I'm a Startup Founder Running for the California State Legislature

Some of you might remember me from the Uncov tech blog, ages ago. I also co-founded Milo.com, which sold to eBay in 2010.

I've left the tech industry, and now I'm running for California State Senate, District 1 (Lake Tahoe area), in a special election coming up on March 26th. I'm a pro-business Republican, which probably won't get me much love with HN, but politics is all about compromise.

I want to make sure that startups, and anyone else running a small business in California, has air support in the State Legislature. There are some very anti-business taxes coming down the pipe in California, like split-roll property taxes, which will make triple-net leases, in the Bay Area especially, astronomically more expensive.

My two biggest competitors are sitting Assemblymen. One has never worked a day of his life outside of the government, and the other made a living collecting federal subsidies.

I'm asking for your help, HN. Running for office takes money. So far, I've put in over $100,000 of my own money, and I am working on raising more. Every dollar counts.

Check out my campaign, what I stand for, and think about what it would mean to have a startup founder as a state legislator. If you can afford it, please consider contributing to my campaign.

https://www.theodoredziuba.com/