JACK TRUMAN FOR U.S. CONGRESS
Missouri 4th Congressional District
Let's talk a little bit about Polk County.
I think it's important to bring something back to my home state here in Missouri. Where I grew up. Was raised. Went to school. Own property. And call home.
There's a lot to share about Polk County in Missouri. This is one of 26 counties in the 4th Congressional District of Missouri that I'm running for U.S. Congress in 2016.
You can't get much more rural and down home than in Polk County. The total population here in Polk County is around 30,000 people. So it's very rural. Very small town and down home living. Good values. Good morals. Very down home.
Polk County is a great reflection of my campaign for Congress. Being small, rural and to your roots gives you the greater chance to speak your voice, sing your song and let people know about you. Being the underdog forces you to be self made. To have the discipline to be independent to make your destiny.
Polk County is in the Southwestern part of the state of Missouri. Very close to my hometown area. And it's a very rural area, made up of 9 small towns and villages, 6 unincorporated communities and 22 townships. From where I live in Lamar, drive east on back roads about 30 miles to Highway 13, then drive a little south to the county. Very rural, and down home community.
I have great memories of Polk County. In fact, with it being so close to Lamar, I consider Polk County a part of my big backyard.
A little bit about Polk county:
Polk County in Missouri started back in 1835.
It's home of Southwest Baptist University in Bolivar. During my college days at Missouri Southern in Joplin, I was very active in college Debate and Speech Forensics. And SBU has a legendary college forensics department. I made great friends from SBU during my college years on the debate circuit. Great memories. Good people. Lots of good, down home lifestyles. In the heart of America.
The largest town in Polk County is Bolivar. But there's a total of 9 towns and communities, 6 'unincorporated communities' and 22 townships that make up Polk County in Missouri:
Towns:
Bolivar
Fair Play
Humansville
Pleasant Hope
Villages:
Aldrich
Flemington
Goodnight
Halfway
Morrisville
Unincorporated Communities:
Brighten
Dunnegan
Eudora
Goodson
Polk
Tin Town
There's also 22 townships that make up Polk County too.
A lot of issues that need to be addressed relate more than ever to small town rural America. And Polk County is no exception.
Taking care of our Farmers. Veterans. Senior Citizens. Children. Education. Health. Equality. The Second Amendment. Drug reform. Prisons, jails and the Criminal Justice system. Small business. The Homeless. Making our country great again. Taking care of our own here domestically, and focusing on the little man and woman. The rural communities are our roots. Where everything got started. There's no discipline anyone. This culture doesn't follow rules. It's time to get back to some basic hometown values and traditions.
I've worked all kinds of jobs from coast to coast.
Got to know all kinds of cultures over my life. From New York to California. Dallas to Chicago. Florida to Utah. All my life. From my childhood to present day.
I have a lifetime of experiences: from education, business, military, public speaking, rural and metropolitan, to creative and innovative experience.
In a nutshell, I've lived a life less traveled. And want to share my lifetime of experiences to make our country a better place. For everyone.
It's time for a radical change. It's time for outsiders who represent the little man and woman to be a part of our government. It's time to shake things up in Washington. It's time for a political revolution.
My name is Jack Truman. And I'm running for U.S. Congress in Missouri's 4th Congressional District.
JACK TRUMAN FOR U.S. CONGRESS
Missouri 4th Congressional District
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