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congressional candidate has legally changed his name to help raise his
profile in the election. Politico and Mediaite are reporting that,
“The Kansas man formerly known as Jack Talbert has legally changed his name to Thomas Jefferson.” According
to POLITICO, Jefferson is challenging Kansas Republican Mike Pompeo for his seat, and acknowledged that not everyone would have a positive
reaction
to his name change. “When people see that Thomas Jefferson’s on the
ballot, half will think I’m committed to the Libertarian Party, and the
other half will probably think I should be committed… But whether you
think it’s crazy or not, hopefully it gets people
thinking about the Founding Fathers and Thomas Jefferson in particular
and whether we have that form of government still.” More from
Mediaite.com.
