Recently, I announced my candidacy against John McCain for U.S. Senate in Arizona.
Now, we are preparing to launch a statewide tour so that we can work together with the people of Arizona to get this state on the right track again.
As you may have seen, we have acquired a bio-diesel RV that will be our mobile headquarters as we travel across Arizona. It is almost ready to go, but it is missing one very important thing...
We haven’t given our campaign RV a name yet, and that’s why I am writing to you today.
The name of our RV is very important to us. Our RV will carry our team to cities and towns across Arizona, bringing us to where you live and work, connecting us to you. We want our RV to have a name that embodies the spirit of Arizona and the culture of our campaign.
Because the name of our campaign RV means a lot to us, we want our supporters to come up with its name.
Our campaign RV won’t be named the Straight Talk Express because we’re not traveling across Arizona to talk -- we’re traveling across Arizona to listen to you. And we’re going to start by listening to your suggested names for our bio-diesel RV.
RVs have a special place in recent American history and Arizona history. The earliest RVs were simple wooden structures that people built in their backyards and loaded onto a Model T chassis to recreate a home-like environment on the road. Such roadside camping became common during World War I, and by the late 1940s, RV campgrounds were sprouting all over America.
By the mid 1960s, RVs were a common sight on American roads, and the roads of Arizona were no exception. Today, Arizona has some of the best RV campgrounds in the country. Visitors from all over Arizona and from all over the lower 48 states drive their RVs across Arizona to visit some of our country’s greatest treasures, like the Grand Canyon, Sunset Crater, Saguaro National Monument, and the list goes on.
RVs have also become an important part of political campaigns. Politicians have been traveling in campaign buses and RVs as far back as the 1940s. Today, a modest but comfortable RV like my Fleetwood makes it possible for candidates like myself (those of us who don’t have private jets to get around) to travel across Arizona connecting personally with voters.
I am running for the U.S. Senate because I want to serve the people of Arizona. I want to meet each of you where you live, work, and play. Our RV will allow us to come to where you are. It will make me more accessible to you - to the people I serve.
Submit your ideas for our campaign RV name, now through Friday, May 7.
After the submission period ends, come back on Monday, May 10 to vote on the finalist RV name submissions. The name with the most votes will be put onto the front of our campaign RV (just above the windshield), and the person who submitted it will travel with us in July to Netroots Nation in Las Vegas.
Of course, every contest has rules, and you can read the full set of rules here.
Submit your RV name suggestion(s) now.