Currently holds the office of Kansas House of Representatives - District 92 until January 13, 2025.
Candidate for Kansas House of Representatives - District 92 in 2024 Kansas General Election.
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Get StartedWichita and Kansas are investing in the jobs of the future. Wichita State University, WSU Tech, the National Institute for Aviation Research, Public/Private cooperation in apprenticeship programs, both during and following high school, and a host of other targeted educational programs are training the engineers and technicians of the future. We must also remember that not all twenty-first century jobs are so called STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) jobs. Everything from teachers, to police officers, to counselors, to historians and journalists are important to the future of our city and state. We must continue to provide broad based educational opportunities to young people as they choose their future and career. In the end, our investment in the people to fill the jobs of the future will pay dividends throughout young people’s working lives. It’s money well spent. Learn more
While we must always hold the line on unnecessary spending, denying our children an adequately funded education and quality schools is not acceptable. I support continued funding of quality public schools and oppose the redirection of public tax dollars to private schools at the expense of Kansas school children attending our public schools. Learn more
Very frankly, it’s time for us to acknowledge Kansas has some of the most secure elections in the country. Legislators and Governors of both parties, along with our current Secretary of State, have worked together to craft a fair, workable and secure system of election laws and regulations. When the legislature has gone too far in restricting voting rights, the courts have invalidated laws improperly restricting or denying Kansans their constitutional right to vote. We should not be misled by what may have happened in other states, or unfounded fears Kansas elections are rigged or fraudulent, and instead should work to streamline the voting process so more Kansans can participate, while at the same time preserving the reasonable protections already in place to prevent election fraud. Learn more
If we want the excellent doctors we train at the University of Kansas Medical School in Wichita to stay in Kansas we cannot expect them, or other health care professionals to provide free care to hundreds of thousands of uninsured Kansans. The state must change course, accept the federal funding, and close the “Medicaid Gap,” otherwise we will continue down a road that leaves thousands of working Kansans uninsured, raises the cost of health care for the rest of our citizens, causes good doctors to leave the state and pushes small Kansas hospitals into bankruptcy. Learn more
Very simply, we can afford to immediately end the food sales tax, pay rebates to all Kansas taxpayers and reduce property taxes for all Kansas homeowners, or we can give large tax cuts to the wealthiest Kansans in the form of a flat tax and increase taxes on the rest of us. I support helping provide tax relief to all Kansans, not just the wealthiest Kansans. Learn more
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