CARBONDALE, IL — The “We the People” Ray Lenzi campaign for Congress is, in the words of Willie Nelson, “On the Road Again.”
Lenzi has been traveling from Cairo to Belleville and Alton, what he calls, the “Beautiful 12th,” for the last ten months. Now the campaign is offering a living glimpse into the candidate’s journey on the campaign’s Lenzi for Congress.org website and its Facebook page through digital video coverage of the Lenzi for Congress “We the People Caravan.”
Lenzi’s “We the People Campaign” caravan features meetings with voters as he travels the district along with vignettes of life on the road as he has “sleepovers” with people in the district, learning about communities and economies of Illinois’ 12th District.
Lenzi has been welcomed by a Democratic supporter and a Lindenwood University professor from Belleville who has provided the candidate with a spare bedroom at his house. Lenzi’s nephew in Godfrey has provided an “empty-nest” bedroom in the Alton area as Lenzi has risen as early as 5 a.m. to great United Steelworkers at the U.S. Steel plant in Granite City.
At the other end of the “Beautiful 12th” Lenzi has been campaigning at the Great Confluence in Cairo where he recently spent time visiting with community leaders championing a potential major port project at the junction of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers.
Over the next week, Lenzi will continue canvassing in Franklin, Williamson, Perry, and Randolph counties where he is touting his “Just Transition” program to provide tax credit incentives to support “full salary” wages for any displaced coal miners as the economy moves to clean energy.
Lenzi has also been “on the road” in communities of high unemployment, both urban and rural, from East St. Louis to depressed rural communities in Union, Pulaski and Perry counties. Lenzi proposed FDR-era Civilian Conservation Corps jobs for park clean up, tree planting and home weatherization and as examples.
Look for the “We the People” caravan in your town.