Maryland House of Delegates District 46

A: Like Governor Moore and our legislative leaders, I support a balanced approach to addressing our structural deficit. The state is in a very challenging position, especially with the extreme impacts of the One Big Beautiful Bill being felt by red and blue states all across the country. In the General Assembly this year, we tweaked the proposed budget to ensure we are investing in our industries of the future, to spur economic growth, and respond to communities most in need, like in Western Maryland, that are dealing with the devastating impacts of flooding. While I support a balanced approach, I have a very high bar for additional revenues that would impact the bottom line for families struggling to afford heat, electricity, and groceries. At the same time, there are vital government services that Marylanders rely on, especially some of our most vulnerable populations. I would prioritize revenue sources that are fair, based on usage, or close loopholes that benefit only the select few, while working to identify spending cuts that protect our most vulnerable neighbors while removing duplication and inefficiencies.

A: Fighting for a more equitable and sustainable transportation future: Too many Baltimore residents can’t afford to buy and maintain a car, and public transportation use reduces the flow of harmful emissions into our air. In Annapolis, I have passed a series of bills that enhance transportation access and reinvest needed capital in our city. I believe that every Marylander should have access to reliable, affordable public transportation. This is critical to ensuring that our state fulfills its promise for a more equitable and greener future.

Ensuring our taxpayer dollars are spent responsibly: Our state can’t grow without sustainable investment. We must fund initiatives that ensure our children receive a world-class education, support our seniors and the vulnerable, and strengthen our infrastructure.

Making Baltimore safer, more affordable, and healthier: Baltimore has moved forward, but we still have work to do. We must continue to implement policies and investments that confront crime across the board, lower the cost of living, and make our air and water cleaner. In Annapolis, I’ve been honored to sponsor and support legislation that has addressed violent crime, reckless driving, housing affordability, child poverty, senior benefits, public health challenges, and environmental protection.

A: Marylanders are struggling to afford gas, electricity, and groceries. Given these growing affordability challenges for families, I am committed to finding solutions that reduce costs and maintain vital government services. I have been a leading champion for sustainable funding for public transit. This includes passing policies that maintain investments in our locally operated transit systems across Maryland and that ensure MTA fares are affordable for residents who lack other transportation alternatives. I was proud to support the Utility RELIEF Act, which lowered energy costs for families, and efforts to cap out-of-control bonuses for energy executives. I will continue to focus on efforts that allow families to stay and grow in Baltimore City.

A: We must effectively and delicately balance challenging budgetary times to ensure we are meeting our commitments to the blueprint, while being nimble as our state’s economic position continues to deteriorate as a result of inflation, a hostile administration in Washington, lagging revenues, and a lack of sustainable tax-base growth. This problem and challenge is only going to get harder in the coming sessions as we continue to face structural deficits and growing costs to deliver services and capital projects. I support a balanced approach to addressing funding needs for the Blueprint that balances spending cuts and revenues to ensure we are able to meet our commitments to our children and educators.

A: I take constituent feedback very seriously. I am always happy to receive messages from my neighbors about legislation, community issues, and constituent services, and I bring all of those interactions with me when I engage in the legislative process. Members of my community sent me to Annapolis to represent them, and it has been the honor of my life. I want to represent that well, and I know I cannot do that without taking the time to understand their concerns, whether they share them over email, in community meetings, or in passing at the grocery store.

A: We do face a structural deficit in future years, that is a fact. The state must pass a balanced budget, so we will have to make really difficult decisions. Budgets reflect values, as well as economic reality. I can’t pretend that I have all the answers, and I don’t believe it is reasonable or honest to make specific promises here. What I can commit to is to uphold Maryland values, put people first, and to make decisions that are equitable.

A: Affordability, accountability and opportunity. Maryland families are facing increasing costs for energy, housing, healthcare, food and transportation, and I’m committed to doing all I can to give them relief. Marylanders deserve a government that is accountable, meaning public agencies must deliver top-quality services and positive outcomes, and I’ll keep doing my part to advance policies to achieve this. Finally, our people deserve access to opportunity, which requires improving public education, breaking barriers to training and employment, and investing in a transportation network that connects people to the things they need.

A: We just adjourned from the 2026 legislative session, during which I helped passed vital legislation, including the Utility RELIEF Act designed to lower home energy costs, as well as other bills to protect access to affordable health insurance, reduce operating costs for small businesses, give more public workers the right to collectively bargain for wages and other terms, and more. Going forward, I will continue to move policies that tackle price gouging, small-business support and lower household energy costs.

A: The state of Maryland is constitutionally mandated to pass a balanced budget every year. We are also required to deliver quality public education to all of Maryland’s children; this is not negotiable, not anymore. Given the rapidly shifting economic, social and political conditions underway nationwide, we will have to make tough decisions to deliver on our promises to the people, including our commitment to invest in our children. I will support efforts to fund the blueprint and invest in our children as best I can.

A: It is an honor to serve the people of Maryland, and I take this job very seriously. I will never take my constituents for granted, which is why I do my best to remain visible, accessible and responsive. In my view, the quality of constituent services I deliver is so important to me. Any elected official’s job performance — including my own — must be judged by the quality and effectiveness of constituent services.

A: Maryland’s current leaders have been fiscally irresponsible for years. Their current strategy is to tap into “rainy day funds” and kick budget issues down the road, where younger Marylanders will have to foot the bill. I will work to create legislation ensuring our tax dollars are being spent on critical projects — schools, infrastructure, and helping young people buy homes in Maryland.

A: Cost of living, fair and equal democracy for all Marylanders, misguided infrastructure investment.

A: Maryland is losing residents at a high rate because they are being made to pay taxes and fees at a high rate without seeing investment from their tax dollars. As taxes and fees continue to rise, more people will leave and the state will fall further into the red with the budget. I will work to eliminate taxes and fees for vehicles, work to eliminate property taxes, eliminate taxes on gas appliances and vehicles, and work to create credits for young people looking to buy homes in Maryland instead of moving out of state. I will also work to eliminate taxes on gas and utilities.

A: Maryland is losing residents at one of the highest rates in the country. Money is leaving the state and will continue to do so. I believe that investments in our schools is one of the most important things we can do. However, we need more accountability and better tracking of where our dollars are going. I will work to ensure that school districts’ overhead and bloated administrative offices are cut and that our dollars are being spent in the classrooms and on teachers and classroom support staff and not wasted on people sitting in offices.

A: I would like constituents to see that I am listening and working for them, and not working to advance my career or to stay in office at all costs.