Nick Pyati

[{"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>Nick Pyati 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 Pyati'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-356556-2025-09-02\" id=\"heading-bio-356556-2025-09-02\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse-bio-356556-2025-09-02\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse-bio-356556-2025-09-02\" 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-356556-2025-09-02\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse-bio-356556-2025-09-02\" 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’ve taught public school in New York City with Teach for America, prosecuted corporate crimes in President Obama’s Justice Department, and led strategy for major products at Microsoft. I’ve always been driven by a belief that things can be better - and an impatience to get there.\r\n<p>Since November, that impatience has been growing. \r\n</p><p>I’ve watched the wreckage of this administration pile up, and have been waiting for the Democratic Party–my party since before I could vote–to lead. \r\n</p><p>Now, I'm running for Congress because it’s clear that we need new leadership and a new approach. \r\n</p><p>That’s why I’m offering a clear vision for the future, focused on renewing the American dream, building the future, and fighting for freedom–all deeply informed by my experience.\r\n</p>\nI was born and raised in the Chicago area and now live in Evanston with my wife and our sons. School and work have taken me around the country, but this has always been home. Our country desperately needs leadership now, and I know our district is up to the challenge.\t\t\t</span></div></div></div></div><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse-key-message-356556-2025-09-02\" id=\"heading-key-message-356556-2025-09-02\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse-key-message-356556-2025-09-02\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse-key-message-356556-2025-09-02\" 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-356556-2025-09-02\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse-key-message-356556-2025-09-02\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"panel-body\" style=\"max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;\"><div class=\"answers-container\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><ul><li>In the last century, America led the world. We beat back autocrats, built a thriving middle class, invented new industries, and advanced civil rights. Now, many Americans feel we’ve lost our way. Those triumphs are a distant memory, and our sense of shared purpose is fading.\r\n<p>We need leaders who can meet this moment with ambition and clarity, but Democrats haven’t delivered. We’ve paid the price with voters and allowed a disastrous era to continue.\r\n</p><p>We urgently need a new path. If we cling to ideas that have failed for a decade, we’ll keep losing. If we offer a vision for a stronger, fairer, and freer nation, we can inspire the country and build a winning majority.\r\n</p>\nThat vision is a New American Century. America can lead again.</li><li>We Must:\r\n\r\nReverse this administration’s attacks on education and preserve funding for public schools\r\n\r\nInvest in alternative skill pathways, like flexible degree programs and certificates, and give employers incentives to hire candidates who use them\r\n\r\nInvest in research and programs to give all students AI literacy and readiness\r\n\r\nEnd tariffs and other policies that needlessly drive up costs\r\n\r\nReform our tax code to shift the burden off middle-class families\r\n\r\nReduce barriers to increasing supply of housing and other critical necessities\r\n\r\nReverse cruel cuts to Medicaid, strengthen and stabilize Social Security, and pass Medicare for All\r\n\r\nAdvance policies like paid parental leave that help Americans take care of themselves and their loved ones</li><li>We Must:\r\n\r\nReinstate and expand federal research funding, and protect science from politics\r\n\r\nInvest in critical and emerging industries to fuel America’s competitiveness\r\n\r\nGive scientists, inventors, and entrepreneurs from all over the world the incentive to discover and build in America\r\n\r\nEnd restrictive trade practices that hobble the American economy\r\n\r\nStrengthen trade relationships to ensure American companies have access to the world’s markets\r\n\r\nVigorously enforce antitrust law to drive competition and give small and innovative companies a chance to win\r\n\r\nExperiment with new ways for the public to participate in steering innovation, particularly in high-stakes fields like AI</li></ul></span></div></div></div></div><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse1-356556-2025-09-02\" id=\"heading1-356556-2025-09-02\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse1-356556-2025-09-02\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse1-356556-2025-09-02\" 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=\"heading1-356556-2025-09-02\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse1-356556-2025-09-02\" 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\tRenewing the American Dream by expanding economic growth, making life more affordable, and taking care of our families and communities.<br/><br/>\n<p>Building the Future by investing in research and innovation, creating an open economy, and modernizing regulation for the 21st century.<br/><br/>\n</p>\nFighting for Freedom by securing American democracy, strengthening civil and human rights, and defending democracy around the world.\t\t\t</span></div></div></div></div><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse2-356556-2025-09-02\" id=\"heading2-356556-2025-09-02\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse2-356556-2025-09-02\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse2-356556-2025-09-02\" 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=\"heading2-356556-2025-09-02\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse2-356556-2025-09-02\" 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\tFall of the Berlin Wall when I was 6 years old.