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June Krise
DEMOCRAT
June Krise is running for Georgia State Senator, District 50.
Personal background
June is a resident of White County, Georgia, and attended nursing school at Kennesaw College. She is married with children and is a member of The Episcopal Church of the Resurrection in White County.
Professional background
June is a registered nurse with experience in regulatory services and community care Medicaid policy. She is the founder of Quality of Life Enterprises, Inc., a consulting firm that assists in starting small healthcare businesses. Previously, she owned and operated a dance studio named 'The Clogging Company.'
Political background
June Krise's campaign for state senator is her first entry into politics.
Economy
Believes that every American adult "deserves the chance to earn a living wage, and to work with dignity; a job where pay, working conditions, and treatment are suitable reward for the effort and skill put in."
Supports "an American economy based on Free Enterprise, and protected by the government from the baser instincts of large corporations and the financially powerful."
Supports the Equal Rights Amendment, opposes sex-based "pay discrimination," believes in a societal undervaluing of women's work, and believes leaders should address and propose solutions for the "value gap" in labor valuation.
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Energy & the Environment
Opposes fossil fuel extraction in the U.S., supports retraining workers for renewable energy, advocates for stronger forest protection laws, and endorses reforestation to mitigate CO2 emissions.
Said, "We must change the laws regarding transportation and begin giving tax credits or subsidies for the installation of more rapid transit, bicycle pathways, ... installing charging stations, and purchasing electric cars..."
Plans to ensure high-speed internet to attract environmentally-friendly businesses.
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Healthcare
Said, "Every American deserves to live without fear of hunger or homelessness or lack of medical care. These things are not only rights, they are America’s moral duty to provide."
Plans to prioritize women's healthcare issues, citing high rates of infant and maternal mortality in Georgia and lack of women's care experts in Georgia's rural hospitals and medical clinics.
Supports increasing access to healthcare — especially for the blind, the disabled, the elderly, and mothers and babies.
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Voting & Elections
Wants financial transparency in election campaigns, in political office, and in government transactions.
Wants to guarantee "unlimited and easy access" to voting for every American citizen.
Opposes "the unfair maps drawn by the Republicans."
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Public Safety
Believes investing in education, mental health, and rehabilitation over incarceration could transform communities, noting Georgia's high imprisonment and probation rates and disproportionate spending on prisons versus education.
Supports "the continued existence of a strong military, free of political involvement and financial corruption, and dedicated to protecting us against all enemies foreign and domestic."
Wants educators and law enforcement officers to be treated "as among the most important parts of society, highly paid and stringently selected, and meeting exacting national standards of professionalism, ethics and psychological motivation."
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Education
Said, "I will support our wonderful teachers and students in North Georgia’s excellent public schools by emphasizing dual enrollment and vocational options, and returning the full HOPE scholarships which provides affordable access to technical schools and colleges."
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