Christopher Ajluni

[{"question": "Ballotpedia survey responses", "answer_html": "<p>See also: <a href=\"/Ballotpedia%27s_Candidate_Connection\">Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection</a></p>\n<div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-xs-10 col-md-6 col-xs-offset-1 col-md-offset-3\"><p><a href=\"https://ballotpedia.org/Ballotpedia%27s_Candidate_Connection\"><img align=\"middle\" alt=\"Candidate Connection\" src=\"https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/8/88/Candidate_Connection_Logo.png\" width=\"90%\"/></a></p></div></div>\n<p>Christopher Ajluni completed <a href=\"/Ballotpedia%27s_Candidate_Connection\">Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection</a> survey in 2025. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Ajluni's responses.</p>\n<p><span class=\"expand-all\">Expand all</span> | <span class=\"collapse-all\">Collapse all</span></p>\n<div aria-multiselectable=\"true\" class=\"panel-group\" id=\"accordion\" role=\"tablist\"><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse-bio-389201-2025-11-29\" id=\"heading-bio-389201-2025-11-29\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse-bio-389201-2025-11-29\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse-bio-389201-2025-11-29\" role=\"button\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right pull-right\"></i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down pull-right\"></i>\t\t\t\tWho are you? Tell us about yourself.\t\t\t</a></p></div><div aria-labelledby=\"heading-bio-389201-2025-11-29\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse-bio-389201-2025-11-29\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"panel-body\" style=\"max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;\"><div class=\"answers-container\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\t\t\t\tI am a young American man of 36. I grew up in Iowa for the first 29 years of my life and have spent the last 7 here in Arizona. My heritage is very important to me as I am Palestinian, Lebanese and Syrian from Christian families. I believe in working hard and being a good person, as my mother and father instilled in me from a young age. My dad told me to develop a personal philosophy and I have and it has led me to run for congress because I believe it is urgent. Urgent for America and the world. I am forced to run because I do not feel represented by our federal government. I have been employed since the literal moment I became eligible in Iowa at 14 years old. I have also engaged in philanthropy throughout my life including organizing my own mission trip to Lebanon where I supplied 420 backpacks to Syrian refugees. I have also seen the \"refugee\" camps (permanent since 1948) in Lebanon where generations of Palestinians have been forgotten. I am an athlete, running cross country and playing tennis in college as well as other sports-football is my favorite. I have a BS in Cellular Biology.\t\t\t</span></div></div></div></div><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse-key-message-389201-2025-11-29\" id=\"heading-key-message-389201-2025-11-29\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse-key-message-389201-2025-11-29\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse-key-message-389201-2025-11-29\" role=\"button\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right pull-right\"></i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down pull-right\"></i>\t\t\t\tPlease list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?\t\t\t</a></p></div><div aria-labelledby=\"heading-key-message-389201-2025-11-29\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse-key-message-389201-2025-11-29\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"panel-body\" style=\"max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;\"><div class=\"answers-container\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><ul><li>When the dollar is weighed alongside votes as equal, corruption is legalized. So I am standing up as I believe all Americans should to speak truth to power and reform our campaigns to reflect voter will not donor will. I am a nonpartisan No Money Candidate (NMC), which means I am not like any other candidate in the country. I am a movement, a distilled message that will let our country know that the way we have always done things will not fix anything in our lives, staying silent won't fix anything in our lives, and luckily, we live in a country founded by people who believed that the government serves the people, which means we have the capacity to change things that the people do not support. Americans don't support Corruption.</li><li>Palestinian-Americans have seen a campaign of racist actions by the current administration and overseas we have seen a genocide occur. None of that would have happened without the incredible money that has been used to convince Americans that Zionism in Israel can do no wrong. The Palestinian Issue is the issue of my generation's time, and it illuminates the corruption that will be the downfall of our civilization if we do not immediately regain the value of our votes. This is not a new situation as the Occupation has been in place for 75 years. I believe for both Palestinians and Israelis the way forward is together and I will do everything in my power to make peace and not in name only. Equal human rights and partnership for both.</li><li>We can't wait. People are ready for change as seen in the NYC Mayoral race where Zohran, a 34-year old DSA member won in the face of big money and party politics, the same politics that stopped Bernie Sanders from becoming the Democratic nominee for President twice. I'm part of the movement to restore the middle class, make healthcare a human right with basic access for all Americans and to defeat corruption and tax evasion by the wealthiest entities in the country. I am so lucky and blessed to be a homeowner and live in a neighborhood with safety and happiness despite my own personal challenges, however, I see the pain my fellow Americans are facing daily. I have to use my position for good because conditions are getting worse.</li></ul></span></div></div></div></div><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse1-389201-2025-11-29\" id=\"heading1-389201-2025-11-29\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse1-389201-2025-11-29\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse1-389201-2025-11-29\" role=\"button\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right pull-right\"></i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down pull-right\"></i>\t\t\t\tWhat areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?\t\t\t</a></p></div><div aria-labelledby=\"heading1-389201-2025-11-29\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse1-389201-2025-11-29\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"panel-body\" style=\"max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;\"><div class=\"answers-container\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\t\t\t\tHealthcare, Foreign Policy, Elder Care, Campaign Finance Reform, America's relationship to its territories, Tax Reform (focused on ensuring fair taxes that represent the people not money), Reform of Congressional Benefits and an End to profit from political office. Climate Policy, Women's Rights, Worker Rights, Reforms to End Gerrymandering, Federal Government Reform especially concerning Corruption.\t\t\t</span></div></div></div></div><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse2-389201-2025-11-29\" id=\"heading2-389201-2025-11-29\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse2-389201-2025-11-29\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse2-389201-2025-11-29\" role=\"button\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right pull-right\"></i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down pull-right\"></i>\t\t\t\tWho do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow, and why?