Mikel Wein

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Eastern Kentucky is a beautiful place to live. To keep it that way, we must protect our communities and environment that have been left vulnerable to natural disasters and employment vacuums. Beyond restoring funding for social services, we need a new approach - one that lets us chart our own future. I propose a Resilient Community Corps that would provide support for communities to heal themselves, and make federal funding for projects that impact the environment contingent on a Community Development Agreement. Click below to learn more about this new "old" way to protect our communities and environment into the future.

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Skyrocketing costs for housing, food, childcare, and education, plus stagnant wages and rising inflation, are making life unaffordable. Across the country, 60% of people live paycheck to paycheck, and in eastern Kentucky, 25% live at or below the poverty line. People should not go hungry, be homeless, or not be able to raise a family. It's time to embrace Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Economic Bill of Rights, and guarantee, to everyone, a job sufficient to afford the life we deserve. Click below to learn more.

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People shouldn't die, go without medicine, or go into debt because they can't afford healthcare. But, between 45,000 and 60,000 people die each year, and 500,000 face bankruptcy, because our medical system is broken. The only just fix, a national healthcare system, is supported by over 60% of voters. It’s time to demand legislators pass the Medicare for All Act of 2025 to guarantee healthcare for all and save our rural hospitals in eastern Kentucky. Click below to learn more about the healthcare system we deserve.

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The Trump administration is declaring ‘national emergencies’ to instill fear in Americans. They have tried everything from grabbing people off the street and using weapons against lawful protestors, to cutting the agencies that keep us safe and attacking private boats in international waters. It's time to restore the role of Congress in handling national emergencies, military action against other nations, and funding for security agencies. Click below to learn more about strategies for restoring trust in government.

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I believe in the promise of America: government “of the people, by the people, for the people.”

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I believe we, the people of eastern Kentucky and all across the U.S., must hold our elected representatives accountable when they put personal or party loyalty ahead of their oath to support and defend the Constitution. And we can remind them the last time a government neglected the will of the American people, a lot of tea was dumped in Boston Harbor.