Candidate for Tennessee House of Representatives - District 52 in 2024 Tennessee General Election.
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Get StartedNothing is as precious as our innocent children, and every child deserves a chance to have a happy and safe life. In addition to being committed to improving education for children, Laura advocates for, encourages and emphasizes the virtue of creating more effective policies for foster children. She also believes that life begins at conception and has won the endorsement of the Tennessee Right to Life PAC. Learn more
Our founding fathers laid out the Constitution as a way of providing basic freedoms as an American citizen. Every day, it seems the wolves are the door, trying to take these freedoms away, such as the right to bear arms, the right to free speech, and even your rights to express your beliefs. Laura will fight to keep those basic freedoms and rights intact, as our country was meant to be. Learn more
With the massive influx of new residents has come an increase in crime, and our law enforcement needs our support to help contain crime and make this a safer city for our residents. Laura supports backing the blue, adding more officers to match the growth in population, and keeping the residents of District 52 safe. Learn more
Davidson County is trailing behind in education, and our goal is to understand the problems facing student learning. Laura supports working with our public school system to improve learning techniques and methods to help students learn skills that will help them in life, such as reading, writing and arithmetic. Laura also supports the addition of personal finance classes and entrepreneurism to encourage more students to become small business owners. Learn more
Infrastructure also applies to our natural resources, such as the lakes, rivers and parks. Laura believes in keeping them safe and clean places for District 52 residents to spend time. Learn more
Laura believes in protecting our election process, keeping it fair, and making sure that those who vote, are those who are legally qualified to vote. This also involves clarifying ambiguous terms and ways of doing things, so that the rules are clearly spelled out, and are understandable to all voters. Learn more
Davidson County has experienced a record growth in our real estate market in the past 24 months. With the increase in housing prices, many residents (including our first responders and veterans who work in Nashville) have been priced out of Davidson County into surrounding counties to find affordable housing. Laura is for finding ways to help residents find housing that works with their budget, through down payment assistance programs, low cost loans and other methods of cutting the cost of housing here in Tennessee. Learn more
Our state is growing by leaps and bounds, and in order to sustain that growth, we have to grow and improve our infrastructure at the same time. Laura supports better roads and better traffic control and finding the most efficient way to get around Tennessee. Learn more
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