Adam Jonasz

Adam Jonasz (independent) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Texas' 20th Congressional District. He lost as a write-in in the general election on November 8, 2022.

Jonasz completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Adam Jonasz was born in Queens, New York, New York. He served in the U.S. Army from 2001 to 2015. Jonasz earned a bachelor’s degree from City University of New York, Queens College in 1993 and a J.D. from Nova Southeastern University in 1997. He also attended Indian River State College Police Academy, graduating in 1999.

Jonasz's career experience includes working as an attorney and child protective services investigator with the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services. He also served as a combat infantryman and JAG officer and in the legal office at Guantanamo Bay. Jonasz has worked as a substitute teacher for NISD, an immigration lawyer, an assistant public defender for Tampa and Ft. Pierce, Florida, and a senior state attorney for the Florida Department of Children and Families.^[1]^[2]

Elections

2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Texas District 20

Incumbent Joaquin Castro defeated Kyle Sinclair and Adam Jonasz in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 20 on November 8, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Joaquin Castro (D)	68.4	115,352
	Kyle Sinclair (R)	31.6	53,226
	Adam Jonasz (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	21

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 168,599
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Ismael Garcia (Independent)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 20

Incumbent Joaquin Castro advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 20 on March 1, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Joaquin Castro	100.0	33,214

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 33,214
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 20

Kyle Sinclair advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 20 on March 1, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kyle Sinclair	100.0	15,938

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 15,938
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2020

Texas' 20th Congressional District election, 2020 (March 3 Republican primary)

Texas' 20th Congressional District election, 2020 (March 3 Democratic primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Texas District 20

Incumbent Joaquin Castro defeated Mauro Garza and Jeffrey Blunt in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 20 on November 3, 2020.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Joaquin Castro (D)	64.7	175,078
	Mauro Garza (R)	33.1	89,628
	Jeffrey Blunt (L)	2.2	6,017

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 270,723
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Adam Jonasz (Independent)
Adam Martinez-Gomez (Independent)

Republican primary runoff election

Republican primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 20

Mauro Garza defeated Gary Allen in the Republican primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 20 on July 14, 2020.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Mauro Garza	60.1	7,162
	Gary Allen	39.9	4,762

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 11,924
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 20

Incumbent Joaquin Castro defeated Justin Lecea and Rob Hostetler in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 20 on March 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Joaquin Castro	92.1	61,861
		Justin Lecea	4.5	3,047
	Submit photo	Rob Hostetler	3.4	2,252

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 67,160
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 20

Mauro Garza and Gary Allen advanced to a runoff. They defeated Dominick Dina, Anita Kegley, and Tammy Orta in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 20 on March 3, 2020.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Mauro Garza	33.3	7,720
✔	Gary Allen	26.9	6,230
	Dominick Dina	22.6	5,242
	Anita Kegley	9.5	2,210
	Tammy Orta	7.7	1,786

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 23,188
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Joshua Carrizales (R)
Dan McQueen (R)

Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 20

Jeffrey Blunt advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 20 on March 21, 2020.

		Candidate
✔		Jeffrey Blunt (L)

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Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

Adam Jonasz completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Jonasz's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

I am an American first and always - Not a politician, Not a Republican, and Not a Democrat !! I will not lemming-like vote down party lines like the current 20th District Congressman - I am and will always be for all the people of my district, San Antonio, all Americans, and for all who come to this country for safety and for the American dream. I am and will always be an Infantryman and Combat Veteran, a JAG Lawyer, a police officer, a Public Defender, and currently practice law as an Immigration Attorney. I firmly believe in Duty, Honor, Country - Integrity - Selfless Service, and Tolerance, Empathy, and Justice in three words - All, Here, and Now. Finding "Common Ground", compromise, and term limits- is our only option. It is time for change - change the way Congress takes care of the people's business - that starts by saying "NO" to Career Politicians, Party Politics, and Elites from Harvard who have never served anyone but themselves.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

