The science candidates: Jess Phoenix says her defeat shows how much in politics needs to change

The science candidates: Jess Phoenix says her defeat shows how much in politics needs to change

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http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/06/science-candidates-jess-phoenix-says-her-defeat-shows-how-much-politics-needs-change

Jess Phoenix (front right) and her husband, Carlos (front left), with campaign staff and volunteers

Volcanologist Jess Phoenix has spent the past 14 months battling a U.S. political system she says rewards candidates who raise the most money over those who propose creative solutions to the country’s myriad problems. And on 5 June, she says, that system “chewed me up and spit me out.”

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