Campaign Phone
302-219-3511
Neighborhood/area of residence
Wilmington, Delaware
Education
Undergraduate Degree in Computer Science & Political Science at Brown University. Law Degree at the University of Michigan.
Work Experience
I am a former middle school math teacher and small business owner. I was elected as County Executive of New Castle County in 2017, leading Delaware's largest local government, comprising of roughly 2/3rds of the state's population.
Fix our education system.
Expand access to affordable housing and lower the cost of living.
Improve the quality, affordability, and accessibility of our healthcare system.
Enshrine reproductive care in the state’s constitution.
Ensure an inclusive state and governance for the LGBTQ+ community.
Fight for a cleaner, greener Delaware through green jobs and infrastructure.
Make sure Kent and Sussex Counties have equitable seats at the table.
Limit growth in Kent and Sussex Counties, preserving open spaces and our quality of life.
Fight to end the gun violence epidemic and keep the public safe.
Create a fair criminal justice system and ensure police accountability.
Return faith to Delawareans through a transparent and ethical government.
As a former Wilmington public school teacher, I know we need to fix our public schools. We must increase investment and equity in school funding, address the teacher shortage and raise educator’s pay and ensure access to early childhood education.
My plan calls for:
Fixing the outdated school funding formula
Increasing investment in public education with an additional increase of $3,400 to $6,400 per pupil
Raising teacher salaries to address Delaware’s teacher shortage
Ensuring universal access to pre-K throughout the state
Providing affordable, high-quality childcare and early childhood education to all parents
Ensuring that all Delaware children read at grade level by Third Grade using evidence-based curricula.
Delaware must transition to a clean economy. With the next climate action plan due in November 2025, the state will adopt bold policies to achieve our goals of a 50% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 and net zero by 2045. To achieve these goals, we must adopt technologies that create jobs, such as wind and solar power, weatherization of older buildings, sustainable construction for new buildings, EV charging stations, and high-efficiency heat pumps. Offshore wind technologies and modern heat pumps, which can reduce home heating energy usage by 65%, offer significant potential. As Governor, I will provide additional state rebates and expand the eligibility for weatherization and solar assistance programs to more households.
As County Executive, I established the Hope Center, the state’s largest and most comprehensive emergency housing shelter, which has helped over 4,100 Delawareans get off the streets and into stable housing. As Governor, I will:
Replicate the Hope Center model across the state
Enact good-cause eviction legislation
Provide emergency rental assistance and ensure the right to representation for people at risk of eviction.
Prohibit landlords from running away rental applicants because they use vouchers or were formerly unhoused.
Enforce the state’s fair housing laws.
Establish a landlord mitigation program for accepting voucher-holding tenants and streamline the voucher program.
Build more affordable housing units.
Yes. Under my leadership as County Executive, New Castle County became the 1st jurisdiction in Delaware to create a police accountability board. I’m the 1st Delaware leader to require the release of all police body cam footage. As Governor, I will ensure accountability and transparency statewide, by:
Ensuring that emergency response teams include non-armed personnel with social work and/or medical credentials.
Collecting and analyzing data of all police interactions to standardized and include all necessary demographic information for every stop to understand both community and officer trends.
Invest in evidence-based, community-led, and focused solutions.
Enhance the Police Officers’ Due Process, Accountability, and Transparency Act.
As Governor, I will work to ensure that our state government reflects Delaware's diversity by actively recruiting, promoting, and retaining qualified Latino individuals to leadership positions. This means not only creating pathways for Latinos to enter public service but also providing mentoring and professional development opportunities to help them advance in their careers.
Additionally, I will strengthen partnerships with community organizations that support Latino leadership and civic engagement. By collaborating with these organizations, we can create more opportunities for Latinos to hold government leadership roles.
Impose stronger regulations on opioid prescribing.
Expand resources for marginalized communities most affected by the epidemic.
Increase the use of drug courts and community interventions.
Ensure law enforcement has access to and training for Narcan.
Provide access for syringe service providers in overdose epicenters.
Enhancing services in correctional facilities and expand re-entry programs.
Increase reimbursement rates for outpatient, residential, and withdrawal management.
Increase education on pain treatment, stigma reduction, evidence-based opioid interventions, and prevention for youth.
Expand access to treatment for adolescents.
Establish required competencies for each provider type and care level for substance use disorders prof
Campaign Phone
6109557095
Neighborhood/area of residence
Pike Creek
Education
University of Delaware
Work Experience
Entrepreneur and Legislator
Community Involvement
Swim team coach, charity, civic associations
As I speak to voters throughout Delaware, three common themes appear: education, the economy, and access to affordable healthcare. As Governor, it is my responsibility to work with lawmakers on both sides of the aisle to craft legislation that will fix our schools, grow our economy, and expand access to quality and affordable healthcare.
Despite having some of the highest per capita spending on education in the country, Delaware ranks at the bottom for educational outcomes. We need to take proactive steps to reconfigure and consolidate our school districts, redirect funds directly to students and classrooms, and expand benefits so we can recruit and retain exceptional teachers in our school systems. For 32 years, single party rule has failed Delaware children; it’s time to put a coach in charge.
Delaware has the unique opportunity to become a global leader in addressing climate change. From building nuclear power plants to partnering with surrounding states and making our region a hydrogen hub, Delaware can be on the front line innovating and implementing policies that protect our environment, without restricting our personal freedoms.
The rising rates of unhoused Delawareans is concerning to voters across the state. We need to implement public-private partnerships that bring key stakeholders like law enforcement, government agencies, and nonprofit community leaders to the table. The cause and solution for homelessness in Wilmington is not the same cause and solution for Dover and we need leaders who can tailor solutions to these problems to each individual community.
As Governor, I will work with a bipartisan coalition of lawmakers, attorneys, law enforcement agencies, and community leaders to reform Delaware’s criminal justice system. We need to prioritize lowering our recidivism rates by empowering Delawareans
to become productive members of society upon release. This includes investments in education and mental health programs so those incarcerated have the agency to better themselves.
The unique opportunity of electing a Governor that brings balance back Dover is the opportunity to expand accessibility to government agencies and roles for new groups of people. Part of being a leader is using your own life experiences to guide how you solve problems. As Governor, I will work to increase engagement with our Latino communities and ensure that key stakeholders across Delaware have a seat at the table and the opportunity to give a voice to their communities.
For 32 years, Delaware has been under single party rule — this means one party gets to create partnerships and appoint key members. As Governor, I will bring balance and a fresh perspective to these issues and prioritize Delaware, not politics. I believe we need to include survivors, nonprofit leaders, religious leaders, law enforcement leaders, and government leaders at the table so we can work together and cultivate innovative solutions that can be tailored to communities across Delaware.
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