What "Change We Can Believe In" Means to Me

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Wednesday April 16, 2008 · 7:35 AM PDT

2008/04/16 · 07:35

New Jerseyans in the third Congressional district and Americans across the country will ask themselves a simple question in the voting booth this year: Should the next Congressman in their district continue the policies of George W. Bush?

We all know the Republicans will. I will not.

I understand the daily struggles' middle class families face, their anxiety about the soaring cost of groceries and gas, and concern about where to turn if a loved one gets sick, because they don't have health care coverage. I know the challenges because I have lived with them.

As an only child, I grew up in a small town in Haddonfield, New Jersey. My father was a small business owner and the town's drycleaner and mother was a stay at home mom. We were the first "Adler family" to own a home in America. However, after my father suffered a series of heart attacks, we lost our family dry cleaning business, and like many families today, left with a staggering set of health care bills and no income to pay them.

That's why I will fight to expand health care coverage and make it more affordable. That's why I will fight to pass SCHIP.

John Adler for Congress

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Friday November 16, 2007 · 9:21 AM PST

2007/11/16 · 09:21

I know that many of you have already been following my campaign, but allow me to formally introduce myself to the DailyKos community. My name is John Adler, and I am proud to be running for Congress in New Jersey's 3rd Congressional District. I have served as the State Senator from the 6th Legislative District for the last 16 years, where I was just reelected to a sixth term this week.

I've lived in South Jersey most of my life – the most notable exception being the years I spent at Harvard earning my bachelor's and law degrees. After graduating law school, my wife, Shelley, and I moved to Cherry Hill, where we have raised our four sons. The only downside of living in Cherry Hill has been that a Republican has represented us in Congress the entire time. This year we're going to change that.

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South Jersey is becoming bluer by the day. Last Tuesday, South Jersey voters chose Democratic Senators in the 1st and 2nd Legislative District for the first time in more than a generation. There is a sense among Democrats all across New Jersey that next November that trend will continue with the 3rd Congressional District.

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