A NOTE FROM JOSH

To the People of the Sixth District,

I’m running for Congress because it’s time for our leadership to reflect real Kentuckians — people like me who know what it’s like to grow up on a farm and to work to make ends meet. Who know what it’s like to work your way through school. Who know the meaning of public service.

I’m not a politician, and I’m not running to advance a political career. I’ve already had a career: as a U.S. Marine, as a police officer, and as a lawyer. We have plenty of career politicians in Congress already — people who have come up through the political system. What I’ve seen from both parties, Democrat and Republican, is mostly candidates who are political insiders or who come from wealthy families. These candidates don’t have anything to say to me or to any of us ordinary folks. I was raised that, if there’s a job that you see that needs doing, and no one is doing it, well then maybe you ought to do it. So I’m going to try to change our politics. I’m stepping up to run for Congress, as a Democrat against Republican incumbent Andy Barr — to give a voice to the people of the Sixth District.

I want to tell your stories, in your voice, in Washington DC. Together, I believe we can change how things are done there, and make a broken system start to work — at least a little bit — for regular folks again.

I humbly ask for you support, and your vote, so that I can represent you and work for you.