The Platform · District 3
Our Campaign Platform.
In its most recent session, the Idaho State Legislature slashed budgets for more than fifty essential programs rather than pause tax breaks for the wealthy. These three commitments are the direct response — built around the people those cuts hurt most.
Women's Rights
Defend the rights Idaho women have already won.
After decades working as a geologist in a male-dominated industry, I've faced pay discrimination, blocked advancement, and harassment firsthand. From the 19th Amendment to the Equal Pay Act, Title IX, Roe, and the Violence Against Women Act, generations fought to secure women's rights — and today those gains are under direct attack. Idaho's 2023 total abortion ban cost Sandpoint every one of its OB-GYNs and shuttered the hospital's labor and delivery unit. The SAVE Act would add new voting barriers for married women whose names no longer match their birth certificates. I'll stand up for reproductive freedom, equal pay, protections for survivors, and the right of every Idaho woman to vote without obstruction.
Healthcare
Healthcare is a right — not a luxury working families can't afford.
I dropped my coverage in 2019 because it had become unaffordable. Then a spontaneous retinal detachment led to eight eye surgeries in a single year, wiping out my savings and ending my career as a geologic consultant. My story isn't unique. Idaho's abortion ban, Medicaid cuts, and a growing population have created maternity care deserts across the state — only 11 OB-GYNs now serve roughly 100,000 adult women in our region, with gynecology waits stretching five to six months. Ten more rural hospitals are at risk of closure. I will fight to protect Medicaid, defend the ACA, recruit and retain providers, and keep rural hospitals open until this country finally treats healthcare as the right it should be.
Working Families
A balanced budget that doesn't balance on working families' backs.
In 2025, the legislature handed out an education tax credit and more tax cuts for the wealthy, then created a budget deficit the Idaho Constitution forbids. Their fix: a 4% cut to most state agencies — healthcare and Medicaid, public schools, higher education, police, firefighters — plus 110 eliminated state positions. Conforming to the OBBBA could mean even deeper cuts to family support programs in 2027. I'll push for bipartisan cooperation on a balanced budget that pauses giveaways to the wealthy and prioritizes healthcare, education, and the working families who keep Idaho running.