Career Party Politicians are owned by the party and serve their parties interset and their own pockets !
As an Independent Representative my only obligation, allegiance, and duty is to you the people of San Antonio, TX
Tolerance, Unity, and Justice for All, Here and Now means choosing the hard right over the easy wrong - do the right thingand simply doing the right thing

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

I Firmly Believe in the Rule of Law, and Tough on crime, Supporting Law Enforcement, and Strong supporter of an independent Public Defender's Office to provide for the protection of equal justice, and employment programs and training for ex-cons, Military Service, and Veteran Issues ( Including support for Chapter 61 Vets). Meaningful Veteran Employment to assist Veterans in finding a new purpose and mission. Providing Services for Children in need who have been abused, abandoned, or neglected and strong supporter of Foster Care programs that continue to age 21, No child or teenager should go hungry, without some support or be forgotten. I believe in Securing the Border, period. I also believe that immigration is a separate issue and that our immigration system needs an overhaul - our current immigration laws make legal immigration almost impossible, they are complex, bureaucratic, administrative, decentralized, and much too discretionary - the first step is to provide more legal avenues of relief and IJ's should be Article III Judges. I support Civics lessons in school and compulsory national service. I support School Choice and equal Funding for all Public Schools regardless of zip code.

Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow, and why?

There are three people who have influenced my life profoundly and I have tried to follow and guide thoughts and actions through their example. Two I have known personally and one I have never met, however, I feel as though I owe his bravery a debt I can never repay except by keeping his memory alive and striving to make sure his sacrifice was not in vain.

The first person is my father, not because he was a great athlete, war hero, or successful businessman. My father was average looking, had an average I.Q., never made a lot of money or had any particularly good luck but he got up every morning rain or shine and went to work. Six days a week from before dawn until after sunset. He did that for years and never took a dime that he did not earn, never drank a beer or smoked a cigarette in fact it was a rare thing indeed just to hear him curse. He never got to drive the car he wanted, go on vacation, or get box seats to a Met game. He was honest, hard-working, and funny, he just did what he had to do and did it all by himself.

I also find that I often think of my first Infantry Squad Leader SFC Alywn Cash. A black guy in the Infantry was in charge of a motley crew of enlisted Soldiers from all over, all colors, sizes, abilities, and religions but SFC Cash only saw Green. You were his Soldier, his responsibility and he would bust your ass and smoke you if needed but he would never let anyone or anything harm you. SFC Cash was as salty, grumpy, and irritable as they come. But if you did not have a place to go for Thanksgiving dinner you had a seat at his table. If you had a problem with a Doc or paymaster it didn't matter their rank SFC Cash went to bat for you. SFC Cash won the Metal of Honor in Iraq by running into a burning vehicle to save his boys, I only regret not being there with him.

Lastly, I admire Raul Wallenberg, a non-Jew who stood up to the Nazis to save people he did not know or - what courage, altruism, morality - my son's middle name is Raul.

What characteristics or principles are most important for an elected official?

Integrity - the Will and Courage to do the right thing - putting others before yourself and understanding that we may disagree on policies or issues but deep inside we are all the same. we must see each other as Americans, that's it no I am a Polish American, or a Jewish American, or a Hispanic American - we can be all those things but we must recognize that we are all Americans and all of us count, we are all important have a duty to help those that we can help, protect those that we can protect and lend a helping hand to lift someone up when possible.

I had an instructor at the Police Academy who would say that - you should always do the right thing even when no one else was around because G-D is always watching and your mother always knows when you did something wrong - so give back that free donut and coffee because you did not earn it or pay for it.

What qualities do you possess that you believe would make you a successful officeholder?

I truly believe that I have been and will always be a Drum Major For Justice, A Drum Major for Peace, A Drum Major for Righteousness -That I have tried to live my life serving others, I try to do right and to walk right, to feed the hungry, cloth those that are naked, if I can help somebody, serve humanity and do my duty as an American then my living will not be in vain.

In addition, I am not influenced, controlled, obligated or owned by or indebted to any party, special interest, donor or politician. My only concern is serving the people of my DISTRICT and COUNTRY, UNLIKE CAREER POLITICIANS WHO ARE SLAVES TO THEIR PARTY, DONORS AND SPECIAL INTERESTS.

What do you believe are the core responsibilities for someone elected to this office?

Only one he/she is responsible to the people (all the people) in his/her district to make their lives better, to ensure they live in secure and safe neighborhoods, have access to medical services, and quality education, opportunities for employment, business and to acquire skills and a trade, public places for recreation like clean parks, school yards and playgrounds.

Most of all I think it is the responsibility of their representative to advocate for the people of his/her district no matter whose toes he/she steps on, no matter what the party line is, no matter any donor, lobbyist, or party official tells him/her to do - his/her only obligation, the only goal, and only responsibility is to the people of his/her district and to hell with party politics. Career politicians lack Moxie, initiative, integrity, and most of all BALLS!

What is the first historical event that happened in your lifetime that you remember? How old were you at the time?

The first real historical event in my life that affected me personally was 9/11. I was an enlisted Soldier serving in the United States Infantry at the time. I joined the Infantry as an Enlisted Soldier after law school to pay back my student loans. Having been born and raised in Queens, NY, and having friends and family who worked downtown by the World Trade Center - the terrorist attack on the Twin Towers was not the first but it was absolutely devastating and would change the direction of my life and millions of others. I would stay in the Army and serve in Kuwait, Korea, Iraq, and eventually Guantanamo Bay, Cuba where I had the pleasure of giving KSM the Finger.

What was your very first job? How long did you have it?

My first real job was at 15 years old at the City of New York Neighborhood Community Center on 108th Street in Corona, Queens. I was an after-school and evening preteen and teen tutor and activity coordinator.
My first community volunteer job was at age 16 with the New York City Chapter of the Guardian Angels. I conducted safety patrols and community safety programs to help combat criminal activity during the 1980s in NYC in high crime and drug areas including in the NYC subway D trains, Washington Square Park, and the South Bronx. I learned some very important life lessons in the late nights and early morning hours about the people who roam the night selling drugs, sleep in parks and survive day to day. First, even good people do bad things, and second people of all shapes, sizes, religions, and colors would rather have a hand up than a handout.

What is your favorite book? Why?

Bridge Over the River Kwai - It says to me that even in the face of brutality, mortal danger, ever looming death and suffering, the threat of constant violence, sickness, and disease a person can still summon the strength, the will to survive and accomplish the mission. That sense of commitment to brothers in arms and to mission accomplishment is truly remarkable.

If you could be any fictional character, who would you want to be?

Sherlock Holmes

What was the last song that got stuck in your head?

Rhinestone Cowboy by Glenn Campbell - and it got stuck in my head in 1978

What is something that has been a struggle in your life?

Veteran issues - a loss of purpose.

What qualities does the U.S. House of Representatives possess that makes it unique as an institution?

More than any other part of our government, the House of Representatives is directly responsible and responsive to the people. A representative speaks for people in his or her own district--the district in which he or she may live, work, and where their children go to school, play, and grow up.

A representative can focus on issues because he or she speaks for the people in a smaller area. He or she can travel to the represented area and hear the complaints and hopes of the people in the district. Certain activities take place within the House of Representatives. Here the President speaks to the joint sessions of Congress. Decisions are made on war and peace. Issues are discussed, debated, and voted on laws billions and billions of dollars are budgeted out of the taxes Americans pay into the Treasury of the United States.
The House of Representatives has special powers that no other branch has. It has the power--
1. To start all revenue (money) bills.
2. To impeach civil officers.

3. To elect a President if no candidate receives a majority of the electoral votes.

Do you believe that it's beneficial for representatives to have previous experience in government or politics?

Considering the fact that most career politicians vote down party lines more than 95% of the time it seems that experience in government and politics means that you are accountable only to, a follower of and a lemming to your party affiliation, lobbyists, big business, and big money donors. Furthermore, most politicians are elitists from ivy league schools like Harvard and Stanford that used their educations to enrich themselves and others and to protect their cronies' financial, business, and political interests. Take for example the politician who goes to an ivy league law school and instead of practicing law by assisting the needy, poor, or public interest like working as a Public Defender protecting the rights of the indigent they become lawyers for large law firms in Washington DC as Lobbyists for big money - Politicians like the current District 20 Representative did exactly that - while he made a six-figure salary working for a law firm in Washington DC representing special interests - I practiced law as a Public Defender, then as a State Attorney for the Department of Children and Families and while he was making money and hanging out with his rich and powerful Ivy League members-only club - I was humping a ruck and full combat load in Germany, Kosovo, Kuwait, and Iraq. Hooah.

What do you perceive to be the United States’ greatest challenges as a nation over the next decade?

The greatest challenge we face as a nation over the next decade is to come together as a nation as Americans and ensure public safety, provide food, a safe place to live, and a future to look forward to for the children of our nation who go hungry, unloved and neglected. Teachers, Police, First Responders, Nurses, and Courts need to be funded, supported, and respected. There must be a gradual and well-planned transition from fossil fuels that do not cause shortages, inflation, and unemployment we have today. The immigration system must be changed, its laws amended, and centralized. There are too many agencies involved, it is too bureaucratic and dysfunctional. The concepts and structure of the immigration processes are outdated and no longer relevant in today's world. Administrative courts do not have Article III appointed judges and little accountability and independence

The greatest potential threats to our national security are from Iran, Russia, China, and North Korea. These threats cannot go unchecked. In addition, career politicians have become a threat to the very unity of our nation. Their unquenchable thirst for power, greed, and elitism are what are truly causing disharmony among Americans. Term Limits are our only check against the Zombies of the political elite - there is a reason politicians are rich and there is a reason why they never want to retire or leave and it has nothing to do with service to the Country.

Do you believe that two years is the right term length for representatives?

Simply - Yes - and there must be Term Limits - I get it that Career Politicians never want to give up power - power corrupts - I understand that the money is good, and there is no real accountability, lots of free stuff from lobbyists and donors and the peoples' tax money pays for trips around the world, meals, hotels, and boondoggles. Why would anyone want to give up a job where you accomplish nothing, work on your own schedule (if you work at all, some of these guys never even show up to vote) and everyone kisses your ass.

However, this is exactly why we need TERM LIMITS - Career Politicians quickly forget that their job is doing the peoples' business - it is not their own business - (politics should not be a career) they are not in business or a business - they become partisan, forget about the best interest of the people in their district and vote the way they are told to vote by their party leadership - Term Limits prevents the perversion, corruption and partisan politics and politicians that have given rise to our current Do Nothing Congress.

Have you ever seen or heard of a poor politician, a middle-class politician - How is it they get so rich, accumulate property, houses, business, and expensive cars, and go on expensive vacations on a Government Salary?????
And they have the balls to call what they do Service, they say they Serve their Country - BS they serve themselves, Teachers serve, Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, Airmen, Firemen, Police Officers, First Responders, Government attorneys, Prosecutors, Public Defenders, Social Workers, and Volunteers - Serve! Career Politicians take and take and only share among themselves for their own enrichment.

Notice how many career politicians have relatives, i.e. Brothers that are also politicians - in fact, it becomes the family business - Joaquin Castro's - brother was the Mayor of SA, until he quit to work in D.C. for Obama and Biden - is it just a coincidence that Joaquin is now in congress?

What are your thoughts on term limits?

I support Term Limits - Power Corrupts - Term Limits will ensure different views, ideas, and personalities are in Congress. That no Congressman or Congresswoman becomes so entrenched in the job that they forget it is the people that they work for and it's not their own business - there should never be a political class - politics is the people's business - a career politician is just a "Grazer" a person who has learned to live off of Other Peoples Money, while talking out of two sides of their mouth and purposely accomplishing nothing in order to blame the other guy and therefore make him or her relevant.

This is not just talk - I say what I mean and mean what I say - I will serve a maximum of three terms. I will donate

50% of my congressional salary to charitable organizations, civil projects, local businesses, foster care, schools, and Child Protective Service children programs in District 20.

Do you believe that compromise is necessary or desirable for policymaking?

Keeping an open mind, listening to people who do not agree with you, and having patience and empathy are necessary ingredients to reaching a Compromise.

