We can have a people-first budget. These are all choices. As mayor, you won’t have to fight with me to fund health care, housing, equity for childcare workers because I understand when you invest in people, our city thrives.

As a third-generation Washingtonian, I’ve fought for DC statehood my entire life - I know how important it is, and I also know how precarious. Statehood isn’t a policy principle. It’s democracy.