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Ida gets things done. Raised in Washington and rooted in Snohomish and Skagit County communities, she’s spent her career solving real problems in child welfare, juvenile justice, court administration, and government budgeting, work that means writing budgets, mediating disputes, and getting agencies, Tribal nations, and the military to work together. Running as an Independent Democrat, she’s focused on affordability, education and workforce development, and community safety, the issues families in LD39 raise with her every day. She’s endorsed by leaders, electeds, and organizations who know she can help solve Olympia’s budget challenges and pass the bills working families need.
Affordability: B&O tax relief and adjusted thresholds for small and rural businesses; permitting reform funded with digitization and staffing so shot-clock statutes are actually enforceable; expanded property tax exemptions for seniors.
Education & Workforce: Full funding for K-12 and special education, plus apprenticeship and trade pipelines built around Snohomish and Skagit’s manufacturing and agricultural base.
Public Safety: Increased behavioral health and crisis response capacity, and stable funding for rural fire districts and emergency services.
Paying for it: Close corporate tax loopholes that auto-renew without review (per JLARC’s own findings), and end shell-LLC tactics like REET avoidance that let large corporations dodge taxes small businesses can’t escape.
Washington has been a national leader on election integrity, and I’ll keep building on that progress, not roll it back. That means continuing to protect voter rolls from purges or interference, strengthening transparency in campaign finance so voters know who’s funding elections, and keeping government decision-making open and accountable.
I’ll also work to expand ballot access and voter education in rural and Tribal communities, where distance and infrastructure gaps still create barriers. Voters must be safe and free from intimidation at ballot boxes and drop sites, full stop.
And I’ll defend judicial independence. Washington’s courts must remain separate from partisan pressure so every voter’s rights are protected fairly, regardless of who’s in power.
Real public safety means giving communities the tools that fit their needs. That includes supporting our police with the funding and staffing they need to keep our communities safe, and it means investing in behavioral health and crisis response so officers aren’t left to handle every crisis alone. I’ll protect rural emergency services and close funding gaps for our volunteer fire districts, which are stretched thin.
I also know, not everyone trusts police, and that’s understandable. That’s why we need real alternatives to police response for mental health and behavioral crises, along with continued accountability, so every community feels safe and heard. The most effective strategies pair strong law enforcement with real investment in prevention, not one instead of the other.
When no one covers city councils, school boards, or county budgets, misinformation and unethical practices fill the gap unchecked. At the same time, government funding of media carries real risk of influence over coverage, so any state role must be designed carefully.
At minimum, I support fully resourcing the media literacy law already on Washington’s books, so reading instruction covers the news articles and social posts kids actually encounter, not just textbooks. I also support funding for independent journalism at arm’s length from legislative control, and tax incentives for retaining local reporters, like we offer other industries.
Doing nothing is also a choice, one that leaves rural communities like ours with less information and more room for bad actors to fill that space.
Washington’s independent redistricting model was ahead of states with partisan drawn maps, but 2021 exposed real cracks. Ahead of 2031, I support a clear deadline backstop so deadlocks do not default to the courts by accident, explicit protection for communities of interest so rural, agricultural, and Tribal communities are not split apart for mapping convenience, and real transparency through published criteria, public comment periods, and open mapping data. I also support cooling off periods before commissioners can run for seats they helped draw. The voice impacted should be involved in the decisions impacting them. Period. This should be bipartisan common ground: fair maps, drawn openly, and on time.
Through doorbelling, farmers markets, senior center visits, farm visits, union meetings, and parades across the 39th, one theme comes up more than any other: affordability. People can’t afford gas, food, childcare, rent or mortgage payments, and taxes. Each of these issues has a broad, long term piece and a specific, immediate piece we can act on right now while we keep working toward the bigger fix.
State government absolutely has a role here, but only if both parties are willing to work together instead of scoring points off each other. This is exactly where I want to put my experience in budgeting, mediation, and cross agency collaboration to use: finding the practical, near term wins on affordability while building toward the long term solutions our district needs.
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After graduating high school I volunteered to serve in the US Air Force as an aircraft mechanic (F-4 Phantom fighter jets). I was proud to receive two awards and later an honorable discharge. Afterward, I earned a degree in Biochemistry from Gonzaga University and I spent my career researching DNA and developing cancer therapies here in the Puget Sound area. Over the years, my wife and I have enjoyed an active life of giving back. I was an Officer (Treasurer) in a 501(c)(3) charity that awarded grants to students studying Scottish music, dance, and language and I was responsible for the receipts, expenses and annual taxes for the non-profit throughout North America (Canada and the U.S). I’ve raised money for the Children’s Hospital in Seatt
I would not seek additional revenue but instead eliminate wasteful programs that simple do not function well enough to justify the taxpayer money that funds them. Then I would want to see those savings used to fully fund law enforcement to ensure safer communities, build additional lane capacity to ease traffic congestion and eliminate state level property taxes to help lower the cost of housing.
Voter I.D. is crucial to ensure only legal citizens are allowed to vote. An illegal vote disenfranchises a legal vote causing many to feel it is a waste of their time to cast their ballot. Public records need to be made available to the public: copies of ballots, copies of ballot envelopes, and Cast Vote Records (CVR's). The law requires it yet Olympia prevents it. That needs to change.
We need to fully fund our law enforcement community so that we have sufficient officers to effectively ensure our communities are safe. This is currently not the case. We have too few law enforcement personnel.
The state must ensure that our first amendment rights are upheld to the highest standards and let the press do their job without fear of state harassment or retaliation.
All too often district lines are altered for political reasons and not to ensure fairness for voters. Elected officials who can demonstrate that their district lines are being changed for political reasons should be allowed to have a say in how the lines should be altered, if at all, so voters feel the process is fair.
There are several but the cost of housing, especially for our younger generation, is making it difficult for them to rent or purchase their own home. Olympia should eliminate state-level property taxes and allow contractors to build additional single-family homes in greater numbers, driving down the cost of home ownership.
