Listen — if you'd told me as a kid I'd grow up to run for governor, I would've laughed at you.
That wasn't in the cards for a kid like me. It never even crossed my mind.
My dad stocked shelves at Safeway. My mom worked odd jobs before she found her way into the postal service. We worked hard, and we still struggled. I remember one night, all my brother and I had for dinner was a stale candy bar — a Skor bar, to be exact.
I still keep one on my desk today. Not to eat it. Just so I never forget where I come from.
Programs like food stamps, Medicaid, and WIC kept my family standing when we needed it most. They're the reason I made it through school. Not despite the government investing in us — because of it.
That's what's so infuriating about watching MAGA Gov. Joe Lombardo help gut those same programs. He's siding with billionaire donors and special interests while Nevada families are struggling.
Our government shouldn't exist to please corporations while working people barely scrape by. I’m a living, breathing example of what can happen to someone when their government has their back.
Those programs allowed me to go on to earn five degrees, teach math in a public school classroom, and become Nevada's first Black Attorney General. None of that happens without that crucial support.
As governor, that's exactly what I intend to do for Nevadans — invest in them, the way this country once invested in me.
If you're with me, chip in $5 and help us keep building this campaign to move Nevada forward:
Thank you,
Aaron
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