Strategic Rationale for Launching Presidential Candidacy Prior to 2026 Midterms

Tuesday, January 13, 2026

I. Introduction: Launching a Candidacy to Reclaim National Accountability

This campaign is not merely the advance notice of a presidential run—it is the opening act of a constitutional restoration. By launching before the 2026 midterms, the campaign calls upon the American people to begin rebuilding their government now, not after the fact. The United States is entering a moment where delay is not just risky—it is untenable.

Rather than waiting until the presidential election cycle of 2028, this candidacy is a clarion call: We begin with the midterms. We begin with 435 seats in the House, 33 seats in the Senate, and the soul of American governance on the ballot.

II. Why the 2026 Midterms Are the Foundation for Presidential Reform

The strategic imperative to launch now rests on a clear truth: the next president cannot reform a broken system if that system has not already begun to change itself.

• All 435 Members of the House of Representatives are up for election. The House, closest to the people, must be reconstituted as a chamber that legislates, not performs.

• One-third of the Senate is on the ballot. A meaningful pivot in the Senate’s culture—from obstruction to deliberation—is within reach.

• State-level elections shape redistricting, voting access, and fiscal federalism. Launching this candidacy now provides alignment with reform-minded candidates down the ballot.

By launching early:

• Voters can align their congressional votes with the presidential vision—before that vision is formally executed.

• The campaign galvanizes a national mandate for reform through legislative replacement, not merely rhetorical rejection.

• It reframes the presidency as part of a government ecosystem, not as an isolated figurehead.

III. Reclaiming Constitutional Ownership: The People Are the Government

This candidacy is anchored in a foundational truth too often forgotten:

“We the People of the United States…” is not ceremonial language. It is the source code of the republic.

The government is not the possession of parties, lobbyists, or institutional inertia. It is the collective operating system of a free citizenry.

This campaign does not seek to change the government for the people, but to return it to the people. That process begins with three imperatives:

1. Reconstitute Congress through the 2026 midterms as a co-equal branch that works, not stalls.

2. Reshape national expectations: voters must demand performance, not performance art.

3. Reaffirm the adaptable, living spirit of the Constitution: designed to meet the demands of every generation, not merely to memorialize the past.

IV. The Constitution as a Living, Adaptive Framework

There is a dangerous myth in American politics that constitutional fidelity requires rigidity.

That myth must be dismantled.

The U.S. Constitution was never intended to be static. The framers, having just emerged from the Articles of Confederation, built a framework that was intentionally flexible. They anticipated a dynamic republic. And they provided:

• An amendment process (Article V) to formally codify structural changes.

• Delegated authority to the Executive Branch (Article II) to establish and manage Cabinet departments, including the creation of regulatory agencies through acts of Congress.

• Implied powers (such as those derived from the Necessary and Proper Clause) that allow adaptation to changing economic, technological, and social conditions.

Today’s vast policy landscape—climate, cyber defense, global trade, digital privacy—was unimaginable in 1789. Yet the Constitution provides a structure capable of responding to each, if interpreted in good faith and with democratic legitimacy.

Launching a candidacy ahead of the 2026 midterms affirms this vision: government must evolve with the nation. This means restoring effective collaboration between Congress and the Executive, reviving responsive regulatory agility, and designing institutions fit for today’s—and tomorrow’s—realities.

V. Rejecting Partisan Paralysis: Re-centering Civic Expectations

This campaign emerges in direct response to decades of partisan calcification, where public interest is too often sacrificed for electoral gamesmanship.

The American people are exhausted:

• Legislation is held hostage by party strategy rather than debated in open sunlight.

• Bureaucracies are bloated, not by design, but by decades of unresolved policy duplication.

• Billions in taxpayer dollars are wasted on overlapping programs, redundant authorities, and administrative incoherence.

The status quo is not sustainable. Nor is it constitutional. The people have the right—and the responsibility—to expect that their government work for them, not for itself.

VI. Reclaiming the Lexicon: Three Terms to Define the Campaign’s Reform Era

As we move forward, our campaign will revolve around a triumvirate of reform language, each term anchoring a different dimension of the movement:

1. Constitutional Realignment

This is not a rejection of the Constitution—it is a return to its structural integrity and adaptability. Realignment means:

• Re-centering co-equal branches of government, eliminating executive overreach and legislative abdication.

• Modernizing Cabinet agencies through interdepartmental reform, aligning regulations with 21st-century needs.

• Treating the Constitution as a living charter—with room to grow, interpret, and meet emerging national demands.

2. Post-Partisan Reform

This is not a denial of political identity—but a rejection of party domination. Post-partisan reform means:

• Governing by constitutional outcomes, not political affiliation.

• Opening public service to problem-solvers regardless of party label.

• Replacing ideological purity tests with public performance tests—metrics, accountability, and results.

3. Civic Restoration

This is the moral and cultural dimension. Civic restoration means:

• Rebuilding trust in public institutions.

• Elevating civic education, public service, and shared responsibility.

• Reaffirming that sovereignty lies with the people—and they must demand more than slogans, more than symbols. They must demand governance.

VII. Strategic Campaign Takeaways

1. The 2026 midterms are the hinge of reform. Waiting until 2028 ensures delay, dilution, and dysfunction.

2. Congress must be recalibrated to receive executive reform. This candidacy offers a roadmap for voters to begin that recalibration now.

3. The Constitution is not a restraint—it is an invitation. It was designed to move with the times and serve the people. This campaign answers that call.

The Constitution begins with “We the People”. And so will we.

Martin A. Ginsburg, RN

Candidate