Southeast Student Interning for Kentucky Senator on Capitol Hill

Redhawks Equestrian Team rider Payton Ruddy is saddled up in the nation's capital this summer, where she's harnessing knowledge in preparation for a future career shaping agriculture policy. Payton, a Southeast Missouri State University junior from Shelbyville, Kentucky, is interning in the Washington, D.C., office of U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky.