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Max Federman
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Democratic Party

Education

Bachelor's

University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School, 2014

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Oklahoma City, Okla.
Religion
Jewish
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Max Federman (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Oklahoma House of Representatives to represent District 82. He did not appear on the ballot for the Democratic primary on June 30, 2020.

Federman completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Max Federman was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He earned a bachelor's degree from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 2014. Federman's career experience includes working as an entrepreneur, media executive, data scientist, and community organizer.[1]

Elections

2020

See also: Oklahoma House of Representatives elections, 2020

Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary was canceled.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

The primary election was canceled. Nicole Miller (R) won the election without appearing on the ballot.

Campaign themes

2020

Ballotpedia survey responses

See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection

Candidate Connection

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

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Max Federman is a community organizer and entrepreneur running for the Oklahoma House of Representatives in District 82. Max is a dedicated advocate who empathizes with and stands up for the most vulnerable in this state. Born and raised in Oklahoma City, Max started a recycling company in high school, was an executive in successful startups, worked as an analyst at Fortune 500 Companies, and has organized campaigns for over a decade. Today he is running for State Representative for Oklahoma House District 82, where he plans to take our tax dollars back from corporations and move them back to our local schools and communities, end mass incarceration for non-violent crimes, diversify Oklahoma's economy, and fight corruption and greed in the capital.
  • Help Working Families
  • Save our Schools and Teachers
  • Diversify Oklahoma's Economy
Oklahoma's economic background is fossil fuels, to the point that a large portion of our state income goes towards propping it up to the detriment of our education and infrastructure budgets. As the price of oil collapses, Oklahomans will feel it hard. Diversifying our State's economy needs to happen immediately or the oil crash will bring the whole state down with it and cripple our economy for decades to come.

Fighting climate change is my top priority. It is an existential threat hanging over all our heads and something must be done about it immediately. There are tried and true methods we can take as first steps while diversifying Oklahoma's economy towards more sustainable industries.

I am also a passionate advocate for prison reform. Oklahoma has topped the list for incarceration rate as recently as 2016, and that is costing taxpayers dearly. For minor offenses, people are being locked up for years, all while the citizens pay for it so private prison owners get richer. We as a nation need to completely rethink our prison system. We should abolish private prisons and switch the emphasis from punishment to rehabilitation so prisoners can leave the system as contributing members of society.
There is one responsibility for a State Representative and that is to represent the people and interests of your district. Making sure your constituents are heard and tended to is your primary role. As a State Representative, I will help take Oklahoma into a future where working people have opportunities to prosper and their rights and freedoms are respected.
I want to leave a better Oklahoma than the one I was born into. This means supporting and growing the industries of the future right here in Oklahoma so everyone has meaningful and dependable employment. It means rebuilding our infrastructure and protecting our environment from more damage so our grandchildren can still see our home's beauty. It means sticking up for Oklahomans I don't even know so everyone has a fair chance in our society. All my life, when I've seen a problem, I do something about it. In high school when I realized my community didn't have a recycling program, I started one. When the Westboro Baptist Church came to the state to spread their hate, I took action and mobilized a coalition to counter their demonstrations. And now as I see corporate interests buying our state and hollowing out the programs we all rely on, I am running for office to do something about it.

It is a scary time in the world right now and we are all scared of what kind of world we will be leaving to future generations. I will never stop fighting to give every Oklahoman the opportunity to achieve the American dream and to live their lives without fear. My legacy will be an Oklahoma stronger than ever with prosperity and liberty for every citizen.
I was just over 3 years old at the time of the bombing of the Murrah Building. I was too young to know or understand what was going on, but I can remember the fear, chaos, panic, and of course the sound of the bomb exploding. It was a turning point in Oklahoma and the United States' history and for better or for worse has shaped many Oklahoman's view of the world. I remember heroes and this city coming together after the event and I'm in awe of all that we have accomplished since then.
I aspire to be like Atticus Finch in many ways. The drive to do the right thing even when it's hard and stick up for those society has harmed were some of Atticus Finch's best qualities to me. The belief that our government was founded on universal rights and everyone is entitled to justice has always been an inspiration. Beyond what Atticus Finch did in To Kill A Mockingbird, it's the courage he showed doing it that truly makes me strive to be more like him.
There are definitely benefits to experience, but having character, virtues, and passion are far more important. Over time any candidate can make connections and meet people to get things done, but you can't teach morals or substitute determination. I was born and raised in Oklahoma City and I will do everything I can for as long as I can to fight to make this city a better place.

Anyone can be elected, but it takes a true leader to make change happen in a system like government. Speaking with my neighbors about their lives, struggles, fears, and dreams has taught me more about what we need in this state than any job title ever could. Our state is being hollowed out by corporate interests and the people we have elected to represent us are helping them. We cannot continue to sit by while our tax dollars go towards subsidizing oil and natural gas while our schools are in crisis and our roads are crumbling.
For one hundred years, Oklahoma's economy has centered around oil but as the price of oil continues to fall, Oklahoma's future is in question. Our State Government has sacrificed our education and infrastructure budgets in order to help fossil fuel companies, but at a certain point something has to give. Oklahoma needs to end our dependency on any single industry - for Oklahoma to thrive for another 100 years, we need to grow other industries here in State to pick up the pieces and employ our workers in a post-oil future.

The other key to accomplish this is to fight corruption in our own government. We cannot trust politicians to act in our best interest when they are bankrolled by the very industries destroying our state. Fossil fuel and for-profit prison companies are getting rich off of taxpayer dollars while we can't afford to pay our teachers living wages. We need to get big money out of elections so we elect politicians based on their ideas and values rather than their bank accounts.
A legislature is a representative of their constituents. There are districts across the state with shared interests and the best way to enact policies to better serve these people is to create coalitions based upon mutual interest so when legislators work together to further their causes, Oklahomans win.
If we truly want to enact change to help the lives of millions of Oklahomans, we cannot do it alone. Working with representatives from other districts facing similar problems with similar goals, means our voices will be heard louder.

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  1. ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on March 25, 2020


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