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President [[George W. Bush]] named Legg as the administrator for the Rural Utilities Service, at which she managed a budget of $6 billion in loan and grant funds. She saw all presidents on a regular basis, but had more interaction with G.W. Bush, whom she calls "truly the kindest."<ref name=legg/> Though G.W. Bush has been highly critical of current President Trump, Legg called Trump "bold enough, independent enough and [one] who cannot be controlled by policy makers or [[lobbyist]]s. He's exactly what the country needs to address the challenges that it has today."<ref name=legg/>
President [[George W. Bush]] named Legg as the administrator for the Rural Utilities Service, at which she managed a budget of $6 billion in loan and grant funds. She saw all presidents on a regular basis, but had more interaction with G.W. Bush, whom she calls "truly the kindest."<ref name=legg/> Though G.W. Bush has been highly critical of current President Trump, Legg called Trump "bold enough, independent enough and [one] who cannot be controlled by policy makers or [[lobbyist]]s. He's exactly what the country needs to address the challenges that it has today."<ref name=legg/>
Legg is a long-time advocate for the expansion of broadband [[Internet]] into rural portions of Kentucky.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvY9bb97NOA|title=Hilda Legg|publisher=[[You Tube]]|date=March 26, 2018|accessdate=August 1, 2019}}</ref>
In 2011, Legg nearly won the Republican nomination for Kentucky Secretary State. She lost out to the [[Moderate Republican]] choice, William Ejner "Bill" Johnson, Jr., who in turn was defeated in the [[general election]] by the [[liberal]] [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] and current secretary of state, Alison Lundergan Grimes. In the two-candidate [[primary]] contest against Johnson, Legg received 49.58 percent of the votes cast.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Bill_Johnson_(Kentucky)|title=Bill Johnson (Kentucky)|publisher=Ballotpedia.org|accessdate=August 1, 2019}}</ref>2
In 2011, Legg nearly won the Republican nomination for Kentucky Secretary State. She lost out to the [[Moderate Republican]] choice, William Ejner "Bill" Johnson, Jr., who in turn was defeated in the [[general election]] by the [[liberal]] [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] and current secretary of state, Alison Lundergan Grimes. In the two-candidate [[primary]] contest against Johnson, Legg received 49.58 percent of the votes cast.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Bill_Johnson_(Kentucky)|title=Bill Johnson (Kentucky)|publisher=Ballotpedia.org|accessdate=August 1, 2019}}</ref>2