WHY I'M RUNNING

Dear Neighbor,

Something is wrong in District 78.

Our public schools are under attack. Our healthcare costs keep climbing. And the people who are supposed to represent us in Columbus aren't listening.

And the people with control in Columbus like it that way.

I've lived in enough places to know that people don't fight with each other on their own. They get pushed into it. The people in charge in Columbus would rather we stay mad at our neighbors than start asking why our schools are losing funding and our healthcare keeps getting worse. The real problem in Ohio is not your neighbor down the road. It's the politicians who forgot who they work for.

They use social media and cable news to keep us split up so we're too busy fighting each other to fight back. Divided people don't fight back. That's the whole point.

But I think people are starting to see through it.

Let's be honest about what we're facing: very deep pockets and career politicians who run unopposed. They assume this seat is theirs. It's yours.

I'm not a career politician. I'm a guy who organized 300 volunteers at one of the country's largest air museums, built a life in Lima, and has spent years getting his hands dirty building something real in Allen County. That doesn't intimidate me. And I don't think it intimidates you either.

I learned something a long time ago, moving from school to school across Texas as a kid: people everywhere are more alike than they are different. Every person you meet deserves your respect, no matter what they look like, who they love, or how much money they have.

Lima is a place where people came from everywhere to work in the factories and the hospitals and on the farms. We share this place. We have a stake in its future. And the person who represents us should listen to all of us, not just the ones writing checks.

It's time to take our district back.

Jeff