\t\t\t</span></div></div></div></div><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse3-356556-2025-09-02\" id=\"heading3-356556-2025-09-02\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse3-356556-2025-09-02\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse3-356556-2025-09-02\" 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=\"heading3-356556-2025-09-02\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse3-356556-2025-09-02\" 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 was a dishwasher at Panera for the summer after high school.\t\t\t</span></div></div></div></div><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse4-356556-2025-09-02\" id=\"heading4-356556-2025-09-02\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse4-356556-2025-09-02\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse4-356556-2025-09-02\" 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=\"heading4-356556-2025-09-02\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse4-356556-2025-09-02\" 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\tLife on the Mississippi by Mark Twain\t\t\t</span></div></div></div></div><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse5-356556-2025-09-02\" id=\"heading5-356556-2025-09-02\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse5-356556-2025-09-02\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse5-356556-2025-09-02\" 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=\"heading5-356556-2025-09-02\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse5-356556-2025-09-02\" 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\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\nNick Pyati completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Pyati's responses.\nExpand all | Collapse all\nWho are you? Tell us about yourself. I’ve taught public school in New York City with Teach for America, prosecuted corporate crimes in President Obama’s Justice Department, and led strategy for major products at Microsoft. I’ve always been driven by a belief that things can be better - and an impatience to get there. Since November, that impatience has been growing. I’ve watched the wreckage of this administration pile up, and have been waiting for the Democratic Party–my party since before I could vote–to lead. Now, I'm running for Congress because it’s clear that we need new leadership and a new approach. That’s why I’m offering a clear vision for the future, focused on renewing the American dream, building the future, and fighting for freedom–all deeply informed by my experience. I was born and raised in the Chicago area and now live in Evanston with my wife and our sons. School and work have taken me around the country, but this has always been home. Our country desperately needs leadership now, and I know our district is up to the challenge. 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? In the last century, America led the world. We beat back autocrats, built a thriving middle class, invented new industries, and advanced civil rights. Now, many Americans feel we’ve lost our way. Those triumphs are a distant memory, and our sense of shared purpose is fading. We need leaders who can meet this moment with ambition and clarity, but Democrats haven’t delivered. We’ve paid the price with voters and allowed a disastrous era to continue. We urgently need a new path. If we cling to ideas that have failed for a decade, we’ll keep losing. If we offer a vision for a stronger, fairer, and freer nation, we can inspire the country and build a winning majority. That vision is a New American Century. America can lead again. We Must:\r\n\r\nReverse this administration’s attacks on education and preserve funding for public schools\r\n\r\nInvest in alternative skill pathways, like flexible degree programs and certificates, and give employers incentives to hire candidates who use them\r\n\r\nInvest in research and programs to give all students AI literacy and readiness\r\n\r\nEnd tariffs and other policies that needlessly drive up costs\r\n\r\nReform our tax code to shift the burden off middle-class families\r\n\r\nReduce barriers to increasing supply of housing and other critical necessities\r\n\r\nReverse cruel cuts to Medicaid, strengthen and stabilize Social Security, and pass Medicare for All\r\n\r\nAdvance policies like paid parental leave that help Americans take care of themselves and their loved ones We Must:\r\n\r\nReinstate and expand federal research funding, and protect science from politics\r\n\r\nInvest in critical and emerging industries to fuel America’s competitiveness\r\n\r\nGive scientists, inventors, and entrepreneurs from all over the world the incentive to discover and build in America\r\n\r\nEnd restrictive trade practices that hobble the American economy\r\n\r\nStrengthen trade relationships to ensure American companies have access to the world’s markets\r\n\r\nVigorously enforce antitrust law to drive competition and give small and innovative companies a chance to win\r\n\r\nExperiment with new ways for the public to participate in steering innovation, particularly in high-stakes fields like AI What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? Renewing the American Dream by expanding economic growth, making life more affordable, and taking care of our families and communities. Building the Future by investing in research and innovation, creating an open economy, and modernizing regulation for the 21st century. Fighting for Freedom by securing American democracy, strengthening civil and human rights, and defending democracy around the world. What is the first historical event that happened in your lifetime that you remember? How old were you at the time? Fall of the Berlin Wall when I was 6 years old. What was your very first job? How long did you have it? I was a dishwasher at Panera for the summer after high school. What is your favorite book? Why? Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain Do you believe that two years is the right term length for representatives? Yes\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."}]