Currently holds the office of Louisiana State Senate - District 34 until January 10, 2028.
Candidate for Louisiana State Senate - District 34 in 2023 Louisiana Primary Election.
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Get StartedAgriculture is the number one industry in the state of Louisiana, and it is vital to our economy. Our farmers and their farms have earned our respect and need our support. I’ve been a tireless advocate for the issues that affect them from tax policy to land rights and I’ll continue to be a fighter and strong advocate. We have seen Louisiana farmers impacted for natural disasters yet remain resilient in their commitment to their families, community and this state. Together, we will continue to advocate for legislative measures that ensure their success. Learn more
We are finally seeing a turn around and for the first time in years Louisiana colleges and universities did not see cuts. We must continue to rededicate ourselves to ensuring that these institutions of learning and research have the monetary reserves to succeed. Learn more
We must place a priority on funding education so that we are producing a workforce that can excel in the jobs of the future and likewise stop the brain drain from our state. Learn more
We shouldn’t have to choose between bringing jobs to our state and making sure our kids are prepared for those jobs. Elementary education funding is paramount to our states continued growth and prosperity. We rank near the bottom in every study of children’s education attainment and that’s because we are also near the bottom in funding education. This year, we started to turn that around as we have increased the funding for the first time in 11 years and also gave our teachers and support workers a raise. Our teachers are more than babysitters – they light the path for kids future success and they deserve to be paid fairly for it. We must continue to increase the size of the pie, not divvy up the same education funding pie more. Learn more
If we can’t stay healthy we can’t stay working; it’s pretty simple. Louisiana’s citizens deserve access to quality, affordable healthcare and efforts to disrupt that state’s expansion of Medicaid are foolhardy. The costs of healthcare continue to increase and that’s why we need more doctors, more research and more outside of the box thinking to control those costs. It’s time for leadership, not politics, and we need to bring together the best minds to solve this crisis. Learn more
Transportation in Louisiana is abysmal and getting worse. We have failed to make appropriate investments in our infrastructure over the past few decades and if the system continues to erode it could have some long term ramifications on our jobs prospects. I have continually fought for increased road funding and we need to look at all the ways we move goods and services in the state. The Mississippi River is an important means of moving goods and its importance will become even more meaningful as more and more goods are produced in the state. From highways to rail, we can and must take a multimodal approach to moving goods and people and make the investments now that prepare our state for the future it can have. Learn more
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