05-05-2016, 11:13 AM
5-4-2016
Meet the Indiana Congressional candidate who lives in a motel
Tommy Schrader clinched the Democratic nomination in the 3rd District Congressional race in Tuesday’s primary. Wednesday was a day of celebration for Schrader. “Drinking a couple of beers to be honest, and if you don’t like that don’t vote for me,” Schrader said. “
Schrader is a Fort Wayne native. He went to Snider High School before dropping out after his sophomore year when he said he developed a mental illness. He later got his GED and studied politics at the Anthis Career Center. He’s worked in a library, as a poll worker and a volunteer at the AIDS Task Force. Unemployed today, he said he’s trying to get an apartment so he can move out of the Coliseum Inn in Fort Wayne.
“It’s kind of hard to manage money when you smoke and you drink beer and [live in] hotel rooms,” Schrader said.
Schrader said he is hoping to move from his room at a motel to Washington, D.C.
“So one of my goals is to win the election and frankly make $189,000 a year wouldn’t be bad at all, you know,” Schrader said.
He will face Republican candidate Jim Banks in the general election this November.
Meet the Indiana Congressional candidate who lives in a motel
Tommy Schrader clinched the Democratic nomination in the 3rd District Congressional race in Tuesday’s primary. Wednesday was a day of celebration for Schrader. “Drinking a couple of beers to be honest, and if you don’t like that don’t vote for me,” Schrader said. “
Schrader is a Fort Wayne native. He went to Snider High School before dropping out after his sophomore year when he said he developed a mental illness. He later got his GED and studied politics at the Anthis Career Center. He’s worked in a library, as a poll worker and a volunteer at the AIDS Task Force. Unemployed today, he said he’s trying to get an apartment so he can move out of the Coliseum Inn in Fort Wayne.
“It’s kind of hard to manage money when you smoke and you drink beer and [live in] hotel rooms,” Schrader said.
Schrader said he is hoping to move from his room at a motel to Washington, D.C.
“So one of my goals is to win the election and frankly make $189,000 a year wouldn’t be bad at all, you know,” Schrader said.
He will face Republican candidate Jim Banks in the general election this November.
