Jason Kander

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Jason Kander

Jason David Kander (born May 4, 1981 in Overland Park , Kansas ) is an American politician of the Democratic Party . He was a member of the Missouri House of Representatives from 2009 , serving as Secretary of State from 2013 to 2017 and a candidate for the United States Senate in 2016 . He withdrew his candidacy for Mayor of Kansas City (Missouri) in 2018 for health reasons.

Family, education and work

Jason Kander is the son of Steven Kander and Janet born. Secor and grew up with his younger brother and several foster siblings in Shawnee, Kansas , where his father ran for mayor in 2001. Steven Kander was a police officer and later became self-employed, his mother is a youth probation officer . Jason Kander is the nephew of the music composer John Kander . Like his father, Kander belongs to Reform Judaism . Many of his ancestors had lived in the Midwest since the 19th century.

Kander studied at American University in Washington, DC and applied to the United States Army shortly after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks . Kander continued his studies in the Reserve Officer Training Corps at Georgetown University . After graduating from college, he settled in Kansas City in 2005 and began working as a lawyer with the Barnes law firm . As a captain in the Army National Guard , Kander served as an infantry intelligence officer in the Afghan War in 2006/07 . From 2007 he was a member of the Missouri National Guard.

He has a son with his wife Diana, who emigrated from the Soviet Union. The family is of Jewish faith. From 2012 they lived in Columbia , the capital of the state of Missouri .

Political career

From 2009 to 2013, Kander was a member of the Missouri House of Representatives for District 44, which includes part of the city of Kansas City . The main topic of Kander in the State Legislature was the reform of campaign finance. After Robin Carnahan announced in January 2012 that he would no longer run, Kander ran in the November 2012 election as Secretary of State of the state. He was elected with almost 49 percent of the vote and served in this office from 2013 to 2017.

In 2016, he was the Missouri Democratic Party candidate for the United States Senate . He lost just 46.6 to 49.2 percent against incumbent Roy Blunt and achieved a significantly better result than Hillary Clinton at the same time in the presidential election . In doing so, despite a progressive election program with the demand for general health insurance, he succeeded in winning over even rural areas that otherwise rarely vote for democrats. His campaign was made famous by a TV commercial in which he blindfolded a firearm in order to ward off attacks that he had no sympathy for gun owners because of the demand for checks before gun sales.

Kander attracted the interest of activists and many small donors and was traded for higher office despite losing the election. For example, he has expressed an interest in running for President of the United States in 2020 . He founded the non-profit Let America Vote , which campaigns nationwide against restrictions on access to elections and against gerrymandering , and visited 39 states, including some early pre-election states, for 159 party events . In June 2018, he announced that he would be running for Mayor of Kansas City , the largest city in western Missouri, in 2019 . In August 2018, his book Outside the Wire: Ten Lessons I've Learned in Everyday Courage was published , in which he describes his experiences and explains his political ideas. He runs the political podcast Majority 54 . In October 2018, Kander announced his retirement from the mayor's election. He is being treated for depression and PTSD .

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Fact check: Jason Kander is a fifth generation Missourian. In: The Columbia Tribune , July 28, 2016.
  2. ^ Judith Newmark: John Kander brings his memories to Muny's 'Chicago'. In: St. Louis Post-Dispatch , June 24, 2012.
  3. ^ Nathan Guttman: Does Jason Kander Have The Winning Formula For Democrats In The Heartland? In: Forward.com , July 3, 2017.
  4. ↑ Jason Kander's Biography. In: Vote Smart ; Fact check: Jason Kander is a fifth generation Missourian. In: The Columbia Tribune , July 28, 2016; Johnathan Lemons: Missouri National Guard Soldier Receives National Recognition ( February 19, 2015 memento on the Internet Archive ). In: MOGuard.com.
  5. ↑ Abby Kass: Entrepreneur Diana Kander left legal profession to mentor students, others. In: Columbia Missourian , February 12, 2015; Nathan Guttman: Does Jason Kander Have The Winning Formula For Democrats In The Heartland? In: Forward.com , July 3, 2017.
  6. ↑ Fact check: Jason Kander is a fifth generation Missourian. In: The Columbia Tribune , July 28, 2016.
  7. ↑ UCM SGA presents Kander with Kirkpatrick Excellence in Governance Award. In: The Daily Star Journal , April 26, 2018.
  8. ↑ Steve Kraske: Jason Kander is quickly making his move. In: Kansascity.com , January 20, 2012.
  9. ↑ Kander, Jason. In: OurCampaigns.com.
  10. ↑ Missouri US Senate Results: Roy Blunt Wins. In: The New York Times , November 8, 2016; Nathan Guttman: Does Jason Kander Have The Winning Formula For Democrats In The Heartland? In: Forward.com , July 3, 2017.
  11. ^ Peter W. Stevenson: This may be the best ad of the election so far. In: The Washington Post , September 15, 2016. For general campaign topics, see Roy Blunt vs. Jason Kander: Nonpartisan Candidate Guide For 2016 Missouri Senate Race. In: Huffington Post , October 11, 2016.
  12. ↑ Edward-Isaac Dovere: How Jason Kander Won by Losing. In: Politico , June 17, 2017.
  13. ↑ Steve Vockrodt: Kander Confirms bid for Kansas City mayor in a move already shaking up the ballot. In: The Kansas City Star , June 25, 2018; Jason Kander rules out 2020, runs for Kansas City mayor instead. In: NBC News , June 25, 2018.
  14. ↑ Jason Kander, Rising Democratic Party Star, Has Book Deal. In: US News , April 10, 2018.
  15. ^ Gina Martinez: Rising Democrat Jason Kander Drops Out of Kansas City Mayoral Race for PTSD Treatment. In: Time , October 2, 2018.
personal data
SURNAME Kander, Jason
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kander, Jason David (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American Democratic Party politician
DATE OF BIRTH May 4th 1981
PLACE OF BIRTH Overland Park (Kansas)