I want you to meet my good friend Lindsey.
Lindsey Simmons is a young mother, accomplished lawyer, and lifelong Missourian running to unseat Vicky Hartzler in Missouri’s 4th District. She has a beautiful 1-year-old son named Jace, and her husband Chris is an Apache helicopter pilot currently serving in the U.S. Army. If elected, she would become the first active duty military spouse in Congress.
We often hear that running in a state like Missouri, or at least running in the more rural parts of the state, is “difficult” or “courageous.” But what people should understand is that it is never wrong to choose to engage with your community, the place you call home, the place you grew up in, and try to make it better. We can’t turn our backs on the people and places that made us who we are today.
Lindsey and I are running because we care deeply about our hometowns, and our state. Because it pains us to see our neighbors struggling more and more year after year with no relief in sight. Because folks in our small towns and our rural counties have come to expect the worst from our government. And because politics should be about people coming together and voices being heard in order to solve real problems—not partisan disagreements and cheap punditry.
The system doesn’t have to work (or not work) this way. We need more people like Lindsey to stand up, to say “enough” and to fight for a practical, common sense, and solutions-oriented government once again.
I invite you to get to know Lindsey, to listen to her story, and to consider whether her constituents would be better off with someone like her representing them.
I believe that Lindsey is a fantastic candidate with a fresh voice that our country so desperately needs right now. If you agree, please consider splitting a contribution between Lindsey’s campaign and my campaign: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/lindsey_kathy.
Be sure to also find Lindsey on Facebook and Twitter, and share her message with your friends and family.
In solidarity,
