I've already been told by a State legislator that unless I can raise a cool $1 million that the national Party won't give me the time of day.

But I don't have any plans to raise that kind of campaign money - it's not the kind of campaign I intend to run. I'm going old school, running a ground game at the precinct level. I'll be investing early campaign donations in a campaign website and my first Field Organizer.

I've got a website developer ready to go, and I'm using a member of the Daily Kos community, brainwrap, the guy who has done such great work here on PPACA signups but whose dayjob is as a web developer.

I've got my first Field Organizer ready to come work for me, a student at the University of Washington at Seattle who is a PoliSci major.

I've been speaking with a couple of nationally known political advisors, and some Daily Kos members who've already agreed to volunteer for the campaign on work from Campaign speeches and Position Papers to Voiceovers for ads for internet, radio and television. I've got a local photographer to do campaign event photos and video. I've got a temporary Treasurer, but I'm still looking for a permanent Treasurer and a Campaign manager. If you know anyone who might be interested in either position PLEASE have them contact me, you can DKosmail message me and I'll provide a telephone number they can reach me at!

My goal is to organize our 3rd District precincts this summer and fall, doing PCO training and getting neighbors talking to neighbors about the coming primary election next spring, although not yet set it's likely our primary will be in May, 2016.

So I've got about ten months to raise funds, attend County Party meetings in the seven counties of the 3rd District and get the word out to the voters that I am in this race and I want to become their Representative to Congress.

This is my first campaign graphic and it says pretty much what my campaign is going to be about:

What the people of my District need, like the people in most Districts across America today, is more decent paying jobs. I'm going to be working to help bring them here. Wind turbine and solar cell and solar film and energy storage manufacturers, which could make the north end of the Willamette Valley a hub for 21st century clean energy production.

I'm also highly motivated to help protect our region's natural resources, ensuring future generations are able to enjoy them just as my family always has, from reservoir lakes to state and national parks and forests. From the mountains to the oceans to the rivers, we need to keep our land and water clean and accessible to all.

I've spent nearly 12 years here at Daily Kos ranting and railing about everything wrong with our political system, but after today, I'm going to be working towards becoming a member of the United States Congress so that instead of ranting here, I can do it from the Floor of the US House of Representatives.











If you'd like to help me get started on this journey, please send me any size donation to my paypal account by clicking the link and sending to the email address listed here: angelamarx4congress@gmail.com

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That it is your own money you have donated DISCLOSURE: This campaign will NOT sell or share any donor email data to anyone or any organization now or in the future. As soon as I've received enough in donations ($5,000) the website will go up and I'll be able to hire that 1st Field Organizer! Once that goal has been reached and the campaign website goes live, further donations for the campaign will be done via Act Blue. So I'm asking the Daily Kos community here for seed money to start me on my way. Like , I will not be accepting super-PAC money now or in the future. I'd rather win on donations from real people in the smaller range than end up owing my soul to some faceless corporate donors. It takes money to win an election in our modern America, and I promise to use the donations you send to me to good use.

The last thing I'll ask is that you spread the word among your groups - please ask everyone you know here at Daily Kos who lives in the 3rd District of SW Washington to follow my new Daily Kos Account Angela Marx so that they'll see when the website goes live. Because once it does, I'll be asking for something a lot more precious than your dollars ...

I'll be asking for volunteers to come join my Precinct Walkers and help me do something to confound the mainstream Democratic Party - win a US House District by neighbors talking to neighbors instead of spending a million dollars on television advertising.

I'm so excited to begin this adventure and I'll keep the Daily Kos community posted on all campaign news and activities.

Please let me know what you think of the graphic in the comments!

Before I forget, Meteor Blades, you can go ahead and send me that donation now, I'm finally ready to accept it!

I've been admonished to describe where the 3rd District is, so...

You can see this map on it's original Daily Kos diary Washington Redistricting.

The 3rd District is the bright purple section in the bottom left (SW) corner of the map.

It includes: Clark, Cowlitz, Klickitat, Lewis, Pacific, Skamania and Wahkiakum counties and a small strip across the southern border of Thurston county on the northern edge of the District.