Back last August, Greg Woods noticed that there were some Quakers running for U.S. Congressional seats. While modern-day Quaker politicians are not unheard of, they’re also not particularly common and it seemed like there was a bumper crop. The idea to interview them took on a momentum, even as we started to learn about more candidates. It’s grown into a Quakers in Politics Live Web Panel set to take place on Thursday, March 22nd at 3pm EDT. There’s six confirmed Quaker candidates and the event is co-sponsored by the Earlham School of Religion and Friends Journal. The moderator will be Earlham College President Alan Price.
The upcoming U.S. Congressional mid-term elections already have at least seven Quaker candidates for office. How does their Quaker faith inform these candidates’ desires to run for Congress? What advice would they have for other Quakers wanting to run for office in the future?
It’s a pretty interesting bunch and I’m looking forward to lots of good questions about the intersection of faith and politics in 2018.
- Steve Bacher (Pennsylvania 8th District, @stevebacher)
- Adam Coker (North Carolina 13th District, @AdamFromNC)
- Darlene McDonald (Utah 4th District, @VoteDarlene)
- Shawna Roberts (Ohio 6th District, @RobertsOhioD6)
- Molly Sheehan (Pennsylvania 5th District, @pennsymolly)
- Nick Thomas (Colorado 2nd District, @NickT4Congress)
Is it possible to add dates to your posts? I assume this is 2018 but perhaps I’m wrong?
Good point, thanks Trevor! I updated the headline so that it says 2018 (your assumption was right). There are dates but they’re down at the bottom of the post and easy to miss.