Age
51
Public elected offices held
City Council, Ferguson, Ward 3, 2015-2018; prosecutor, St. Louis County, 2019-2024; U.S. representative, District 1, 2025-present
Highest post-secondary educ
J.D., University of Missouri-Columbia
Incumbent?
Yes
Healthcare and affordability. No family should have to choose between keeping their insurance and paying their bills or between seeing a doctor and buying groceries. As Medicaid funding is being cut and Affordable Care Act subsidies expire, I've made it my mission to fight for working families in the 1st District who are doing everything right and still falling behind.
Reversing the over $700 billion in Medicaid cuts included in the current budget bill. Those cuts strip coverage from thousands of Missourians and force hospitals to close. I'll fight to restore that funding, reverse the ACA subsidy expiration (spiking premiums up to 75% in the 1st District), and ensure quality healthcare is never reserved only for the wealthy.
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Age
49
Public elected offices held
U.S. representative, District 1, 2021-2025
Highest post-secondary educ
RN, Lutheran School of Nursing
Occupation
Pastor, activist and former registered nurse
I’m passionate about solving the cost-of-living crisis that’s being caused by the current administration's agenda, illegal wars and an economy that’s rigged against everyday people. I want to fix the broken healthcare system in our country through a universal system and I am determined to fight the administration’s attacks on our democracy.
Lowering the cost of living for everyday people. Right now, our families are suffering from higher-than-ever prices for housing, utilities, childcare and education. I’ll address the cost-of-living crisis through legislation like Medicare for All, guaranteeing utilities as a human right and taking on the billionaires who have rigged the economy against everyday people.
Age
64
Highest post-secondary educ
DBA, National University, business and public administration
Occupation
Business owner
Regarding healthcare, we must reverse the massive cuts to Medicaid and expand Medicare to provide greater access and affordability to more Americans. Further, we must work towards universal healthcare. Additionally, we must fight the proposed cuts to HUD.
Civil rights and voting rights. Protecting democracy and our form of government concerning the legislative, judicial and executive branches of government. Economic policy reform and the national debt at $39 trillion and counting, priorities on spending.
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Age
65
Highest post-secondary educ
MBA, Washington University; M.A., Webster University, international business
Occupation
Utility executive, retired
Educational achievement, workforce development and training, safety training and education for officials of the law, and strengthening the American system of governance and finance. Each of the aforementioned has a direct impact on the quality and standard of living in the USA.
Workforce development is a continuous process. As I’ve lamented, the USA doesn’t have a jobs problem, we have a workforce challenge dilemma. We have to promote legislation ensuring we stay on top of the expanding industries, thus developing a workforce qualified to compete. Currently we can’t fulfill the jobs requirements to make life more affordable.
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Age
44
Highest post-secondary educ
J.D., Creighton University
Occupation
Criminal defense attorney
We need a foreign policy of peace, non-interventionism and an end to foreign aid. We must stop engaging in immoral wars and killings around the globe. We must separate currency and state, bringing an end to the scourge of fiat currency. This is the only way to stop out-of-control government money printing and inflation. We need an absolute free-market healthcare system.
Bring an immediate end to the Iran war and all extrajudicial killings of drug trafficking suspects in the Caribbean. Take action to immediately make the FDA an advisory agency which will no longer have the power to stop dying patients from taking experimental medications. Battle global climate change by allowing free-market construction of new nuclear power plants.
