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Strong Schools
Public school funding should go to public schools. I'll focus on capping ESA tuition increases, limiting who qualifies, and stopping the program from growing unchecked because local schools have been covering that tab long enough. When rural schools close, communities close. I won't let that happen.
Data Center Moratorium
If elected to the Iowa state senate, on day one I would submit a bill calling for a one-year moratorium on new data center development in Iowa. One year to get water protection standards on the books, get a real power usage framework in place, and build a public process that gives communities a voice before the deals are done. The advantages that bring developers to Iowa will still be here in twelve months. What won't come back is the chance to get this right.
Clean Water
Clean water touches every Iowan's table, tap, field, and farm — it's a precious resource, and our research shows we're failing to protect it. I'll fight to monitor water quality, hold polluters accountable, and make sure corporations — not average taxpayers — carry the burden of cleanup. When the same companies profiting from the chemicals saturating our soil also profit from the cancer treatments that follow, that's not a conflict of interest we can afford to ignore.
Fiscal Responsibility
Taxes fund the teachers, first responders, roads, and services that make Iowa communities work — and I don't expect any of that for free. But the system has to be equitable and transparent, so every Iowan knows their dollar is being spent wisely, and that the burden is shared fairly. And like any good household, we simply cannot spend more than we take in — that's not ideology, that's just common sense.
Women's Healthcare
I want my daughters to have a safe place to deliver their babies. In Iowa, that is no longer guaranteed. More than half of Iowa's counties have no OB/GYN coverage. Labor and delivery units are closing, particularly in rural areas. Obstetricians are leaving the state because current legislation has made the safe practice of their specialty legally untenable. The result: longer distances to care, delayed emergency intervention, and greater risk to mothers and newborns. It's time for a legislator who will stand up and address this crisis head on - to give mothers and families the care they deserve.
Supporting Small Business
Small businesses are the backbone of every Iowa community — the local hardware store, the family restaurant, the contractor who shows up when you call. Yet our policies too often favor out-of-state corporations over the neighbors who actually invest here, hire here, and stay here. I'll fight to cut red tape, expand access to local opportunity, and make sure economic development dollars build up Iowa communities — not corporations who'll leave when the tax incentives run out.
Eminent Domain
Your land is your land — and I'll fight to keep it that way. Eminent domain should only ever be on the table as a last resort, strictly for true public use when every other option has been exhausted. Using it to benefit corporations or private interests? Not on my watch. I will fight any attempt to weaponize eminent domain for corporate gain, because no pipeline, no profit margin, and no private developer is worth more than an Iowan's right to their own land.
An Affordable Iowa
From healthcare to groceries to childcare to eldercare — it's becoming too expensive to be born here, live here, and die here. Iowans deserve a state where essential services are actually affordable, not one where working families foot the bill while corporations pocket the difference. While others in Des Moines are busy serving big interests, I'll be here serving yours.