Dave Martsolf - Democratic Candidate for NH State Representative 2024

Dave Martsolf NH State Rep 

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<h2>Hi! I'm Dave Martsolf. And, this is why I'm in the race!</h2><img src="https://run.imgix.net/7e658ff5-86ef-4fb0-ba42-a64618f6d70f/4fca12f9-c6df-44fe-bd29-3989363efe05/4fca12f9-c6df-44fe-bd29-3989363efe05.jpeg?ixlib=js-3.8.0&amp;bri=0&amp;con=0&amp;sat=0&amp;high=0&amp;shad=0&amp;usm=0&amp;rect=0%2C0%2C874%2C1173&amp;w=1500" alt="" caption="Dave at Sabbaday Falls" align="right" alignwidth="32" tiltdirection="left" variant="framed">Dave at Sabbaday FallsDue in large part to the creation and widespread adoption of social media platforms as a way to build and amplify social communities, our two-party system has gradually morphed into camps of extremely bipolar partisanship. Gone is the essential social glue of compromise and respect for each other as citizens, all of whom should agree to be held accountable before commonly accepted laws and rules of responsible social interaction.I am a Democrat. I believe in a better future that focuses on inclusion, equal rights under the law, and diversity: a Star Trek - like community that looks across all races, religions, genders, and cultures to bring out the Men in Black's best of the best of the best, SIR type people.Come with me. Together, we can overcome fear, hatred, and anger to make a more equitable world, "a more perfect union", as it were, just as our founding fathers intended.

New Hampshire voters face many issues this year: local, national, and Earth-wide. I do have positions on all of them. See below. If I've missed one important to you, please let me know and I will add my thoughts here.Project 2025 is a major concern. At the bottom of this page you can review a BBC July 12th report on its major features.

<h3>Fighting for Our Community</h3>These are some of the top issues our campaign is focused on. Learn more about our issues <a href="/issues" target="" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">here</a>.

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State Income Tax, Sales Tax, State Business Tax, Capital Gains Tax, Interest and Dividends Tax, Abortion, School Curriculum, Education Freedom Accounts vs Public Education, Per-pupil School Funding, Special Education Funding, Climate Change, Gun Regulation, Drugs/Borders - Immigration, Election Ballot Control / Right to Vote, Gender Issues, Minimum Wage, Marijuana Legislation, Affordable Housing, Childcare

State Income, Sales &amp; Biz Tax, Capital Gains Tax, Interest and Dividends Tax, Abortion, School Curriculum, Education Freedom Accounts vs Public Education, Per-pupil School Funding, Special Education Funding, Climate Change, Gun Regulation, Drugs/Borders - Immigration, Election Ballot Control / Right to Vote, Gender Issues, Minimum Wage, Marijuana, Affordable Housing, Childcare, Foreign Policy

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State Income Tax

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The State needs revenue. If it is not through a sales or income tax, then it needs to come from somewhere. I am willing to discuss methods with legislators. We need to support essential services, but with a balanced budget. Nobody likes taxes. The next few years will see less federal dollars, so we either need to have less services or get new revenue streams. The biz tax cannot be reduced now.

State Business Tax

Capital Gains taxes are an option for an increase in revenue stream for essential services. If not here, then elsewhere. Gun registration, like automobile registration makes a whole lot of sense as one method. See below under Guns. Other means could include increased visitor fees for use of State Parks. Ways that tax vacationers at sites of interest and not local businesses makes sense.

Capital Gains Tax

These taxes are slated to disappear in a year or so. This should not happen. Those effected want relief from services that might benefit the general public. I believe that voters who have achieved success in the marketplace owe a bit of their accrued wealth to those who paid up front for the services or products they received. If you love Scandinavia, as some do, investigate their system.

Interest and Dividends Taxes

My position is simple. All of these decisions should be made between patients, their families, and their health care providers. The government should stay out these issues entirely. Doctors do not kill birthed infants. Our laws must only apply to viable born infants and the persons they become. For a government to propose to enter the mother's womb with law is an outrage.

