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Neighbors Speak

A campaign is only as good as the people who stand behind it. Here is what supporters tell us.

"We finally have a candidate who shows up and listens before he speaks."

For years our street felt invisible to City Hall and the Capitol alike. Tobias held a town hall in our library, stayed two hours past the end, and followed up with real answers. That is why our whole block is volunteering.

Portrait of Elena R.
Elena R.Public School Nurse, Riverside
"His small-business plan was written with owners like me, not about us."

Permits, paperwork, and prices nearly closed my shop last year. The campaign's Main Street roundtable turned our complaints into a plan with timelines. For the first time, I feel represented by someone asking for my vote.

Portrait of James L.
James L.Hardware Store Owner, Milltown
"The registration drive signed up my entire shift at the plant."

They came to the gate at 6 AM with coffee, forms, and answers. Twelve of us voted for the first time in the primary. Nobody had ever asked us before — now nobody on my line misses an election.

Portrait of Grace K.
Grace K.Factory Worker, Easton
"He talks about my students' future like it is his own family's."

Class sizes keep growing while funding shrinks. Tobias visited my classroom, met every student, and put teacher pay and tutoring at the center of his platform. My colleagues and I are all in.

Portrait of Priya S.
Priya S.Fourth-Grade Teacher, Fairview
"This is the first campaign that ever knocked on my dorm door."

The youth summit changed how my friends see politics. Voter registration, internships, real conversations — not slogans. Our campus registered nine hundred voters in a single weekend because of it.

Portrait of Marcus T.
Marcus T.College Senior, State University
"Twenty years in uniform taught me to spot real leadership. He's it."

Veterans' clinics, transition jobs, and someone who returns calls — that is all we ever asked. Tobias earned my vote the way you earn anything in the service: by showing up.

Portrait of Sam D.
Sam D.Army Veteran, Brookfield

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