WOMACK, LAKESHA

WOMACK, LAKESHA

Running for US House

D

Policy Positions

Positions as of June 6, 2026, extracted from source websites.

Climate(1)

Supports expanding climate adaptation and resilience programs to prevent food insecurity and displacement.

"Expand climate adaptation and resilience programs that help prevent food insecurity, displacement, and humanitarian crises"

Economy(5)

Supports raising the federal minimum wage to improve economic mobility for working families.

"Support raising the federal minimum wage"

Supports worker protections, benefits, and economic security for working families.

"Champion worker protections, benefits, and economic security"

Supports tax policies that benefit working- and middle-class households and opposes regressive tax structures that burden low- and moderate-income families.

"Advance tax policies that benefit working- and middle-class households + Oppose regressive tax structures that disproportionately burden low- and moderate-income families"

Opposes tariffs that drive up construction and material costs, contributing to housing unaffordability.

"Address rising construction and material costs driven by tariffs and supply-chain disruptions"

Supports small business development and economic mobility, drawing on her background in financial services and small business development.

"With more than two decades of experience in financial services, small business development, and community empowerment, LaKesha has committed her life to expanding access, strengthening families, and creating real opportunities for the people who need them most."

Education(3)

Supports increasing federal investment in public schools and educator support.

"Increase federal investment in public schools and educator support"

Supports affordable higher education to expand economic opportunity.

"Support affordable higher education and student debt relief"

Supports equitable, high-quality education access in every community.

"I know what's important to me: affordable health care for every family, real pathways to economic mobility, and access to equitable, high-quality education in every community."

Healthcare(5)

Supports protecting and strengthening the Affordable Care Act.

"Protect and strengthen the Affordable Care Act"

Supports caps on out-of-pocket and prescription drug costs to make healthcare more affordable.

"Support caps on out-of-pocket and prescription drug costs"

Supports full funding for rural hospitals and community health centers, particularly in underserved areas.

"Fight for full funding of rural hospitals and community health centers"

Supports protecting funding for maternal health and contraceptive access as part of global public health initiatives.

"Protect funding for maternal health, contraceptive access, and global public health initiatives"

Supports affordable health care access for every family, suggesting support for maintaining or expanding health coverage.

"I know what's important to me: affordable health care for every family, real pathways to economic mobility, and access to equitable, high-quality education in every community."

Social Issues(1)

Supports applying an equity-focused lens to legislation and centering communities historically excluded from decision-making.

"Apply a people-centered, equity-focused lens to legislation + Center communities historically excluded from decision-making"