Jason Pearce has worked as a chef, a day trader, and an insurance advisor — and this Congressional race is his first-ever run for public office.
Pearce is a Plano native who attended the University of North Texas and has held jobs ranging from restaurant management to mortgage lending to sales training. He won the Democratic nomination to challenge longtime Republican incumbent Pat Fallon in Texas's heavily Republican 4th Congressional District, running on lowering healthcare and housing costs and protecting Medicare for seniors.
Pearce’s take on Texas values
Platform calls for expanding voter registration and polling access, ending gerrymandering, and making Election Day a paid federal holiday. [Ballotpedia/localcandidates.org campaign summary]