Step 1 of running for Congress: get on the ballot. Should be easy right? Wrong.  Not only that but you need to tell your family.  My family wasn't thrilled. 10,000 Front Doors Copyright 2020 Brian Reynolds "Principles in Action" Copyright 2019 <a href= "https://library.davidhilowitz.com/">David Hilowitz</a>, provided by a license from the <a href= "https://freemusicarchive.org/music/David_Hilowitz/Principles_in_Action/David_Hilowitz_-_Film_Cue_164_-_Principles_in_Action"> Free Music Archive</a>. 10,000 Front Doors, his memoir about walking neighborhoods and asking for votes while running for Congress in 2018.

I ran for Congress as an independent.  I knocked on 10,000 front doors and talked to anybody who answered regardless of party.  Now I'm telling the stories of those conversations.  This is what voters worried about,  what didn't matter, and the surprising places where we found a civil agreement on hot-button issues that you hear on the news every day.