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Too many families are doing everything right and still falling behind. Prices keep climbing, hidden fees pop up everywhere, and the basics like  groceries, childcare, healthcare, gas, utilities and insurance, cost more every year.   I have spent my career taking on monopolies and scammers that drain family budgets: grocery giants that drive up food prices, Wall Street schemes that profit off our health, and junk fees that nickel-and-dime working people.   In Olympia, I will fight for practical, family-first solutions to lower the cost of living by closing loopholes, enforcing our laws, and making sure monopolies and billionaires write the rules.    I have been proud to lead efforts expanding worker protections, challenging non-competes, and stopping mergers that kill jobs or push wages down. But I know Washington can do more.   My approach is simple: follow the money. When markets are rigged, working people always pay the price, and I am determined to change that.

The 32nd District is full of families who love their neighborhoods but worry they’re being priced out. Our kids deserve the chance to build their lives here too, to afford a home or rent with stability in the communities where they grew up. That opportunity is slipping away.   We need more housing period. And we need it at every income level: starter homes, apartments near transit, and missing-middle choices that fit our neighborhoods. We also need stronger protections for renters and homeowners alike, including cracking down on corporate landlords who use AI to push rents higher, hidden junk fees, and unresponsive landlords.   Too often, government loses focus and urgency on the basics, or solving too many problems all at once. My approach is simple: build more housing, speed up permitting, and stop the unfair games that drive up costs. I’ll always fight for policies that increase supply, protect tenants from exploitation, and keep our communities stable for kids, seniors, and working families.   I want to hear how housing costs are affecting you. Join my Housing Advisory Committee, or let’s sit down and talk about what is happening in your neighborhood.

When companies get too big, they underpay workers and overcharge families. I’ve spent my career enforcing the laws to protect people by taking on monopolies and fighting for fair markets. I’ll never stop taking on monopoly power, scammers,  or an economy rigged against working people. As Co-Chair of the Washington State Bar Association’s Antitrust, Consumer Protection, & Unfair Business Practices section, I’m not just talking about affordability, I work on the front lines of antitrust and consumer protection, helping shape and apply the very tools we use to hold corporations accountable and protect consumers here at home.  I will be a relentless advocate for fair competition, strong worker protections, and real accountability for corporations that rig the rules against families

There is no stronger fighter for kids than their mothers. I'm driven to build the education system our kids, and our democracy, deserve: strong public schools, safe and focused classrooms, real support so that every child can access their education, and modern guardrails for technology that targets children. I have been organizing and advocating for smartphone-free classrooms so teachers can teach, students can focus, and school can be places for learning. At the same time, I’m working to put common sense guardrails on AI “companion” chatbots deliberately designed to build emotional bonds with children and exploit their vulnerabilities, while still making sure we harness the real benefits of AI to support learning. No one in Olympia has my combination of hands-on consumer protection and AI expertise without being on Big Tech's payroll. I will use that experience to make sure technology serves our families, not the other way around.

Every kid in Washington deserves a world-class public education, and that starts with funding our schools fully and fairly. For too long, budget pressures have forced impossible choices between classroom support, mental health services, and the programs that help every student thrive. I will fight for education funding that reflects our values and reaches every school that needs it. But, funding is only part of the picture. We must ensure that every family can participate in their child's education, which means expanding language access so that parents who speak languages other than English are never left out of decisions about their kids' futures. Interpreters, translated materials, and multilingual outreach are essential to an equitable system and I'll keep fighting to make sure every school can grow alongside our increasingly diverse students and families.