Issues

As a fierce advocate for women’s reproductive freedom, Kate will protect and advance women’s reproductive health and self determination where only she and her healthcare provider make those decisions. Pennsylvania ranks 31st in the nation with a grade of C for women’s reproductive freedoms. Kate will advocate to have our state ranked among the best.

More than 80% of Americans support common sense gun legislation because a majority of adults have been personally or had a family member who has been effected by gun violence. Among those solutions are: keeping guns out of the wrong hands with universal background checks, establish red flag laws, waiting periods, ban bump stocks and high capacity magazines. Kate wants to make our schools safe.

Kate is a fierce advocate for equitable Funding for education. Pennsylvania has one of the largest gaps in educational spending in the country. This gap is especially noticeable in Senate District 47. While Gov. Shapiro's recently enacted 24-25 education budget provided an increase of $285million and helps to reduce educational disparities, I will fight to provide more equitable funding.

Without opportunities to make a decent living, our "Life, Liberty, and Happiness" are much harder to achieve. Our state and nation have been their most successful when jobs are plentiful and wages are fair.