Daniel Biss runs for Illinois state representative (2007)
story · status: told 4×, last update 2018 · last event: retold (2018-02-20)
In April 2007 John shared that Daniel Biss, Brotherhood 2.0's resident mathematician, was running for the Illinois House of Representatives, and nerdfighters raised money for him that August. He won his 2008 primary unopposed but lost the race, then won in 2010 and was elected to the Illinois State Senate in 2012.
Parts: John asks Nerdfighters to vote for Daniel Biss in the Golden Dot Awards (2008)
Told alongside: John asks viewers to donate to Daniel Biss's Illinois state-representative campaign via ActBlue (2007) · Hank asks Nerdfighters to donate to Daniel Biss's campaign via ActBlue (2008) · Daniel Biss runs for governor of Illinois (2017) · John: Daniel Biss has a very good chance of winning the March 20 Illinois Democratic primary for governor (2018) · Daniel Biss and his wife have a baby (2008)
About: Daniel Biss, Illinois House of Representatives, Illinois
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-04-16 | told | John announces that the brothers' resident mathematician Daniel Biss is running for Illinois state representative, on education funding and cutting carbon emissions. | Brotherhood 2.0: April 16: Brotherhood of Traveling Shirts 00:02:27 |
| 2007-04-16 | told | John shares that 'our resident mathematician' Daniel Biss is running for state representative in Illinois, able to pass legislation helpful to brothers, nerds and video blogs. | Brotherhood 2.0: April 16: Brotherhood of Traveling Shirts 00:02:27 |
| 2007-08-06 | update | John announces that this week (week of 6 August 2007) they will collect donations to help Daniel Biss become the first nerdfighter ever elected to state congress. | August 6th: JK Rowling and I Will ... Be Punished 00:01:34 |
| 2007-08-06 | update | John announces that this week (week of 6 August 2007) they will collect donations to help Daniel Biss become the first nerdfighter ever elected to state congress. | August 6th: JK Rowling and I Will ... Be Punished 00:01:34 |
| 2007-08-07 (happened 2007-08-06) | update | Hank says Biss had his biggest traffic day ever yesterday and is now second on ActBlue only to 'a guy called John Edwards'. | August 7th: Curd Fighter Nurt 00:01:41 |
| 2007-08-07 (happened 2007-08-06) | update | Hank says Biss had his biggest traffic day ever yesterday and is now second on ActBlue only to 'a guy called John Edwards'. | August 7th: Curd Fighter Nurt 00:01:41 |
| 2007-08-08 | update | John jokes that his 'optimism' about American politics might change, most reasonably if people elected Daniel Biss state representative for his Illinois district. (playful, hedged) | August 8th: The Lawn and the Fury 00:02:55 |
| 2007-08-08 | update | John jokes that his 'optimism' about American politics might change, most reasonably if people elected Daniel Biss state representative for his Illinois district. (playful, hedged) | August 8th: The Lawn and the Fury 00:02:55 |
| 2007-09-28 | update | Scanning the Wall Street Journal at the Richmond airport, John finds Daniel Biss on it talking about money he raised online, with Brotherhood 2.0 mentioned for helping. | September 28th: Nerdfighting!!! 00:02:38 |
| 2007-09-28 | update | Scanning the Wall Street Journal at the Richmond airport, John finds Daniel Biss on it talking about money he raised online, with Brotherhood 2.0 mentioned for helping. | September 28th: Nerdfighting!!! 00:02:38 |
| 2008-02-14 (happened 2008-02-05) | update | John reports that on Super Tuesday Daniel Biss won his primary election 100% to 0%, while admitting he was unopposed. | The Puff Pwns Gravity 00:01:36 |
| 2008-02-14 (happened 2008-02-05) | update | John reports that Daniel Biss, running for state representative, won his Super Tuesday (5 February 2008) primary unopposed. | The Puff Pwns Gravity 00:01:36 |
| 2008-06-19 | update | John reminds Hank that Daniel Biss is running for state representative and says he really believes in the candidacy. | Memo to the Fourteenth Century (and to the Tobians) 00:01:12 |
| 2010-11-15 | update | Saying the deficit shows the need for more mathematicians in power, John announces that Brotherhood 2.0 resident mathematician Daniel Biss is now a state representative-elect. | Hey! You! Fix the Budget! 00:02:56 |
| 2010-11-15 | update | John announces that Daniel Biss, the brothers' resident mathematician, is now a state representative-elect. | Hey! You! Fix the Budget! 00:02:56 |
| 2010-12-22 | update | John introduces Daniel Biss as state representative-elect. | I Was on Jeopardy!!!! 00:00:47 |
| 2015-10-20 | retold | John retells his surprise when Daniel gave up his tenure-track University of Chicago professorship to run for the Illinois House of Representatives. | Nerdfighteria's Resident Comptroller? 00:00:33 |