\t\t\t</a></p></div><div aria-labelledby=\"heading2-389201-2025-11-29\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse2-389201-2025-11-29\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"panel-body\" style=\"max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;\"><div class=\"answers-container\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\t\t\t\tMark Twain, he lived in a time of brutality and he defied power and used his pen to forever shame the aggressors. He brought justice to the heart of darkness.\t\t\t</span></div></div></div></div><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse3-389201-2025-11-29\" id=\"heading3-389201-2025-11-29\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse3-389201-2025-11-29\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse3-389201-2025-11-29\" role=\"button\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right pull-right\"></i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down pull-right\"></i>\t\t\t\tWhat characteristics or principles are most important for an elected official?\t\t\t</a></p></div><div aria-labelledby=\"heading3-389201-2025-11-29\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse3-389201-2025-11-29\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"panel-body\" style=\"max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;\"><div class=\"answers-container\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\t\t\t\tIt has to be a sacrifice. We must have leaders that are not profiting from the office they hold because then they have a conflict of interest against their constituents. It is the central pillar of my campaign.\t\t\t</span></div></div></div></div><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse4-389201-2025-11-29\" id=\"heading4-389201-2025-11-29\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse4-389201-2025-11-29\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse4-389201-2025-11-29\" role=\"button\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right pull-right\"></i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down pull-right\"></i>\t\t\t\tWhat do you believe are the core responsibilities for someone elected to this office?\t\t\t</a></p></div><div aria-labelledby=\"heading4-389201-2025-11-29\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse4-389201-2025-11-29\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"panel-body\" style=\"max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;\"><div class=\"answers-container\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\t\t\t\tTown halls, writing bills instead of being handed them, honesty, making sure to work for the American people and honor our values as Americans.\t\t\t</span></div></div></div></div><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse5-389201-2025-11-29\" id=\"heading5-389201-2025-11-29\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse5-389201-2025-11-29\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse5-389201-2025-11-29\" role=\"button\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right pull-right\"></i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down pull-right\"></i>\t\t\t\tWhat legacy would you like to leave?\t\t\t</a></p></div><div aria-labelledby=\"heading5-389201-2025-11-29\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse5-389201-2025-11-29\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"panel-body\" style=\"max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;\"><div class=\"answers-container\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\t\t\t\tI would like to return representation to the people from the donors that have it now. I also want to realign American policy with American values as we have done before. But this time I would like to leave a legacy of consistent attention to those values and a system that elects leaders who will be incentivized to adhere to them.\t\t\t</span></div></div></div></div><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse6-389201-2025-11-29\" id=\"heading6-389201-2025-11-29\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse6-389201-2025-11-29\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse6-389201-2025-11-29\" role=\"button\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right pull-right\"></i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down pull-right\"></i>\t\t\t\tWhat is the first historical event that happened in your lifetime that you remember? How old were you at the time?\t\t\t</a></p></div><div aria-labelledby=\"heading6-389201-2025-11-29\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse6-389201-2025-11-29\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"panel-body\" style=\"max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;\"><div class=\"answers-container\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\t\t\t\tI think the most formative event was 9/11. I was in seventh grade and I remember my safety of having two oceans being shattered. I believed at the time America was invulnerable and really the best place to be. It had been for me. I had my friends, my school, my family, my neighbors, my sports, I could pursue anything I wanted to and while I wasn't rich beyond anyone's wildest dreams I had a stable upbringing and was stimulated to learn and experience life. It is the same thing I wish for every child on Earth.\t\t\t</span></div></div></div></div><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse7-389201-2025-11-29\" id=\"heading7-389201-2025-11-29\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse7-389201-2025-11-29\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse7-389201-2025-11-29\" role=\"button\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right pull-right\"></i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down pull-right\"></i>\t\t\t\tWhat was your very first job? How long did you have it?\t\t\t</a></p></div><div aria-labelledby=\"heading7-389201-2025-11-29\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse7-389201-2025-11-29\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"panel-body\" style=\"max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;\"><div class=\"answers-container\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\t\t\t\tHyvee Grocery store. I was a courtesy clerk and cashier for 2 years.\t\t\t</span></div></div></div></div><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse8-389201-2025-11-29\" id=\"heading8-389201-2025-11-29\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse8-389201-2025-11-29\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse8-389201-2025-11-29\" role=\"button\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right pull-right\"></i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down pull-right\"></i>\t\t\t\tWhat is your favorite book? Why?\t\t\t</a></p></div><div aria-labelledby=\"heading8-389201-2025-11-29\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse8-389201-2025-11-29\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"panel-body\" style=\"max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;\"><div class=\"answers-container\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\t\t\t\tThe time machine by HG Wells. It is a tale of a scientist who wants to build a portal to a more sophisticated time. What he learns is that the struggle against our inner demons is a constant one and there is no escape from the human condition.\t\t\t</span></div></div></div></div><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse9-389201-2025-11-29\" id=\"heading9-389201-2025-11-29\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse9-389201-2025-11-29\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse9-389201-2025-11-29\" role=\"button\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right pull-right\"></i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down pull-right\"></i>\t\t\t\tIf you could be any fictional character, who would you want to be?