All students need quality education in a safe environment from Pre-K through college.

We need to make sure community colleges, private colleges and state universities are affordable for every Iowan.

Educators and education support professionals in Iowa deserve 100% support from our state, which includes collective bargaining rights. Teachers need to be involved in educational decision-making.

Budgets need to be fully funded to ensure student proficiency for the 21st century.

Student behaviors are impacting learning, therefore we need to ensure safety preparedness and adequate support staff to provide mental health support.

We need to create better job opportunities by expanding job training & apprenticeships.

Law enforcement training needs to be fully funded to support the evolving threats to our security.

Water is a basic human need but Iowa ranks 41st in water quality in our country and this is unacceptable. We need to ensure all Iowans have access to clean drinking and recreational water (which in turn brings more revenue into the state).

We need to ensure our elected officials are providing ample funding to support permanent funding and solutions to improve water quality.

I will support the continued advancement of water pollution initiatives to help protect our families, pets, livestock and wild animals.

Iowa ranks 44th in entrepreneurship and business environment; we must attract high-paying and sustainable jobs to the state by improving our public education ranking and restoring funding to our state universities.

We need to attack income inequality by increasing the minimum wage and supporting and expanding unions. Restoring collective bargaining rights for state employees will bring in more highly qualified employees and more money into the economy through better wages.

We should work with labor and industry leaders to entice companies to bring manufacturing jobs to Iowa.

We need to support efforts to build a strong broadband and digital infrastructure throughout our state to bring stable, good paying opportunities, including remote job possibilities, to all parts of Iowa.

We should stand with farmers in fighting agricultural consolidation that has left them at the mercy of a handful of international corporations. We must return to full state funding of the Leopold Center at Iowa State, which does important research on sustainable farming, and also fully fund the state extension service. Finally, we should eliminate all commodity tariffs, which have been devastating to Iowa farmers.