Campaign Phone
2144352068
Occupation
Retired
Cate is a lifelong Democrat, successful business executive, healthcare advocate & precinct leader. She was CEO of two & a senior executive with large nonprofit healthcare associations for 30 years. She worked on federal/state legislation, including ACA, human trafficking, brain injuries, vaccinations & provider practice acts. She is Certified Association Executive, empathetic listener & energetic worker because of her broad life experiences. She lives in Grapevine with her partner & adopted dogs
Given the new USPS’s postmarks rule, allow a four-day grace period on postmarks for mail-in ballots. Also allow/mandate: online voter registration; automatic vote-by-mail to people with disabilities & 65+; Texas college/university IDs to vote; restore voting rights to those with felonies upon their release from incarceration; county-wide voting in all counties with 300,000+ people; ballots to be collected by unpaid volunteers; more polling places in transportation-challenged precincts.
I would expand Medicaid because it improves access to care, preventive care & reduces ED visits for chronic illnesses. I would negotiate with corporate insurance companies & pharmacy benefit managers to lower premiums/prescription costs, site-neutral care and price transparency. Texas should provide direct incentives to providers for: telehealth visits; working at community-based clinics; providing integrated care for chronic diseases, maternal & pediatric care. Also subsidize ACA insurance.
I would propose legislation to make community college academic & certificate/credential programs free to all Texas residents. I would extend the program to private technical schools focusing on the trades and high-demand jobs, so long as those schools meet strict curriculum & outcome standards. I would propose legislation to provide tax abatement incentives to small/medium sized businesses that locate in cities/counties under 300K population or distressed urban locations needing revitalization.
Texas needs to put money into renewable energy, including wind and solar. Texas should provide incentives to homeowners and small-business consumers to encourage energy efficiency. Data centers are a concern because their high usage may result in energy shortages and higher prices for consumers. Data centers should be penalized or surcharged if/when this becomes a reality. Work on stabilizing the grid continues with all types of energy included in reliability standards.
The method of funding public schools is antiquated, and I support a new data-driven, apolitical method. I propose funding schools based on local property tax, sales tax, modest increase in the permanent school fund, lottery and new taxes gained from legalized gambling and marijuana. Public & private companies with revenue more than $1 billion per year could have a user tax of .01% on the first billion. I support the repeal of all student vouchers and returning those funds to public schools.
Campaign Phone
940-373-2118
Occupation
McDonald's Crew Member
I’m a near-lifelong Keller resident, a McDonald’s crew worker and former janitor who has lived the stress of medical bills, rising costs, and unstable work. I could not afford college, so I had to teach myself government and economics in my spare time. Through my work I’ve learned to manage chaos and deescalate conflict. I am not a career politician, so I understand first-hand the consequences of when politicians in Austin cater laws to corporations rather than working families.
I’ll fight for automatic voter registration, so Texans don’t have to “opt in” to their basic rights. I support rules that require nearby polling places and nonpartisan redistricting. After 30 years of Republican gerrymandering, voters deserve fair maps and real access to the ballot.
I support a state public option that effectively replaces private insurance: one simple plan that covers all medically necessary care, caps yearly costs based on income, lets young adults and disabled Texans stay covered as dependents, and ends surprise medical bills.
I would propose requiring minimum wages to be set to the living wage by region, protecting unions, strengthening workers rights, and using state funds to directly invest in left-behind communities, creating union-wage jobs that require hiring local Texans.
I’ll hold ERCOT and big generators legally responsible for a grid that can handle Texas heat and freezes: mandatory weatherization, real reserves, and fines with teeth. I support banning predatory indexed plans, capping disaster price spikes, and expanding wind, solar, storage, and rooftop solar to keep bills low.
I’ll end school funding tied to property wealth and replace it with a fair statewide per-student formula so every district can pay teachers fairly and fully fund classrooms. I’ll end vouchers after real audits and make in-state tuition at public colleges and community colleges free.
