 He's even taking it a step further, announcing his run for U.S. Congress in his home state of South Carolina. If elected, David says he plans to make the process of finding a missing loved one easier for families. I've been doing 49 weeks of desert searches for my son, talking to other family members out there who actually even had missing loved ones of their own, but yet is out in the desert with me. That gave me a passion to help others, just like they helped me.