Adriel Hampton
| Adriel Hampton | |
|---|---|
| Born | Modesto, California |
| Alma mater | U. C. Berkeley |
| Occupation | Co-founder and President at AMS Psychographics; CEO at The Adriel Hampton Group |
| Political party | Democratic |
Adriel Hampton (born 1978) is an entrepreneur and technologist and was a candidate for the 2009 special election to replace Congresswoman Ellen Tauscher in the 10th congressional district of California, USA. He is the first person to announce his Congressional candidacy via Twitter.[1]
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Early life
Hampton was born in Modesto, California and was homeschooled. Hampton worked as an editor at the Lodi News-Sentinel, Alameda News Group, and San Francisco Examiner, and as an investigator for the San Francisco City Attorney's Office.[2]
Web 2.0 and Government
Hampton founded Government 2.0 Radio. Hampton describes the talk as highlighting efforts to improve transparency and responsiveness in the federal government.[2] Hampton gained publicity for use of Twitter and Facebook to campaign for the CA-10 seat to replace Rep. Tauscher.[2][3] [4] Hampton organized the crowdsourcing of an anti-Drug War policy statement. Regarding this effort, he stated, “As Congressman, I’m going to practice what I preach. The job of a representative is to listen to and lead huge groups of people, and that means using new technologies to harness the ideas of many.”[5]
Campaign for Congress CA-10
On March 18, 2009, Hampton's hometown Congresswoman Rep. Ellen Tauscher (D CA-10) was nominated by President Barack Obama’s to serve as Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security. Pending Rep. Tauscher’s approval by the U.S. Senate, a special election to fill her seat took place. Hampton was a candidate—the first in U.S. history to announce his campaign by Twitter—and won 0.35% of the vote.[6]
Post-Campaign Work
After his Congressional campaign, Hampton began working as Vice-President of Business Development at NationBuilder, a Los Angeles tech start up that does work on, among other things, websites for politicians such as California Governor Jerry Brown and Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti. In 2015, Hampton left NationBuilder and founded a consulting firm, The Adriel Hampton Group. Also in 2015, he joined AMS Psychographics, a data analytics startup in Silicon Valley, as co-founder and president. Adriel is a board member of LegiNation, Inc. and co-founded the SF Tech Dems in 2011.[7] Adriel's consulting firm works with technology companies on sales, marketing and community building, and also with progressive nonprofits and campaigns.[8] Hampton's clients have included phone and email append provider Accurate Append, mobile canvassing app Ecanvasser, and the activist toolset Do Gooder. He is an adviser to VoterCircle.
References
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External links
- Adriel Hampton for U.S. Congress, Official Campaign Website Archive
- adrielhampton.com, Official bio