\t\t\t</a></p></div><div aria-labelledby=\"heading9-389201-2025-11-29\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse9-389201-2025-11-29\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"panel-body\" style=\"max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;\"><div class=\"answers-container\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\t\t\t\tAnakin Skywalker, I love that he wanted to make a perfect world and save everyone. I have always been a passionate person with a good amount of luck and talent at most things I try, but the difference and why I pick him here is that I would make a different choice at the most crucial point, when Anakin faces the question of imperial fascism or representative democracy. He should've chosen representative democracy (the Jedi over the Sith), but then the Star Wars story wouldn't have been as good (Star Peace?).\t\t\t</span></div></div></div></div><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse10-389201-2025-11-29\" id=\"heading10-389201-2025-11-29\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse10-389201-2025-11-29\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse10-389201-2025-11-29\" role=\"button\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right pull-right\"></i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down pull-right\"></i>\t\t\t\tWhat is something that has been a struggle in your life?\t\t\t</a></p></div><div aria-labelledby=\"heading10-389201-2025-11-29\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse10-389201-2025-11-29\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"panel-body\" style=\"max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;\"><div class=\"answers-container\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\t\t\t\tI always struggled with my weight. It was a battle because as a child I had excess food available that was highly processed. Throughout my life I have worked hard to learn how to live healthily. After being 270 lbs at 5'11\" in sophomore year of high school red flags and buzzers were going off health-wise and I knew I had to change my behavior or I would continue to get the same (and worse) results. I quit my absolute love, football and joined cross country. I have since ran two marathons and a whole host of other races. But also since college and working in the corporate environment I gained the weight back. So I ended up on tirzepeptide which is one of the drugs in the ozempic family and in 6 months I dropped the weight now armed with maturity I mean to keep the weight off. I just recently ran the phoenix 10k and with the advent of run clubs across the country it makes it easy, fun and social to run with others. I eat healthier than ever and I drink more water and get more sleep than any time in my life. The campaign is hurting the sleep effort a bit.\t\t\t</span></div></div></div></div><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse11-389201-2025-11-29\" id=\"heading11-389201-2025-11-29\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse11-389201-2025-11-29\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse11-389201-2025-11-29\" role=\"button\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right pull-right\"></i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down pull-right\"></i>\t\t\t\tWhat qualities does the U.S. House of Representatives possess that makes it unique as an institution?\t\t\t</a></p></div><div aria-labelledby=\"heading11-389201-2025-11-29\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse11-389201-2025-11-29\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"panel-body\" style=\"max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;\"><div class=\"answers-container\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\t\t\t\tIt is the People's house. It is where America displays the political process on a national level. It establishes the standard of living by virtue of its regulations. It's a place where we can say, wait a minute, this isn't working. Let's fix it even if we have to do something that is not on the surface profitable. It's where we agree on what we need to ensure we have access to the American Dream: to life, liberty, and to pursue happiness as Americans. And we have to remember this is Article 1 of the Constitution we are talking about. This is the most important foundation, the primary vessel of America. Right now it is being tarnished by stock trading and lobbyist cozying and private transit and indescribable pedophilia. America is Irate. I feel the pulse of this country like it is my own blood, my own heartbeat. My family are Immigrants but also have been Born here. My past was severed from me by powers outside my family's control, and destitute of freedom, America gave us a chance. We succeeded and we have been Patriots from our first breaths. I owe it to this country to do everything I can to make sure the government represents what we all hold dear. That chance to be successful.\t\t\t</span></div></div></div></div><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse12-389201-2025-11-29\" id=\"heading12-389201-2025-11-29\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse12-389201-2025-11-29\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse12-389201-2025-11-29\" role=\"button\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right pull-right\"></i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down pull-right\"></i>\t\t\t\tDo you believe that it's beneficial for representatives to have previous experience in government or politics?\t\t\t</a></p></div><div aria-labelledby=\"heading12-389201-2025-11-29\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse12-389201-2025-11-29\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"panel-body\" style=\"max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;\"><div class=\"answers-container\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\t\t\t\tAbsolutely. You see it every day with people who have run government offices and go on to be elected to office, they have a team, they have the people around them that can implement their ideas, rather than just talking about them. However. I have also seen that with that experience comes the inevitable creep of financial incentives into those officials' policy ideas. A fresh perspective can provide what the system cannot. We are a country of innovators and we need everyone's ideas not just an oligarchy of ideas.\t\t\t</span></div></div></div></div><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse13-389201-2025-11-29\" id=\"heading13-389201-2025-11-29\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse13-389201-2025-11-29\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse13-389201-2025-11-29\" role=\"button\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right pull-right\"></i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down pull-right\"></i>\t\t\t\tWhat do you perceive to be the United States' greatest challenges as a nation over the next decade?\t\t\t</a></p></div><div aria-labelledby=\"heading13-389201-2025-11-29\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse13-389201-2025-11-29\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"panel-body\" style=\"max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;\"><div class=\"answers-container\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\t\t\t\tEliminating Corruption in our Government and Delivering Real Efficiency to the entire Government, Rebuilding the Middle class, Establishing Worker Rights in the Digital Era, Energy Policy both with respect to Production and Sourcing, Reaffirming Permanently Civil Rights and Voting Rights for All Americans, Secure Voting Electronically, Newly Committing to the World to be a Beacon of Freedom not Control or Deception, Immigration Reform and Honoring the Contributions of Immigrants, Colonizing Space and other Planetary Bodies with International Collaboration.\t\t\t</span></div></div></div></div><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse14-389201-2025-11-29\" id=\"heading14-389201-2025-11-29\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse14-389201-2025-11-29\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse14-389201-2025-11-29\" role=\"button\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right pull-right\"></i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down pull-right\"></i>\t\t\t\tDo you believe that two years is the right term length for representatives?\t\t\t</a></p></div><div aria-labelledby=\"heading14-389201-2025-11-29\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse14-389201-2025-11-29\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"panel-body\" style=\"max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;\"><div class=\"answers-container\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\t\t\t\tYes. One of the things we would do with Campaign Finance Reform as I suggest in my Bill of the People is reduce the length of campaigns. By providing a route for public financing of elections the financing would have a timeline. My proposal as well for campaign marketing - all the flyers, the mailers, the roadsigns would give everyone a fair shot without annoying Americans for the entire time a Congressperson is in office, insisting they are the Devil incarnate.\t\t\t</span></div></div></div></div><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse15-389201-2025-11-29\" id=\"heading15-389201-2025-11-29\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse15-389201-2025-11-29\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse15-389201-2025-11-29\" role=\"button\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right pull-right\"></i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down pull-right\"></i>\t\t\t\tWhat are your thoughts on term limits?\t\t\t</a></p></div><div aria-labelledby=\"heading15-389201-2025-11-29\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse15-389201-2025-11-29\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"panel-body\" style=\"max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;\"><div class=\"answers-container\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\t\t\t\tThey make sense. Refreshing leadership with new blood is American, but ultimately we need whatever reforms will provide a government free from corruption. That's where I see term limits fitting in as they do in many cases presently.\t\t\t</span></div></div></div></div><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse16-389201-2025-11-29\" id=\"heading16-389201-2025-11-29\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse16-389201-2025-11-29\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse16-389201-2025-11-29\" role=\"button\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right pull-right\"></i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down pull-right\"></i>\t\t\t\tIs there a particular representative, past or present, whom you want to model yourself after?\t\t\t</a></p></div><div aria-labelledby=\"heading16-389201-2025-11-29\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse16-389201-2025-11-29\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"panel-body\" style=\"max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;\"><div class=\"answers-container\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\t\t\t\tI would have to say John McCain. I believe he was truly a man dedicated to people, to doing the right thing and an honorable person. He also fought for campaign finance reform and to me it is the crucial issue here in America.\t\t\t</span></div></div></div></div><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse17-389201-2025-11-29\" id=\"heading17-389201-2025-11-29\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse17-389201-2025-11-29\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse17-389201-2025-11-29\" role=\"button\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right pull-right\"></i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down pull-right\"></i>\t\t\t\tBoth sitting representatives and candidates for office hear many personal stories from the residents of their district. Is there a story that you’ve heard that you found particularly touching, memorable, or impactful?\t\t\t</a></p></div><div aria-labelledby=\"heading17-389201-2025-11-29\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse17-389201-2025-11-29\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"panel-body\" style=\"max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;\"><div class=\"answers-container\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\t\t\t\tYes, I was recently at a community walk for SNAP benefits with a woman named Christina. She runs a business, is a Hispanic American citizen and we walked together with our dogs (we were slower than the others because the dogs like to stop etc) and while we walked we discussed her business and healthcare challenges (she was walking despite a boot on her leg) and she described how when she and her husband had sat down to pick which healthcare option they had to be extremely vigilant to make sure they would be able to afford the care that she needed to get healthy. She also explained how her relatives were afraid. How they drove around with their passports and when they spoke to authorities held their breath. She explained her hustle to make ends meet and we discussed the specter of retirement and elder care and how we felt social security and medicare would not be sufficient to be financially secure and healthy. It just goes to show that Americans don't have time to waste for reform to our government. When your car is acting up you don't just drive it into the ground, you take it to the shop, they take out the engine and figure it out. We can't keep driving around thinking Congress is going to fix itself, they way they have done it the last 40 years and the last 20 with no limits on the money they can take as representatives of the hegemonic power on the planet. Its Absolute Power. And Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely. The Power is supposed to rest with the People.\t\t\t</span></div></div></div></div><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse18-389201-2025-11-29\" id=\"heading18-389201-2025-11-29\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse18-389201-2025-11-29\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse18-389201-2025-11-29\" role=\"button\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right pull-right\"></i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down pull-right\"></i>\t\t\t\tDo you believe that compromise is necessary or desirable for policymaking?\t\t\t</a></p></div><div aria-labelledby=\"heading18-389201-2025-11-29\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse18-389201-2025-11-29\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"panel-body\" style=\"max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;\"><div class=\"answers-container\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\t\t\t\tWe can't get very far without collaboration and cooperation. That's how I view our country and our world. We go together and we have to listen to everyone even if we disagree. Let's get in a room and hash it out in a smart modern way.