Former OneRepublic bass player Tim Myers has announced that he is running for Congress in California as a Democrat.
Myers will be challenging incumbent Republican Rep. Ken Calvert in California’s 41st District, Riverside County.
The musician announced his political aspirations in a video posted to Instagram on Thursday.
“I’m a pastor’s son who grew up learning how to stretch a dollar in Corona, California. I turned a love of music into a career,” Myers says in the video. “I saw how the industry took advantage of people, so I built a business that puts artists first. It reminds me a lot of what we’re seeing right now. The people in charge are screwing us over just to make a buck.”
“Trump, Musk and these clowns in Washington are cutting cancer research, veterans’ health care and getting into trade wars, making everything we buy more expensive, all while giving billionaires another tax cut they don’t need,” Myers continued. “And where’s my hometown Congressman? Ken Calvert has been in Washington for 30 years, and all he’s done is make himself millions. The status quo isn’t working.”
Billboard reports, “The bassist who spent five years in OneRepublic in addition to releasing a number of solo projects, starting the record label Palladium records and writing/producing songs for acts including Aloe Blacc, Kesha, Hailee Steinfeld and Five For Fighting described his triumphs and struggles in the music industry.”
Christian Martinez, a spokesperson for the campaign arm of House Republicans, said in a statement to the Associated Press, “Democrat Tim Myers is everything wrong with today’s radical left: a Hollywood liberal trying to fake his way into Riverside County.”
The report added, “At a time when competitive House contests are becoming scarcer nationwide, Democrats consider Calvert’s closely divided California district one of the party’s best opportunities to gain ground in the chamber, where Republicans hold a fragile 220-213 majority.”
“With Congress and the White House under Republican control — and Democrats facing an uphill fight to take the Senate in 2026 — the California contest will carry added importance as Democrats maneuver to retake the House to provide a counterweight to the Trump administration on issues from immigration to the environment.”
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