| 2015-10-20 | retold | John says Daniel believed government service was noble; in 2008 Nerdfighteria helped raise money for his campaign and he lost, but he won in 2010 and was elected to the Illinois State Senate in 2012. | Nerdfighteria's Resident Comptroller? 00:01:03 |
| 2015-10-20 | update | John says Daniel lost in 2008, won in 2010, and was elected to the Illinois State Senate in 2012. | Nerdfighteria's Resident Comptroller? 00:01:07 |
| 2017-04-04 | retold | John recalls Brotherhood 2.0's resident mathematician Daniel Biss, his friend, a successful University of Chicago math professor who left to run for office and became a successful state senator. | Why I Won't Run for Office 00:00:00 |
| 2018-02-20 | retold | John says Daniel once called with the worst idea he had ever heard: leaving his good University of Chicago job to run for the Illinois State House. (playful) | When Your Friend Runs for Governor 00:01:01 |
| 2018-02-20 | retold | John says Daniel once called with the worst idea he had ever heard: leaving his good University of Chicago job to run for the Illinois State House. (playful) | When Your Friend Runs for Governor 00:01:01 |
What is said about it
18 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2007-04-16 · Brotherhood 2.0: April 16: Brotherhood of Traveling Shirts — John: Biss's two top issues are raising education funding in Illinois, which John says is the 49th state in terms of education, and cutting carbon emissions. — 00:02:49
- 2007-08-06 · August 6th: JK Rowling and I Will ... Be Punished — John says Illinois is 49th in education funding ('thank God for Mississippi') and that Biss wants to change that. — 00:01:34
- 2007-08-06 · August 6th: JK Rowling and I Will ... Be Punished — John says Illinois has no state fuel efficiency regulations of any kind, which Biss also wants to change. — 00:01:34
- 2007-08-06 · August 6th: JK Rowling and I Will ... Be Punished — John says Biss wants to help the environment and put more teachers and librarians in schools, so he cares about the same things they care about. — 00:01:34
- 2007-08-06 · August 6th: JK Rowling and I Will ... Be Punished — John says the key to Biss's grassroots campaign for Illinois state representative is not the size of donations but the number of donors. — 00:01:34
- 2007-08-07 · August 7th: Curd Fighter Nurt — Hank welcomes 'the age of the Nerdfighter', calling it very cool that Nerdfighters help each other and that Biss's campaign benefits so strongly from them. — 00:01:41
- 2007-08-08 · August 8th: The Lawn and the Fury — announcement: John: Contributions to Biss's ActBlue page before midnight Eastern on Friday count toward John's punishment, as do contributions by non-US people and minors to the Fund to Decrease World Suck. — 00:03:31
- 2007-09-28 · September 28th: Nerdfighting!!! — John says Brotherhood 2.0 thus helped a progressive candidate reach the front page of a paper not noted for liberal bias: Nerdfighter evangelism is working. (playful) — 00:02:38
- 2008-02-14 · The Puff Pwns Gravity — John phones Daniel Biss, 'Nerdfighter resident mathematician and future state representative', who works out one eleventh of 72 in under a second. (playful) — 00:00:45
- 2008-02-14 · The Puff Pwns Gravity — John says we need state representatives like Biss, whose math skills will 'pwn' the Illinois state budget every year. (playful) — 00:00:45
- 2008-02-14 · The Puff Pwns Gravity — announcement: John says Daniel is a finalist for two Golden Dot Awards; he doesn't know what they are but wants him to win. — 00:01:36
- 2008-06-19 · Memo to the Fourteenth Century (and to the Tobians) — John recalls that Daniel Biss, the brothers' 'resident mathematician', was one of the very first Nerdfighters and is running for state representative. — 00:01:12
- 2008-06-19 · Memo to the Fourteenth Century (and to the Tobians) — John says this is probably the last time he'll talk about politics on the channel, but he really believes in Daniel's candidacy. (hedged) — 00:01:41
- 2010-12-22 · I Was on Jeopardy!!!! — John: Not being a mathematician, John phones 'Brotherhood 2.0 resident mathematician' and state representative-elect Daniel Biss to ask whether $135,000 is a lot; on hearing yes, John cheers. (playful) — 00:00:47
- 2015-10-20 · Nerdfighteria's Resident Comptroller? — John says Daniel is a Democrat but widely respected; a Republican member of the Illinois House once called him one of the smartest people (in cruder words) he had met. — 00:01:16
- 2018-02-20 · When Your Friend Runs for Governor — John thought it a bad idea because Daniel is nerdy, while in his mind politicians were slick and wore tailored suits. (playful) — 00:01:13
- 2018-02-20 · When Your Friend Runs for Governor — John: At Daniel's campaign announcement, John saw his eloquence and intelligence but thought, driving home, that Daniel might eventually return to abstract mathematics. (hedged) — 00:01:23
- 2018-02-20 · When Your Friend Runs for Governor — John says Daniel narrowly lost his 2008 state rep race, ran again in 2010 and won, and became a state senator in 2012. — 00:01:37