\t\t\t</span></div></div></div></div><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse19-389201-2025-11-29\" id=\"heading19-389201-2025-11-29\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse19-389201-2025-11-29\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse19-389201-2025-11-29\" role=\"button\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right pull-right\"></i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down pull-right\"></i>\t\t\t\tThe Constitution says that all bills for raising revenue must originate in the House. What role would this power play in your priorities if elected?\t\t\t</a></p></div><div aria-labelledby=\"heading19-389201-2025-11-29\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse19-389201-2025-11-29\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"panel-body\" style=\"max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;\"><div class=\"answers-container\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\t\t\t\tWe have $38 trillion debt and counting. Revenue needs to increase. There are offshore tax havens and tax evaders laughing at the People with how they have again deceived us and continued their activities while Americans continue to shoulder the load. We must pursue bills including in the budget that raise enough revenue to pay down the debt. Balance the budget. It is unacceptable for Americans to run around accumulating mountains of debt with no plan to pay it back, it is absolutely the same for our government. My current Representative David Schweikert has gone around talking about fiscal responsibility for 15 years and we have gone from $13 trillion to $38 trillion in that same time frame. We have to Act Now folks. Its not just in my district it is across the country. All of us need to recognize that this is not normal and we have to be ready to change our behavior to get a different result.\t\t\t</span></div></div></div></div><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse20-389201-2025-11-29\" id=\"heading20-389201-2025-11-29\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse20-389201-2025-11-29\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse20-389201-2025-11-29\" role=\"button\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right pull-right\"></i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down pull-right\"></i>\t\t\t\tHow should the U.S. House use its investigative powers?\t\t\t</a></p></div><div aria-labelledby=\"heading20-389201-2025-11-29\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse20-389201-2025-11-29\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"panel-body\" style=\"max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;\"><div class=\"answers-container\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\t\t\t\tVigorously. We are seeing a wave of corruption that is unprecedented. We must efficiently address the crimes that are being committed as no one is above the law. If elected I will not rest until justice is back to being our standard rather than our talking point.\t\t\t</span></div></div></div></div><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse21-389201-2025-11-29\" id=\"heading21-389201-2025-11-29\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse21-389201-2025-11-29\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse21-389201-2025-11-29\" role=\"button\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right pull-right\"></i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down pull-right\"></i>\t\t\t\tWhat organizations or individuals have endorsed your campaign?\t\t\t</a></p></div><div aria-labelledby=\"heading21-389201-2025-11-29\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse21-389201-2025-11-29\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"panel-body\" style=\"max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;\"><div class=\"answers-container\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\t\t\t\tLots of friends but no public endorsements at this time\t\t\t</span></div></div></div></div><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse22-389201-2025-11-29\" id=\"heading22-389201-2025-11-29\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse22-389201-2025-11-29\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse22-389201-2025-11-29\" role=\"button\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right pull-right\"></i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down pull-right\"></i>\t\t\t\tCandidates hear many personal stories from voters. Is there a story that you’ve heard that you found particularly touching or memorable?\t\t\t</a></p></div><div aria-labelledby=\"heading22-389201-2025-11-29\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse22-389201-2025-11-29\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"panel-body\" style=\"max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;\"><div class=\"answers-container\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\t\t\t\tMost memorable is the story of a man I met that I have a selfie with from a Palestinian refugee camp in Northern Lebanon. He had sickle cell disease so his skin was a bit yellow. We hung out one day when I snuck into the camp with a teacher I know who at the time was a Palestinian refugee. Her father had worked his whole life to get out of the camp and had established relationships so that Lebanese citizens were on his lease for his house and pharmacy business but their family was still in the camp. So we got into the camp and I met this new slightly yellow friend. He told me about his condition and that he needed to get treatment to be able to survive. That his only option for getting it was the UNRWA and that if they did not come, he would not get his medicine. After we spoke I thought about that situation, to be stateless. When you are stateless, you don't have a clinic you can go to whenever you need it, from your home which is stable and consistent. You don't have the natural rights to life, liberty and to pursue happiness. And then I connected that to the responsible parties. Who is responsible for Palestinian statelessness? Unfortunately, it is my own country. We have stood by and bought what the Zionists have been selling for far too long. And as a result, the statelessness continues for Palestinians and at present, UNRWA funding has been cut and my friend's life is in jeopardy. It's why I have to Do Something. It's why I am doing this survey.\t\t\t</span></div></div></div></div><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse23-389201-2025-11-29\" id=\"heading23-389201-2025-11-29\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse23-389201-2025-11-29\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse23-389201-2025-11-29\" role=\"button\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right pull-right\"></i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down pull-right\"></i>\t\t\t\tWhat is an accomplishment that you are proud of?\t\t\t</a></p></div><div aria-labelledby=\"heading23-389201-2025-11-29\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse23-389201-2025-11-29\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"panel-body\" style=\"max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;\"><div class=\"answers-container\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\t\t\t\tI am most proud that as a result of my work I helped my parents to have a stable income in retirement. I am not responsible for earning any of it but for helping organizing it and determining a path that would provide both risk management and wealth growth. My grandmother Marie lost her husband, my grandfather, John Nassif when my mom was 11 with my aunt and uncle younger. She worked as an immigrant and as a teacher and put all three through college while getting her Masters so she could work in post secondary education. She unbelievably ended up leaving money to her kids and even though she had instilled American values and they didn't end up needing that it was such an impressive feat financially. I believe my work honored what her sacrifices had been for and I continue to do that by working as hard as I can to provide for myself and support my family. It is a constant struggle as I have tried to build wealth by purchasing a home something sadly uncommon for my age.