January Walker

January Walker is the peoples’ & technologies fiercest champion, and she’s running to represent Utah’s 4th congressional district. In the private sector, January is a business standout with a career as a product manager. In the past, she has created solutions that have grossed $100M+ to solve multi-million dollar problems. She currently leads software development teams in Cybersecurity that create solutions to protect the privacy and identity of consumers.

January is passionate about implementing a people-centric government enabled through technology. She believes technology is a tool that will radically improve government processes, help economic stabilization, and restore the people's trust in the US government in ways we haven’t experienced in decades. Although she grew up in a military family and has lived in Europe, Central America, and various states across the USA, she is an 8th generation Utahn and has made Utah her permanent home since 2005. January currently resides in District 4 with her Bernese Mountain dog, Epic.

January graduated from Utah Valley University with a Degree in Business Management with minors in Finance & Economics. January understands economic issues, and has the education, knowledge, and proven experience to make an immediate impact in Congress and deliver rapid & innovative solutions to the people.

• January is the SOLUTIONS + INNOVATION candidate. She believes in a people-centric government empowered through technology solutions will bring efficiency, responsibility, & trust to the government.
• January is the ECONOMY + FINANCE candidate. She is the people's fiercest champion in driving down inflation easing the economic burden of unaffordable housing, petrol, & groceries.
• January is the PEOPLE’S CANDIDATE. We are not red, or blue but are all a shade of purple. She will always put you first over her own interests & cultivate solutions that drive transparency & unite the USA

National Debt
The future of younger generations never should have been mortgaged, & the amount of debt that has been passed onto younger generations is immoral. The responsibility to eliminate the debt falls onto the shoulders of workers today. It requires government leadership that has both the capacity, innovation, & discipline to eliminate it.

Education
The education that we currently provide our K-12 & college students does not align with the workforce that is needed today, nor with the workforce needed for the next 20 years & beyond. The USA is losing ground to other countries in terms of education & future workforce viability. We need to rapidly reinvest in students & schools to stay on the path to future generational success.

Environment
As a result of the climate crisis & overconsumption of water, there is a year-over-year low water level throughout the western half of the USA. These low water levels are amplified by decreasing precipitation & rising populations. The United States needs leaders that aggressively & actively implement viable & technology-forward solutions to tackle the water shortage & consumption.

Technology
The USA needs to actively lean into tech solutions to solve decades-old problems. Tech such as blockchain can provide a path to eliminating wasteful government spending, accelerate benefits to veterans, return personal privacy to citizens, & bring trust to elections. We cannot allow our nation to fall behind advancing world standards.

Steve Jobs because his biggest motivation was his desire to leave something behind that changed everything.


“Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.” It’s easy to jump on the bandwagon and follow along with what everyone else is doing. But true leaders are the ones coming up with out-of-the-box ideas that set a new standard for “business as usual.”

“I’ve always been attracted to the more revolutionary changes. I don’t know why. Because they’re harder. They’re much more stressful emotionally. And you usually go through a period where everybody tells you that you’ve completely failed.”

“It's really hard to design products by focus groups. A lot of times, people don't know what they want until you show it to them.”

“We don’t get a chance to do that many things, and everyone should be really excellent. Because this is our life. Life is brief, and then you die, you know? And we’ve all chosen to do this with our lives. So, it better be damn good. It better be worth it.”

“The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.”

To put the people over their own self-interests.

Authentic, Pragmatic, Loyal, Futuristic, Empathetic, Tenacious, Passionate, Collaborative, Proven, Level Headed.

The absolute core responsibility of each member in the US House of Representatives is to represent the people of the district who elected them.

I would like to unite the United States political divide and create a viable future for the people today & for the generations to come.

September 11, 2001. I was 12 years old.

On August 11, 2001, I visited the Twin Towers and went to the top of Tower 2. I remember the elevator ride to the top of the tower and I asked the elevator operator if anyone took the stairs and how long it would take. They described walking up the stairs to the top and how the tower was designed with tiers. The tour that followed was with people who worked on the top floor. They showed us around and encouraged us to press an elongated coin from the Penny press.

As the news of the first plane broke it was surreal & horrific to think that all those people I interacted with as recently as a month ago were gone. That has never left me.

My first job was a small entrepreneur endeavor when I was 10. I raked leaves and mowed lawns around the neighborhood to finance my hobbies. This taught me the importance of asking for an opportunity, working hard, and finishing the task committed.

Padme Amidala or Katniss Everdeen

They are the group that shapes our lives for generations to come. Members of the House are closest to the People, hold the responsibility of the people’s coin, & have the opportunity to write legislation.

I believe that it is beneficial for representatives to have previous experience navigating ambiguity, solutioning, and having a track record of delivery. These qualities regardless of political experience are crucial to the success of any leader.

Transcending the manufactured political divide & uniting to build a future for the people of today and for those of generations to come.

Budget
Financial Services
Education and Labor
Natural Resources
Science, Space, and Technology
Armed Services

Yes.

I support term limits and often think of the words of Thomas Jefferson when considering support for such a measure.

“…Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just Powers from the Consent of the Governed, that whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these Ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government… it is their Right, it is their Duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future Security. "
—THOMAS JEFFERSON,
The Declaration of Independence

I made a belt out of watches. It was a waist of time.

Yes. The goal is to deliver meaningful results to the people that we represent. As representatives, we need to see the heart of the matter and find solutions that are both right and fair for the people, and also in the best interests of the nation. This requires collaboration and not having a winner takes all approach to policy.

High Priority. We need to aggressively tackle our spending policies & eliminate the national debt so that future generations can live without the shackles of inherited debt.