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Kamesha Mumford

Mississippi State Senate - District 26

Top Issues

Infrastructure / Transportation More opportunities for commercial and residential development. Education Address the digital divide by providing broadband internet access to give students access to online learning resources and digital tools. Wages / Job Benefits Build confidence in our workforce to stop the bleeding from the public to private sector. Criminal Justice / Public Safety Create trust and confidence in response times when in need of emergency care. Wages / Job Benefits Keep our best and brightest students right here at home. Wages / Job Benefits More opportunities for workforce development opportunities. Economy Ensure economic stability for families. Criminal Justice / Public Safety Expand public safety across the district, with a focus on supporting rural fire departments. Wages / Job Benefits More jobs in engineering and construction. Education Support and initiate policies to ensure quality education for all of Mississippi’s Children. Criminal Justice / Public Safety Adequately increase the capacity of volunteer Fire Departments. Education Increase teacher recruitment and retention by equipping teachers with the tools necessary to provide quality educational experience for the child and providing competitive pay for the teacher. Infrastructure / Transportation Ensuring clean water and adequate drainage is only an opportunity to put our students to work with careers that make Mississippi better. Prioritizing our problems in infrastructure with economic opportunities in mind will yield the following results. Criminal Justice / Public Safety Reduce crime due to there being more visibility of public safety. Education As senator, I will fight for adequate education for all. This will focus on more funding for education from the investment in the child to the pay of the teacher. Investing and supporting policies and programming that focus on education will yield the following results. Wages / Job Benefits Protect and improve the public retirement system for the hard workers of Mississippi. Wages / Job Benefits Attract Mississippi’s youngest and brightest to work in public service. Infrastructure / Transportation Mississippi’s aging infrastructure is also our biggest opportunity for economic growth. Focusing on and ensuring that Mississippi has the best roads, streets, highways and bridges, paves the way for new development throughout District 26.

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