Byers writes that 29-year-old Nathan Kleinman of Jenkintown, Penn., will run for a seat in the 13th congressional district. Kleinman’s been involved with Occupy Philadelphia for some time, “participating in a number of associated working groups, including ‘Free University,’ ‘Outreach Working Group,’ ‘Process Working Group,’ ‘Camp Liberty,’ and ‘The Committee of Correspondence.'”

Kleinman is the first Occupy congressional candidate, though he’s not literally the first person involved in Occupy to run for public office. That honor goes to Vermin Supreme, the man who wears a boot on his head and was on the ballot in the New Hampshire primary.

But Kleinman’s run shows a new kind of seriousness about getting involved in the electoral process — or maybe an exasperation with how little the movement has accomplished in raging against the mainstream.