American Solidarity Party Candidates

  • Peter Sonski

    Peter is the American Solidarity Party’s 2024 Presidential Candidate. Learn more at www.PeterSonski.com

  • Lauren Onak

    Lauren is the American Solidarity Party’s 2024 Vice Presidential Candidate. Learn more at https://www.petersonski.com/

  • Amar Patel

    Amar is married with two children in college. He teaches high school math and has a passion for creating cultural change to promote solidarity principles in and out of politics. He is running for Illinois State Rep for District 48.

  • Mike Vick

    Mike Vick is the Illinois Solidarity Party’s nominee for Congress in Illinois’ second congressional district. He is the national development director of the American Solidarity Party, treasurer of the Illinois Solidarity Party and coordinator of the Chicago chapter of the And Campaign. He is a contributing editor for the Chicago Civic Update and the American Commons. He has been an organizer and fundraiser for AFL-CIO's community affiliate Working America, SEIU Healthcare and Greenpeace. He served as field canvass director for the non-partisan consumer watchdog organization Citizen's Action Coalition, and was the political director of Pastor Chris Butler’s 2022 congressional campaign.

  • Eric Anton

    Eric Anton has been a member of the American Solidarity Party since 2017 and has been elected to its national committee twice, first in 2018 and then in 2023. Eric is currently the state coordinator for Pennsylvania. Eric has been endorsed by Pennsylvania members as the ASP nominee for Pennsylvania Auditor General.

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  • Erik Messina

    Erik Messina was born in Philadelphia, PA in the Parkwood neighborhood, and has lived most of his life in Bucks County, PA. He studied at Gwynedd Mercy University where he graduated with a B.A. in Philosophy. He also briefly studied Ancient Greek Philosophy and Early Christian Thought at the Collegium Augustinianum Graduate School of Philosophy, Theology, and the Classics. He has dual citizenship in the United States and Italy, and is still passionately involved in maintaining his cultural heritage and faith.

    Erik is running as a write-in candidate for US Senate in Pennsylvania.

  • Patrick Burke

    Patrick has been married for 42 years and has 3 children and 4 grandchildren and is a lifelong Marylander. He graduated from the University of Maryland College park and has spent 45 years in the life science industry, currently the Senior Director of Business Development for a contract clinical research company. A parishioner of St. Martin of Tours, he has served his community by volunteering at the soup kitchen, food pantry, and has served on the St. Martin of Tours parish council and finance committee. In Gaithersburg City he has served on the Olde Towne Advisory Committee and the Planning Commission. As a Christian he considers it a duty to participate in government for the betterment of society. The American Solidarity Party is based on Christian-Judeo principles, virtues, and social justice doctrines, the two greatest being love of God and love of neighbor. Patrick is running as a write-in candidate for US Senate in the State of Maryland.

  • Johnathan Thomas Bruce

    Jonathan was born in Anderson, South Carolina. He is the son of a football chaplain and his relationship with Jesus Christ remains a center point in his life. He began working at age 16, and has interacted with people of many nations, creeds, and races all struggling with similar trials. His one overarching mission is to fight for life and ensure its protection in our country. He is running for State Representative in District 8 and hopes to begin healing a broken legislature that could solve many issues with honest, face-to-face conversations.

  • Analisa Roche

    Analisa earned a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from Rice University and a Master’s in Education from the University of Massachusetts. She has been married to Eric for 28 years, and they have four grown children. After 16 years of homeschooling, she now tutors math and science; is an active member of her church and an involved member of her community; and works and prays for a more just and peaceful world. Analisa is running for US Senate in the state of Texas.

  • Richard McKibbin

    Richard McKibbin is a resident of Ector, Texas, a small community north of Dallas near the Red River. Richard has been a member of the American Solidarity Party since 2021. He is married and has one daughter, who was adopted from the foster care system. Richard is a member of The Way Christian Fellowship, a small non-denominational church in Savoy, Texas, and is employed as a customer service representative. He is running for Texas Railroad Commissioner because he believes in the importance of oil and natural gas to the state's economy but is not blind to their environmental impact.

  • Dustin Himmerich

    Dustin Himmerich is a Lombard resident and devoted husband and father of four daughters. He's active in the Lombard community as a parishioner at Sacred Heart Church and a Lombard Park District Basketball Coach. He seeks a position on the Village of Lombard Library Board to ensure it remains a family-friendly center for learning, growth, and the pursuit of truth.

  • Dan Hollenbach

    Dan is married with four young children. He is a mechanical engineer with a Masters Degree in Finance currently practicing in the HVAC construction industry. When he isn't building something, he loves to spend time with his family reading, playing sports and exploring nature, especially in the mountains. He is running for Lombard library board in Illinois.

  • Sam Kuhlman

    Sam is married with 5 children ages 9 and down. He is the CFO for two of his local family owned companies. He has lived in Lombard, Illinois for his whole life and has a passion to see the village grow in justice through the principles of the ASP. He is running for a Village of Lombard Library Trustee position.

  • Daniel O'Connell

    Daniel is a husband and father of three young children. He works as a Civil Engineer and participates in various parish ministries including teaching Religious Education. Daniel understands that the foundation of a good society is well structured families. Daniel promotes the solidarity principles by living them out in his daily life and hopes to demonstrate them on the Lombard Library Board in Illinois.

  • Richard Petraitis

    Richard and his wife have been residents of the Village of Woodridge, IL since 1996, almost spanning the length of their twenty-nine (29) year marriage. They are proud to have raised two beautiful kids, a son, and a daughter.. 

    He is proud to be a member of his local The Knights of Columbus Council. Richard is also a big believer in localism and looks forward to seeing the continuation of programs that are family / community centered at our local public library. He is running for a seat on the Village of Lombard Library Board in Illinois.

Elected Officials

  • Peter Sonski

    Peter is concluding his second term as an elected member of Connecticut’s Regional School District 17 board of education and has more than twelve years’ experience in elected office. He is also the American Solidarity Party’s 2024 Presidential Candidate.

  • Dustin Pieper

    Dustin Pieper is an alderman for the city of Batavia, Illinois. He is an electrical engineer by trade with a passion for good urban planning and resilient, community-oriented development. He advocates for zoning reforms that improve livability for all town members.

  • Shane Hoffman

    Shane Hoffman is a husband and father of three. He has served in various capacities in his parish, profession, and party over the decades. He was appointed by council to the board of the Plain City Area Development Corporation where he serves as Vice President. He also serves Plain City as a member of the Uptown Events Committee and as a member of the Plain City America 250-Ohio Ad Hoc Committee.

  • George L. Dziuk Jr.

    George L. Dziuk Jr. is serving as Alderman Place 3 of the City of Elmendorf, Texas since 2022. He previously served from 2017 to 2022 on various boards and commissions of the city as an appointee. He has dealt with water, zoning, impact fees, and development issues.

  • Jason Negri

    Jason is the elected Treasurer of Hamburg Township in Michigan, where he resides with his wife Samantha and their children. He has served on the boards of two different charter public schools in Southeast Michigan.

  • Christopher Zehnder

    Mr. Zehnder is a member of the Hartford, OH Town Council. He is the general editor for the Catholic Textbook Project and has written four of the books in its history series. He has also authored novels on the German Reformation, and written for various publications on historical, political, and theological subjects. He and his wife, Katherine, with their children, live in Central Ohio.

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