Previous Offices Held
This is my first campaign
Top Three Priorities
My primary issue is healthcare. Healthcare is more than just caring for our body. In order to be healthy, we need good nutrition, stable housing, community, and safety. Working at Hope House where my patients were homeless, experienced mental health problems, substance use disorders and a history of trauma, I knew making sure they were healthy meant their basic needs were met first. So although my approach starts with healthcare, it really encompasses all aspects of our lives.
Why are you running?
People in our District should have a choice. My opponent has run unopposed in the last two elections. There’s nothing special about me except that I live here and I care about Maine deeply. I’ve never held any office. What I want most is for the people in our district to vote their hopes rather than their fears.
What is one way Maine is on the right track? What is one way the state is on the wrong track?
I'm so proud to live in Maine, the safest, cleanest State in the country. We also used to be tops in education, but we've slipped there. We need to work harder to provide an excellent education for our youth and to help them stay here.
As one of several dozen legislators in your chamber, how would you make a measurable difference for your constituents?
I'll try to implement policies and laws that my constituents care about most. I plan to coordinate with like-minded legislators bills that seek the same or similar priorities to eliminate duplication and give focused bills a better chance of passage.
Surveys show the economy is the top concern of voters. What is a specific proposal addressing Maine voters’ economic anxieties that you’d work to make law?
Universal healthcare. The legislature has already passed Maine Allcare, pending approval by the Federal government to use our Medicaid dollars. This relieves businesses from paying for healthcare, making that money available to raise salaries and will save Mainers from the fear of bankruptcy. Tax dollars to pay for Maine Allcare will cost Mainers less than they're paying now for health insurance.