Let's get serious

Iowa has been under attack by billionaires and mega-corporations for the last 20 years. This has left Iowa in shambles. We have the worst state economy in the USA, the dirtiest surface water, the highest cancer rates, and dismal access to health care, affordable groceries and utilities. Instead of fighting for us, the current Legislature has focused on taking away local government control in funding, education, libraries, and more; have worked to shield mega-corporations from liability for making us sicker and everything more expensive. Who exactly are our Legislators fighting for? 

As an Iowa native, a long-time small business owner in Elkader, and an advocate for better lives for all of us, I will fight for a better Iowa, a better state government that focuses more time on improving education and healthcare than on banning books and attacking the LGBTQ+ community. This election comes down to values: who do you value more? Billionaires and millionaires or your community and your neighbors?

Tired of hearing there is no money to help our rural communities but there are billions to give away to private schools every year?
Tired of tech companies and hyper-scalers trying to build data centers in our communities?
Tired of contaminated drinking water, closed state park beaches, and sky-rocketing cancer cases?
Tired of corporate tax breaks that starve government services in order for investors to receive fatter dividends?
Tired of Iowa being a laboratory for the most restrictive legislation in the US?
Tired of higher and higher utility bills going to corporate profits instead of clean energy investment?
Just tired of a government that always seems to have money for tax cuts for the wealthy but benefit cuts for the rest of us?
ME TOO!

What Matters

• Natural beauty lies at the heart of the quality of life in our area, and as such we must do everything we can to protect our natural resources. 
  
• Clean water and air is our right as humans.
  
• Public schools are the backbone of rural communities and must be adequately funded.
• Access to reproductive health care, including abortion services and birth control, are human rights and must be protected. 
• We need to establish consistent, dependable funding for childcare, housing and food security so that towns large and small can make the necessary changes to maintain and grow their communities.
• We must take steps to make sure people have food to eat, a place to live, and access to education and safety.​