About the Candidate

Name: Brian Burns

DOB: Dec. 12, 1987

Occupation: Attorney

Political Experience: None

Website: BrianBurns.com

Twitter: @BurnsUSA

Candidate Statement

We live in the most PROSPEROUS and INNOVATIVE society in history. Think of all we’ve accomplished since our founding: people are living twice as long, one farmer with a tractor can feed thousands, and one teenager with a twitter account can start a world-wide climate movement. We live in a world of LIMITLESS possibility, but things are stuck - and we NEED new ideas.

My name is Brian Burns, and I want to be your next Congressman.

I’m an attorney who has spent my career at the intersection of law and technology. I’ve worked for two federal agencies in D.C. and have written laws at the local level. I‘m also a Chicagoan, born and raised in the 5th district, so I KNOW there’s no better place for bold ideas.

And we’re GONNA NEED THEM - TO BEAT the climate emergency, TO FIX our broken healthcare system, and TO BUILD an equitable economy.

So where do we start?

First we DREAM of a future that’s WORTH fighting for;

Then we PLAN a path toward achieving it;

And finally we ACT with the urgency that this historical moment demands.

We repeat this cycle. Tirelessly. Always dreaming bigger, planning better, acting more effectively. And NEVER - NEVER giving up. This is how we dig ourselves out.

We have technologies that our founders COULDN’T have dreamed of. IMAGINE a future where we use them to solve our biggest problems. THIS is the DREAM. THIS is worth fighting for.

My candidacy is unique because WE have a plan to build the MOST RESPONSIVE GOVERNMENT IN HISTORY. And with your engagement, WE WILL write our own future. WE WILL DEFINE what Democracy 3.0 looks like and and WE WILL GIVE give political power BACK to the people.

But we must ACT. So visit BrianBurns.com and get involved with our campaign - we have a place for everyone.

Our slogan is #NoSmallPlans - borrowed from Daniel Burnham, the architect who saw BEYOND the horizon HIS life to design our great city. We must be JUST AS BOLD. We must DREAM just as big. We must make #NoSmallPlans.