![]() I asked my social studies teacher that year if I could call some politician and have them come speak to our class. I was such a big 13-year-old lover of Bill Clinton and Al Gore, that I just kind of got really thrilled with the whole political system. My very first year that I got interested in politics ever was ’92, that was in eighth grade. My congressman, who has been my congressman for my whole life pretty much, retired in October. But it’s been eight years, and I had totally moved on and not planned to run for Congress. I always told myself, I’d be willing to if I felt like there was something that I could provide that was necessary. But I was open to it if there was another race or seat or need, so to speak. I certainly wasn’t looking for a place to run again, and I wasn’t looking for a race to run in. Aiken also talked passionately about his desire to bring civility to governance how his “Idol” experiences could help him on his campaign how his experience on “The Celebrity Apprentice” in 2012 affected his outlook on Donald Trump’s presidency and whether he will repeat his pledge to refrain from singing on the campaign trail.Īfter your campaign for Congress in 2014, did you think you would run again? As the 43-year-old explained to Variety, Aiken - who came out as gay in 2008 - was not really expecting to run again, until an anti-gay speech by his state’s Lieutenant Governor, Mark Robinson, changed his mind.
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