Eric Jones · Democrat for Congress · California’s 4th
A BETTER
WAY FORWARD
Our politics have become too divided, too cynical, and too focused on winning at any cost. Eric Jones believes we can do better. Our communities deserve representatives who answer to the people who live here.
PUTTING PEOPLE FIRST.
What he commits to
FIVE THINGS, IN WRITING
01
Putting people before party.
02
Telling the truth — even when it is politically inconvenient.
03
Respecting political opponents — and the voters who support them.
04
Working across the aisle when it gets results.
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Rejecting personal attacks, political revenge, and politics built on division.
The race, plainly
TWO RECORDS, SIDE BY SIDE
This is the one page where we name the incumbent. Nothing below is in dispute — it is length of service and who backs him, stated plainly. One of these two men is the Democratic establishment in this district. The other is running against it.
THE CHALLENGER
ERIC JONES
Democrat. Running against his own party’s machine.
Opposes politicians drawing district lines to protect their own power.
Will not run a campaign built on personal attacks.
Owes nothing to the people who drew this district.
THE INCUMBENT
MIKE THOMPSON
Nearly 50 years in politics.
In Congress since 1999, seeking a 15th term.
Endorsed by his party’s state and national leadership.
Holds a seat his party has carried comfortably for decades.
Has never had to win a Republican vote to keep it.
Nothing here is a personal attack, and nothing here is about his party. It is a length of service and a set of relationships, stated plainly, so that a district of 750,000 people can weigh them.
Eric Jones isn’t running for Congress to add to the division. He’s running to change the way we do politics.