Vote Goldstein for Congress This August 11th: Stop Complaining. Start Voting.

There is an old rule in politics:

If you don’t vote, you can’t complain about the results.

I think about that every time I am out talking with voters. I knock on doors. I go to events. I talk with people at stores, restaurants, town meetings and Republican gatherings across the district.

And I hear the complaints.

• Healthcare costs too much.

• The electric bill is outrageous.

• I-95 is a parking lot.

• Young people cannot afford to stay in Connecticut.

• Businesses are struggling.

• People are worried that artificial intelligence is going to eliminate jobs faster than we can create new ones.

• Parents are worried about the future their children will inherit.

• Seniors are worried about whether they can afford to stay in their homes.

• And nearly everyone believes Washington is not working the way it should.

I hear you.

In fact, many of those same frustrations are exactly why I am running for Congress.

But there comes a point when:

• complaining is not enough.

• posting on social media is not enough.

• when telling your friends what is wrong with the country is not enough.

Eventually, you have to vote.

Early voting continues this weekend, Saturday, August 8 and Sunday, August 9.

The Republican primary is Tuesday, August 11.

It is August. People are away. Families are getting ready for school. There is no statewide race dominating television coverage or reminding everyone that an election is happening.

That means turnout matters even more.

In a low-turnout primary, the people who show up make the decision for everyone else.

I am asking you not to let someone else make that decision for you.

And I am asking you to vote for me.

For those who have followed this Substack, you know who I am.

Doctor. Lawyer. Father. Fighter.

I am also the Republican Party-endorsed candidate for Congress in Connecticut’s Fourth Congressional District.

Two years ago, I fought through a Republican primary and became our nominee for Congress in November 2024.

I could have gone home after the 2024 election, but I didn’t.

• I kept showing up.

• I kept speaking out.

• I kept traveling to Washington.

• I kept advocating.

• I kept working on the issues that matter to Connecticut even though I did not have a congressional title in front of my name.

Why?

Because I believe public service should be about more than getting elected.

You should not have to wait until you are in office to start fighting for the people you want to represent.

That is why I have reached out directly to federal officials multiple times, including Secretary of Energy Chris Wright and EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin, about problems affecting Connecticut.

I am doing it now.

Imagine what I can do with a seat in Congress.

I have said throughout this campaign that I bring a different skill set to this race.

I mean that.

I am not a career politician.

I am a physician who has spent decades dealing with one of the most complicated and expensive systems in America.

I know healthcare because I live healthcare.

I know what patients go through.

I know what doctors go through.

I know what happens when bureaucracy gets between a patient and care.

I have also led medical societies and organizations. I have run a small business. I have had to balance budgets and make payroll.

Later in life, I became a lawyer.

So when we talk about healthcare, business, regulation, law and government, I am not approaching these subjects from a talking-points sheet or some tweet.

I have actually lived them.

And Washington could use more people who have spent their lives solving problems outside of Washington.

Healthcare represents roughly one-fifth of the American economy.

Yet

• Families continue to pay more.

• Employers continue to pay more.

• Government continues to spend more.

• And patients frequently feel as if they have fewer choices.

Something is wrong with that equation.

I believe we need greater competition, greater transparency and more meaningful choice.

Healthcare should be centered around the patient — not around insurance companies, bureaucracies or government systems.

This is one of the clearest differences I bring to this race.

I have spent my career taking care of patients.

If healthcare affordability is one of the defining challenges facing American families, perhaps sending someone to Congress who actually understands healthcare would be a good place to start.

Then there is energy.

Talk to almost any homeowner or business owner in Connecticut and eventually the conversation gets to the electric bill.

High energy costs do not stop with your utility bill.

They increase the cost of running a store.

They increase the cost of manufacturing.

They increase the cost of refrigerating and transporting food.

They make Connecticut less competitive.

Ultimately, those costs get passed back to all of us.

That is why I have been pushing the energy issue and communicating with federal officials.

We need more energy supply and the infrastructure necessary to bring it into New England.

You cannot seriously talk about affordability in Connecticut without talking about energy.

Then there is infrastructure.

There is nothing particularly “interstate” about Interstate 95 when you spend half your life sitting still on it and most use it to travel only 17 miles.

For decades we have heard about studies, plans and projects.

Meanwhile, commuters lose hours - Almost 4 weeks of work a year because they have to leave their houses earlier to be on time.

Businesses lose productivity.

Parents lose time with their families.

Our infrastructure problem is an economic problem and a quality-of-life problem.

We need representatives in Washington who understand that federal policy is not some distant theoretical exercise.

Federal decisions have local consequences.

That is one of the central ideas behind my campaign: finding federal solutions to local problems.

Artificial intelligence is already transforming the workforce.

Pretending otherwise will not protect our children.

We need to make sure Connecticut students are prepared for an economy in which many traditional jobs will change and some will disappear altogether.

That means college for students for whom college makes sense.

But it also means something we have undervalued for far too long:

• The trades.

• Technical education.

• Apprenticeships.

• Skilled manufacturing.

• Construction.

• Healthcare careers.

• Infrastructure jobs.

• Careers requiring human judgment, physical skill and real-world expertise that cannot simply be replaced by an algorithm.

I want Connecticut to build an AI-proof workforce.

We should be creating pathways that allow young people to graduate into real jobs, build careers and remain here in Connecticut.

When you vote, ask yourself:

• Who understands healthcare well enough to help fix it?

• Who understands what it means to run a business and balance a budget?

• Who is willing to fight for more affordable energy?

• Who will push to get infrastructure moving?

• Who is thinking about how Connecticut’s young people will compete in an AI-driven economy?

• Who is already going to Washington and advocating before ever being elected?

And ultimately:

• Who is best prepared to take on Jim Himes in November?

I know the answer is Dr. Michael Goldstein and that is why I am asking for your vote.

There is a temptation in politics to think:

“My vote won’t matter.”

Especially in an August primary.

But think about what that actually means.

Elections are not decided by the people who planned to vote.

They are not decided by people who complain about politics at dinner.

They are not decided by Facebook posts.

They are not decided by yard signs.

They are not decided by the people who say, “Someone needs to do something.”

They are decided by the people who show up.

So:

• If healthcare matters to you, Vote Goldstein.

• If affordability matters to you, Vote Goldstein.

• If energy matters to you, Vote Goldstein.

• If jobs matter to you, Vote Goldstein.

• If infrastructure matters to you, Vote Goldstein.

• If you want young people to have a future here in Connecticut, Vote Goldstein.

And if you believe it is time for a different kind of representative to take on Jim Himes:

Vote Goldstein.

You do not have to agree with me on every issue and I don’t expect you to.

What I ask is that you look at my background, look at what I have been doing, look at my willingness to fight, and decide who you want standing in the ring in November.

But first, we have to get through August 11.

Saturday, August 8

Sunday, August 9

I am the Republican Party-endorsed candidate for Congress.

I respectfully ask for your support and your vote.

Doctor. Lawyer. Father. Fighter.

Stop complaining. Start voting.

Because if you stay home, someone else gets to make the decision for you.

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