Understanding that in every policy issue there is Common Ground and accepting the realization that the only way forward is through compromise means that you are willing to listen, debate, and get things done for the good of your constituents and the country.

However, career politicians choose party over people, party over duty, party over honor, and party over country. They do not need to compromise when their politics is their business.

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2020

Adam Jonasz completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Jonasz's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

Bottom Line Up Front - I Believe in Duty - Honor - Country. I am not a career politician! I am a combat veteran. Before joining the US Army Infantry as an Enlisted Soldier to pay back my law school student loans, I was a Public Defender for 3 years and a Florida State Attorney and Law Enforcement Academy Graduate. I am not a party lemming and I believe in Finding Common Ground, Comprise and that above all we are all Americans First and All Lives Matter to me - I back term limits and I Back the Blue.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

DUTY - HONOR -COUNTRY
HERE-NOW-ALL
COMMON GROUND = COMPRISE

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

Veterans, Education, Public Service, Child Welfare and extremely important is creating opportunities for immigrants, individuals who are released from prison, probation or other state institutions like Juvenile Detention or Foster Care - most people do not need a hand out just a hand up!

Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow, and why?

The person I most admire my first Platoon Leader SSG Alwyn Cashe - KIA 8 November 2005, Samar, Iraq. SSG Cashe was all hard and salty on the outside but if you were one of his Soldiers he took care of you like you were a pain in the ass cousin no matter what the problem he would help you solve it - he may not have been all hugs and kisses but you knew SSG Cashe had your back. His Bradley was hit by an IED in Iraq, SSG Cashe escaped the explosion relatively unharmed. However, went back into the burning Bradley to help "his" Soldiers escape suffering 2nd and 3rd degree burns over 70% of his body from which he later died.

SSG Cashe was Black but He only saw Green.

He died at Brooke Army Medical Center at Fort Sam Houston - by that time I was an officer stationed at Fort Sam but did not know he was there until it was to late, I would have loved to see him - I regret that I did not.

I look up to Martin Luther King Jr. - I admire his commitment to inclusiveness - his vision of equality included all people and religions - he based this vision on the content of a persons character - which is really all that matters.

I look up to General MaCArthur and his commitment to the Country, the Military and the Soldier.

What characteristics or principles are most important for an elected official?

Integrity, Selfless Service

What qualities do you possess that you believe would make you a successful officeholder?

Integrity

I believe in selfless service
I believe in service to my fellow citizen, my fellow person and my country
I live DUTY - HONOR - COUNTRY
Moxie and the courage to do and say the right thing.
I am my own person I owe no one and I take from no one - I do not want to be a career politician
I believe in term limits
I will tell people the truth weather good or bad and I never gave a shit about pissing off authority -

I always though better to do the right thing, treat everyone with respect and never do anything I wouldn't want my mother to know about - because she will always know

What is the first historical event that happened in your lifetime that you remember? How old were you at the time?

I remember well the Iranian Hostage Crisis and The Iranian/Hizbollah bombing of the Marine Barracks in Lebanon.

I was 10 - 12 years old at the time. I clearly remember the Iran invading our embassy, burning and destroying the compound and taking Marines and other American men and women hostage - while chanting death to America.

I will always remember how proud we were when the older kids in the neighborhood spray painted "The Ayatollah is an Assahola" on the side of a building.

What was your very first job? How long did you have it?

My first job was delivering Penny Savers ( coupon flyers) at age 12 door to door in apartment buildings in Queens, NY. I did that with my best friends for and it took us all day Saturday for $20 bucks each. Had lots of fun running up and down fire escapes and on roof tops.

Next I delivered newspapers, shoveled snow, mowed loans, delivered pizza on my bike and meat for the butcher.

Best job of all was selling soda at NY Mets games - even got to watch the 1986 World Series.

What is your favorite book? Why?

The Bridge Over the River Kwai. - what courage, what commitment how can you not be inspired by the endurance and power of these POWs to overcome, strive on and their bond and loyalty to one another in the face of such horrors and hardships is not only moving and something to admire but something to hold on to and only hope that I to posses the bravery and courage that they had.

