You Should Run - Jess King

Jess King was a working mom from the Lancaster, PA area who woke up after the 2016 election determined to do something, anything, to stand up to injustice in American government and politics. Two years later, during an impossible race, she would be the focus of national donations and media attention, something she never imagined would happen.

In this episode of the You Should Run Podcast, Jess King shares her motivation for running for Congress in Pennsylvania, what happened when her district was suddenly changed and made even more difficult politically, how she stuck to her progressive values despite being up against a conservative region, the challenges of being a first time candidate, and, of course, why YOU should run for office. In fact, Jess talks not only about why more people should run, but about how many veterans of her campaign are running for office now.

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