Senator Beth Bye, a former early childhood educator, got into politics for the right reasons and has consistently championed policies that put people first. While appealing supported by one party over another, her calling card was her ability to reach across the political aisle and get results that had lasting impact on communities. We stayed clear of the red versus blue rhetoric in favor of a more nuanced identity that spoke to the spaces between the polarities. As the icing on the cake, we turned a shooting star into a growing flower with a asterisk that references the footnote of a statement: the attention to the complexities and the details that, with experience, make impactful policies.