Issue Position: Reform

Issue Position

Our state government needs major structural reform. Our current legislatively-dominated system lacks transparency and accountable and promotes corruption and self-dealing. I recently joined over twenty freshman legislators in introducing a bill calling for constitutional reform, because our state's 1895 constitution because it has concentrated power in the hands of a select few. It has also led to much bureaucratic waste, inequity for our citizens, and political corruption.

We need three co-equal branches of government. We need to end the legislative stranglehold over judicial appointments. We should not elect statewide, cabinet-level officials such as the Secretary of State, Treasurer, Agriculture Commissioner and Superintendent of Education. Instead we should allow the Governor to appoint qualified people to these positions. Such a change would lead to more accountability.

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