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"The Citizens' Candidate" - Grassroots Effort Uses Craigslist to Find Candidate For Utah House Seat: "AMY GOODMAN: Craigslist to choose a congressional candidate? Well that is exactly what a Progressive Coalition has resorted to here in Utah to unseat the Blue Dog Democratic incumbent Jim Matheson. The initiative is using Craigslist to find applicants willing to run. A final candidate it will be chosen through public interviews at the Salt Lake City, Library on Saturday." The citizens candidate initiative, as its called, was co-founded by Tim DeChristopher. He first made headlines back in December of 2008 as University of Utah student, when he disrupted the Bush administration/minute move to auction off oil and gas exploitation rights on 150,000 acres of federal land in Utah. Tim was arrested after he posed as a bidder and bought 22,000 acres of land in an attempt to save the property from drilling. He’s currently facing 10 years in prison on charges of interfering with the public auction..."