Eleni Kounalakis in Mother Jones magazine


On Government Reform: For publicly funded campaigns and campaign finance reform

I believe in publicly funded campaigns and campaign finance reform. In the current system, candidates are forced to rely too much on institutional funding and their own resources. In my case, I accepted a spending cap and am very proud to have raised funds from nearly 2,500 donations to my campaign.
Source: Mother Jones on 2024 California Lt. Gubernatorial race Aug 6, 2018

On Principles & Values: Trump motivated me to run for office, defend democracy

There's no question that Trump was a motivating factor for me to run for lieutenant governor. It takes courage to run for office. I don't know that I had the courage to do it before Donald Trump, but I certainly knew immediately after that I would do whatever it took to do whatever it took to help my country and the vision of American democracy that we have worked so hard to perpetuate in the world, that it was time to fight for it here at home.
Source: Mother Jones on 2024 California Lt. Gubernatorial race Aug 6, 2018

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