David Kruzona hasn’t run for elective office. He’s not known in Democratic circles.

But Kruzona is tuned into what’s happening in the State House. He’s not happy with his state representative, Eileen Naughton, and although new at the game of campaigning, he’s running for House District 21.

Kruzona’s entry into the race makes him the third Democrat running for the post. Naughton has announced she is running for re-election in what would be a bid for her 13th term in office. Also running is Ward 3 Councilwoman Camille Vella-Wilkinson, who is in her third term on the council and, being an advocate for term limits, says it’s time for her to move on.

Kruzona, who has lived on Royland Road since moving to Warwick in 1998, has issues with Naughton. He said he has called on many occasions and, when he does get through, expressed his dissatisfaction with the House leadership on key issues facing the state.

“This is about Eileen Naughton and her continued history of voting the way the speaker told her to,” Kruzona said in an interview Sunday in his dining room. He cites Naughton’s vote for the excise tax, truck tolls, and 38 Studios. Kruzona doesn’t believe he’s alone. Friends and people he’s talked with likewise have problems with the issues he names. Yet, he contends that since 2008, Naughton, with the exception of seven votes on “non-issues like cloning,” voted with the speaker.

“She doesn’t answer to her constituents,” he said.

What about Vella-Wilkinson, a fresh face on the state scene? Kruzona sees her as part of the political system.

“She’s going to go lockstep with the speaker. It’s no different,” he said.

Thus far, Kruzona has flown under the radar. Naughton was surprised Saturday to learn another candidate is running for the seat.

Kruzona has limited his campaign to Facebook and a core group of family and friends. He plans to change that this week with an advertisement in the Beacon and getting out to community events. Walking the district and meeting the voters is also on his agenda.

That may be difficult. Kruzona works two jobs. He is a food service director for a health care company during the day and holds down a night shift with Airport Taxi. He said he puts in 80 hours a week.

So, how’s he going to campaign as well?

“I’ll make time,” he said. “I’ll sleep when I’m dead.”

Kruzona, who grew up in Boston, moved to Rhode Island to attend Johnson & Wales University. He hasn’t gone back. He met his wife Renee and moved from Cranston to Warwick to raise a family. He is 48 years old and takes pride in “fixing problems.” He said he has been called on to implement systems and fix situations that have broken down.

“I have ideas on fixing the pension system [at the local level] and illegal aliens,” he said.

“I don’t think they want to be here illegally,” he said. He said he has heard estimates that as much as 15 percent of the state’s population is illegal aliens, meaning about 150,000 people.

Kruzona favors giving them driving licenses on condition that they actively pursue becoming legal. He suggests a one-year probation after which an illegal alien’s progress would be evaluated and extended if they could show they are on the path.

As for municipal pension and retiree health care benefits, Kruzona sees the system as unsustainable and advocates moving to 401-k plans in place of public plans. Also, he questions the logic for multiple fire, police, and school departments for a state this size, suggesting county government would be more efficient. He asks how is it that Rhode Islanders are paying a per capita cost of $9,000 for a state budget when in Massachusetts it’s half that.

Kruzona plans to run his campaign from his house and put several thousand into the effort.

“It’s going to come out of my pocket,” he said.

“The biggest thing,” he said, “I’m going to listen to the people, not what Nick Mattiello or Gov. Raimondo tell me to do.”