Top Priorities

We could’ve and should’ve eliminated the food tax. My family’s average grocery bill is $200 a week. Getting rid of the tax could buy us two more whole chickens in that same visit to the grocery store - that’s four extra meals that week.

We MUST also reinstate the property tax relief fund so that the sales tax we Kansans pay comes back to our communities. It’s not right that we pay state sales tax on all goods while also paying higher property taxes to cover local government budget shortfalls.

There are policies introduced by Democratic representatives that go absolutely no where—policies that range from helping communities at large to helping farmers succeed at putting food on Kansans’ tables.

Instead of putting corporate taxes back into community coffers or letting ranchers repair their own equipment, the political party in power prefers to do nothing instead of actually helping.

No more grandstanding; no more holding Kansans hostage in order to pursue ideology. Let’s put aside the nonsense and get back to making government work.

Voting isn’t just a right - it’s imperative that each and every one of us carries out our duty to vote. Our democracy won’t work if a minority of people rule over the majority. When voting rights are being taken away, it’s a sign that the minority fears their power is at risk. The power of just a few should never supersede the voice of the many.

August 2nd was the shot heard round the world. We proved to them and to ourselves that WE HAVE POWER. Use your voice. Use your vote.

Freedom only works when everyone has it and no one is barred from it. Freedom is not a pie, limited to only a certain number of slices. Women’s rights, marriage rights, religious rights - there are no reasons for restrictions on such freedoms. I will not let them be taken away.

The strength of a local economy is directly tied to the safety and security of a community. Public schools are the number one asset a community can boast. If you kill public schools, you will kill a local economy. We are fortunate to have strong schools in Manhattan. This is by design - when we have a community of instructors and professionals associated with K-State, it is no coincidence that our remarkable schools reflect the people who live here. We will not tolerate public policy that undermines the blood and sweat we have invested in our schools.

Expand Medicaid so that local hospitals can stay open. People deserve to have immediate access to health care services. If these go away, people will be forced to leave their communities, in search of work, in search of care. Hospitals not only employ health care staff, they feed an entire economy of residents and businesses in the community and the visitors who use the services.