If you could be any fictional character, who would you want to be?

Sherlock Holmes - what a brilliant gift.

What was the last song that got stuck in your head?

The Rhinestone Cowboy by Glen Campbell

What process do you favor for redistricting?

Using the Census, simple let the facts on the ground determine the districts.

What qualities does the U.S. House of Representatives possess that makes it unique as an institution?

The House is really suppose to be place an institution that embodies or encompasses a true representation of the American people from each state, city and county. It holds the largest legislative body in our government. It should be where most legislation is worked out a place of friendship, negotiation and compromise.

Instead it has been turned into a place of division, party politics, career politicians bent on self enrichment and preservation and partisanship to appoint that stifles real compromise, progress and trust.

Do you believe that it's beneficial for representatives to have previous experience in government or politics?

No - being a career lackey for one party or another, politician or another only teaches you how to play the game - attract big donors, go along to get along mentality and corruption.

What makes a good representative is a non politician, term limits, a veteran, a history of public service and public interest work, a history of commonality with the people you represent - not being the same race, color or religion but sharing the same public education, experiences l, life style and needs.

Growing up in an area and leaving to attend Harvard and Stanford and then working for let's say a Washington DC law firm and seeking political office has nothing in common with most peoples everyday - in fact you have more in common with rich, political, Ivy League money and power hungry corrupt politicians and corporations.

What do you perceive to be the United States’ greatest challenges as a nation over the next decade?

Non Partisan-Politics and Governing. - We need to think of ourselves, our neighbors and our fellow citizens as Americans First and realize just how much we have in common and embrace our differences - Finding Common Ground and Comprise is essential.

Enough of Party Politics
Enough of Career Politicians
Enough of Lemming kiss ass politicians who are beholden to other politicians, the party, big businesses and large donors.

It is time for Term Limits

It is time for an end to Career Politicians who seem to get richer and richer on Government salaries while getting nothing accomplished.

If you are not a current representative, are there certain committees that you would want to be a part of?

Any committee that's mission is accomplishing something tangible and substantial in peoples everyday life - job placement, training, education and social mobility.

Do you believe that two years is the right term length for representatives?

I believe it is - if you can not make a difference or accomplish things that benefit your community and country in two years then it is time to put someone in who can. Being a Representative is about being a leader. A leader a fighter for your community - every single person in that community - not being a lemming for a particular party or politician or a stooge for corporations or causes but an advocate for the bus driver, cop, waitress, retiree, veteran, store owner, disabled and homeless person in your community.

What are your thoughts on term limits?

Term Limits are the only real check on power.

No one should even be allowed to be a career politician. It breeds self enrichment, self preservation and corruption. It is the glue that retains the status quo and fights change and progress. It is the swamp that sucks down and drowns new ideas, compromise and unity and creates divisions, partisan politics and perpetual us verse them mentality.

When people serve in a position of power for to long they like it, they crave it they don't want to leave it and they start to believe they deserve it and will do anything, say anything and promise anything to keep it.

If you are not currently a member of your party’s leadership in the U.S. House of Representatives, would you be interested in joining the leadership? If so, in what role?

No - that is why I am an Independent- my bosses are my constituents and that is it.

As a representative of my community I will spend my time advocating for the people - ALL the people of my community - that is where my focus is and should be.

Party leadership and roles are for the weak - the wanna bees - the lemmings and kiss asses who are only interested in self promotion and power and money -

My interest, my duty, my mission is my community-

CHARLIE MIKE

Is there a particular representative, past or present, whom you want to model yourself after?

No

Both sitting representatives and candidates for office hear many personal stories from the residents of their district. Is there a story that you’ve heard that you found particularly touching, memorable, or impactful?

Yes - the story of every mother, father, grandmother and grandfather and individual who goes to school, gets a job and brings home groceries and pays rent. Just to do the same thing the next day, week and month - year after year - just so they or their kids can get an education or job and be healthy and happy.

The people who work hard and do the right thing and never get a thank you or a real pay day or fame -

Those are the stories that are important those are the stories of real people of Americans.

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