His name is Gustavus Adolphus Henry Christensen, IV. He is a graduate of Exeter, Yale and the Wharton School of Business. He is partial to monogrammed shirts, Vineyard Vines neckties and once modeled high-end skiwear in the Swiss Alps. He's the son of a white shoe lawyer and the husband of a Sotheby's art dealer. Now he's running for the State Assembly on a platform calling for a
$15-an-hour minimum wage, stricter regulation of banks and more affordable housing, while criticizing "reactionary forces" in a way that seems to echo FDR.
His skepticism of rich people who use their money to impose their will on others didn't stop him from doing just that, securing the presidency of the Lenox Hill Democratic Club by spending thousands on memberships for friends and acquaintances who were assured to vote for him.
His opponents have also launched a
parody Twitter account dedicated to Christensen, painting him as a bizarre meld of Richie Rich, Mitt Romney and Thurston Howell.
