All posts by Richard Thripp

Ph.D. graduate of UCF, financial education expert, husband, father, teacher, politician, age 30.

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Thripp Campaign Donation Letter

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August 16, 2021

We are working on kicking off a strong Democratic campaign for the United States House of Representatives in Florida’s 6th district and we need your support. Last year, with help from people like you, we achieved 28,661 votes (48.5%) in the primary. Since then, I have worked in our public schools as a teacher and served as Chair of the Volusia County Democratic Party to help modernize and mobilize our Party infrastructure.

Now, I am running again because the movement we started in 2020 cannot go to waste. In this new campaign, we have a strong impact to make toward helping marginalized people. We will continue to advocate for Medicare for All and to fight for the future habitability of our planet. We will also continue advocating for kitchen table issues such as better jobs and wages and more educational opportunities in the Daytona Beach area. These ideas resonated with Democratic primary voters last year, and I believe our message will be even more enticing in the general election on November 8, 2022.

At this time, please help kick off our campaign by making a donation, either digitally at https://secure.actblue.com/donate/thripp or by mailing an old-fashioned paper check to:

Richard Thripp for Congress
265 Hickory Avenue
Orange City, FL 32763

With appreciation,
Signature of Richard Thripp
Dr. Richard Thripp

Please contribute to our VAN (Voter Activation Network) fund

Please contribute toward our VAN (Voter Activation Network) fund. We want to get access to the Florida Democratic Party voter database early this time. It’s a flat fee of $3,500 through the end of 2022. Last cycle we used VAN to compile lists of phone numbers to send over 75,000 text messages, as well as walking lists for contactless literature drops!

Thanks,
Dr. Richard Thripp, Democrat for Congress FL-06

https://secure.actblue.com/donate/thripp-van-fund

Running for Congress Again

I am excited to announce that I have filed as a Democrat for U.S. House in Florida’s 6th district for 2022!

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We will be reusing @Thripp2020 for 20/20 vision this time.

We will once again put Medicare for All and more front and center!

More to come soon!

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Nominee Autobiography of Dr. Richard Thripp, Candidate for Board of Directors of the Democratic Progressive Caucus of Florida

Update: Although I did not make the cut, congrats to everyone who won! We filled the Board of Directors with left-wing Bernie Sanders Democrats.

My name is Richard Thripp and I am a 29-year-old Democratic activist in southwest Volusia County. I was elected to be the Chair of the Volusia County Democratic Party in December 2020, but stepped down in June 2021 due to an election challenge by my opponent, who discovered a notarial issue with the candidate oaths of myself and others that we were unaware of at the time. Nevertheless, I gained valuable experience in directing a large organization of volunteers and working with various stakeholders. In 2020, I ran for Congress (Florida’s 6th district) with no prior political experience, securing numerous endorsements including Florida for Bernie and Our Revolution Florida, receiving 284 small donations totaling $9,327, and recruiting over 100 volunteers. We achieved 48.5% of the vote in the Democratic primary. I am a strong supporter of a Green New Deal, Medicare for All, student loan forgiveness, and other progressive causes which were core planks of my congressional campaign. My wife Kristy and I have a 2-year-old son, Jonah. We are concerned about his future and other children as the climate crisis worsens.

Immediately prior to launching my congressional campaign, I completed my PhD in Education at University of Central Florida with specializations in instructional design and advanced statistics. My dissertation was on preservice teacher financial literacy and was republished by The International Society for Technology, Education and Science. I taught 11th grade U.S. History and 12th grade U.S. Government at a public high school from October 2020 to June 2021, and am a Florida certified teacher in 10 subject areas. Prior to being a classroom teacher, I taught hundreds of preservice teachers about educational technology as an instructor at University of Central Florida of a 3-credit hour course, EME 2040: Introduction to Technology for Educators, in mixed-mode and fully online modalities in 16-week and accelerated 6-week formats.

At this time, I am continuing to volunteer, to advocate for worthy causes, and to mentor political candidates such as John Navarra, a veteran 10th grade World History teacher who is running for Florida House District 26. I am running to be a member of the Board of Directors of the Democratic Progressive Caucus of Florida in the July 17, 2021 elections to work with progressive Democratic activists and candidates throughout Florida and magnify our positive impact.