The time has come to acquaint yourself with Florida congressional hopeful Jake Rush, a self-described “conservative straight-shooter” who also happens to be a vampire.

Rush, who is running for Florida’s 3rd Congressional District as a Republican, has been active in the Mind’s Eye Society, a nationwide organization of live-action role players. It’s not exactly clear if Rush, if elected, would be the first LARPer in Congress, but it’s safe to say he wouldn’t be the only member who has flirted with a soulless lifestyle.

It seems that Rush, a lawyer by day, enjoys wearing costumes and role-playing as Chazz Darling, and Lord Staas van der Winst. Those characters come from a page for the Gainesville, Florida “requiem,” where a certain “J. Rush” is listed as the “recognized kindred of Gainesville.”

Business Insider’s Hunter Walker reports that Rush was also a leader in the Covenant of the Poisoned Absinthe, a group that, according to its Facebook page, engages in “an assortment of games from White Wolf's selection, including Vampire: The Masquerade, Changeling: The Lost, and Mage: The Awakening.”

Rush’s father, Robert Rush, spoke to Business Insider about his son’s extracurricular activities, which he described as “recreation that occurred occasionally.”

"Jeez, I guess you might want to put down too that we used to just have just great big Halloween parties every year," Robert said.

SaintPetersBlog also identified a number of Rush’s behaviors that go beyond quirky hobbying. In a 2010 Yahoo! Groups posting that has since been deleted, Rush (as Chazz Darling) allegedly appeared to threaten another LARPer:

“At first I thought you were just stupid and I wanted to stick my dick in your mouth to shut you up while I snorted a line off my new machete that was blessed by Rui (sic) but then I remembered that you were typing so my dick would really have to be in your hands to keep you from typing but since you are walking in Omaha that’s not really realistic right now … You shouldn’t believe everything that people tell you or you’re going to end up naked and sore, tied to the floor of a van marked ‘Free Candy.’”

Rush responded to the reports Tuesday by admitting he is “a gamer” and arguing that, while his acting skills have helped him over the course of his career, they’re largely irrelevant to his campaign. His full statement, via a press release published by SaintPetersBlog, is available below.