Sean Eldridge, Husband of Facebook Co-Founder, Running for Congress

Feb 6, 2013 Sean Eldridge, an investor and the husband of Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes, has filed paperwork establishing a campaign for New York’s 19th Congressional District seat in 2014. Eldridge, who is a frequent donor to Democratic candidates and committees, has publicly backed President Barack Obama and hopes to unseat two-term Republican Chris Gibson. This November, Gibson won reelection by a margin of 53 percent to 47 percent. However, the district also favored Obama. Eldridge is a politically active Democrat and the CEO and founder of Hudson River Ventures LLC, a small business investment fund located in New York’s Hudson Valley. He also serves as an adviser to Freedom to Marry, a campaign to win marriage equality nationwide. The 26-year-old is married to entrepreneur Chris Hughes, who is both a co-founder of Facebook and the publisher of The New Republic magazine. Bloomberg.com reported that Eldridge’s statement of organization, which created “Sean Eldridge for Congress,” accompanied by a statement of candidacy, was processed by the Federal Election Commission last week. Born in 1986, if Eldridge wins the congressional seat, he’ll be just 27, making him one of the youngest members of Congress in 2014. Rep. Aaron Shock, a Republican from Illinois, was elected to his congressional seat when he was 27. He is now the youngest representative, at age 31.

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• This deserves a positive r1. Go Sean!

• Sean Eldridge is nothing but a gay courtesan. All he does is find excuses to not work and spend Chris' money. You'd think he'd have the decency to find his own way instead of relying on hubby's megabucks. Chris Hughes should realize that he's not so unattractive that he'd be unable to rebound when he finally gets Sean's hands out of his wallet.

• He sure is a lazy mother fucker, hahahahaha.

• Chris Hughes and Sean Eldridge. I thought "As the World Turns" was canceled?

• Wow. I went to college with him. Never knew he had political ambitions.

  Anonymous

• This is could be very ugly for him. He and his husband just bought a house in Ulster county in order to be in the district. They really live in Putnam county. He'll be viewed as a total outsider. Anything can happen but this looks crazy to me.

• I don't think he's going to be elected and I think he's a total grifter, spending Chris's money on everything. And Chris allows it. FOR NOW.

• Just did a wikipedia search on him, he has an investment firm that focuses on Hudson Valley. And how did he get that investment firm? Why Chris' money of course.

• As Chris becomes a big media player, his profile will rise and Sean will screw up by fucking some staffer.

• [quote]Wow. I went to college with him. Was he out in those days?

• There's nothing as insipid as a bored housewife with delusions of grandeur.

• OP, you should have 'gay' in the title. No one will give a shit without it.

• R12, it mentions he's gay in the first paragraph by saying he is married to another man.

  OP

• Looking at pix of Chris and Sean, Sean has evil eyes that look like he's a scammer and Chris has those blank Asperger / Zuckerberg eyes. Chris has no idea how Sean is playing him for everything. Doubt he ever will, he doesn't look like he resides on earth at all.

• Did anyone else chuckle at his name being mentioned next to Aaron Schock's?: "Born in 1986, if Eldridge wins the congressional seat, he’ll be just 27, making him one of the youngest members of Congress in 2014. Rep. Aaron Shock, a Republican from Illinois, was elected to his congressional seat when he was 27. He is now the youngest representative, at age 31."

• R10 By graduation, he was pretty much out, yes. He lived in a fancy apartment off-campus and hosted gay parties. Nice enough guy. But the public office thing? Never knew. But then, maybe I wouldn't; a buddy of mine was closer to him than I was.

  Anonymous

• Interested that Sean had money then in college coming from more of a working class family. He must have had a sugar daddy then too.

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• Being in the House, especially your first 6 years, is such a thankless and dull job. No one knows or cares who you are except your constituents (plus, 80% of constituents can't even name their House Rep) and you basically have to do what leadership says. Smart people like Judd/Hilary/Obama/Warren go straight to the Senate.

• Sean's husband has a good deal of "Fuck You!" money, but not enough to knock off Kirsten Gillibrand or Chuck Schumer. Besides, Sean's too young for the Senate. The House is definitely more his speed.

• Thanks for the info, R16. And he probably didn't talk about public office then because it seems to be a recent thing. Not everyone plans to be a politician from a young age - some fall into it later in life.

  R10

• And some hit the jackpot and marry their very own $uperdonor.

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• [quote] Rep. Aaron Shock, a Republican from Illinois, was elected to his congressional seat when he was 27. He is now the youngest representative, at age 31. No, that Patrick Murphy guy is, at 29. (Not the cute one from Pennsylvania, who was a pro-gay-marriage Afghan War vet; the new one with the jail photo from Florida, who beat teabagger Allen West) Miss Schock is an eldergay!