Douglas P. Marsh

Douglas Marsh was born in Traverse City, Michigan. He graduated from Elk Rapids High School. He earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan in 2006. His career experience includes working as a journalist, educator, firefighter, landscaper, ski patroller, and coal passer.[1][2]

Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

I'm a journalist, husband, and father who was born in 1984 in Traverse City. My first job was as a day laborer for the 1998 cherry harvest when I was 13.

I kept working full-time in the summers and started working part-time as soon as I was able to drive a car. I worked in many industries, including restaurants, ski resorts, construction, landscaping, and in professional office environments.

I earned my degree in philosophy at the University of Michigan in 2006. History and political theory were areas of particular focus and emphasis. Several years of intense policy and geopolitical analysis as a participant and then later a coach/judge in interscholastic competitive debate also were a big influence on my thinking.

In 2013 I moved abroad and lectured at a university in Thailand for five years. I married a woman from a humble farming family and we had twin girls in 2017. After losing one at the age of four months after a painful struggle with a major heart defect, we came to the United States as a family in 2018. My wife, then a green card holder, went on to achieve U.S. citizenship two and a half years later.

In 2021 I entered the field of community journalism and took up volunteer firefighting the next year. My time in education, journalism, and volunteer efforts has been a process of learning how to act locally while thinking globally.

I am interested in building people-power from below. This is a grassroots campaign with no PACs. I don't want $, I want change.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

We demand affordable healthcare for every person in the United States of America. This should be available for free, or for a nominal fee, at the point of service.We demand an end to illegal wars and military operations, and an end to material support to states engaged in apartheid and genocide.We demand housing policy reforms such that every person in the United States is adequately housed and so that home ownership is attainable for all people, and not private equity firms.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

Housing, healthcare, and so-called national defense.

What characteristics or principles are most important for an elected official?

Integrity and working class credibility

What do you believe are the core responsibilities for someone elected to this office?

To represent the will of the people of Michigan in the legislature, and to be accountable to the working poor and the Green Party's 4 pillars and 10 key values.

What legacy would you like to leave?

A better life for my daughter.

What was your very first job? How long did you have it?

Cherry harvest worker - one season.

What is something that has been a struggle in your life?

Affording healthcare and housing.

What do you perceive to be the United States' greatest challenges as a nation over the next decade?

Ending political corruption and the rule of the Epstein Class.

What qualities does the U.S. Senate possess that makes it unique as an institution?

It's an undemocratic tool of the elite class.

What was the first historical event that happened in your lifetime that you remember?

The Columbine school massacre.

Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

I'm a journalist, husband, and father who was born in 1984 in Traverse City. My first job was as a day laborer for the 1998 cherry harvest when I was 13.

I kept working full-time in the summers and started working part-time as soon as I was able to drive a car. I worked in many industries, including restaurants, ski resorts, construction, landscaping, and in professional office environments.

I earned my degree in philosophy at the University of Michigan in 2006. History and political theory were areas of particular focus and emphasis. Several years of intense policy and geopolitical analysis as a participant and then later a coach/judge in interscholastic competitive debate also were a big influence on my thinking.

In 2013 I moved abroad and lectured at a university in Southeast Asia for five years. I married a woman from a humble farming family and we had twin girls in 2017. After losing one at the age of four months after a painful struggle with a major heart defect, we came to the United States as a family in 2018. My wife, then a green card holder, went on to achieve U.S. citizenship two and a half years later.

In 2021 I entered the field of community journalism and took up volunteer firefighting the next year. My time in education, journalism, and volunteer efforts has been a process of learning how to act locally while thinking globally.

I am interested in building people-power from below. This is a grassroots campaign with no PACs. I don't want $, I want change.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

CEASEFIRE. Seek diplomatic solutions. Stop the flow of weapons and funds to conflict zones and end practices of proxy war and covert, undemocratic regime changeSingle-payer healthcare - the insurance, pharma, and related profit-driven "sick-care" cartels must be stoppedStop Line 5 and the Line 5 Tunnel - pivot to full investment in sustainable energy and infrastructure

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

Wealth inequality, food and housing insecurity,

What do you believe are the core responsibilities for someone elected to this office?

To represent the will of the people of Michigan in the legislature, and to be accountable to the working poor and the Green Party's 4 pillars and 10 key values.

What legacy would you like to leave?

A better life for my daughter

What is the first historical event that happened in your lifetime that you remember? How old were you at the time?

The end of the Cold War is a little fuzzy because I was only 5 but I recall the announcement of the development of the International Space Station two years later (and it's eventual launch and operation), and how it symbolized enormous changes in the world order

What are your thoughts on term limits?

They solve some problems (e.g., entrenched corruption) and create others (e.g., short-termism in governance)

What do you think of the filibuster?

It is obsolete.

What criteria would you apply when deciding whether to confirm presidential appointees to their Cabinet?

Objective assessment of their core competencies and close examination of who has given and is giving them money or gifts, who their closest associates are and have been.

What are your views on financial transparency and government accountability?

We need much more transparency and full accountability.