This from Digital Spy here in the UK…
Former LucasArts chief executive Jim Ward is running for US Congress. The ex-studio head is hoping to represent Arizona’s 5th Congressional District in Washington DC. He is up against two-term Democrat Harry Mitchell, who currently holds the position.
“I’m not a professional politician. I’m a businessman. And I don’t disagree that this country needs change. But, in my experience, there’s the right kind of change and the wrong kind of change. I believe what’s happening to this country represents the wrong kind of change,” he wrote on his campaign website.
“It’s time politicians who just want to be politicians got out of the way and let people who have run businesses, created jobs and made decisions they’ve had to live with, go to Washington and straighten out this mess. I’ve got that skill set along with the ability to make the right kind of change. I hope you’ll agree.”
Ward is currently plying his trade as a venture capitalist, following his departure from LucasArts in early 2008.
