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An Indian-origin Vivek Vishwanathan, who is running for California state treasurer in his crusade website quoted saying, "I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep."

Check: https://www.vivekforca.com/

Vishwanathan, 31, to downright his 600-odd miles of run from Sacramento to Friendship park has 125 miles to go. The park along the border with Mexico in San Diego-Tijuana region succeeding week, just ahead of the June 5 primary.

The New York born son of immigrants from India is running an out-of-the-way election campaign by running all over the state, starting from the state treasurer's office in Sacramento March 10 through the Central Valley, to San Diego to outspread his 10-point crusade ideas and to aid renew people's belief in what campaigns ought to be like.

“I believe that if candidates spend less time chasing big money and more time taking the pulse of California, we will all be better off,” said Viswanathan, who has a law degree from Harvard and an MBA from Stanford.

During Presidential campaign, Vishwanathan served as a policy adviser to Hilary Clinton by crafting her policy schedule to make public universities and colleges tuition-free for working families. He as well worked with California Gov. Jerry Brown to assist residents on issues affecting immigrants, health care and environment.

He has been endorsed by Mercury News and East Bay Times. “The 31-year-old Democratic candidate for state treasurer understands California policy better than any other candidate we’ve interviewed this year. His mastery of complex issues surpasses most elected officials twice his age,” said the Mercury News.  

Vishwanathan's program includes a call for demanding public financing for all the state level campaigns, giving every individual a voucher to assist candidates of his/her choice and forbidding corporate contributions to candidates running for office in California.      

"You can learn a lot when you run through a community on foot, when people open up to you in ways you’d never expect. They tell of how they are struggling with housing costs, or coping with a layoff, or caring for a child with Down syndrome. Rebuilding a politics of the common good begins with listening to these stories and connecting them to policy," he said.

By Sowmya Sangam