Ann Kirkpatrick, the Democratic candidate for Congress in Tucson’s CD2, opened her new headquarters at 4742 N Oracle Rd, Tucson, AZ 85705, and launched dozens of volunteers to knock on doors for her and US Senate candidate Kyrsten Sinema.
She said the key issues in the race are: protecting choice in women’s health care, immigration reform including citizenship for the DACA recipients, and halting the separation of children from their parents at the border.
She has also called for creating a public option for Americans to buy into Medicare, protecting Medicare and Social Security from Republican attempts to cut earned benefits, and giving Medicare the power to negotiate drug prices to reduce costs for our seniors.
I canvassed 49 houses myself for four hours in the 101° heat and found that these issues resonated with voters I talked to. I met:
- An independent voter who is Latino and who is upset by the US immigration policy.
- A Republican who said he was upset with Trump and will vote for Kirkpatrick and Sinema to put a check on the president.
- An independent who wanted to know where to donate to the Sinema campaign.
All three of them wanted to volunteer for the Democrats.