Jewish Congressional Candidate Adam Schindler: ‘I Want to Fight for People’

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Scientist and public health advocate Adam Schindler announced on January 12 that he is running for U.S. House of Representatives in California’s 50th Congressional District. Schindler, a San Diego resident and father, is challenging incumbent Scott Peters because Peters receives campaign contributions from corporations and opposed legislation that would have made prescription drugs more affordable and combated global warming.

“I am running for Congress because I want to fight for people,” Schindler said. “Corporations have too much power and it is hurting our country. We will only be able to make the change we need to protect our environment and improve our healthcare system when we stand up to corporations and the politicians like Scott Peters that side with them.”

Dr. Schindler’s priorities in Congress will be:

• Improve ethics and integrity in government and reverse Citizens United
• Protect our environment by transitioning to 100% clean energy
• Provide comprehensive healthcare to all people
• Make a greater investment in education
• Build more affordable housing in cities like San Diego through federal investment in our cities
• Improve how science is practiced by our government to better protect public health

Adam pledges to be an honest politician who will work for the best interests of the people he represents. He will not accept money from PACs or hold private fundraisers and will disclose his activities. He will advocate for greater transparency, accountability, and integrity from our government.

Biography

Adam Schindler grew up in New Jersey and attended college at the State University of New York at Binghamton. He studied at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem for his junior year of college. After college he served in the first class of AmeriCorps national service program, where he worked on projects that included tutoring in Maryland public schools, building a daycare center in West Virginia, and fighting fires in Idaho. He became a scientist because he wanted to improve public health through scientific research. He earned a PhD in Molecular and Cell Biology from the University of California, Berkeley, and performed research at the National Institutes of Health, Duke University, and the University of California, San Diego. He is an author on 12 scientific publications. He currently works as a science and medical writer translating scientific discoveries into clinical treatments. He lives in San Diego with his wife, a professor of Biology at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, daughter, 10, and son, 5.

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