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'If You Can Keep It': The Former Feds Running For Office

'If You Can Keep It': The Former Feds Running For Office

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Over 210,000 federal workers left their jobs this year because of the Trump administration.

That’s according to the Partnership for Public Service Harms Tracker. For many, it’s meant walking away from, or being pushed out of, a decades-long commitment to public service.

And one trend that’s emerging? Fired or laid-off former federal employees and contractors are running for public office.

We feature the voices of several former federal workers to hear why they see politics as the next step, especially after being forced out of jobs that were always meant to stay apolitical. What does it mean for the future health of our democracy?

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