My Platform

Expand Medicaid, invest in future healthcare workers.

On July 4th, 2025, H.R. 1 (the “Big, Beautiful Bill”) was signed into law. It included severe cuts to Medicaid and other healthcare programs, and was a contributing factor in the 43-day long government shutdown of 2025 – one that heavily impacted House District 25 and the rest of the Tennessee Valley. While this law does limit the practicality of expanding Medicaid, a Medicaid expansion would still allow Alabama to access federal funding that we are currently leaving on the table – not just for now, but for when/if the federal government makes more funding available in the future.

As a small silver lining, H.R. 1 includes funding as part of the Rural Health Transformation Act. There is little oversight in how it is spent, and I will ensure it is used responsibly to invest in the training of physicians in Alabama to address the physician shortage.

I will fight against legislation that attempts to meddle in the way doctors in the state practice; culture war issues have caused doctors to be unable to fully meet the needs of many of their patients. While the government is well positioned to address the fiscal needs of patients, we have no need for the state to micromanage their medical care.

Increase the Education Trust Fund, pay teachers more, eliminate the “CHOOSE” Act.

I graduated from Bob Jones, and I want all students around the Tennessee Valley to have the same quality public education that propelled me to enter and graduate from UAH. I’m an aunt to five – my nieces and nephews will go through these public school systems (namely Madison City Schools), so I want all our schools to have the resources to set all our kids up for success.

Therefore, I will fight for increases to the Education Trust Fund so teachers have the resources they need to prepare our students for the challenges of the coming decades. The state redirected funds from the Education Trust Fund to pay for new megaprisons, which is a gross misuse of these funds.

The “CHOOSE” Act, Alabama’s school voucher program, subsidizes private school students at the expense of the Education Trust Fund. Currently, households with incomes up to 300% of the Federal poverty level may apply for the program. This limit will be phased out in 2027, which risks granting the bulk of the tax advantage primarily to wealthier households who already enroll their students in private schools. Madison City Schools is one of the top rated school systems in Alabama, and its funding needs to be protected to ensure that the children of District 25 can continue to access quality education.

I will push to repeal the “CHOOSE” Act, or, failing that, preserve the means testing of the “CHOOSE” Act to mitigate its damage to the Education Trust Fund.

Legalize the lottery.

Alabama is one of five states with no lottery, even though having one would provide a stream of income for the state to help its people without raising their taxes. If you’ve ever driven into Tennessee, you’ve seen all the advertising for the lottery right at the border. People drive out of Alabama to fund those states’ lotteries, but we could be capturing that money for Alabama. A statewide lottery is projected to generate hundreds of millions of dollars annually! I will push my fellow lawmakers to implement a lottery for Alabama.

In addition, participation in nationwide lotteries means that if Alabama sells a winning ticket, the state will get a cut of the jackpot as tax revenue. This would be huge for our schools, and for other public goods.

Cut the grocery tax, incentivize affordable development, protect public infrastructure from corruption.

Alabama is one of nine states that has a grocery tax. Groceries are a necessity and should not be subject to a tax. If elected, I’m going to push my fellow lawmakers to eliminate the grocery tax to improve affordability for all Alabama households.

I’ll also seek to incentivize the construction of affordable housing. While lower income residents can take advantage of the Low Income Housing Tax Credit or Housing Choice Vouchers, those who have an income too high to qualify for these programs – yet too low to actually afford housing for themselves – find themselves in a bind. Building housing that is available to these populations will allow more people to live and work in District 25 and grow our economy. I will push to create incentives for this type of housing to encourage developers to meet those needs.

Utilities affect our daily cost of living. The current legislature this year nearly bowed to corporate interests and took away our power to elect the Public Service Commission, which would have been disastrous for utilities customers around the state. We need accountability in these positions, and we need to continue to have a say in who fills them. I will push to protect boards like the Public Service Commission from such outside influence and corruption.

Create sustainable infrastructure.

The Huntsville-Madison area is growing rapidly. While this growth brings new opportunities, we must ensure that the city’s infrastructure remains up to the task.

I will ensure that funding is provided for projects to ease congestion, such as replacing high-throughput four-way stops with roundabouts, adding dedicated turn lanes on busy two lane roads, and ensuring the Orbit bus system has useful routes and a cadence that improves public transportation access for those who may not have their own transportation.

I will also push to create incentives for rooftop solar. Rising utility rates can be an unpredictable household expense, and the distributed nature of residential solar can improve grid health. While District 25 is in Tennessee Valley Authority’s service area, Alabama Power serves most of the state and heavily discourages residential solar through implementation of a “Capacity Reservation Charge.” This practice is antagonistic to households that want to generate their own power via solar, and exacerbates issues with our already-strained power grid. I will seek to curtail this practice so residential solar is more attractive.

Limit contributions in state races, require transparency from legislation authors.

Alabama is one of 12 states that allow unlimited campaign contributions for statewide races. This causes candidates to cater to the needs of wealthy donors, rather than the needs of the broader population of the district. I will seek to set limits on these donations to prevent the influence of wealthy special interests in state politics.

Likewise, I will push to require that legislators introducing model legislation written by an outside group or corporation must indicate the origin of the model legislation. Voters deserve to know who is writing our bills.

I will also push to ban the use of generative AI in lawmaking. The public policy that we write governs people’s real lives, and the finer details of it are too important to be left up to artificial intelligence.