him smoking a blunt in an open field,
00:31criticizing the high rate of arrests and prosecutions related to marijuana.
00:36If Chambers wins, he will become Louisiana's first black senator.
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