John Lerew Still Running For Congress, With Video on Where He Stands

I recently wrote a blog post about John Lerew CMC '81, who is running for Colorado's 7th congressional district against first term, Ed Perlmutter.

I interviewed him for the second issue of The Claremont Independent and provided the higher ups give the go-ahead, I'll be putting that information online shortly. (I also sent the article along to Claremont McKenna's PR folks who seem oblivious to Lerew's candidacy. Alas. I guess they are too busy calling CMC a "green" campus or some such other bogus.)

But before I put up the more lengthy pieces, let me introduce you to Mr. Lerew himself with these two videos in which he talks about his policy.





Insofar as I can tell and the other Claremont historians know, Lerew is the second Claremont McKenna alum to run in a general, federal election. The first is David Dreier who has served as a 26th congressional district's congressman since 1980.

For the Republicans among us, here's a link to Lerew's website. He was gracious enough to link to the post I wrote about him. Any contribution to Lerew, even if it is as meager as the money I've sent him, would be greatly appreciated.

I will also be running a phone bank for Lerew with my Skype Out connection, which makes it free to call Coloradan (or anywhere in the U.S. or Canada) land lines. Anyone interested in participating should let me know immediately (even if you are an alum we can set something up so we mass call.)

Even if you are a Democrat, there is an added incentive to supporting him. If Lerew wins, the value of your degree goes up. Even if Lerew loses, you at least want the race to be competitive because as his name and biography gets out, so too will Claremont McKenna's name. (Consider it a tax on the public good of CMC name promotion. I know how you guys love those taxes!)

I can just imagine the day in the not-so-distant future when both contestants for higher office are Claremont alums.