Joshua Collins for Congress WA 10
My name is Joshua Collins. I’m a 26-year-old truck driver, and I’m running for Congress in Washington’s 10th District. I grew up poor in the Midwest; my college plans fell apart due to a car accident, and after trying my hand at several low-wage, unstable jobs, I started team-driving with my wife.
As a truck driver, I’ve gotten to visit all 48 contiguous states; I’ve met regular working people from every corner of America, and our struggles are pretty much the same.
Every time I needed a safety net, it wasn’t there. When I was younger, I thought it was the result of poor planning, or that I should just work harder, but a decade in the workforce has made the truth clear: our lives are made difficult on purpose. This system has been created and maintained by the people who own basically everything to protect their power. If we’re well-paid, secure in our housing, and educated, we demand a far bigger share. Our bosses will do anything in their power to prevent that.
Congress is full of lawyers, investment bankers and corporate consultants. It’s a playground for the 1%, who have no empathy or understanding of our lives. Regular working people should be represented by individuals who live our lives and those who know what paycheck-to-paycheck feels like. We need nurses, teachers, and truck drivers in positions of power, fighting for our interests; that’s why I am running for US Congress.
Collins is a socialist running for election as a representative of the Essential Workers Party in WA-10. It includes the city of Olympia and the surrounding area. It’s partisan index is D+5 and is 76% White, and 6% Asian, 5% Black with 11% Hispanic. This is an open seat, the incumbent Democrat Denny Heck is retiring, which predictably has led to a huge field of candidates, including 6 Democrats. More on Beth Doglio later who has been endorsed by Bernie and Pramila Jayapal later. Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant and Our Revolution endorsed Collins. Collins has raised $250,000 as opposed to around $600,000 by Doglio, and two other Democratic candidates, Strickland and Reeves.
Issues
https://www.joshua2020.com/
Actually not seeing anything in the platform about M4A but I’m sure he supports it.
https://themighty.com/2020/07/joshua-collins-openly-autistic-candidate/
https://www.theverge.com/2020/1/21/21067086/joshua-collins-joshua4congress-tiktok-discord-campaigning-bernie-sanders-aoc