Jason Kishineff. Courtesy photo.

NORTHERN CALIFORNIA – An American Canyon resident said he is joining the race for the House of Representatives seat held by Congressman Mike Thompson.Jason Kishineff, 48, representing the Green Party, said he is running for the Fifth Congressional District seat as part of a mission to get corporate influences out of the United States electoral system, a goal he and other progressives plan to accomplish through a constitutional amendment prohibiting corporate campaign contributions and making elections publicly funded.Kishineff believes that the planet is at risk from climate change, fracking, military pollution and an ever-growing network of oil pipelines.He believes that health care, college education and housing should be considered human rights, that policing should be demilitarized policing, that our water is contaminated in many places and should be cleaned up, that wars for profits and oil should be be halted, and that no one who works 40 hours a week should be living in poverty.Other priorities for Kishineff include addressing the growing gap between rich and poor is largely responsible for a great deal of crime.Kishineff is refusing all donations from corporate super PACs, which gives him a financial disadvantage that he is embracing.He said Democrats like his opponent, Mike Thompson, have failed to represent labor, failed to represent the environment, failed to represent immigrants, failed the anti-war movement and failed the American people as a whole.Kishineff is endorsed by Bernie Sanders' Our Revolution group, Lt. Governor candidate Gail McLaughlin, Napa Valley College Trustee Amy Martenson, the Sonoma County Green Party, the Solano County Green Party and has been working closely with the Napa County Green Party. He has spoken at the marijuana forum at the Napa library in January and has appeared on KPFZ radio in Lake County.He has signed the Contract For American Renewal and has signed an agreement to co-sponsor a term limits bill. He's also ready to answer any and all of your questions.Kishineff can be reached through his Web site at www.kishineff.org