Seasons Greetings from the O'Mara campaign Happy Holidays! Fellow Democrats, Brothers and Sisters, I want to take a moment to wish all of you and yours a Happy Holiday Season, whether that's a Merry Christmas, a Happy Hanukkah, or anything else! I would also like to share an article that went out this morning on Crooks and Liars about my campaign, as well as to ask if anyone would like to make my holiday season a little more jolly by sending along a donation! I will include below a more general introduction to the campaign, for anyone who has not been following it closely thus far, and conclude by wishing you all the very best this season, and a happy new year as well. Yours in solidarity, Liam My name is Liam O'Mara, and I am the Democratic Party-endorsed candidate for the 42nd Congressional District, and I would like to take a moment of your time to introduce myself and my campaign. I am a professor of history at CalState Dominguez Hills and Chapman University, where I specialize in the Middle East, Europe, and the history of ideas and I regularly lecture on political ideologies and economics. As such, I have an acute awareness of the long-term decline of the American working class and the shrinking opportunities to access that middle-class American Dream. I have a personal tie to those issues and that dream, being the first in my family to complete a college degree. My father just retired after 50 years on the waterfront in ILWU, and in my earlier working years I was a fourth-generation longshoreman. My mother was in SEIU as a child daycare provider so I grew up in a union household, and I have maintained those values in my own working life, being currently with AFT and CFA as a faculty member. I have never forgotten my roots, and will not only fight to improve the lives of American workers, I am conscious of the need to frame progressive policies in ways that make sense to busy people! My platform for the 42nd is broadly based in the kind of kitchen-table economic issues facing more and more American families. These include: Arguments to increase wages overall, restoring the tie to productivity gains which created the middle class; Pushing through campaign finance reform, to remove big money from our political system; Pursuing a Green New Deal to get us the energy infrastructure changes needed to tackle climate change; Moving to single-payer health care, to lower the cost and improve quality in our struggling system; Making public colleges and trade schools tuition free, so that more Americans can find the training they need to compete in a 21st century economy; Addressing the decline of unions and the rising threat of automation, which will take 43% of American jobs in the coming decades. I have been endorsed by a number of organizations thus far, including the California Democratic Party, the California Young Democrats, the California Progressive Alliance, Blue America, the California Faculty Association, and all of the big Democratic clubs in my region. I would be honored to include you as a supporter, and to have your help in taking my message directly to the voters of the 42nd. I will include a number of useful links below, and hope that you will check us out and consider making a donation. My main campaign Web site: [link removed] An article about my race that went out this morning from Blue America: [link removed] The direct link to donate: [link removed] My campaign's launch video: [link removed] A recent Young Turks interview: [link removed] My social media accounts: [link removed] [link removed] [link removed] Liam O'Mara for Congress | 951 223 5474 | PO Box 864 Lake Elsinore CA 92531 | [link removed] ‌ ‌ ‌ Liam O'Mara for Congress | PO Box 864, LAKE ELSINORE, CA 92531 9496779041 Unsubscribe [email protected] Update Profile | About Constant Contact Sent by [email protected] in collaboration with Try email marketing for free today!