Wanting More Power, Public Employees Run for Office

Governing: While state and local government employees have the power to change things, they are limited by the resources and rules set by elected officials. This truism is leading more of them to run for office.

Many have launched campaigns with the hope of using what they’ve learned in their current or prior government positions to help the citizenry as a whole.

“After the 2016 election, more and more people realized the linkage between elections and public policy,” says Doug Chapin, director of the University of Minnesota’s Election Academy.

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