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When thousands of people donate no more than $100 per person per election, we can build a campaign without money from special interests. _______________________ But it's about more than money. We need your energy and your enthusiasm, too. Sign up to volunteer on Jim Hansen's campaign for Congress.
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| Jim to tour 2nd District in a month |
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| posted on Wednesday, August 30, 2006 |
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Jim Hansen, a candidate for Congress, has begun a campaign swing that will take him to all 26 counties in Idaho’s 2nd District in a month. This follows Hansen’s initial visit (often more than once) to every county this summer.
Hansen met thousands of Idahoans during his first tour of the district and found that many of them had never seen or met a congressional candidate, especially in small towns like Dubois and Montpelier.
“I enjoyed having lunches at senior centers, meeting local officials and business people and talking about important issues of the day with voters at their homes,” Hansen said. “This is the way I think campaigns should be conducted — face to face.”
Hansen, a Democrat, is spreading his clean-election reform message with a grassroots campaign. He limited campaign donations to no more than $100 per election cycle from individuals only. He is not taking contributions from the PACs and big-money special interests that are the primary donors to most congressional campaigns.
“If I had to spend all my time focused on fundraising, I would not be meeting people in small towns,” Hansen said. “Big money shuts out rural communities.”
Hansen’s full summer travel schedule has made him a familiar face around the district. He participated in numerous parades, breakfasts, fairs and events from the Caribou County Fair Parade in Grace to the Centennial Ball in St. Anthony to Salmon River Days in Salmon.
“Communities put a lot into their big community events of the summer and were so glad to see me,” Hansen said.
Hansen said he saw his opponent, incumbent Mike Simpson, at only one event this summer, the 4th of July Parade in Idaho Falls.
SCHEDULE, Aug. 28-Sept. 28
Aug. 28: Lincoln
Aug. 29: Minidoka
Aug. 30: Jerome
Sept. 1: Gooding
Sept. 2: Bingham, Blaine
Sept. 3: Custer, Lemhi
Sept. 5: Elmore, Camas
Sept. 6: Ada
Sept. 8: Butte, Jefferson
Sept. 9: Bonneville, Teton
Sept. 10: Twin Falls
Sept. 14: Cassia, Power
Sept. 15: Bannock
Sept. 18: Madison
Sept. 19: Fremont, Clark
Sept. 26: Caribou
Sept. 27: Bear Lake
Sept. 28: Franklin, Oneida
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