LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — Lansing-area native William Lawrence, 35, introduced his candidacy for Michigan’s seventh congressional district at a marketing campaign launch occasion Tuesday night.
The occasion was held on the Allen Neighborhood Heart, with round 150 individuals in attendance.
“Mid-Michigan is my home. I was raised here, I’ve been here, and I’ll be here,” Lawrence stated. “This campaign is about building a future together, here, in this community we all love. We’re working for a Michigan we can afford, a future we can look forward to, and a country we can be proud of.”
Lawrence was raised in East Lansing and returned to the realm after school. He’s a founding father of youth local weather organizing group Dawn Motion, the Michigan Hire Is Too Rattling Excessive Coalition, and the Mid-Michigan Tenant Useful resource Heart.
William Lawrence, 35. (WLNS)
If elected, this is able to be Lawrence’s first political workplace.
Lawrence says the principle focus of his marketing campaign is “real security,” which incorporates assured healthcare, housing safety, and “confidence in the future.”
“The formative political experience of my life was when the U.S. went to war in Iraq. I was 12. I remember walking downstairs to see my dad reading the news at the breakfast table and seeing how distraught he was. I learned about climate change that same year,” Lawrence stated. “Society appeared like a multitude and folks appeared basically dangerous. After I was younger I couldn’t envision a future.”
He says that, as a substitute of “sending our money overseas to wage war,” that cash ought to as a substitute be invested within the “basics,” equivalent to housing, healthcare, childcare, elder care, and training, and that he’s assured his marketing campaign will attain Michiganders from all walks of life.
“This campaign is one step of many. It’s not the beginning and it’s not the end. But it’s an important step at an important time,” Lawrence stated. “What does the Democratic coalition look like when we win? It’s young voters, workers and tenants, women of all ages, communities of color, antiwar voters, rural Michiganders, and communities of faith. I know we can reach those communities, from the farm fields and small towns to the suburbs and the city streets. It starts today, and it’s going to take all of us.”
