Full Name:
Travis M. Irvine
Gender:
Male
Birth Date:
08/02/1983
Birth Place:
Columbus, OH
Home City:
Bexley, OH
MS, Journalism, Columbia University, 2011-2012
BS, Communications, Ohio University, 2002-2006, Grade Point Average of 3.7
Candidate, Governor of Ohio, 2018
Candidate, United States House of Representatives, District 12, 2010
Mayoral Candidate, City of Bexley, 2007
No caucus information on file.
Video Producer/Reporter, Information United States of America, Incorporated, 2008-present
Producer/Director/Founder, Overbites Pictures, Limited Liability Corporation, 2006-present
Teacher's Assistant, New York Film Academy, 2008-2010
Press Office, Senator Charles Schumer, 2008
Forfar Field Station Assistant, International Field Studies, 2006-2007
Founder, Central Ohioans Countering Kasich Political Action Committee, 2014-present
Member, Libertarian Party, 2009-present
Member, Libertarian Party of Ohio, 2009-present
Volunteer, Ohio Democrats
Member, PACE program
Volunteer, Students for John Kerry
Member, Bexley Area Chamber of Commerce, 2010
Member, Columbus Young Professionals Club, 2010
Volunteer, Gore-Lieberman Campaign, 2000
Awards:
School of Telecommunications Director's Award - 2006
Bexley High School Valedictorian (4.0 GPA) - 2002
Current Car:
'95 Toyota Camry
Father's Name:
Michael Irvine
Father's Occupation:
Software Engineer
Favorite Actor/Actress:
Peter Sellers/Madeline Kahn
Favorite Athlete:
Guillermo Barros Schelotto
Favorite Author:
Robert Louis Stevenson
Favorite Book:
Treasure Island
Favorite Food:
Whatever's in Front of Me
Favorite Movie:
Jaws; Dr. Strangelove; Bulworth
Favorite Musician:
ODB
Favorite President and Why:
William Henry Harrison - short and sweet
Favorite Quote:
"I like to believe that people in the long run are going to do more to promote peace than our governments. Indeed, I think that people want peace so much that one of these days governments had better get out of the way and let them have it." ~ Dwight D. Eisenhower
Favorite Sport:
Football (Proper) - In the U.S. we call it 'soccer'
Favorite TV Shows:
The Daily Show; The Colbert Report; South Park
Favorite Type of Music:
Anything that suits the mood
Favorite Vacation Spot:
Bahamas
Favorite Websites:
www.irvineforcongress.com, www.americanmayor.biz, www.overbitespictures.com, www.everythingisterrible.com
First Car:
Red Van
First Job:
Serving Chicken at the Ohio State Fair
Hobbies or Special Talents:
Stand-Up Comedy, Film
Mother's Name:
Sandy Mundy
Mother's Occupation:
Professional Calligrapher
Name one thing you would most like to do before you die:
Travel the World and Space
Person Most Want to Meet (Dead or Alive):
Robert Kennedy, Stanley Kubrick, Bill Hicks, Del Close, Nikola Tesla
Personal Hero and Why:
Bill Hicks - he did so much in so little time
Pets (include names):
Lilly the Cat
Priority Issues:
My main priorities are going to be (1) ending the wars, (2) drastically cutting the federal budget, (3) returning more powers back to the states and (4) increasing government transparency.
Publications:
The Liberty Voice, The InterActivist, Strike-the-Root.com
Reason for Seeking Public Office:
I am running to challenge the two-party system as an inefficient model for our modern democracy, to show disenfranchised Democrats and Republicans that the Libertarian party is the most credible third party and that I, a 20-something entrepreneurial leader of the Millennial generation who has run for city government, worked in D.C. on The Hill, and traveled the country and the world as a journalist and filmmaker, am a good choice to be elected as a representative for the 12th District, as I also know the area well from living and working here for over 20 years of my short life.