"It was a lot to take in. I received emails, letters. It was just like, 'Come here, come here!' They were bombarding me with all this information," Arianna told WLS.

"I planted the seed in Arianna's mind that you can do the same thing," he said. "So when the process got started and a million was achieved, let's go for two. I said let's go for three, and she did it."

"So as long as you work hard, I feel like there is always a way for you," she told WLS.

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State Rep. Kimberly New, R-Villa Rica, stands in the House of Representatives during Crossover Day at the Capitol in Atlanta on Thursday, March 6, 2025. (Arvin Temkar/AJC)

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