Ben Savage (left) and Danielle Fishel communicate onstage on the Boy Meets World twenty fifth Anniversary Reunion panel throughout New York Comic Con 2018. Savage introduced this week he’s working for Congress.

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Ben Savage (left) and Danielle Fishel communicate onstage on the Boy Meets World twenty fifth Anniversary Reunion panel throughout New York Comic Con 2018. Savage introduced this week he’s working for Congress.

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Ben Savage, the previous star of the 1990s ABC sitcom Boy Meets World, is working as a Democrat for a U.S. House seat protecting the district that features Hollywood.

“I’m running for Congress because it’s time to restore faith in government by offering reasonable, innovative and compassionate solutions to our country’s most pressing issues,” Savage announced on Instagram. “And it’s time for new and passionate leaders who can help move our country forward. Leaders who want to see the government operating at maximum capacity, unhindered by political divisions and special interests.”

Savage, 42, is seeking to signify District 30 in California, which is being left vacant by Rep. Adam Schiff — who announced a 2024 run for the Senate seat presently held by 89-year-old Dianne Feinstein.

Savage’s platform for his congressional run contains an curiosity in increasing union rights, constructing extra inexpensive housing and ending gun violence, in line with his web site.

This just isn’t the primary time Savage has tried his hand at getting elected to public workplace. He ran for a seat on the West Hollywood City Council final 12 months, however misplaced.

Savage is finest recognized for his seven-season run on Boy Meets World on which he performed Cory Matthews as he navigated childhood and in a while maturity. At its peak, the show was hugely popular with millennials.

Savage and different acquainted characters of the present, together with Cory Matthews’ girlfriend and eventual spouse Topanga (performed by Danielle Fishel) performed a job within the sitcom’s reboot, Girl Meets World. The present aired from 2014 to 2017. In one episode, Cory’s brother Eric Matthews (performed by Will Friedle) runs to be a senator for New York and wins.