The Voter's Choice: A professor who has Worked in Congress for 22 years? Or someone much less experienced?
The Voter's Choice: A professor who has Worked in Congress for 22 years? Or someone much less experienced?
Voters Have One Big Simple Choice: A) A public policy professor with 43 years of directly related experience? Or B) Someone with almost no experience in Congress or in the nuts and bolts of whether public policy actually works?
Who do you want to represent you and work on the details - not just the press releases - in a competition between you and your neighbors and a wannabe authoritarian president, hundreds of Democrats steering funding to their districts, and hundreds of lapdog Republicans in Congress?
A) A professor and former senior legislative assistant, senior US GAO analyst, and public policy professor who has worked full-time in Congress for 22 years and taught public policy for 21 years, with decades more experience than his opponents, but who is still an outsider with no political baggage and the independence to put you and the 7th first? Professor Dave is not a professional politician, he's not climbing any political ladder, he's not running this year while holding another office, he doesn't have a business to promote, he's not building his resume, and he's not applying for an internship or a fellowship. He's served in three Congressional offices, including being mentored by two of the most effective Congressmen in history for nearly 7 years, and consulted with Congress and taught public policy his entire career.
B) Or do you want to be represented by a much less experienced part-time state legislator, county councilman, mayor, doctor, or real estate developer?
The system strongly advantages incumbents, as you know. You may not get another choice to represent you in this US House seat for another 30 years, so choose wisely.