Amy Sinclair - Iowa's Senate Majority Whip
R-Amy Sinclair, Majority Whip for the Iowa Senate, knows hardship, struggle, and tragedy. She grew up in an apolitical family in rural Iowa...
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Elected Officials of America: Underdog Stories
Join us on our journey to interview an elected official in each of the 50 states. With a focus on profiling underdogs who beat the odds, find out what motivated our officials to run, the adv...
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Saira Blair - West Virginia's Youngest Delegate
At the age of 17 in 2014, Saira Blair ran for a West Virginia delegate seat and beat an incumbent Republican in a primary to eventually beco...
Josh Zakim - Boston City Councilor
Josh Zakim was elected to Boston City Council in 2013 when he was 29 years old. He is currently running for Secretary of State in Massachuse...
Senator Ikley-Freeman - From Homeless to Oklahoma's Youngest Legislator
Senator Alison Ikley-Freeman is Oklahoma's youngest state senator. She won a special election in 2018 as a Democrat in a conservative distri...
Julie Emerson - Louisiana's Youngest Legislator
At the age of 26, R-Julie Emerson beat a Democratic incumbent in 2015 to become the youngest legislator in Louisiana. The star of a viral vi...
Philadelphia Legend - Ed Rendell
Ed Rendell is a Philadelphia legend. Ed began his career as an elected official when his campaigning in bars and subways paid off, and he wa...
Paulette Jordan - The First Native-American Governor?
Paulette Jordan recently resigned from being the only Native American legislator in Idaho to focus on her run for Governor. If elected, she...
Melanie Stambaugh - Washington's Youngest Legislator
Melanie Stambaugh beat a 5-term incumbent at the age of 23 to become Washington's youngest legislator, and is the youngest female elected to...
Chloe Eudaly - From Bookstore Owner to Portland, OR City Council
Chloe Eudaly didn't finish high school, but she still managed to beat a Harvard Law School graduate to become one of 8 woman ever elected to...
Paul Bailey - State Senator for Tennessee
Senator Paul Bailey represents an area of rural Tennessee where Donald Trump received a whopping 75% of the vote. In this episode, we talk a...
Candidate Series - Jordan Hines - Delaware State Senate
Jordan Hines is the youngest candidate for state senate in Delaware for the 2018 election cycle. He is in the midst of a 3-way primary for t...
Interview with Tom Byrne, Delaware Public Media
On January 31, 2018, I sat down with Tom Byrne of Delaware Public Media . Tom was kind enough to let me rebroadcast this as an EOA episode....
Eddie Melton - Indiana's Youngest State Senator
Eddie Melton won a 4-way Democratic primary in 2016 to join a lonely group of legislators: only 9 out of 50 state senators in Indiana are De...
Chicken Soup for the Candidate's Soul
Does the campaign trail have you down and out? Tired of being told to drop out of the race, that you can't win, all the while missing every...
Congressman Tom MacArthur - Chair of Heroin Task Force
Congressman R-Tom MacArthur (NJ) was elected to an open seat in the 3rd Congressional District in 2014, after fending off his Democratic cha...
Jewell Jones - Michigan's Youngest Legislator
Jewell Jones was first elected to Inkster City Council at the age of 20, and became the youngest representative in Michigan history at the a...
Candidate Series: Elizabeth Lockman - Delaware State Senate District 3
"Life is about how you respond to challenges." - Elizabeth Lockman Delaware State Senate District 3 has a primary on its hands: long-time in...
Bryan Townsend - From Political Novice to Overthrowing Senate Leader
State Senator D-Bryan Townsend was a political newcomer when he pulled off a gigantic upset in 2012 and beat Senate President Pro Tem Tony D...
Victor Pichardo - Bronx Politics: A Contact Sport?
Victor Pichardo was first elected in a special election in 2013 to the New York General Assembly to represent the Bronx. Bronx politics is a...
Mike Purzycki - From NFL Player to Wilmington, DE Mayor
Mike Purzycki survived a crowded Democratic primary and ousted the incumbent in September 2016. Hear his thoughts on Wilmington 11 months af...