Washington Post profiles TP founder Judd Legum’s campaign for Maryland state legislature.
Washington Post profiles TP founder Judd Legum’s campaign for Maryland state legislature.
An article in today’s Washington Post highlights former presidential campaign staffers who are now launching their own bids for public office, including ThinkProgress founder Judd Legum:
Judd Legum, 30, a blogger-turned-opposition-researcher, has announced that he will run for the House of Delegates representing his native Annapolis area. [...]
Legum founded the ThinkProgress blog at the Center for American Progress before joining Clinton’s campaign. After Clinton lost the nomination, he said, he took a break from the hyperactive pace of Washington politics. But the wonk in him quickly took over, and he immersed himself in local issues. He started a Maryland politics blog, Legum’s New Line, and announced his candidacy more than a year out.
The long hours and intense pressure of campaigning nationally “made me want to at least try another kind of politics,” Legum said. “There is something valuable about being in the political process at this level. It’s not sexy, but it’s important. That’s part of what persuaded me to get involved.”
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Good luck to you, Judd. America needs good people like you running its various governments, at all levels.
May 25th, 2009 at 10:33 amBrilliant.
As Michael Moore has stated, you want better government?
GET INVOLVED, literally.
May 25th, 2009 at 10:33 amBest wishes!
May 25th, 2009 at 11:03 amgood on ya, judd!
and, fwiw, YOU can make it sexy… really!
May 25th, 2009 at 11:24 amKick some bootay Judd
May 25th, 2009 at 12:06 pmGood luck, Judd!
We all need to move to Maryland, so we can vote for Judd. :-)
May 25th, 2009 at 12:12 pmI remember Judd. When I first came in there were always those threads that said “by Judd”.
Long time since I’ve seen one of those.
May 25th, 2009 at 1:33 pmBest of luck, Judd! And thanks for all you have done, and will do!
May 25th, 2009 at 2:11 pmI’ve been reading Legum’s blog and he seems like a fair and level headed person. I only wish he was running against that slimeball Steny Hoyer. Maybe someday.
May 25th, 2009 at 3:34 pmI find it interesting that Progressive leaders are stepping forward to actually run for real elective positions and apply for real government jobs, instead of just working the rotating talk-show circuit like all of the “leading Republican voices” currently are. Can anybody name more than a handful of “leading Republican voices” who actually have legitimate political jobs today?
Good on ‘ya, and here’s hoping you win.
May 26th, 2009 at 1:33 amWhat a remarkably unsourced article. It goes out of its way to mention ’special interest’ groups, but only lists MoveOn, and then only the director.
Weak.
May 26th, 2009 at 9:03 am