It’s time for a fighter.
When outside money floods our district and country pandering to corporate greed and abusive government practices, it is time to reject the status quo!
I have spent my life fighting for economic and social justice, advocating for the protection of civil rights and liberties, improved economic conditions for workers, consumers, and tenants, and standing up for the working class and communities whose voices are often ignored or pilloried as a political ploy. >>>
Progressive Vision.
Bold Action.
Protecting Civil and Constitutional Rights
We have struggled for centuries to reach our current protections for freedom and equality. Civil and constitutional rights are essential to a healthy democracy, ensuring individual dignity, government accountability, and fair treatment for all. But those hard-earned rights are under attack.
I have been on the frontlines of fighting the Trump Administration’s assault on our rights, and as an elected representative will continue that fight…
Address the Housing Crisis
Unaffordable housing is one of the most pressing challenges facing Denver and Colorado, affecting workers, families, young people, seniors, and communities of color. Lack of affordable housing fuels homelessness, displacement, pollution, and economic instability. We only lose if we don’t address our housing crisis, forfeiting our economic edge, national political influence, and vibrant communities and culture. As an elected representative, I will attack this crisis head-on, for both homeowners and renters….
Environmental Sustainability
Our environment underpins our health, economy, and quality of life. Climate change, pollution, fossil fuel dependence, and outdated infrastructure threaten our future and place an unfair burden on coming generations. I will advocate for environmental progress in the face of a Federal Government hostile to environmental protection and climate science…
Affordable Healthcare
Access to quality healthcare is the foundation of a thriving society. Healthcare must be treated as a human right, not a privilege, and as essential to a strong economy and healthy communities. The crisis is only getting more accurate, as a Republican Congress declines to extent Affordable Care Act subsidies. I was diagnosed with breast cancer last year and received bills totaling half a million dollars. Our healthcare system is broken…
Improving Educational Outcomes
Public education is the foundation of a strong democracy and a thriving society. It empowers individuals, promotes equality, drives innovation, and creates economic stability and opportunity. But our public education system is under attack by a Trump Administration that makes no bones about wanting to dismantle it. As an elected representative, I will fight to ensure that every student in our state can access a high-quality public education by…
Public Safety and Law Enforcement
Public safety impacts our communities, families, and economy. By addressing the root causes of crime through prevention, rehabilitation, and early intervention, we can reduce incarceration costs and build a safer, more just society where law enforcement is a last resort, not the first. In the legislature, I will fight to make our communities as safe as possible by…
Building a Healthy, Worker-Centered Economy & an Environment Supportive of Small Businesses
It’s time we stopped pitting small businesses and workers against each other and focused on the big corporate interests being richly rewarded by Donald Trunp. We have a corrupt system of law that allows large corporations and a handful of individuals to amass eye-popping wealth at the expense of the rest of us. Approximately eight hundred billionaires own as much wealth as the bottom fifty percent of this county. I will fight the harmful influence of corporate money on our politics and make sure that we have a worker-centered economy that rewards small business by…
Supporting Our Neighbors Against Deportation
Supporting our immigrant communities is important for humanitarian, moral, economic, and political reasons. The Trump Administration has shown it is all too willing to scapegoat immigrants to fuel a crisis in this country and justify authoritarian rule and a police state where our civil and constitutional rights are forfeited. To stop his dark agenda and to protect our neighbors….
