my values

These are the principles that shape every policy I support and every decision I'll make in Congress.

I didn't get into this race because I think Washington needs another politician. I got into it because I believe working people deserve someone who will fight as hard for them as corporate lobbyists fight for the powerful. The values that guide this campaign aren't complicated. They come from growing up with a single mom that depended on programs like Medicaid to get by, from becoming a husband and a father, and from listening to people across Central Ohio who are working harder than ever but falling further behind. I believe government should give ordinary people a fair shot, protect our freedoms, and put families and communities ahead of corporate profits.

  • For more than 40 years, working people in Central Ohio have been told to tighten their belts while corporations and billionaires wrote the rules in their favor. Factories closed. Good jobs disappeared. Communities were hollowed out. Now automation and artificial intelligence are on the horizon, and Washington is asleep at the wheel once again.

    We refuse to let history repeat itself. We believe one job should pay enough to raise a family, own a home, and retire with dignity. Just as the original GI Bill helped build America's middle class, it's time for a 21st Century GI Bill that gives today's working families the same opportunity to build wealth through homeownership. And we believe Social Security is a promise that must be strengthened so every American can retire with the security they've earned.

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  • Freedom isn't just a right on paper. It's having the conditions that make every choice real. A woman's right to choose means nothing without paid family leave, affordable childcare, and a living wage. A worker's right to organize means nothing if union-busting goes unpunished. The right to bear arms comes with the responsibility to keep our communities safe.

    We believe freedom is more than the absence of government. It is the presence of opportunity, security, and dignity. It means being able to see a doctor without going bankrupt, afford a home, raise a family, and build a better life through your own hard work.

    That means cutting families' out-of-pocket healthcare costs in half, creating a high-quality public healthcare option so no one falls through the cracks, making childcare affordable by learning from successful models like New Mexico's, and ensuring every family has a real chance to build a good life.

    We believe in expanding freedom for everyone—not just the freedom of a handful of corporations and billionaires to write the rules for the rest of us.

  • Government belongs to the people - not corporations, billionaires, or special interests.

    For too long, powerful interests have been allowed to buy access while ordinary Americans are left wondering whether anyone in Washington is fighting for them. That's why so many people have lost faith in our political system.

    We believe in overturning Citizens United, getting big money out of politics, banning members of Congress from trading stocks, and making sure our government answers to voters - not corporate PACs, foreign lobbies, or wealthy donors. Public service should be about serving the public.

  • Every person in Ohio's 15th deserves to live free from fear and free to make their own decisions about their own life, regardless of who they love, how they worship, or where they came from.

    We believe every child deserves safe schools, every family deserves clean air and clean water, and every community deserves protection from corporations that see our neighborhoods as places to exploit rather than places where people live, work, and raise their families. Every person deserves to be treated with dignity, respect, and equal justice under the law.

  • America should be a force for peace, diplomacy, and human dignity.

    We should spend less time trying to police the world and more time rebuilding the country we call home. That means restoring Congress's constitutional responsibility over war, rejecting endless military interventions, and refusing to let corporate interests or the military-industrial complex dictate our foreign policy.

    We believe America should defend human rights consistently, pursue diplomacy whenever possible, and support a just and lasting peace for both Israelis and Palestinians.

  • We don't believe most Americans are as divided as Washington wants us to think.

    Most of us want the same things: a good job, a safe neighborhood, affordable healthcare, a chance to own a home, and confidence that our children will have a better future than we did.

    The biggest challenges we face won't be solved by one political party defeating the other. They'll be solved when we stop letting culture wars distract us from the real issues, remember that we have more in common than we're told, and decide to do something together.