Jackson is a 44-year-old husband, father, and citizen of Litchfield County, Connecticut. He did not serve in the military. He has never worked in education or law enforcement, and he does not hold an MBA, MD, JD, or PhD from an elite university.
He went to art school. He studied film and photography. He earned a Bachelor of Arts. By the usual standards of political life, that résumé is supposed to disqualify him from public service. Jackson believes it does the opposite.
Our government was not designed to be run only by professional politicians, elite institutions, or the billionaires and corporations that fund them. It was designed to be run by citizens. Jackson is a citizen first: a husband, a father, and someone who believes the country that gave his family stability deserves the full measure of his energy, effort, and dedication.