Harvard professor Lawrence Lessig has launched an exploratory campaign as he considers a dark horse presidential bid.

Launching the committee, the common first step of potential nominees, indicates Lessig’s desire to further understand his realistic chances to earn the Democratic presidential nomination. Accompanying his committee launch is the launch of Lessig’s Kickstarter page to fund his campaign.

Lessig is hoping to join a thin democratic nominee field headlined by the clear front-runner, Hillary Clinton and her closest competition, the surging socialist Senator from Vermont, Bernie Sanders.

Reinforced by his use of Kickstarter to fund his campaign, Lessig is running to combat what he calls “political corruption” with the intent of reforming campaign financing that he believes takes all power from the voters.

During an interview prior to this launch, Lessig explained, “The system is rigged. Unless we fix this issue, we can’t do anything else … How are you going to take on Wall Street when the biggest contributions come from Wall Street?”

Lessig plans to center his campaign on The Citizen Equality Act focused on campaign finance reform and expansion of voting access. Lessig spent his youth identifying as a Republican but has evolved into a prominent advocate for campaign finance reform while simultaneously creating buzz among the liberal voting base.

Prior to this launching, Lessig attempted to influence Washington the only way he saw working, through Super PACs. Lessig founded the Mayday PAC in 2014 to influence the November elections but failed to make in impact after a majority of the candidates supported by the PAC lost their bids for election.

The most unexpected aspect of Lessig’s unique approach to presidential campaigning is his plan to step down from office once his legislature is passed and allow his Vice President to assume presidential roles (and most voters thought Donald Trump was running a unique campaign).

He told reporters he would consider a prominent Democrat like Bernie Sanders or Elizabeth Warren to be his running mate and take over presidential responsibilities once his legislature is passed.

Lessig’s media appearance regarding the launch of his exploratory committee mostly concentrated on his desire to at least make the Democratic debates. He clearly sees the debates as the most valuable venue to get his views out to the public in a desperate attempt to gain some momentum among voters.

Lessig told a reporter he is hoping to raise $1 million by early September, a milestone he explains would confirm he needs to run for the nomination.

So, who is Lawrence Lessig? Lessig, 54, is a law professor at Harvard as well as the director of the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard. Prior to his employment at Harvard, Lessig worked as a law professor at Stanford.

Lessig is a well-known liberal political activist and sits on the board of numerous committees including MapLight, Democracy Café, Sunlight Foundation and Americans Elect. Prior to his liberal connections, Lessig worked for two influential conservative judges as a law clerk including Associate Justice of the SCOTUS, Antonin Scalia.

Although Lessig has yet to put his name in the hat for the Democratic nomination, his staff has reached out to the Democratic National Committee to inform them of his exploratory committee launch.

Lessig, like Republican nominee hopeful Donald Trump, is hoping the American voters are tired of professional politicians running the country. Lessig is looking for the same result as Trump who has surged to the top of national polls after his anti-establishment rhetoric has caught the GOP voting base by storm.

Unfortunately for Lessig, most believe his exploratory committee will find what most already know, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are the only nominees (possibly Vice President Biden if he jumps in late) with a realistic chance of earning the nomination with Hillary still well in front of Sanders.

A possible indicator of Lessig’s lack of a realistic chance can be found with the guys who put their money on the line when predicting politics, the bookmakers. Partners with Gambling.com don’t even give Lessig odds to earn the nomination, which is saying something, considering they even give odds to the likes of Chelsea Clinton and Alec Baldwin.

Fortunately, Lessig can look to Trump for hope because who can honestly say this time last year that Trump would be a contender let alone the leader in the GOP presidential race? Also, despite the recent spark in attention, the nomination race is far from over and Lessig could gain a lot of momentum if he can connect with a restless voter base looking for real change.