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U.S. Air Force Veteran, Oncology Nurse Practitioner, and mom of two – Kristina Knickerbocker’s life has been dedicated to serving our country and our community.
Candidate positionIn Congress, she’ll work on pragmatic approaches to end the affordability crisis, cut taxes, help small businesses, and take on the status quo of Washington corruption.
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In Congress, she’ll work on pragmatic approaches to end the affordability crisis, cut taxes, help small businesses, and take on the status quo of Washington corruption.
As a Veteran
Candidate positionVeterans, service members, and military families deserve the highest gratitude and respect our country can offer. We must ensure a high quality of life for those who are willing to protect and preserve our democracy, liberty, and freedoms. I served at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base as an officer for a decade and I know the realities facing military families and our veterans.
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Veterans, service members, and military families deserve the highest gratitude and respect our country can offer. We must ensure a high quality of life for those who are willing to protect and preserve our democracy, liberty, and freedoms. I served at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base as an officer for a decade and I know the realities facing military families and our veterans.
As a Nurse Practitioner
Candidate positionThe system prioritizes profit over patient care and prevention, leading to inefficiencies and dramatically higher costs. In today’s system, insurance companies deny first, forcing American healthcare providers to spend time fighting insurance for basic needs, like insulin or chemotherapy. People can’t access the care they need, or simply can’t afford it. This makes us sicker and shifts the burden of healthcare costs away from the insurance companies and onto the taxpayers.
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The system prioritizes profit over patient care and prevention, leading to inefficiencies and dramatically higher costs. In today’s system, insurance companies deny first, forcing American healthcare providers to spend time fighting insurance for basic needs, like insulin or chemotherapy. People can’t access the care they need, or simply can’t afford it. This makes us sicker and shifts the burden of healthcare costs away from the insurance companies and onto the taxpayers.
My Priorities
Candidate positionFix Washington, End Corruption
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Fix Washington, End Corruption
My Priorities
Candidate positionWashington is rigged for the wealthy and well-connected. Public service should not be a way to get rich. That’s why I’ll ban stock trading for members of Congress, end corporate PAC influence, pass term limits, protect voting rights, and shut down the revolving door that allows former members to cash in as lobbyists. We need to end elected officials enriching themselves while Ohio families struggle.
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Washington is rigged for the wealthy and well-connected. Public service should not be a way to get rich. That’s why I’ll ban stock trading for members of Congress, end corporate PAC influence, pass term limits, protect voting rights, and shut down the revolving door that allows former members to cash in as lobbyists. We need to end elected officials enriching themselves while Ohio families struggle.
My Priorities
Candidate positionMake Life Affordable Again
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Make Life Affordable Again
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Candidate positionCosts are too high—housing, childcare, groceries, and energy—and families are being forced to make impossible choices to get by. I’ll cut taxes for working families, repeal harmful tariffs that raise prices, build more affordable housing, cap childcare costs, support eldercare, and lower energy bills by making big corporations—not Ohio families—pay for data center infrastructure.
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Costs are too high—housing, childcare, groceries, and energy—and families are being forced to make impossible choices to get by. I’ll cut taxes for working families, repeal harmful tariffs that raise prices, build more affordable housing, cap childcare costs, support eldercare, and lower energy bills by making big corporations—not Ohio families—pay for data center infrastructure.
My Priorities
Candidate positionNo one should have to choose between paying rent or their mortgage and seeing a doctor. I believe healthcare is a right, and I will work toward Universal Coverage so families don’t have to choose between keeping a roof over their heads and affording care.
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No one should have to choose between paying rent or their mortgage and seeing a doctor. I believe healthcare is a right, and I will work toward Universal Coverage so families don’t have to choose between keeping a roof over their heads and affording care.
My Priorities
Candidate positionI’ll protect Medicaid, Medicare, CHIP, and the Affordable Care Act; support a public option to lower premiums and expand care; ban medical debt from wrecking people’s credit; invest in mental health care; and defend reproductive healthcare.
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I’ll protect Medicaid, Medicare, CHIP, and the Affordable Care Act; support a public option to lower premiums and expand care; ban medical debt from wrecking people’s credit; invest in mental health care; and defend reproductive healthcare.
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Candidate positionEvery neighborhood deserves to feel safe, and that starts with making sure our first responders have the support and resources they need to do their jobs. I’ll invest in law enforcement, fire departments, and prevention strategies that strengthen safety while building trust in our communities.
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Every neighborhood deserves to feel safe, and that starts with making sure our first responders have the support and resources they need to do their jobs. I’ll invest in law enforcement, fire departments, and prevention strategies that strengthen safety while building trust in our communities.
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Candidate positionI’ll fight for more resources for our local first responders who know their communities best and have the best-in-class training.
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I’ll fight for more resources for our local first responders who know their communities best and have the best-in-class training.
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Candidate positionAs an Air Force veteran, I know the sacrifices our service members and military families make—and I know we can do better by them. I’ll fight to fully fund and protect the VA, defend and grow Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, support military families, and make sure every veteran has access to the healthcare, jobs, and stability they were promised.
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As an Air Force veteran, I know the sacrifices our service members and military families make—and I know we can do better by them. I’ll fight to fully fund and protect the VA, defend and grow Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, support military families, and make sure every veteran has access to the healthcare, jobs, and stability they were promised.
My Priorities
Candidate positionWe can build healthier, more stable communities—where people can afford healthcare, housing, groceries, gas, childcare, and eldercare. That means cutting taxes for working families, lowering costs, standing up for small businesses, and making billionaires pay their fair share. It means strengthening workers’ rights and raising wages so people can actually get ahead.
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We can build healthier, more stable communities—where people can afford healthcare, housing, groceries, gas, childcare, and eldercare. That means cutting taxes for working families, lowering costs, standing up for small businesses, and making billionaires pay their fair share. It means strengthening workers’ rights and raising wages so people can actually get ahead.