Creative Candidates 2008 is a collaborative space dedicated to inspiring, preparing and supporting creative professionals to run for local office in 2008. It is part of the "100 in 2008" Campaign. The campaign and wiki are organized by Tom Tresser, a creativity champion based in Chicago.

On this site you can find (and add) profiles of artists, educators, scientists and other creative professionals who are running for local office. We'd love to see them run as creativity champions. For now, we'll be happy to list any artist or creative professional who is running for office. This site will also (eventually) contain resources to help you run for local office and help others who are running.

Please see the Sample Profile page for the preferred format for creating candidate profiles.

Thanks and let's get creative in 2008!