Reproductive Rights

I believe that our teachers, degreed educators at our accredited institutions, are able to choose the best curriculums for our students. I am proudly WOKE, awake, not asleep. Families must teach their children right and wrong. After that, it is the responsibility of our educators to expose students to the real world in all its good vs evil reality. They need to battle ready.

School Curriculum

Public schools are the bulwark of a common educational environment for all its citizens, regardless of income level. Private and home schooling distorts the body politic, creating class divisions that lead to increased polarization among peoples of varied backgrounds. Removing the 'melting pot' that creates America's "more perfect union" will instead produce a fragmented and insular society.

Education Freedom Accounts vs Public Education 

I support this idea of giving poorer communities a boot-strap lifeline in education, helping those in marginalized and rural towns compete head-to-head with the wealthier towns. Smart and determined students should have a chance for a quality education no matter where they come from.

Per-pupil School Funding

Although almost 20% of New Hampshire students require some level of special needs, less than 20% of the cost is covered by state and federal funding, leaving the bulk of the cost to be covered by local property taxes. This is another area where rich towns can provide more than poor towns, an issue similar to the per-pupil funding concept above. I support it, even though this might not be popular.

Special Education Funding

Climate change mitigation? Not only is it getting hotter every year, but rising seas will make many in large coastal cities flee for higher ground, i.e., the higher ground plentiful in New Hampshire. Wind energy will not be seen as a negative by tourists. Visitors from nearby liberal states are already supporting renewables. Ski areas and maple syrup production are already being affected.

Climate Change

Guns and automobiles are both potentially lethal weapons. Guns should be regulated just as cars are. Licenses, testing for license approval, even inspections, should be the law of the land. And, as a gun can do a lot more human damage in a short period of time than a drunk driver can, background checks should also be required. This licensing procedure would be another income source for the state.

Gun Regulation

The original bipartisan immigration bill was killed by Trump. However, Sens. Ossoff,&nbsp;Cornyn, Lankford, and Sinema&nbsp;recently introduced the bipartisan&nbsp;Detection Equipment and Technology Evaluation to Counter the Threat of (DETECT) Fentanyl and Xylazine Act&nbsp;to strengthen our capacity to&nbsp;detect,&nbsp;identify, and disrupt illicit substances being trafficked across the border. I support any bill like this.

Cross Border Drugs

White America's birth rate has fallen below replacement levels, meaning there are now more deaths than births. Without immigrants America will fall victim to the same plight than has affected other industrialized nations. Less people, less tax base, weaker military, weaker economy. The United States needs immigrants from all countries to enable America to retain its pre-eminent world position.

Borders - Immigration

I support any bill that would safely expand the right to vote and make voting easier, while at the same time making identification of a constituent tight and secure

Election Ballot Control / Right to Vote

I support the right of every individual to achieve the gender they experience in their heart of hearts. On every level in society, from voting, to public discourse, to marriage, personal gender choice for me is a human right.

Gender Issues

No one can live on the current minimum wage. It can be set and updated periodically to match prevailing starting wages offered by larger corporations operating in our state. This minimum wage would only apply to companies with more than 10 employees.

Minimum Wage

You can bottle your own beer at home, buy it at stores and only sell the 'hard stuff' through state-run stores. Cannabis should be set up using the same business model. If your 'home brew' reaches commercial levels, then it should fall under commercial licensing programs. Certain high resin content products would fall under state control.

Marijuana Legislation

Young adults in our town cannot afford the type of million-dollar stand-alone homes held in such high regard by the people of Windham. Condos, and smaller apartment complexes are needed. I would work with the Planning Board to encourage development, however I believe the town should retain final jurisdiction over location and code requirements for multi-family housing.

Affordable Housing

Child care often costs more than the minimum wage. State-level funding here will permit a reduction in costs that will liberate home care givers to pursue careers of their own choosing. This will result in more income, more local spending, and an improved lifestyle for affected families. The money spent here will come back to the state through this increase in economic activity.

