David Cozad
is a Green Dog Democrat!
David believes there is a Green Industrial Revolution just around the corner. He wants that revolution to happen in the 6th District. There will be Green jobs for the people in this district.
He will use the skills developed over the years to bring high paying jobs and opportunity to keep those jobs.
is a Green Dog Democrat!
David believes there is a Green Industrial Revolution just around the corner. He wants that revolution to happen in the 6th District. There will be Green jobs for the people in this district.
He will use the skills developed over the years to bring high paying jobs and opportunity to keep those jobs.
Paid for by Cozad for Congress
Why Am I Running for This Office?
Actually, this is more than one question being asked. So, I will try to answer the questions that I have heard so far.
Q: Why are you running for a congressional seat as your first public elective office?
A: There are two answers. First, the area that I live in has so many Republican voters that I could not get elected until I reached the State Senate level and Senator Wendy David already has that job. The next level is U.S. Congressional and I think I can defeat the Republican office holder, Joe Barton. Second, I found that I have most of my knowledge and political experience at the U.S. Congressional level.
Q: Why do you think you are qualified to run for this office?
A: Let me answer in three parts.
Q: Why are you running for a congressional seat as your first public elective office?
A: There are two answers. First, the area that I live in has so many Republican voters that I could not get elected until I reached the State Senate level and Senator Wendy David already has that job. The next level is U.S. Congressional and I think I can defeat the Republican office holder, Joe Barton. Second, I found that I have most of my knowledge and political experience at the U.S. Congressional level.
Q: Why do you think you are qualified to run for this office?
A: Let me answer in three parts.
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First, I think I am the most qualified of those who want the office and I include Joe Barton in that very short list.
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Second, most people think you have to “pay your dues” by being elected to every position from dog catcher to mayor of a city before you can run for higher office at each step along this path. This path requires the office seeker to know everything at each step which takes a long time to do. This would result in very old office seekers when they get to higher offices and preclude anyone who took a different path to success. In my case, I worked my way up by working as a military officer, process engineer, production controller, software programmer, software development engineer, manager, and technologist. I worked in small companies of 70 people to giant corporations of 100,000 plus people. I have worked in civic and religious organizations. I have covered a lot of ground over the years and done some amazing things.
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Third, while I was on this other path, I thought the people on the political path were doing their job as well as I was doing mine. Lo and behold, I discovered they weren’t, especially the Republicans which seemed to be the dominant political species in this area and over the last 16 years. Since I was a novice in this field, I needed experience fast and joined in one congressional campaign after another and one state representative campaign. I took the challenge and worked as a campaign chief of staff, campaign consultant, and campaign manager. They say that nothing teaches you faster than failure. Well, none of my candidates won their office, but I kept notes and other things and studied everything that went wrong in those campaigns. I know the mistakes and don’t intend to repeat any of them. I also saw what went right. Steve Bush’s hard work ethic almost won him his primary even though he shared a name with one of the worst presidents in American history.
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I think I can win this office and that is what counts in politics, winning. If you don’t win, you don’t have the political power to make things happen. I am expecting this election will be one of the hardest fought ones in the nation. I won’t be complacent just because Obama won the presidency last year. Off year elections are the worst times for new presidents. I believe I can win even if I am the only freshman Democrat taking office in January 2011.
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