Candidate for Maine State Senate - District 28 in 2020 Maine General Election.
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Get StartedHeather has helped lead a successful effort to ensure that Maine women will have affordable access to preventative care and contraceptives by putting those protections in state law. By putting them in state law, Heather has helped to ensure that women will continue to have access to care, regardless of what happens at the federal level. Learn more
As Maine's population ages, we will face a shortage of workers that could stall our ability to grow our economy. Maine should be a leader in implementing family-friendly policies, such as universal pre-K and paid family leave, that will attract young people to move to Maine and make their lives here. Learn more
As a former public school teacher, Heather knows the importance of investing in our children's futures by providing strong funding for our public schools. The state should pay its fair share to ensure that the burden of paying for education does not continue to drive up property taxes, causing a struggle for seniors who want to stay in their homes. Learn more
Global warming, and sea-level rise, in particular, is a crisis that we cannot ignore. We must embrace clean energy solutions, like solar and electric vehicles, that will reduce our reliance on fossil fuels. Learn more
We need to do all that we can to ensure that our children are safe when they head off to school in the morning. This includes common-sense gun reforms, such as banning high capacity magazines and bump stocks, improving and expanding background checks, raising the age to purchase a gun to 21, and providing for strong "red flag" orders to take away guns from those who may be a danger to themselves or others. Learn more
Every Mainer should have access to affordable, high-quality healthcare. As the costs for healthcare continue to escalate out of control every year, we need to find innovative state-level reforms that can help drive those costs down. Learn more
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