Below are a selection of responses from the candidates who filled out Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey since May 15, 2022. To read each candidate’s full responses, click their name at the bottom of the article.
Raymond Reed is running for election to the U.S. House to represent Missouri’s 2nd Congressional District and the Democratic primary is on Aug. 2. Here’s how Reed responded to the question “Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow, and why?”
“Obviously Barack Obama because I think we both approach politics and life similarly with an optimistic and hopeful outlook. But I also have to give credit to Jason Kander (former Secretary of State in Missouri). Most folks think Kander materialized in a viral 2016 campaign ad of him breaking down an assault rifle while blindfolded, but I always encourage folks to research his work in the Missouri legislature and more importantly his work since 2018 protecting our democracy and fighting for veterans. Kander is some one who always placed integrity over expediency and service over his own ambition, and I’ve tried to emulate that in my own race.”
