Right now Congress is controlled by just a few vote majority and divided along sharply partisan lines, with no one in either party willing to cross the aisle. That’s resulted in a broken Congress, gridlock, and dysfunction. But it creates an unprecedented opportunity for an Independent Candidate.

More credible, centrist Independent candidates are running for Congress than ever in recent memory because people are fed up with politics as usual and fed up with corrupt, unaccountable political parties. Electing just a handful of them will give control of the House.

An Independent Caucus, sitting in between the Democratic and Republican Parties, denying BOTH a majority. Both parties would have to negotiate with the Independent Caucus to pass legislation, to change the rules, to elect a Speaker. Instead of each party being taken hostage by their most extreme fringes, they can work with the Independent Caucus. And the Independent Caucus becomes the Fulcrum on which the House hinges.

In Congress I will join with others to form the Independent Caucus. We will force BOTH parties to negotiate issue by issue, to work together on the legislation the American people want to see, to compromise, and to act. We will break the partisan gridlock. No more government shutdowns, no more last minute 1,000 page omnibus bills, no more blocking votes. We will make Congress reclaim its Constitutional Powers and Responsibility to write the laws, to check the other branches, to prevent the unconstitutional levying of taxes and declaration of war.

This is the power an Independent who is willing and committed to work for the good of the country can have. I won’t be just a backbench freshman Representative told to sit down and vote with the party. I will fight to bring this country together, to solve problems, and to represent the people of Ohio and the 4th District.