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| Aiken's 2003 debut LP |
Clay
Aiken, openly gay former American Idol star, is running for Congress in this
upcoming election. He will be facing Renee Ellmers, who won the last election
with a 56% - 41% majority. Aiken has experience working with politicians. “I’m
a Democrat but when I was appointed by President Bush to serve on a special
presidential commission to address the educational challenges with children
with special needs, I happily served,” stated Aiken. He believes that both
parties have to work together to help move our country forward. “Our problems
won’t be solved by one party or another,” he says.
Aiken
is a Raleigh native who believes that he will be able to represent the people
of North Carolina even if they did not vote for him. Aiken has established his
campaign website and posted a short video explaining his reasons for running. "I'm not a politician — I don't
ever want to be one — but I do want to help bring back, at least to my
corner of North Carolina, the idea that someone can go to Washington to
represent all the people whether they voted for you or not," Aiken said in
the video. Aiken also believes that our state can become an influential
presence in Congress. "And maybe we can play a small part in igniting that
change across the rest of our country," he states in his video.
According
to an MSNBC poll, Clay Aiken has a 53% chance of taking this election, and he won’t allow Washington to change him.
According to the News and Observer, Aiken stated, “I went to
Hollywood and it did not change me and I’ll go to Washington and I won’t let it
change me.”
