Hereās a naked and sometimes uncomfortable truth about every single candidate emailing you for $5 to help them get elected: they want power.
Iām not excluded from that statement. But what we should ask every single candidate, every day, is what they will do with that power.
Prior to Trump being elected, I never considered running for office. I didnāt work my way up to Congress or serve in student government. I was a law professor and consumer protection advocate who studied and saw how big corporations were cheating the rest of us. When I first ran for office in 2018, I was (and still am!) a single mom of three school age kids who drives a minivan.
Now, Iām running for the U.S. Senate because I want the power to go after the corrupt special interests that are making it difficult for families to get ahead. Oil companies need to be held accountable for their messes. Health insurance and pharmaceutical companies need to be held accountable for breaking laws, and for lobbying for a healthcare system that exists to serve their bottom lines. And corporations and the ultra-wealthy need to be held accountable when they cheat on their taxes.
Our current system is not good enough, and itās not going to be āgood enoughā to just go back to the way things were before Donald Trump. Iāve never taken a dime from corporate PACs and I donāt take money from federal lobbyistsāyou can always count on me to fight for working people and shake up the status quo.
My mentor and former law professor Elizabeth Warren taught me that nobody gets elected alone. Itās true! I canāt do this without you.
K Porter
Iām not excluded from that statement. But what we should ask every single candidate, every day, is what they will do with that power.
Prior to Trump being elected, I never considered running for office. I didnāt work my way up to Congress or serve in student government. I was a law professor and consumer protection advocate who studied and saw how big corporations were cheating the rest of us. When I first ran for office in 2018, I was (and still am!) a single mom of three school age kids who drives a minivan.
Now, Iām running for the U.S. Senate because I want the power to go after the corrupt special interests that are making it difficult for families to get ahead. Oil companies need to be held accountable for their messes. Health insurance and pharmaceutical companies need to be held accountable for breaking laws, and for lobbying for a healthcare system that exists to serve their bottom lines. And corporations and the ultra-wealthy need to be held accountable when they cheat on their taxes.
Our current system is not good enough, and itās not going to be āgood enoughā to just go back to the way things were before Donald Trump. Iāve never taken a dime from corporate PACs and I donāt take money from federal lobbyistsāyou can always count on me to fight for working people and shake up the status quo.
My mentor and former law professor Elizabeth Warren taught me that nobody gets elected alone. Itās true! I canāt do this without you.
K Porter
