Vivek Viswanathan eyeing for candidacy of California state treasurer officially announced

California: On Wednesday Vivek Viswanathan who served a policy adviser in the Clinton campaign has announced self-candidacy for California State Treasurer on Wednesday. He said in the statement “I am the son of immigrants who gave me a chance to get an education and go into public service. We must keep California fiscally strong to give others the opportunity I had. While Viswanathan, who most recently served as a special adviser in the office of Gov. Jerry Brown, said he will run “500 miles — through the Central Valley, from San Francisco to San Diego”— to meet voters and listen to them. He also announced via twitter also

I am running for California State Treasurer, beginning today, and announcing my 500-mile run across our state to take my campaign directly to voters. Share my video, like my Facebook page, and join me at https://t.co/e9bOL2vKBW #500MilesforCA #RunwithVivek pic.twitter.com/8sXgBhVW2j

— Vivek Viswanathan (@vivekforca) January 17, 2018

The candidate statement said “Vivek will campaign by running for all Californians, “Next month, Vivek will begin a 500-mile route through the Central Valley, from San Francisco to San Diego, to listen to voters and ensure that they have a voice in the state government.”He stated not to accept donations from corporations, political action committees, or other special interest groups. Instead, he is seeking the help of the people of California to win the election. Details on his website also announced platform of 10 big ideas, Vowing to protect the hard earned money of taxpayers, he said, if elected, and he will expand the rainy day fund to keep the state financially strong for making it ready for any threat even if it is action from the Trump administration. He also plans to introduce a college savings account for every baby born in the state.

Jake Sullivan, former Senior policy Advisor to Secretary Clinton and National Security Advisor to Vice president Biden said “Vivek was a star on Hillary’s policy team and he will be a star as California State Treasurer, He took on the hardest issues, like skyrocketing tuition and our country’s trillion-dollar student debt burden, and crafted a sweeping policy agenda that won over millions of votes.”

Viswanathan, who is a JD and an MBA from Stanford, studied US history and international relations at Harvard and Cambridge. He was the recipient of the 2013 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans. With his undergraduate years at Harvard, he was the managing editor of the Harvard Political Review. He earned his master’s in historical studies as a Henry Fellow at the University of Cambridge. His father is Ramaswamy Viswanathan a psychiatrist at the State University of New York Downstate Medical Centre While mother Kusum Viswanathan is a pediatric hematologist-oncologist. She also chairs the department of pediatrics at Brookdale University Hospital.

However Ann O’Leary a prominent California lawyer also praise “Vivek is brilliant policy mind, he ranks at the very top and represent the best of his generations. He will be an outstanding treasurer for our state”.