Media Center

Defending Our Democracy: Democracy is the greatest experiment there’s ever been, and we need to ensure that it continues. Without it, healthcare will crumble, safety net programs will buckle, and fair representation for the people will cease to exist.

Affordable Housing is a Right: Our neighbors cannot afford to keep a roof over their heads. Rent is higher than a mortgage payment and there is no equity to be earned by those who cannot break free and buy their home. Homeownership is credit based and is often a barrier for lower income residents to be able to purchase their own home.

Healthcare is a Right: Not a privilege. We all deserve to live healthy productive and happy lives and healthcare is imperative to that. For too long, for profit and religious based healthcare has denied citizens lifesaving treatments in the name of money or belief and this must end.

Education as Our Paramount Duty: A great educational system will create great communities. Without it, our children and our citizens suffer. With the possible closing of two schools in the Olympia area, and the potential of that happening elsewhere in the 35th LD in the future, we must ensure that all of our public schools are funded adequately, if not robustly.

Law Enforcement Reform: It is necessary for a free society, as it grows and evolves, to revisit and restructure law enforcement tactics and policy for the betterment of the community they serve. WA Dems have worked tirelessly to improve our criminal justice system, and we must keep at it so we can have a safe and equitable society.