Child Care

While not a state issue, my stance on our foreign policy is important to you. I support Ukraine. Voters should understand that dollars for Ukraine go primarily to US workers who manufacture the defensive weapons used to repel the Russian advance. I support a Ceasefire in Gaza. I support a two-state solution. I support the reshoring of industry to reduce dependence on Chinese manufacturing.

Foreign Policy

We have always been a cat family, taking animals on the verge of becoming homeless, or from SPCA shelters. I will support animal protection legislation for both wild and domesticated animals.

Animal Protection

If I have forgotten an issue that you care about, jump to my Contact page and send me a message. I will reply, and if it makes sense I can add the issue to the list on this page. Thanks!

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<h2>My love for New Hampshire's wild places</h2>As a lover of the outdoors and New Hampshire's wilderness areas, in my 20s I climbed all 48 of New Hampshire's 4000' peaks. I must admit that at that time I was just a racing peak-bagger who loved primarily the view from the top and that sense of accomplishment one gets by reaching a goal. In my 40s I climbed them all again, often using new trails and taking my time to enjoy the geology, vegetation and wildlife. Today, I am more of a slow-walker, but still enjoy the thrill of reaching treeline and these wild wide-open spaces.

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We both know we have worked hard to get where we are today. We also know that in each of our cultures, we benefited from the privileges of our ancestors. We believe that a successful society needs to provide a ladder to those less fortunate who in spite of their hardships still want to rise up and achieve the dreams we all share. It is not a handout, it is path upward that will benefit us all. See my Issues Tab for views on how we can move forward. Thank you all!

