Battleground States

David Garcia is a second-generation politician with an unsavory reputation for having the dirt on everyone; his enemies have christened him "The Angel of Death." When his father is bounced from a Republican senate primary for being too moderate, David decides to use all his stored-up knowledge to bring life to something noble: A campaign for a gutsy, center-right candidate whose coat-tails he thinks his family can ride back to prominence. But one of his father's oldest enemies is also in the race, and David is about to find out that living by the sword of dirty politics often means dying the same way... Jacob Koffman is a quirky, Midwestern Democratic Senator with the idea he'd like to be the first Jewish President of the United States. With the aid of a brilliant but troubled pollster, Koffman will come closer to his dream than he or anyone else imagines. As the grind of the campaign wears down his good intentions into world-weary cynicism, Koffman must decide why he really wants the office and whether it's worth fighting for, even as a tragedy from his past comes to light and threatens to undo all he's worked to achieve... In Battleground States, a progressive author spins a tale of power politics and shifting alliances,as two men on either side of the fence pursue the greatest prize in American politics. At least one must end up disappointed. Both will leave everything they have on the field, learn about themselves and their ideals, and ultimately change the world.