Samuel Ronan, a U.S. Air Force veteran and self-described community advocate, is running as a write-in candidate for Ohio's 15th Congressional District in the Nov. 3 general election. He is a certified write-in candidate with no party affiliation, though he described himself as an "Eisenhower Republican" in our candidate questionnaire.

Asked why he is running, Ronan said in our questionnaire:

"For the past decade I have been fighting against the corruption of both parties in their crusade to dismantle the Constitution, citizens Right's and Protections, all while under the auspices of 'making America Great Again' or standing by doing nothing to inhibit that progression to regressive policies and practices."

Candidate information

Education: "Associate's in Applied Science"

Occupation and work history: "Current I am a maintenance planner, and aside from serving in the military as a PMEL Journeyman, personnel Craftsman, I have been a maintenance technician and RF Metrology Technician most of my timed outside of the military."

Previous elected or appointed offices: N/A

Family: N/A

Experience and accomplishments

Asked what accomplishments qualify him for the job, Ronan pointed to his 2017 run for chair of the Democratic National Committee and his founding of Our Voice, a civic engagement organization that developed the hello Voter App.

"I ran for the DNC Chair in 2017 and by public polling won every debate I participated in despite being the 'least seasoned' candidate of the mix. I have been involved with organizations, including founding Our Voice that developed the hello Voter App as a free alternative to NGPVAN …"

He added: "If I have a great accomplishment it is that I am regular citizen, who has served their country with honor, and integrity, with the intention of holding every corrupt official in DC accountable!"

Key differences from opponents

Ronan said neither Republican Mike Carey nor Democratic nominee Don Leonard supports his priorities, which include ending lobbying influence, universal health care, mandatory corporate profit sharing with workers, green energy investment, high-speed rail and a "dramatic reduction in police forces" and incarceration rates. Libertarian Brennan Barrington and Gary Josephson (no party affiliation) are also listed as opponents of Ronan.

On the issues

Top priority: Asked to name the single most important issue facing Congress, Ronan said:

"It's difficult to narrow it down to 1, but I will say these are the most threatening issues our nation and Constitution faces: >Israeli influence of over 80% of our Elected Officials at the State and Federal LevelCorruption of the Executive BranchNo existing stop gaps to prevent the erosion of Separation of Powers…"

Health care: Ronan supports making health care a public service. He said in our questionnaire:

"All healthcare, including vision, dental and mental healthcare should be free and accessible to all citizens and persons visiting America. … Ultimately, all human beings become sick, ill, injured, or weak over time. All humans die. All humans have stressors that they should be able to have help dealing with. That is a fact of life and commoditizing it is abhorrent."

Immigration and border security: Ronan calls for abolishing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and said:

"Beyond that, short of open borders, we should expedite our vetting process, make the path to citizenship take less time and significantly less money, and uphold our promises made to servicemembers and DACA …"

Federal spending and taxes: Ronan said he would "close every and all loopholes that the wealthy and corporations currently enjoy" and "dramatically lower the tax rate of the earners making less than $100,000/year, and raise the tax rates on the highest earners up to and including 100% per bracket …"

Energy and the environment: Ronan said Congress should hold industries accountable through criminal consequences and added:

"Generally speaking Congress should also be looking towards the future instead of short term profit, or gain. If our rivers are poisoned today, they will be poisoned in 30 years, and the disease, harm to our wildlife, and lands will have cascading effects that will harm significantly more than just the waters."

National security: On the Iran conflict, Ronan said the U.S. should "cease hostilities with Iran immediately" and called for "cancelling all MIC spending and contract" as a starting point for military spending reform.

Voters who wish to cast a ballot for Ronan in the general election must write his name on their ballot.