Your Priorities - My Plan
When I started exploring a run for State Senate, I didn’t begin with a platform. I began with people. After dozens of conversations and a growing response to my Community Listening Survey, clear themes emerged — themes that cut across towns, backgrounds, and politics.
This agenda is built directly from what you shared: the challenges you face, the hopes you carry, and the changes you want to see in Lansing.
And it’s still growing. If you haven’t added your voice yet, I’d love to hear from you through my Community Listening Survey.
Affordability
Survey Results
“We’re all feeling the stretch.”
Everywhere I go — grocery store aisles, kitchen tables, small businesses, church lobbies, youth sports sidelines — people tell me the same thing: everything keeps getting more expensive except our paychecks and our peace of mind.
Families are being asked to do more with less, while too many in Lansing focus on political fights instead of bringing relief to the people they represent. The system keeps listening to the loudest voices and the biggest wallets — not the folks working hard every day to keep their families afloat.
Michigan should work for you, not the other way around.
How I’ll Fight for Affordability in Lansing
1) Lowering food and grocery costs
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Support and expand local farming to keep grocery prices down
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Strengthen local food access so families have healthier, more affordable options
2) Reducing health care costs
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Expand Medicaid-covered and statewide programs that lower out-of-pocket costs
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Increase access to low-cost telehealth so families can get care without expensive visits
3) Lowering insurance rates
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Enforce stronger consumer protections
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Crack down on discriminatory auto and home insurance practices
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Cap unreasonable rate increases
4) Keeping utilities fair and affordable
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Raise standards of service and transparency
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Limit excessive utility lobbying and push for rate caps
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Incentivize personal energy independence (solar, efficient home upgrades, etc.)
5) Making housing attainable again
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Cut red tape for building and remodeling starter homes
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Fight predatory “buy-to-rent” schemes by big investment firms
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Close tax loopholes that benefit a handful at the expense of working families
6) Fixing a broken property tax system
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Lower property taxes for low- and middle-income primary homeowners
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Rethink how schools and public services are funded so families aren’t crushed by millages
Power To The People
Survey Results
Trust in government is at an all-time low
— and with good reason. Too many people feel unheard while decisions are made behind closed doors. If we want a healthier democracy, we need sunlight, accountability, and leaders who work for the public, not special interests.
Below is how I’ll work to give the power back to you in Lansing.
1) Political Division & Trust in Government
Goal: Restore honesty, transparency, and accountability so people feel represented again.
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Require bi-partisan plain-language summaries for all major bills and budgets so people actually know what Lansing is voting on.
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Create a Constituent Right-to-Know dashboard that publicly tracks votes, funding decisions, and conflicts of interest.
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Enforce — and tighten — ethics laws around lobbying, gifts, and back-room dealmaking.
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Bring leaders together across the aisle through community-based problem-solving.
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Strengthen open meetings and public notice rules.
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Expand FOIA to legislatures and Governor
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Require regular district listening sessions so representatives stay connected and accountable.
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2) Protecting Personal Liberties & Civil Freedoms
Goal: Empower citizens, protect free expression, and ensure government stays in its lane.
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Protect free speech in schools, libraries, and public spaces — encouraging open discussion, not censorship.
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Ensuring schools can teach accurate, age-appropriate information without political interference while safeguarding parental rights.
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Strengthen privacy protections, especially around personal data.
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Expand FOIA access and reduce cost barriers.
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Keep local boards and civic spaces open and accessible for public comment.
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Protect lawful gun ownership while promoting common-sense safety practices and community violence-prevention.
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3) Government Spending & Taxes
Goal: Make government live within its means and ensure taxpayers get real value.
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Require performance audits for major state programs and cut what isn’t working.
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Work on Bi-partisan effort to identify wasteful spending.
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Restructure taxes and spending to lower burden on the working and middle class.
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Cap runaway administrative spending and redirect savings into frontline services like schools, infrastructure, and public safety.
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Increase transparency in contract bidding so politically connected vendors don’t get sweetheart deals.
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Strengthen budget accountability rules so agencies must justify increases.
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Simplify and modernize the tax code to make it fairer and more predictable.
