I'm asked often about what gets me out of bed, what's the fire behind my passion.

It's pretty simple — when every other push notification is about the latest failure by our government, it's pretty damn hard not to get worked up.

It's a month until Election Day. That's it. One month.

For some of us, the year has flown by, but Jim has been using this time wisely, dedicating each day to improving the lives of his constituents.

Here are two numbers we're proud of: $56.94 and 8,491.

$56.94? That's the average contribution to Jim's campaign this quarter. It comes from real people giving what they can — and so far this election cycle, he's got 8,491 people behind him.