Here are my goals for keeping Kansas a great state and the best reasons for them – our children and grandchildren.

My Campaign priorities are fiscal responsibility, school funding, infrastructure improvements, citizen’s rights, and quality healthcare for all Kansans.

Here are things the 2024 Legislative session needs to do:

Fiscal Responsibility. We need sustainable budgets that maintain essential services and fund programs necessary for Kansas to prosper. Kansans desperately need property tax relief. We can pay for that and excellent schools if we would stop giving tax breaks to the wealthy and profitable corporations.

Medicaid Expansion. Expanding Medicaid would insure 150,000 working Kansans and bring $800 million of our tax dollars back to Kansas each year. So far, Kansas has lost $7 billion by not expanding Medicaid. Think what the state could have done with that money.

Schools. We must fund our schools for excellence. We need to fully fund special education and develop early childhood education. School bus stop sign laws need to be improved and enforced.

Solar Energy for Schools. Some states have developed programs to encourage schools to install solar panels on schools. Those schools have saved millions of dollars on their energy costs. I plan to introduce legislation to do that in Kansas.

Incarceration. It costs $35,000 a year to keep someone in prison. That money could much better be spent on job training and rehabilitation. The Smart Justice Initiative, which is sponsored by such diverse groups as the ACLU and Americans for Prosperity, will greatly cut the incarceration rate and save the state millions of dollars.

Health Insurance. Kansas needs to limit co-pays for insulin and other life-saving drugs. Roadblocks need to be removed so that people can more easily access mental health care through their health insurance.

Medical Marijuana. It prevents seizures in children and relieves pain. It is far less addicting and much less expensive than opioids.

Agricultural Hemp: Hemp products are biodegradable and can replace many of the products now made of more expensive resources. State laws need to change to encourage agricultural hemp.

State Energy Plan. Kansas needs to form a State Energy Commission. Kansas is one of the few states that does not have an energy committee to plan ways to provide energy services efficiently and keep rates low.

Develop Renewable Energy. Wind and solar energy are now less expensive and are much less polluting than coal. A state Energy Committee could help transition to renewable energy.

Referendum System. Kansas does not have a system that allows its citizens to put issues directly on the ballot and avoid roadblocks in the legislature. Most states do. I plan to push for this. 

Legislative Rules. Legislative rules must be changed to make the legislative processes more transparent and democratic.

Do your part. Please Vote. You may request Advanced ballots or Register at the website KSVotes.org