This teacher and sportswriter knows his Senate campaign is a long shot. He's convinced he can oust Markey anyway.

"Alex Rikleen grew up in Wayland and now lives in Acton with his wife and two children. He graduated with an education degree from Boston College in 2009 and taught history for years. On the side, Rikleen wrote about fantasy sports, covering basketball and football. He pivoted in 2016 to pursue sportswriting, and since 2020 has balanced professional writing with an adjunct teaching position at Framingham State University."

"Alex Rikleen: The moment was the Kash Patel confirmation. He was a QAnon influencer who had openly called for the FBI to be used to go after Trump's political opponents, instead of doing the work of the FBI. That nomination was about a month after Trump's inauguration, and the week before Democrats just went about business as usual. The Senate adjourned on a Thursday, most of the Senate went on a bipartisan trip to Germany. They came back on Tuesday."

Alex Rikleen grew up in Wayland and lives in Acton with his wife and two children. He graduated from Boston College in 2009 with an education degree and taught history for years. He wrote about fantasy sports covering basketball and football, pivoted to sportswriting in 2016, and since 2020 has balanced professional writing with an adjunct teaching position at Framingham State University. Rikleen launched a Senate campaign motivated by the Kash Patel confirmation and perceived Democratic inaction during the early Trump administration. Rikleen positions himself as an underdog challenger to incumbents and argues for electing leaders willing to push major reforms against authoritarianism.

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