John Ashcraft

Region: Troy

Values: My core values are: respect, realism, responsibility and reason. I want to be able to look my kids in the eye and tell them honestly that I did all I could to reduce the damage we are doing to their world.

Current Positions: Senior-level executive in automotive marketing.

Leadership Interests: I care about restoring representation to the people at all levels of government, and believe that collusion between government and other powerful groups, especially business and religion, conflicts with the interests of voters.  I also believe that progressive religious people -- and Christians in particular -- have an important role to play because most Americans profess to be religious.  Therefore, I am committed to promotion of a progressive Christian worldview that will advocate for the separation of church and state, for religious pluralism and for policies that benefit individuals over institutions -- especially those who are disadvantaged.