\t\t\t</span></div></div></div></div><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse24-389201-2025-11-29\" id=\"heading24-389201-2025-11-29\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse24-389201-2025-11-29\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse24-389201-2025-11-29\" role=\"button\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right pull-right\"></i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down pull-right\"></i>\t\t\t\tWhat role should the United States government have in the development or use of artificial intelligence?\t\t\t</a></p></div><div aria-labelledby=\"heading24-389201-2025-11-29\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse24-389201-2025-11-29\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"panel-body\" style=\"max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;\"><div class=\"answers-container\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\t\t\t\tWe should be a leader and we should regulate AI so that our relationship to it is one where it cares more about us than itself, and we need to make sure that there are protections so that if companies displace jobs with AI they retain employees or give them options to retain employment. We should also work for international cooperation and dissuade our enemies from using AI against us including protecting our citizens from manipulation by way of social media.\t\t\t</span></div></div></div></div><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse25-389201-2025-11-29\" id=\"heading25-389201-2025-11-29\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse25-389201-2025-11-29\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse25-389201-2025-11-29\" role=\"button\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right pull-right\"></i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down pull-right\"></i>\t\t\t\tWhat legislation would you enact related to election administration in the United States?\t\t\t</a></p></div><div aria-labelledby=\"heading25-389201-2025-11-29\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse25-389201-2025-11-29\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"panel-body\" style=\"max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;\"><div class=\"answers-container\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\t\t\t\tI would put forward legislation on Day One to reform our election finance system, the timeline, the marketing, I would work to ensure that debates were established and town halls but I would also preserve the decentralized state-run administering of elections. I would also do everything possible to make voting secure and easy for all American citizens to accomplish their civic duty. We should simultaneously have a secure absentee system if you can't make it which is available electronically, and a robust voting day holiday with funding for localities enough not to go crazy but to allow for efficient voting for everyone who wants to cast a ballot in person, something many Americans cherish. No absurd lines, no you can't come vote because you work 3 jobs. Employers should provide an opportunity to vote and that is why a holiday is needed.\t\t\t</span></div></div></div></div></div>\n<div class=\"small\" data-nosnippet=\"\"><p><i><b>Note:</b> Ballotpedia reserves the right to edit Candidate Connection survey responses. Any edits made by Ballotpedia will be clearly marked with [brackets] for the public. If the candidate disagrees with an edit, he or she may request the full removal of the survey response from Ballotpedia.org. Ballotpedia does not edit or correct typographical errors unless the candidate's campaign requests it.</i></p></div>", "answer_text": "See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection\n\nChristopher Ajluni completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Ajluni's responses.\nExpand all | Collapse all\nWho are you? Tell us about yourself. I am a young American man of 36. I grew up in Iowa for the first 29 years of my life and have spent the last 7 here in Arizona. My heritage is very important to me as I am Palestinian, Lebanese and Syrian from Christian families. I believe in working hard and being a good person, as my mother and father instilled in me from a young age. My dad told me to develop a personal philosophy and I have and it has led me to run for congress because I believe it is urgent. Urgent for America and the world. I am forced to run because I do not feel represented by our federal government. I have been employed since the literal moment I became eligible in Iowa at 14 years old. I have also engaged in philanthropy throughout my life including organizing my own mission trip to Lebanon where I supplied 420 backpacks to Syrian refugees. I have also seen the \"refugee\" camps (permanent since 1948) in Lebanon where generations of Palestinians have been forgotten. I am an athlete, running cross country and playing tennis in college as well as other sports-football is my favorite. I have a BS in Cellular Biology. Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office? When the dollar is weighed alongside votes as equal, corruption is legalized. So I am standing up as I believe all Americans should to speak truth to power and reform our campaigns to reflect voter will not donor will. I am a nonpartisan No Money Candidate (NMC), which means I am not like any other candidate in the country. I am a movement, a distilled message that will let our country know that the way we have always done things will not fix anything in our lives, staying silent won't fix anything in our lives, and luckily, we live in a country founded by people who believed that the government serves the people, which means we have the capacity to change things that the people do not support. Americans don't support Corruption. Palestinian-Americans have seen a campaign of racist actions by the current administration and overseas we have seen a genocide occur. None of that would have happened without the incredible money that has been used to convince Americans that Zionism in Israel can do no wrong. The Palestinian Issue is the issue of my generation's time, and it illuminates the corruption that will be the downfall of our civilization if we do not immediately regain the value of our votes. This is not a new situation as the Occupation has been in place for 75 years. I believe for both Palestinians and Israelis the way forward is together and I will do everything in my power to make peace and not in name only. Equal human rights and partnership for both. We can't wait. People are ready for change as seen in the NYC Mayoral race where Zohran, a 34-year old DSA member won in the face of big money and party politics, the same politics that stopped Bernie Sanders from becoming the Democratic nominee for President twice. I'm part of the movement to restore the middle class, make healthcare a human right with basic access for all Americans and to defeat corruption and tax evasion by the wealthiest entities in the country. I am so lucky and blessed to be a homeowner and live in a neighborhood with safety and happiness despite my own personal challenges, however, I see the pain my fellow Americans are facing daily. I have to use my position for good because conditions are getting worse. What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? Healthcare, Foreign Policy, Elder Care, Campaign Finance Reform, America's relationship to its territories, Tax Reform (focused on ensuring fair taxes that represent the people not money), Reform of Congressional Benefits and an End to profit from political office. Climate Policy, Women's Rights, Worker Rights, Reforms to End Gerrymandering, Federal Government Reform especially concerning Corruption. Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow, and why? Mark Twain, he lived in a time of brutality and he defied power and used his pen to forever shame the aggressors. He brought justice to the heart of darkness. What characteristics or principles are most important for an elected official? It has to be a sacrifice. We must have leaders that are not profiting from the office they hold because then they have a conflict of interest against their constituents. It is the central pillar of my campaign. What do you believe are the core responsibilities for someone elected to this office? Town halls, writing bills instead of being handed them, honesty, making sure to work for the American people and honor our values as Americans. What legacy would you like to leave? I would like to return representation to the people from the donors that have it now. I also want to realign American policy with American values as we have done before. But this time I would like to leave a legacy of consistent attention to those values and a system that elects leaders who will be incentivized to adhere to them. What is the first historical event that happened in your lifetime that you remember? How old were you at the time? I think the most formative event was 9/11. I was in seventh grade and I remember my safety of having two oceans being shattered. I believed at the time America was invulnerable and really the best place to be. It had been for me. I had my friends, my school, my family, my neighbors, my sports, I could pursue anything I wanted to and while I wasn't rich beyond anyone's wildest dreams I had a stable upbringing and was stimulated to learn and experience life. It is the same thing I wish for every child on Earth. What was your very first job? How long did you have it? Hyvee Grocery store. I was a courtesy clerk and cashier for 2 years. What is your favorite book? Why? The time machine by HG Wells. It is a tale of a scientist who wants to build a portal to a more sophisticated time. What he learns is that the struggle against our inner demons is a constant one and there is no escape from the human condition. If you could be any fictional character, who would you want to be? Anakin Skywalker, I love that he wanted to make a perfect world and save everyone. I have always been a passionate person with a good amount of luck and talent at most things I try, but the difference and why I pick him here is that I would make a different choice at the most crucial point, when Anakin faces the question of imperial fascism or representative democracy. He should've chosen representative democracy (the Jedi over the Sith), but then the Star Wars story wouldn't have been as good (Star Peace?). What is something that has been a struggle in your life? I always struggled with my weight. It was a battle because as a child I had excess food available that was highly processed. Throughout my life I have worked hard to learn how to live healthily. After being 270 lbs at 5'11\" in sophomore year of high school red flags and buzzers were going off health-wise and I knew I had to change my behavior or I would continue to get the same (and worse) results. I quit my absolute love, football and joined cross country. I have since ran two marathons and a whole host of other races. But also since college and working in the corporate environment I gained the weight back. So I ended up on tirzepeptide which is one of the drugs in the ozempic family and in 6 months I dropped the weight now armed with maturity I mean to keep the weight off. I just recently ran the phoenix 10k and with the advent of run clubs across the country it makes it easy, fun and social to run with others. I eat healthier than ever and I drink more water and get more sleep than any time in my life. The campaign is hurting the sleep effort a bit. What qualities does the U.S. House of Representatives possess that makes it unique as an institution? It is the People's house. It is where America displays the political process on a national level. It establishes the standard of living by virtue of its regulations. It's a place where we can say, wait a minute, this isn't working. Let's fix it even if we have to do something that is not on the surface profitable. It's where we agree on what we need to ensure we have access to the American Dream: to life, liberty, and to pursue happiness as Americans. And we have to remember this is Article 1 of the Constitution we are talking about. This is the most important foundation, the primary vessel of America. Right now it is being tarnished by stock trading and lobbyist cozying and private transit and indescribable pedophilia. America is Irate. I feel the pulse of this country like it is my own blood, my own heartbeat. My family are Immigrants but also have been Born here. My past was severed from me by powers outside my family's control, and destitute of freedom, America gave us a chance. We succeeded and we have been Patriots from our first breaths. I owe it to this country to do everything I can to make sure the government represents what we all hold dear. That chance to be successful. Do you believe that it's beneficial for representatives to have previous experience in government or politics? Absolutely. You see it every day with people who have run government offices and go on to be elected to office, they have a team, they have the people around them that can implement their ideas, rather than just talking about them. However. I have also seen that with that experience comes the inevitable creep of financial incentives into those officials' policy ideas. A fresh perspective can provide what the system cannot. We are a country of innovators and we need everyone's ideas not just an oligarchy of ideas. What do you perceive to be the United States' greatest challenges as a nation over the next decade? Eliminating Corruption in our Government and Delivering Real Efficiency to the entire Government, Rebuilding the Middle class, Establishing Worker Rights in the Digital Era, Energy Policy both with respect to Production and Sourcing, Reaffirming Permanently Civil Rights and Voting Rights for All Americans, Secure Voting Electronically, Newly Committing to the World to be a Beacon of Freedom not Control or Deception, Immigration Reform and Honoring the Contributions of Immigrants, Colonizing Space and other Planetary Bodies with International Collaboration. Do you believe that two years is the right term length for representatives? Yes. One of the things we would do with Campaign Finance Reform as I suggest in my Bill of the People is reduce the length of campaigns. By providing a route for public financing of elections the financing would have a timeline. My proposal as well for campaign marketing - all the flyers, the mailers, the roadsigns would give everyone a fair shot without annoying Americans for the entire time a Congressperson is in office, insisting they are the Devil incarnate. What are your thoughts on term limits? They make sense. Refreshing leadership with new blood is American, but ultimately we need whatever reforms will provide a government free from corruption. That's where I see term limits fitting in as they do in many cases presently. Is there a particular representative, past or present, whom you want to model yourself after? I would have to say John McCain. I believe he was truly a man dedicated to people, to doing the right thing and an honorable person. He also fought for campaign finance reform and to me it is the crucial issue here in America. Both sitting representatives and candidates for office hear many personal stories from the residents of their district. Is there a story that you’ve heard that you found