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Archconservative Party
 Brackhaven is a well-to-do Seattle businessman with financial interests and investments in several major companies. He's a multi-billion dollar success story - a man who took all the opportunities life gave him and parlayed them into something worthwhile. He seems to be the embodiment of traditional conservatism; a businessman, family man and upstanding member of the community. His platform calls for a return to the "traditional" values of common-sense management and good old American know-how.
In truth, Brackhaven is a racist with secret ties to the Humanis Policlub. He knows that he cannot openly express many of his more radical racial opinions if he wants to succeed in his quest for public office, so he has become very skilled at hiding the true depths of his bigotry while subtly promoting racism and discrimination within his sphere of influence. High-level movers and shakers within the Humanis Policlub are secretly backing him as "their" man for the presidency.
Brackhaven's platform takes a strong anti-dragon stance early in the campaign. Brackhaven skillfully plays on the public's concern about the possible consequences of a creature not recognizably human becoming the leader of the nation, and tries to counter Dunkelzahn's fantastic visions of a Golden Age with what he calls "a solid dose of reality". Fear of the unknown is Brackhaven's strongest weapon - he raises doubts about the Awakened world in the people's minds, asking them "What do we really know about all this stuff?" Throughout the campaign, Brackhaven is laying the groundwork for the total separation of Awakened and non-Awakened humanity in the UCAS.
Brackhaven also frequently hearkens back to the "glory days" of the old United States, when the U.S. was a world superpower second to none. He talks about returning to those days, strongly implying [without explicityly saying so] that under his leadership the UCAS will forcibly reclaim a great deal of former U.S. territory, starting with California and possibly not stopping until the old borders of the United States have been restored.
Vice President: William Ager, Brackhaven's running mate, is an even worse scum bucket than his boss [if such a thing is possible]. Ager is a radically conservative Republican and former "resource adjuster" for Fuchi America's New York City branch. He built his career as a corporate Mr. Johnson, working behind the scenes on several projects in Fuchi's "black towers" in Manhattan, and he has considerable experience in dealing with the shadows. Ager is strongly anti-metahuman with a special hatred for elves. He and his family were living in Northern California when Tir Tairngire invaded that region, and the Tir forces killed his daughter Clarice. Ever since, Ager has harbored a burning hatred of the Tir and of elves in general. Ager believes that an "elven conspiracy" is secretly manipulating events behind the scenes all over the world, and he will take any steps necessary to stop it.
Several times during his corporate career, Ager arranged for metahumans that he disliked [shadowrunners and corporate executives alike] to meet unfortunate ends. He has enough potential blackmail on those who might threaten him that he feels safe from their opposition, and has consistently used his ties with the Humanis Policlub to strenghten his career and further his goals. Those ties eventually led him to Brackhaven, allowing him to set himself up as Brackhaven's right-hand man. Ager intends to take over the presidency eventually, after multiple terms as VP.
Platform: "A Holy War for the Soul of the Nation"
Brackhaven is raising public opinion against magic, metahumans and all other facets of the Awakening, and calling for a return to "real, traditional values". He has not advocated putting metas in concentration camps [yet], but has essentially promised to purge the UCAS of its metahuman "freaks" and the corruption, depression and political unrest they allegedly cause. Like Adolf Hitler, Brackhaven is a master of inflammatory rhetoric; many people listen and nod their heads when Brackhaven speaks, failing to recognize the genuine evil he represents because they are not the ones who will suffer from his actions.
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