She works hard to represent the common-sense values of the people of Shelby County—the same values that have long made a free people capable of governing themselves. She believes our rights come from God, not government, and that our constitutions exist to secure those rights and restrain those entrusted with governmental power. Rights come first. Government comes second. And it is supposed to stay that way.

That is why the Founders divided power on purpose: among three branches of government and between the federal government and the states. The federal government was given limited, enumerated powers; the rest were reserved to the states or to the people. She believes that same principle should guide Kentucky. Decisions that can properly be made close to home should remain close to home. Distant rules for schools, housing, charity, and family life have a way of becoming one size that fits nobody. State government has an important role where statewide problems require statewide solutions—but it should not take over decisions that families and local communities are capable of making for themselves.

She would rather see families, churches, neighbors, and communities step forward to help people in need before a state or federal agency does. She believes every Kentuckian deserves equal opportunity and equal treatment under the law, and that parents—not government—bear the first responsibility and possess the primary authority for raising their children.

She believes We the People still have a charge: to preserve the rights our state and federal constitutions secure—including life, the right to keep and bear arms, freedom of speech, religious liberty, and equal protection under the law. Those rights are not favors bestowed by Frankfort or Washington. They belong to a free people.

If we want our children and grandchildren to inherit that freedom, we must teach them where it came from, defend it when it is threatened, and exercise it responsibly enough to pass it on.