Candidate Profiles

The economy - Iowans are working harder for less. Housing / Rent and Groceries have gone up and while the prices are leveling pricing creates additional stresses when nearly two-thirds of Americans live paycheck to paycheck. We must raise the minimum wage to ensure people can earn enough to live. We should also provide tax credits and incentives to make child care affordable. We must keep our workforce, compete with other states in terms of wages and opportunities and end the culture war that drives our workforce away. Education - We must end the attacks on our public education system. Iowa once had the best education system in America. We need to backfill our schools from a decade of neglect. Ensure that all teachers and paraeducators earn a living wage. Restore the Area Education Agencies and end the voucher program. Vouchers are an unaccountable boondoggle that sees more tax dollars spent to educate fewer students. Reproductive / Medical Freedom - Our state is more concerned with micromanaging personal decisions than making Iowa a great place to live, work, and play. We need to enshrine Roe V Wade into Iowa law and work toward putting it to a referendum to enshrine in the Iowa Constitution.

Education - The state's education budget has not kept up with inflation. DNR - Iowa has the worst water quality in the nation. Our natural resources - Iowas lakes and wetlands are our natural treasures and must be protected against industrial pollution.

No. I do not see a meaningful distinction between a mobile device and an onboard dash console used in most modern vehicles. I believe we can achieve safer roads by enforcement of our distracted driver laws.

Expand the senior home trust fund and improve access to home health care to do what we can to keep seniors in their homes as much as possible before having to go to a care facility. The state should ensure that nursing home inspections are carried out regularly and on time and, enforce regulations and levying fines to prevent abuses. We can also promote deferable and forgivable loans for those who go into the medical field and stay in Iowa.

Yes - with cancer rates rising it is to our benefit to find out why and remediation policies to lower cancer rates.

Nitrate remediation is first and foremost to prevent runoff. Creating buffer zones between our rivers and streams and the sources of nitrates. We must also fund monitoring sites to identify nitrate sources to know where to apply our efforts. Additionally, we should empower county and city governments to be able to adopt conservation means within their jurisdiction and take action within their respective watersheds.

We need to take a holistic approach to mental health. Iowa ranks near the bottom when it comes to accessing mental health care. Improving access means having more doctors and beds available for psychiatric and psychological care. We can offer deferrable, forgivable student loans for those who stay and practice care in Iowa. I also support funding for mental health care liaisons with our police departments. This is a program that the City of Hiawatha and Cedar Rapids have implemented to great success. It can work statewide because people in crisis need access to resources and keep people out of jail. We also need our government to work to improve the quality of life for Iowans. Providing protections for workers to improve safety in dangerous and construction jobs and ensuring they have time away from the job to rest and recharge will prevent accidents and improve mental health. Improving child care as well as maternal healthcare will improve mental health outcomes around the state. Lastly, stop the hyperpartisanship in Des Moines that intentionally targets and demonizes Iowans to score political points.

We must pass laws protecting access to contraception and in vitro fertilization under Iowa Law. Enshrining Roe v. Wade and bodily autonomy in the Iowa Constitution ensure this access.

No. It would criminalize miscarriages and outlaw multiple forms of birth control and infertility treatments. In addition, it would further decrease maternal health care providers in Iowa. I believe in enshrining Roe V Wade into Iowa Law and enshrining it in the Iowa Constitution.

Fund public education at rates that are equal to inflation and backfill for a decade of neglect by the Iowa Legislature. Ensuring that our teachers and paraeducators have a living wage. Stop the partisan attacks on our education system that drive teachers away. While there is some interest in the legislature establishing guidelines - such as teaching cursive - we should strive to keep we should strive to keep partisanship out of our curriculum.

Stop the culture wars. Stop the unprecedented intrusion of government into people's private medical, health, and reproductive care. Raise wages to compete with our neighboring states and work to attract talent from across the nation to fill the jobs that are going unfilled.