[5] Stuckey worked as legislative aide and attorney to Georgia Senator Mary Margaret Oliver while building her own practice.

[7] GoreNet was a group that supported the Al Gore campaign with a focus on grassroots and online organizing as well as hosting small dollar donor events.

[11] She stated that the motivating factors for purchasing the company were an emotional attachment to the family brand along with the desire to make Stuckey's both profitable and a household name again.

At the time she purchased Stuckey's, the company was operating at a deficit and had only 13 original free-standing stores in 10 states that still sported the signature sloped original teal roofs in addition to around 65 licensed Stuckey's Express store-within-a-store locations.

Candy and nut sales have increased to almost 50% of the company’s revenue stream as the brand expands to more national retail locations.