I decided to run for state representative because I wanted to push for change on housing, childcare and transit. But this race has shown me that our biggest problem actually is democracy – and our serious deficit of it.
I’m running in Somerville and Medford, in a seat that is open for the first time in 12 years. I assumed my biggest problem would be balancing my own childcare with all the events, forums and debates I’d have to go to, as well as the thousands of doors I planned to knock to talk to voters.
Instead, my biggest problem is getting anyone to pay attention to the race…