Project 2025: A wish list for a Trump Presidency - I have highlighted the key positions in the second half of the article.12 July 2024&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Mike Wendling&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; BBC NewsA proposed Republican Party platform is expected to be approved at the party’s national convention next week, but a much more detailed think-tank proposal has drawn attention for some of its suggestions.&nbsp; Project 2025 was created by the Heritage Foundation think-tank and runs for nearly 900 pages.&nbsp; Led by former Trump administration officials, it calls for the sacking of thousands of civil servants, expanding the power of the president, dismantling the Department of Education, sweeping tax cuts, a ban on pornography, halting sales of the abortion pill, and a whole lot more.&nbsp; There is substantial agreement between many parts of the official Republican Party platform and Project 2025, although the think-tank document is much more detailed and in some policy areas and goes much farther than the party line.&nbsp; There is a sharper contrast between the two when it comes to the issue of abortion, with Heritage urging much more aggressive anti-abortion policies. Democrats have highlighted Project 2025's more controversial proposals, and called the document a blueprint for a second Trump term in office. However, Trump and his campaign have denied or downplayed its influence.What links Project 2025 and the Trump campaign?It is common for Washington think-tanks of all political stripes to propose policy wishlists for potential governments-in-waiting.&nbsp; The conservative Heritage Foundation first produced policy plans for future Republican administrations in 1981, when Ronald Reagan was about to take office.&nbsp; It has produced similar documents in connection with subsequent presidential elections, including in 2016, when Trump won the presidency.&nbsp; A year into his term, the think-tank boasted that the Trump White House had adopted nearly two-thirds of its proposals. The Project 2025 report was unveiled in April 2023, but liberal opposition to the document has ramped up now that Trump has extended his polling lead.&nbsp; Recent US Supreme Court decisions that have strengthened presidential immunity and curtailed the power of federal agencies have further worried Democrats about what Trump might achieve if he returned to the White House.&nbsp; Mr Biden recently said would "destroy America".&nbsp;&nbsp; In response, Trump has disavowed the document. "I know nothing about Project 2025," Trump posted on his social media website, Truth Social. "I have no idea who is behind it. I disagree with some of the things they're saying and some of the things they’re saying are absolutely ridiculous and abysmal." But the team that created the project is chock full of former Trump advisers, including director Paul Dans, who was chief of staff at the Office of Personnel Management while Trump was president.&nbsp; Russell Vought, another former Trump administration official, wrote a key chapter in the document and also serves as the Republican National Committee’s 2024 platform policy director.&nbsp; More than 100 conservative organisations contributed to the document, Heritage says, including many that would be hugely influential in Washington if Republicans take back the White House.In early July, Heritage president Kevin Roberts further stoked the ire around Project 25 by raising the prospect of political violence during a podcast interview.&nbsp; "We are in the process of the second American revolution, which will remain bloodless if the left allows it to be," Mr Roberts told the War Room podcast, founded by Trump adviser Steve Bannon.&nbsp; In response, the Biden campaign accused Trump and his allies of "dreaming of a violent revolution to destroy the very idea of America". <a href="https://static.project2025.org/2025_MandateForLeadership_FULL.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">The Project 2025 document</a>&nbsp;sets out four main policy aims: restore the family as the centrepiece of American life; dismantle the administrative state; defend the nation's sovereignty and borders; and secure God-given individual rights to live freely.&nbsp; Here's an outline of several of its key proposals.GovernmentProject 2025 proposes that the entire federal bureaucracy, including independent agencies such as the Department of Justice, be placed under direct presidential control - a controversial idea known as "unitary executive theory".In practice, that would streamline decision-making, allowing the president to directly implement policies in a number of areas.&nbsp; The proposals also call for eliminating job protections for thousands of government employees, who could then be replaced by political appointees.&nbsp; The document labels the FBI a "bloated, arrogant, increasingly lawless organization". It calls for drastic overhauls of this and several other federal agencies, as well as the complete elimination of the Department of Education.&nbsp;The Republican Party platform includes a proposal to "declassify government records, root out wrongdoers, and fire corrupt employees", pledges to slash regulation and government spending, and also suggests eliminating the Department of Education. But it stops short of proposing a sweeping overhaul of federal agencies as outlined in Project 2025.ImmigrationIncreased funding for a wall on the US-Mexico border - one of Trump's signature proposals in 2016 - is proposed in the document.&nbsp; Project 2025 also proposes dismantling the Department of Homeland Security and combining it with other immigration enforcement units in other agencies, creating a much larger and more powerful border policing operation.&nbsp; Other proposals include eliminating visa categories for crime and human trafficking victims, increasing fees on immigrants and allowing fast-tracked applications for migrants who pay a premium.Not all of those details are repeated in the Republican platform document, but the overall headlines are similar - the party is promising to implement the "largest deportation programme in American history".<a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-67272569" target="_self" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">What a Trump second term would look like </a>Climate and EconomyThe document proposes slashing federal money for research and investment in renewable energy, and calls for the next president to "stop the war on oil and natural gas".&nbsp; Carbon-reduction goals would be replaced by efforts to increase energy production and energy security.&nbsp; The paper sets out two competing visions on tariffs, and is divided on whether the next president should try to boost free trade or raise barriers to imports.&nbsp; But the economic advisers suggest that a second Trump administration should slash corporate and income taxes, abolish the Federal Reserve and even consider a return to gold-backed currency.&nbsp; On this and many other topics, Project 2025 is more detailed and goes further than the official Republican platform, which talks of bringing down inflation and drilling for oil to reduce energy costs, but is thin on specific policy proposals.Abortion and FamilyProject 2025 does not call outright for a nationwide abortion ban.&nbsp; However, it proposes withdrawing the abortion pill mifepristone from the market, and using existing but little-enforced laws to stop the drug being sent through the post.&nbsp; The document suggests that the department of Health and Human Services should "maintain a biblically based, social science-reinforced definition of marriage and family".&nbsp; On this issue at least, the document differs fairly substantially from the Republican platform, which only mentions the word "abortion" once. The platform says abortion laws should be left to individual states and that late-term abortions (which it does not define) should be banned.&nbsp; It adds that that access to prenatal care, birth control and in-vitro fertilisation should be protected. The party platform makes no mention of cracking down on the distribution of mifepristone.Tech and EducationUnder the proposals, pornography would be banned, and tech and telecoms companies that allow access would be shut down.&nbsp; The document calls for school choice and parental control over schools, and takes aim at what it calls "woke propaganda".&nbsp; It proposes to eliminate a long list of terms from all laws and federal regulations, including "sexual orientation", "gender equality", "abortion" and "reproductive rights".&nbsp; Project 2025 aims to end diversity, equity and inclusion programs in schools and government departments as part of what it describes as a wider crackdown on "woke" ideology.&nbsp; Its proposals are broadly reflected in the Republican platform, which in addition to calling for the abolishing the Department of Education, aims to boost school choice and parental control over education and criticises what the party calls the "inappropriate political indoctrination of our children".The Plan's FutureProject 2025 is backed by a $22m (£17m) budget and includes strategies for implementing policies immediately after the presidential inauguration in January 2025.&nbsp; Heritage is also creating a database of conservative loyalists to fill government positions, and a programme to train those new workers.&nbsp; Democrats led by Jared Huffman, a congressman from California, have launched a Stop Project 2025 Task Force.&nbsp; And many of the proposals would likely face immediate legal challenges from Trump's opponents if implemented.

