Other Candidates
Strickland has four challengers this year. Keith Swank is a police officer and SWAT member who joined this race on a reactionary, far-right platform to undo the progress Rep. Strickland has made. Swank is stoking fears by promising that our communities will be safer if we just put more people in our overcrowded prisons and send more militarized police forces into our neighborhoods. At the same time, he wants to oppose investments in affordable health care, food and gas, rent, and education that actually make our communities safer in order to favor wealthy corporations. In this campaign, he has criticized the appointment of Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, parroted MAGA border policy, and defended the fossil fuel industry which continues to prioritize profits above the health of our planet and our families.
Richard Boyce is a perennial candidate running under the "Congress Sucks" party. Unsurprisingly, his platform is extreme and utterly impractical, including suggesting we pause all immigration and eliminate a large number of federal agencies, like the EPA and the Department of Education.
Eric Mahaffy is an IBEW electrician and a first-time Democratic candidate who wants to represent the working class in Congress. Mahaffy has never served in elected office before but counts his past civic engagement and union membership as helpful experiences. If elected, he wants to focus on taking on big corporations and building compromises.
Dan Gordon, an ordained minister and business owner, is the final candidate in this race. Gordon attributes his motivation to run for office to God and Donald Trump. He is running on a far-right platform that is full of divisive language and racist ideologies that scapegoat progressive leaders and immigrants for issues that are really created by conservative policies like dismantling business regulations and corporate greed.
Strickland has four challengers this year. Keith Swank is a police officer and SWAT member who joined this race on a reactionary, far-right platform to undo the progress Rep. Strickland has made. Swank is stoking fears by promising that our communities will be safer if we just put more people in our overcrowded prisons and send more militarized police forces into our neighborhoods. At the same time, he wants to oppose investments in affordable health care, food and gas, rent, and education that actually make our communities safer in order to favor wealthy corporations. In this campaign, he has criticized the appointment of Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, parroted MAGA border policy, and defended the fossil fuel industry which continues to prioritize profits above the health of our planet and our families.
Richard Boyce is a perennial candidate running under the "Congress Sucks" party. Unsurprisingly, his platform is extreme and utterly impractical, including suggesting we pause all immigration and eliminate a large number of federal agencies, like the EPA and the Department of Education.
Eric Mahaffy is an IBEW electrician and a first-time Democratic candidate who wants to represent the working class in Congress. Mahaffy has never served in elected office before but counts his past civic engagement and union membership as helpful experiences. If elected, he wants to focus on taking on big corporations and building compromises.
Dan Gordon, an ordained minister and business owner, is the final candidate in this race. Gordon attributes his motivation to run for office to God and Donald Trump. He is running on a far-right platform that is full of divisive language and racist ideologies that scapegoat progressive leaders and immigrants for issues that are really created by conservative policies like dismantling business regulations and corporate greed.
There are two good candidates running for secretary of state who would bring different priorities and professional experience to the job: Steve Hobbs and Julie Anderson. Both are committed to increasing voter participation. Hobbs has earned the support of more elected officials and Progressive Voters Guide partner organizations.