Rep. Shontel Brown , D-Ohio, attended her first Democratic National Convention this week. Brown has represented Ohio’s 11th District since winning a 2021 special election to replace Marcia Fudge when President Joe Biden appointed Fudge as secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development . She spoke exclusively with Blavity about the first two days of the convention, her history with the candidates on the presidential tickets, and what the difference between a President Kamala Harris and a returned President Donald Trump would mean for the country.