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Biden - Trump - Project 2025 - It's all Here

The MSNBC clip linked here has made me willing to stick with Joe Biden. The beating he took at the debate could kill a man's self-confidence, but Joe got up, and now he is getting more and more fired up. Joy Reid, in this segment makes what I think is a valid argument, that Joe needs real people in front of him to stoke that fire. Plus, for the first time, Joe lays out an agenda for his second term, giving voters something to look forward to. Anyway, great segment, if you haven't seen it. This gives me hope for our shared future.<a href="https://youtu.be/g_j43zH-QXw?si=qtniK2msq_17T3WZ" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">https://youtu.be/g_j43zH-QXw?si=qtniK2msq_17T3WZ</a>

The MSNBC clip linked here has made me willing to stick with Joe Biden. The beating he took at the debate could kill a man's self-confidence, but Joe got up, and now he is getting more and more fired up.

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Many friends I talk with think Trump will now win in November with the sympathy vote. I do believe however that the Project 2025 platform is so noxious that Democrats have a chance it they can strenuously call out its contents and its authors. Time will tell.

Trump and Vance

Our team's new logo? MATA!Make America Tolerant Again.This one's a perfect foil for the MAGA retribution philosophy. You can use it in so many ways. There is the obvious "Black Lives MATA!" We could even give a hats off to Mlke Pence, for his response, "All lives MATA!"So, let's make a difference. Let's MATA in the next election. Endorse me and I will work for a better, more equitable, more courageous, more compassionate future for all our citizens

MATA - Make America Tolerant Again

I fully support Kamala Harris for President. I have heard her speeches. She will not pull any punches with Trump. You will be amazed at her level of energy. That's it!

