• Commitment to a livable minimum wage: Fighting for a minimum wage of $15 per hour for all Virginians to ensure fair compensation.

• Repeal anti-union right-to-work laws: Working to eliminate Virginia’s right-to-work laws that undermine workers’ rights to organize.

• Expand opportunities for worker organization: Advocating for stronger worker protections and the ability to negotiate for fair wages, benefits, and working conditions.

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• Passionate about public education: As a product of public schools, committed to fully funding education for every child’s success.

• Invest in schools, invest in the future: Advocating for increased funding to improve resources, teaching quality, and student outcomes.

• Support for all students: Ensuring every child, regardless of background, has access to a strong and supportive educational environment.

• Support for District 36 farmers: Championing legislation to help farmers recover from federal cuts to farming grants and programs.

• Advocate for farm-to-school funding: Pushing for increased funding to fill the gap left by USDA cuts, ensuring children receive fresh, nutritious foods.

• Strengthen Virginia’s farming economy: Providing the necessary support and resources for farmers to thrive and continue their vital work.

• Firsthand healthcare experience: Gained insight into the challenges of affording care and medications, and the struggles with frequent readmissions for basic safety.

• Advocate for crisis management centers: Supporting the creation of centers with trained professionals to handle mental health calls, reduce police involvement, and de-escalate crises.

• Protect Medicaid and Medicare: Firmly opposing cuts to these programs, ensuring healthcare remains a human right accessible to all, regardless of financial status.

• Support for women’s health and autonomy: Committed to protecting a woman’s right to make decisions about her body and healthcare.

• Champion reproductive rights: Fighting to preserve and safeguard the right to choose.

• Advocate for comprehensive sex education: Promoting education and access to contraceptives, empowering women to make informed choices about their health and futures.

• Support for good landlords: Advocating for legislation that helps responsible landlords provide affordable housing options.

• Address housing affordability: Tackling the larger issue of affordable housing to make homeownership more accessible.

• Reinforce homelessness programs: Investing in local programs that combat homelessness and support warm shelters.

• Stable housing for all: Ensuring everyone has access to safe, affordable housing, especially during economic challenges.

• Improve local roads: Fighting to bring allocated funds to repair and illuminate side and backroads, enhancing safety, especially at night.

• Prioritize I-81 expansion: Advocating for the expansion of I-81 throughout the district to improve traffic flow, safety, and regional connectivity.

• Hold Allpoints Broadband accountable: Working with local Boards of Supervisors to address delays in the broadband expansion project and ensure reliable, high-speed internet access for all residents.

• Prioritize infrastructure improvement: Ensuring that critical infrastructure projects are completed on time, on budget, and meet the needs of our communities.