Excitement and a Rising Democratic Star: Ashwin Madia

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Tuesday July 15, 2008 · 3:27 PM PDT

2008/07/15 · 15:27

There is a strong new face in the Democratic Party, and his name is Ashwin Madia. Running with a massive grassroots campaign he came out of no where to become the Democratic nominee in the open race for Minnesota's 3rd District. He is a first generation American, an Iraq War veteran, and for more information about him, check out Populista's great bio of him from May.

We are lucky in that this election year, we had a whole slew of presidential candidates to be excited about. Even still, it's rare to find palpable excitement around politicians. But just look at this video from the Third District Convention. When the speaker announces Ashwin Madia as a candidate for US Representative, the crowd goes nuts.

This energy channels into votes, people.

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