Running for office is difficult, but it’s even harder when you don’t have the support of a party apparatus behind you, or even someone else who can serve as the treasurer of your campaign.
On this episode, we’re talking to someone doing just that. Gene Kininmonth runs a rowing program in High Point, North Carolina, and threw his hat into the ring on the day before the candidate deadline. We talk about what led him into politics, what it’s like being an unaffiliated candidate in a non-partisan-in-name-only race, and his tactics to break through.
