Issues
Where I Stand
Three pillars. Plain statements, not policy walls.
Affordability
Universal healthcare, a state income tax, and state preemption — to bring down the costs putting life out of reach.
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The problem
We are living through an affordability crisis we haven’t seen in decades. Groceries, rent, and property taxes are climbing faster than paychecks across the 31st. Raw materials for housing are up, putting homes more out of reach. And the gutting of Medicaid and the ACA is sending healthcare premiums higher — people are falling through the cracks.
What I’ll do
- Universal healthcare — more effective than the private insurance market, and the only path that lifts the employer-tied premium drag off working families.
- A progressive tax structure that ends Washington’s status as the second-most-regressive tax state in the country, where the lowest-income households currently pay five times the share of income that the wealthiest do.
- State preemption to cut red tape on housing construction, so working families have a real path to ownership.
Public Trust
Eliminate corporate money from our elections — starting with SB 6358 to bypass Citizens United.
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The problem
Trust is earned in public. That means plain rules, open books, and a representative who explains the vote before it happens — not after. Citizens United may be the law of the land — for now — but Washington can do something about it.
What I’ll do
- Work to get corporate money out of Washington elections, starting with SB 6358.
- Publish my own donor records every quarter, so you can hold me to it.
In the legislature
SB 6358
SB 6358 would bypass Citizens United and remove status for any non-human entity — corporation, union, non-profit — that spends money to sway an election in Washington State. From day one, I would work ceaselessly to get SB 6358 passed, even if it means going to other senators’ districts to talk to their constituents all around the state.
Energy
A stronger Utilities and Transportation Commission, a modernized grid, and every safe, clean power source on the table.
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The problem
Energy is foundational to modern life — people in hospitals on life support, homes and schools that need heat in the winter. But the demands on our grid are changing fast, from new data centers to growing communities, and working families are the ones who pay when the system doesn’t keep up.
What I’ll do
- Give the Utilities and Transportation Commission real authority to keep pace with how fast our energy needs are changing — and the staffing and funding to act on it. Commissions like it are chronically under-resourced for a problem this size; fixing that is the highest-return investment we can make for ratepayers.
- Modernize the grid — transmission, storage, and distribution upgrades are the most boring policy on offer, and the highest ROI we have for unlocking the clean power that’s already viable.
- Keep every safe, clean power source on the table. I operated a Navy reactor for nine and a half years — done right, the physics works and the people running it know it.
In the legislature
The Climate Commitment Act
Already law — Washington’s cap-and-invest program for the clean energy transition. I’ll defend it against raids on its funding.