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<h2>Greetings, Windham Voters!</h2> The Republicans took over the NH House in 2020.&nbsp; Since then they have defunded public schools by permitting our state tax revenues to be diverted to religious and private schools They have voted against renewable energy and energy saving projects, loosening already loose gun laws, allowing guns in schools and polling places, made it more difficult for legal voters to vote, and by enacting NH’s first ever ban on abortion. To reverse these regressive policies, as well as prevent any implementation of Project 2025-type policies, New Hampshire needs to hand the reins of government back to the Democrats.&nbsp; Did you know that in the last election, 2022, the Democrats lost this advantage again, but this time by only 3 seats, and by a total of 11 votes among those 3 seats.&nbsp; With the clear and present danger of Project 2025’s dystopian view of our future enslaved society, I invite you to join me in rescuing New Hampshire from the clutches of MAGA extremism.&nbsp; Because, as sure as night follows day, if Trump is elected, a Republican-led NH House will fall in line with any pronouncement, or policy that comes out of the maw of MAGA. My qualifications to represent Windham in this fight - - -&nbsp;&nbsp; I have had over 33 years experience in managerial positions at Allegro MicroSystems as Process Manager, Planning Manager, and Quality Manager.&nbsp; I know how to work with people and customers to get the job done.&nbsp; In this election you, the people of Windham, will be my customers.&nbsp; I will work for you, and deliver efficient, cost-effective solutions to the problems we all face.&nbsp; My website welcomes you with my essential promise, Fiscal Responsibility with Social Respect.&nbsp; We can all be ourselves individually, but in a society we must also be fiscally balanced as much as possible.&nbsp; So, let’s talk about Fiscal Responsibility first.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The NH fiscal budget will be tight these next 2 years as federal stimulus from the COVID pandemic dries up.&nbsp; I do not support an income tax or sales tax to make ends meet.&nbsp; But, I also do not see any possible cuts to the business tax, and I do not agree that we should end the interest and dividends tax.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; So, where do the monies come from to support our schools, child care, and other current programs?&nbsp; I propose 3 new revenue streams that will at least cover the ruinous effects of an inflation that was, in my view, caused by the federal stimulus required to save the nation during the COVID crisis.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; First, guns should be treated like cars, as they both can be lethal weapons.&nbsp; Gun licensing, registration, training, and inspection can provide new revenue, both to the state, and to the private sector that will be responsible for training before the gun owner takes a state test, and those businesses that will carry out periodic inspections for compliance to state-mandated rules of gun construction and gun safety.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Second, the state should increase the use fees for State Parks for out-of-state visitors, while providing discounts for in-state users, based on recording of the state auto license on the payment form.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Third, the legalization and regulatory control, including taxation, of the commercial sale of marijuana products in the state should be implemented.&nbsp; Home-grown use, like home-brewed beer can be free and legal, but when sold commercially, these products should be controlled and taxed using the sale of beer, wine and liquor in this state as a model.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To understand my social views it is now time to tell you a bit about my background.&nbsp; I was born in Kansas to a Fine Arts professor and a professional photographer.&nbsp; I soon moved to the Pittsburgh, PA area, where my dad joined his architect father, and soon became one himself.&nbsp; This region had a large black population, but in the 1950s segregation meant our cultures were kept completely separate.&nbsp; I lived a life of white privilege and didn’t even know it, until years later in Boston while attending MIT, studying, guess what, architecture.&nbsp; Studying urban planning, I learned what it was like to live in a black neighborhood.&nbsp; It was very scary to see what happens to human beings who have been left with minimal resources , who were unable to get banks loans for housing due to the infamous practice of red-lining in urban neighborhoods of color. My educational pathway did lead away from architecture and back to Fine Arts at the University of New Hampshire where I graduated with a BA.&nbsp; A solo artist’s life is much like the Starving Artists Moving Company. I had to find gainful employment.&nbsp; I spent 13 years working nights at a large printing company as a Journeyman Bookbinder with the Graphic Arts International Union, Local 131B.&nbsp; When that company was shut down in 1983, I began work at what was to become Allegro MicroSystems, quickly moving into management at ever more responsible positions within this non-union company over a period of 33 years It was in my capacity as Quality Manager that I came to truly understand and work effectively with people from all cultures, races, religions, and genders.&nbsp; Our company manufactures contactless semiconductor switches that find many applications in the automotive industry worldwide.&nbsp; Hand in hand with Sales and Marketing, I worked with Americans, Canadians, Mexicans, Danes, the French, Germans, Filipinos, the Chinese, the Japanese, and the South Koreans.&nbsp; Tolerance was learned especially in Japan where customers would rake you over the coals during business hours, and then become fast friends at evening dinners. It is because of this life-long education, my continued passion for learning and understanding, and my fight to overcome fear of the unknown and darkness that I stand as I do today on social issues.&nbsp; I am pro-choice and pro-public education.&nbsp; I support clean air and water, renewables and the mitigation of climate change, gender rights, improved child care, affordable housing, orderly immigration, and increased border drug detection and enforcement. If you are so inclined, please donate to our common cause.&nbsp; And, of course, please cast your vote for Dave Martsolf on September 10th and November 5th.&nbsp; Thank you very much.&nbsp;

Local organizations and leaders are standing together!The Center for Free Thought Equality has endorsed me. See their logo at the bottom of this page. Our campaign has also been awarded the 2024&nbsp;Moms Demand Action Gun Sense Candidate distinction. This not technically an endorsement, but a reflection of my candidacy's position on gun regulation..