Lessig For Congress?

luge writes "With the unfortunate passing of Congressman Tom Lantos, parts of Silicon Valley and San Francisco will be holding a special election in June to send a replacement to Congress. Given the area, it would be great to have someone who is both tech- and policy-aware fill the seat — and it looks like that just might happen. Lawrence Lessig has apparently bought 'change-congress.com.' A 'Draft Lessig' group is forming on Facebook, featuring some of Lessig's old co-workers at Harvard and Jimmy Wales, among others. No word from Lessig himself yet, but he's been increasingly vocal about politics of late. If it happens, it would be a huge step forward for the representation of technology in Washington."

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Founder of Creative Commons

[cs02rm0]

and board member at EFF apparently.

I'd never heard of him. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Lessig

Obama Supporter

[ShedPlant]

FEC.gov shows he donated the maximum allowance to Barack Obama's campaign. Just FYI :) .

Re:Real chance?

[eln]

He doesn't need to be elected by the whole state, just his district. That particular district covers a big chunk of Silicon Valley, which may be the one place a candidate like that actually could get elected.

Re:Lessig lives in the wrong district?

[paulproteus]

He actually lives in San Francisco, in the 12th Congressional District, according to a blog post from a few years ago. He does still live in San Francisco, not in Palo Alto or at Stanford.