I am considering running for a US House of Representatives Seat in 2020...
I am considering running for a US House of Representatives Seat as a Moderate (I lean fiscally conservative, socially liberal).
I am excited to potentially represent the city and state I have lived in my entire life, as well as the district the majority of my family, friends, and acquaintances live.
To run a winning campaign you need to raise a large amount of money... The fee to get on the ballot is $3,000.
Can the Steemit Community help me raise the money for this fee?
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Also, have any of you ran for public office before? What was your experience? Any advice?
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It sounds like you should not be running. You didn't even give us the state or party you would run in.
I am sorry if I was vague. Still in the exploratory stages of considering a run and nothing is entirely set in stone, because I am still considering whether or not I will officially run and it is still a few years out. I would run for a Representative seat in Texas but I currently consider myself to be an Independent, so I would have to eventually declare for a Party to have any chance of winning.
You might want to go more local to start out. Maybe city council or something.
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If the House of Representatives is where you think you can make the biggest difference and help the most people, then I say jump in with both feet.
In case you decide against running or are unsuccessful, then keep in mind that elections and political office are a fraction of what goes into "democracy" ("rule of the people") - the other slices of the pie include (but are not limited to:
-exercising free speech as often and urgently as possible,
-holding existing office holders accountable without mercy,
-engaging other citizens in direct action on an as-needed basis,
-writing letters to the editor,
-practising citizen journalism (hello, Steemit),
-building awareness in the community, and
-raising hell in general.
So many people view their role in society (whether consciously or unconsciously) as being simply a passive consumer rather than an active (and activated) citizen. All too often we settle for we the people being afraid of the government - the most patriot thing any of us can do is work to reverse that paradigm.
For what it's worth, that's my stinkin' thinkin'.
Agree 100% James. Thanks for your input!
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Are you for less taxes?
Eventually less taxes would be ideal. But I would not support tax cuts without spending cuts on wasteful government spending (CHIP, Medicaid, Medicare, SS, etc should not be cut ever).
A few Examples of wasteful government spending we should cut are below, $1 Billon dollars would be saved if these were cut:
And the list could easily go on...
https://www.usnews.com/news/slideshows/rand-pauls-festivus-reveals-1b-in-wasteful-government-spending?slide=11
Rand Paul talked about that too about all the things gov does, the wasteful spending, for decades, and especially like you mentioned, paying to take foreigners over to America for camps and we got to always vote out these bills and the swamp and talk about it all and more.
Hello and welcome!
Best of luck in your candidacy. I have not personally run for public office but I have worked in several campaigns at state and local level to various extents.
My advice would be to "distinguish" yourself. I'm guessing you live in LA? It is probably very common for people to identify as "fiscally conservative, and socially liberal" there as it is in many places.
While this is good because your base is potentially huge it does nothing to indicate what your unique value is. What are the main issues facing your constituency? What is already being done/proposed about it? What is your opinion regarding potential solutions. How can you state your opinion while phrasing it in terms of a moral compass or admirable principle that people will connect with on an emotional level?
Once you have worked out this info you will need to be able to state it succinctly and confidently in response to leading or vaguely worded questions. Even if there is criticism you should be able to lean back on the underlying principle and seem open to other good ideas without compromising this "internal compass"
Again good luck and I will be following for updates!
Thanks for the encouragement Craig! I will definitely work on some of your suggestions