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Use independent oversight to ensure budget remains balanced without surprise tax hikes.
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Lifting Up the Working and Middle Class
“A stronger economy starts with the people who actually keep it running.”
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All across our district, I hear the same thing: people are working harder than ever, but it doesn’t feel like life is getting any easier. Wages haven’t kept up. Big corporations keep winning while working families feel squeezed. Young people struggle to find good-paying careers. Too many small businesses and family farms are hanging on instead of thriving.
I believe Michigan’s economy should reward hard work, not just wealth and power.
If you work hard, play by the rules, and care about your community — you should be able to build a good life here.
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Below is how I’ll Fight for Working Families and the People Who Keep Michigan Running
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1) Better Jobs, Better Pay, and Real Career Pathways
Goal: Help more people move into stable, good-paying careers — not just jobs.
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Strengthen skilled trades, apprenticeships, and technical education so young people and career-changers can step into good-paying work.
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Partner with local employers, unions, and schools to connect people directly to in-demand careers.
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Support programs that help workers move from low-wage jobs to stable middle-class careers.
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Build interest in skill and trade work in high school.
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2) Standing Up for Working Families
Goal: Make it easier for families to raise kids, care for loved ones, and make ends meet without falling behind.
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Protect workplace rights, fair wages, and safe working conditions.
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Strengthen unions.
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Support paid family leave and reasonable work protections so families don’t have to choose between caring for loved ones and keeping a job.
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Make childcare and early education more accessible and affordable so parents can choose to work without going broke.​
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3) Supporting Small Businesses, Local Workers, and Family Farms
Goal: Strengthen the local economy by helping small businesses grow and keeping family farms thriving.
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Cut unnecessary red tape for small and mid-sized businesses so they can grow, hire, and stay rooted in our communities.
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Strengthen support and protections for family farms — the backbone of many of our towns and food supply.
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Encourage local business growth instead of letting outside corporations buy up everything and drive up costs.​
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4) Building an Economy That Works For Us — Not Just the Powerful
Goal: Level the playing field so workers, consumers, and small businesses aren’t pushed aside by corporate power.
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Promote responsible capitalism where success is celebrated — but fairness, competition, and accountability matter.
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Crack down on predatory corporate practices that drive up prices, push out small businesses, or exploit workers.
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Ensure economic development actually benefits local people — not just wealthy investors.
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Hold government incentives for when businesses coming in actually come through on their promises.
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5) Make Sure Families Can Build a Secure, Stable Life Here in Michigan
Goal: Help more Michigan families build stability, opportunity, and a future they can count on.
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Strengthen retirement security and protect pensions people earned.
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Support policies that help families save, invest, and build generational stability.
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Make Michigan a place where young people want to stay — and where their parents can retire with dignity.
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Make Michigan a destination for education and teachers.
More To Come...
I’m still listening — and the full agenda is still growing. Below are the next major topics I’m building with the help of local experts, community leaders, and everyday Michiganders.
Healthy People, Healthy Michigan-
Health isn’t just physical — it’s mental, financial, and social. This section will take on the barriers that keep families stuck in “survive” mode. Expect solutions around preventive care, mental-health access, lowering healthcare costs, strengthening community well-being, and expanding financial education and support so more people can truly thrive in Michigan.
Issues on the Road-
The best solutions come from the people living the challenges every day. As I visit townships, schools, small businesses, farms, and neighborhood groups, I’m gathering real-world insights from the people of District 23. This section will highlight local priorities — infrastructure, education, skilled trades, small-town revitalization, healthcare workers, and more — shaped directly by the experts and community members who know these issues best.
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- Raising rent and fees on apartments and mobile homes.
- Living wage with food service workers.
- Medical expenses, denial and delayed care from insurance companies.
- Pro-act protect and strengthen Unions and worker rights.
- LGBTQ+ protections- everyone has the right to live their authentic life.
- Public education and parental rights
- My faith and what roll
it will play in Lansing
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At the end of the day, this agenda isn’t about me — it’s about you.
If you haven’t already, share your voice.
Fill out my Community Listening Survey and help shape a Stronger Michigan — Together.