If I actually get elected
This outcome is considered highly unlikely, and that's by design. I'm not running. The point isn't to win the seat. But the option exists — anyone can write me in — and if enough people do, I would consider serving.
If that happens, here's the start of a plan.
What the role would look like
My strength shows up in the party and the campaign structure: taking a hard look at reality and building a plan around what's actually there. My scientific training and psychological expertise would be leveraged for effective coordination, not agenda-pushing. The job is agenda-elevating — surfacing the agendas that already exist among the people I'd represent, and helping them get heard properly inside the institution.
That's a real distinction. Most reps run on a personal platform and then spend the term defending it. The People's Assembly model says the platform should come from the constituents, organized topically, and the representative's job is to channel and coordinate — not substitute their own preferences for the district's.
However, I would want to develop several policy proposals with the constituents.
A specific idea: the primary field as the assembly
Here's one example of what coordination could look like.
Every cycle, there are primary fields for federal offices. Most of those candidates lose, and most of their constituency-building, policy work, and field organizing dissolves with the loss. That's a waste.
In a People's Assembly model, those candidates would all be able to work for a different seat — in a domain that fits their existing expertise. The losing primary field becomes part of a working assembly, organized by topic, doing the policy and constituent work that geography-based representation alone can't cover.
I'd help organize that.
I would need help
If the question is "how do I get your voices represented properly?", I will need your help.