Cody Lonning is a lawyer, professor at Eastern Washington University, and a co-founder of RUBI. He discusses his path to RUBI and his work on the recent report about Democratic success in rural America.

[1:24] Growing up farming

[5:18] Getting involved with RUBI

[10:28] Why Democrats should care about rural areas

[13:28] RUBI report: “Can Democrats Succeed in Rural America?”

[18:42] So what makes a good Democratic candidate?

More from Cody:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/codylonning/

Read the report:

https://ruralurbanbridge.org/our-work/distilling-best-practices