Andrew Rasiej is currently a candidate for the office of Public Advocate of New York City. He is the founder of the Personal Democracy Forum and has served as an advisor to Senators and Congressman and political candidates on the use of information technology for campaign and policy purposes since 1999. Among those he has worked with are former President Bill Clinton, Senator Tom Daschle, Congressman Dick Gephardt, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. In 2001, he addressed the United States Senate Democratic Caucus in the Capital Building on the "Digital Divides Facing Democratic Party" and has been actively involved in the campaigns of many Senators and Congressmen. For the 2004 Presidential race Andrew served as chairman of the Howard Dean Technology Advisory Council. He is also founder of MOUSE (Making Opportunities for Upgrading Schools and Education), an educational non-profit organization started in 1997 focused on providing technology support to public schools.

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