Welcome
Hi, I’m Jay Clough, Democratic nominee for Congress in Central Washington. I’m running for Congress because we need to bring common sense leadership to Washington, D.C. For too long we have let the extremes in our politics carry the conversations and define our policies, and the average American middle-class family always seems to lose ground. This has happened because we've let career politicians escape accountability.
We need to get back to the kind of representative government envisioned by the Founding Fathers. Our system is designed on the model of citizen-politicians, who sacrifice on behalf of their neighbors, serve, and then go back home. Over time the emphasis has completely shifted, and now the number one goal of a newly elected Representative is getting reelected, rather than doing the job they were elected to do. Rep. Richard "Doc" Hastings is a perfect example of this.
Mr. Hastings signed a "Contract with America" in 1994, promising to serve no more than six terms. He is now running for his ninth. In 16 years, he has authored and passed a total of six bills. He sits on only one committee. He is firmly entrenched in Congress’ back bench, keeping his head down, offering no leadership, and he's already missed 45 votes in this session alone. You deserve better.
We face many challenges in our district, and recently we've faced many of them all at once. We cannot afford to have a representative who is asleep at the wheel, hoping someone else will step up to do his job. I intend to go to Congress to do exactly what the Founders intended; devote all of my energy representing the citizens of the district I have called home my entire life.
Thanks for coming to my website. While you're here, I encourage you to read some of the articles I've written, browse through pictures of the events I've held across the district, and sign up to volunteer, endorse me, or even donate your hard-earned money to a cause we can all agree is worthy: bringing real, hard-working representation back to Central Washington.
