Matthew is a former candidate for the U.S. Congress, running in the 1st congressional district in 2010. Matthew attended the nation’s first modern day Tea Party in 2009 in Seattle, Washington. He also began writing and blogging that year. Matthew is a former Certified Financial Planner and was a Financial Advisor for 24 years. He brings to The Federalist Papers Project a vast amount of knowledge about economics as well as a passion and commitment to the vision that our Founding Fathers had for our Republic.