particularly touching, memorable, or impactful? Yes, I was recently at a community walk for SNAP benefits with a woman named Christina. She runs a business, is a Hispanic American citizen and we walked together with our dogs (we were slower than the others because the dogs like to stop etc) and while we walked we discussed her business and healthcare challenges (she was walking despite a boot on her leg) and she described how when she and her husband had sat down to pick which healthcare option they had to be extremely vigilant to make sure they would be able to afford the care that she needed to get healthy. She also explained how her relatives were afraid. How they drove around with their passports and when they spoke to authorities held their breath. She explained her hustle to make ends meet and we discussed the specter of retirement and elder care and how we felt social security and medicare would not be sufficient to be financially secure and healthy. It just goes to show that Americans don't have time to waste for reform to our government. When your car is acting up you don't just drive it into the ground, you take it to the shop, they take out the engine and figure it out. We can't keep driving around thinking Congress is going to fix itself, they way they have done it the last 40 years and the last 20 with no limits on the money they can take as representatives of the hegemonic power on the planet. Its Absolute Power. And Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely. The Power is supposed to rest with the People. Do you believe that compromise is necessary or desirable for policymaking? We can't get very far without collaboration and cooperation. That's how I view our country and our world. We go together and we have to listen to everyone even if we disagree. Let's get in a room and hash it out in a smart modern way. The Constitution says that all bills for raising revenue must originate in the House. What role would this power play in your priorities if elected? We have $38 trillion debt and counting. Revenue needs to increase. There are offshore tax havens and tax evaders laughing at the People with how they have again deceived us and continued their activities while Americans continue to shoulder the load. We must pursue bills including in the budget that raise enough revenue to pay down the debt. Balance the budget. It is unacceptable for Americans to run around accumulating mountains of debt with no plan to pay it back, it is absolutely the same for our government. My current Representative David Schweikert has gone around talking about fiscal responsibility for 15 years and we have gone from $13 trillion to $38 trillion in that same time frame. We have to Act Now folks. Its not just in my district it is across the country. All of us need to recognize that this is not normal and we have to be ready to change our behavior to get a different result. How should the U.S. House use its investigative powers? Vigorously. We are seeing a wave of corruption that is unprecedented. We must efficiently address the crimes that are being committed as no one is above the law. If elected I will not rest until justice is back to being our standard rather than our talking point. What organizations or individuals have endorsed your campaign? Lots of friends but no public endorsements at this time Candidates hear many personal stories from voters. Is there a story that you’ve heard that you found particularly touching or memorable? Most memorable is the story of a man I met that I have a selfie with from a Palestinian refugee camp in Northern Lebanon. He had sickle cell disease so his skin was a bit yellow. We hung out one day when I snuck into the camp with a teacher I know who at the time was a Palestinian refugee. Her father had worked his whole life to get out of the camp and had established relationships so that Lebanese citizens were on his lease for his house and pharmacy business but their family was still in the camp. So we got into the camp and I met this new slightly yellow friend. He told me about his condition and that he needed to get treatment to be able to survive. That his only option for getting it was the UNRWA and that if they did not come, he would not get his medicine. After we spoke I thought about that situation, to be stateless. When you are stateless, you don't have a clinic you can go to whenever you need it, from your home which is stable and consistent. You don't have the natural rights to life, liberty and to pursue happiness. And then I connected that to the responsible parties. Who is responsible for Palestinian statelessness? Unfortunately, it is my own country. We have stood by and bought what the Zionists have been selling for far too long. And as a result, the statelessness continues for Palestinians and at present, UNRWA funding has been cut and my friend's life is in jeopardy. It's why I have to Do Something. It's why I am doing this survey. What is an accomplishment that you are proud of? I am most proud that as a result of my work I helped my parents to have a stable income in retirement. I am not responsible for earning any of it but for helping organizing it and determining a path that would provide both risk management and wealth growth. My grandmother Marie lost her husband, my grandfather, John Nassif when my mom was 11 with my aunt and uncle younger. She worked as an immigrant and as a teacher and put all three through college while getting her Masters so she could work in post secondary education. She unbelievably ended up leaving money to her kids and even though she had instilled American values and they didn't end up needing that it was such an impressive feat financially. I believe my work honored what her sacrifices had been for and I continue to do that by working as hard as I can to provide for myself and support my family. It is a constant struggle as I have tried to build wealth by purchasing a home something sadly uncommon for my age. What role should the United States government have in the development or use of artificial intelligence? We should be a leader and we should regulate AI so that our relationship to it is one where it cares more about us than itself, and we need to make sure that there are protections so that if companies displace jobs with AI they retain employees or give them options to retain employment. We should also work for international cooperation and dissuade our enemies from using AI against us including protecting our citizens from manipulation by way of social media. What legislation would you enact related to election administration in the United States? I would put forward legislation on Day One to reform our election finance system, the timeline, the marketing, I would work to ensure that debates were established and town halls but I would also preserve the decentralized state-run administering of elections. I would also do everything possible to make voting secure and easy for all American citizens to accomplish their civic duty. We should simultaneously have a secure absentee system if you can't make it which is available electronically, and a robust voting day holiday with funding for localities enough not to go crazy but to allow for efficient voting for everyone who wants to cast a ballot in person, something many Americans cherish. No absurd lines, no you can't come vote because you work 3 jobs. Employers should provide an opportunity to vote and that is why a holiday is needed.\nNote: Ballotpedia reserves the right to edit Candidate Connection survey responses. Any edits made by Ballotpedia will be clearly marked with [brackets] for the public. If the candidate disagrees with an edit, he or she may request the full removal of the survey response from Ballotpedia.org. Ballotpedia does not edit or correct typographical errors unless the candidate's campaign requests it."}]