Carolyn Long, a Democrat who in 2018 lost the most competitive race in Washington’s 3rd Congressional District in nearly a decade, is looking once more to unseat the incumbent.

Long is announcing her campaign to run for U.S. Congress today in a series of three kickoff events across the district.

In an interview with The Columbian on Sunday ahead of her campaign announcement, she said the focus of Long 2.0 is largely the same as the last time around. She wants to talk about kitchen table issues, including the cost of prescription drugs and replacing the Interstate 5 Bridge.

She also wants to talk about the accessibility of politicians, or lack thereof — in 2018, she pointedly made town halls a cornerstone of her campaign in an attempt to draw contrast with the incumbent, who rarely appears in town hall meetings.

“We’re going to run this race like we did last time, which is how we want to run it,” Long said. “To have as much voter outreach as possible, to not get mired in what the loudest Democrat in the room might be talking about, but talking about the needs and issues that people in Southwest Washington care about.”