June is a resident of White County, Georgia, and attended nursing school at Kennesaw College. She is married with children and is a member of The Episcopal Church of the Resurrection in White County.

June is a registered nurse with experience in regulatory services and community care Medicaid policy. She is the founder of Quality of Life Enterprises, Inc., a consulting firm that assists in starting small healthcare businesses. Previously, she owned and operated a dance studio named 'The Clogging Company.'

June Krise's campaign for state senator is her first entry into politics.

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The candidate's website says, "• Every American adult deserves the chance to earn a living wage, and to work with dignity; a job where pay, working conditions, and treatment are suitable reward for the effort and skill put in."

Believes that every American adult "deserves the chance to earn a living wage, and to work with dignity; a job where pay, working conditions, and treatment are suitable reward for the effort and skill put in."

The candidate's website says, "• An American economy based on Free Enterprise, and protected by the government from the baser instincts of large corporations and the financially powerful."

Supports "an American economy based on Free Enterprise, and protected by the government from the baser instincts of large corporations and the financially powerful."

Supports the Equal Rights Amendment, opposes sex-based pay discrimination, acknowledges societal undervaluing of women's work, and believes leaders should address and propose solutions for the "value gap" in labor valuation.

Supports the Equal Rights Amendment, opposes sex-based "pay discrimination," believes in a societal undervaluing of women's work, and believes leaders should address and propose solutions for the "value gap" in labor valuation.

The candidate's website says, "Furthermore in America, we have severe problems with our aging roads, bridges, and communications infrastructure. June supports funding projects to bring our roads, airports, and transit into the 21st century."

Supports funding projects to bring roads, airports, and transit "into the 21st century."

- Believes that every American adult "deserves the chance to earn a living wage, and to work with dignity; a job where pay, working conditions, and treatment are suitable reward for the effort and skill put in."
- Supports "an American economy based on Free Enterprise, and protected by the government from the baser instincts of large corporations and the financially powerful."
- Supports the Equal Rights Amendment, opposes sex-based "pay discrimination," believes in a societal undervaluing of women's work, and believes leaders should address and propose solutions for the "value gap" in labor valuation.
- Supports funding projects to bring roads, airports, and transit "into the 21st century."

Economy

Opposes fossil fuel extraction in the U.S., supports retraining workers for renewable energy, advocates for stronger forest protection laws, and endorses reforestation to mitigate CO2 emissions.

Said, "We must change the laws regarding transportation and begin giving tax credits or subsidies for the installation of more rapid transit, bicycle pathways, ... installing charging stations, and purchasing electric cars..."

The candidate's website says, "Protecting our ENVIRONMENT through common-sense legislation to ensure clean air and water, protection for our mountains, and HIGH-SPEED INTERNET so we can continue to attract environmentally-friendly businesses and prepare our children for technology and education in their future."

Plans to ensure high-speed internet to attract environmentally-friendly businesses.

The candidate's website says, "To improve the environment... Change laws so that it is easier to produce and install solar and wind energy all over our country."

Wants to improve the environment and change laws so that it is easier to produce and install solar and wind energy.

- Opposes fossil fuel extraction in the U.S., supports retraining workers for renewable energy, advocates for stronger forest protection laws, and endorses reforestation to mitigate CO2 emissions.
- Said, "We must change the laws regarding transportation and begin giving tax credits or subsidies for the installation of more rapid transit, bicycle pathways, ... installing charging stations, and purchasing electric cars..."
- Plans to ensure high-speed internet to attract environmentally-friendly businesses.
- Wants to improve the environment and change laws so that it is easier to produce and install solar and wind energy.

Energy & the Environment

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The candidate's website says, "• Every American deserves to live without fear of hunger or homelessness or lack of medical care. These things are not only rights, they are America’s moral duty to provide."

Said, "Every American deserves to live without fear of hunger or homelessness or lack of medical care. These things are not only rights, they are America’s moral duty to provide."

The candidate's website says, "Women’s Healthcare Issues are front and center in Georgia. Infant and maternal mortality are among the highest in the 50 states. Many of Georgia’s rural hospitals and medical clinics don’t even have one OB/GYN doctor!"

Plans to prioritize women's healthcare issues, citing high rates of infant and maternal mortality in Georgia and lack of women's care experts in Georgia's rural hospitals and medical clinics.

The candidate's website says, "Improving access to HEALTHCARE — especially for the blind, the disabled, the elderly, and mothers and babies... We should expand the waivers that assist the elderly find housing and personal care, help fight addiction, and support rural hospitals."

Supports increasing access to healthcare — especially for the blind, the disabled, the elderly, and mothers and babies. 

Supports entrepreneurship and community healthcare; founded Quality of Life Enterprises post-2001, assists in launching and consulting for healthcare businesses, aiding in licensing and client acquisition.

Supports abortion and believes "politicians should not dictate medical decisions for women."

Wants to expand the waivers that assist the elderly in finding housing and personal care, help fight addiction, and support rural hospitals.

- Said, "Every American deserves to live without fear of hunger or homelessness or lack of medical care. These things are not only rights, they are America’s moral duty to provide."
- Plans to prioritize women's healthcare issues, citing high rates of infant and maternal mortality in Georgia and lack of women's care experts in Georgia's rural hospitals and medical clinics.
- Supports increasing access to healthcare — especially for the blind, the disabled, the elderly, and mothers and babies. 
- Supports entrepreneurship and community healthcare; founded Quality of Life Enterprises post-2001, assists in launching and consulting for healthcare businesses, aiding in licensing and client acquisition.
- Supports abortion and believes "politicians should not dictate medical decisions for women."
- Wants to expand the waivers that assist the elderly in finding housing and personal care, help fight addiction, and support rural hospitals.

Healthcare

The candidate's website says, "• Full financial transparency in election campaigns, in political office, and in government transactions."

Wants financial transparency in election campaigns, in political office, and in government transactions.

The candidate's website says, "guarantee unlimited and easy access to voting for every American citizen"

Wants to guarantee "unlimited and easy access" to voting for every American citizen.

Opposes "the unfair maps drawn by the Republicans."

- Wants financial transparency in election campaigns, in political office, and in government transactions.
- Wants to guarantee "unlimited and easy access" to voting for every American citizen.
- Opposes "the unfair maps drawn by the Republicans."

Voting & Elections

Believes investing in education, mental health, and rehabilitation over incarceration could transform communities, noting Georgia's high imprisonment and probation rates and disproportionate spending on prisons versus education.

The candidate's website says, "• The continued existence of a strong military, free of political involvement and financial corruption, and dedicated to protecting us against all enemies foreign and domestic."

Supports "the continued existence of a strong military, free of political involvement and financial corruption, and dedicated to protecting us against all enemies foreign and domestic."

The candidate's website says, "• Educators and law enforcement officers being treated as among the most important parts of society, highly paid and stringently selected, and meeting exacting national standards of professionalism, ethics and psychological motivation."

Wants educators and law enforcement officers to be treated "as among the most important parts of society, highly paid and stringently selected, and meeting exacting national standards of professionalism, ethics and psychological motivation."

Said, "WE CAN ADDRESS racial and economic INEQUITIES in our justice system, especially for non-violent drug offenses."

Wants to address racial and economic inequities in the justice system, "especially for non-violent drug offenses."

The candidate's website says, "education and job training in our jails and prisons, so people get a SECOND CHANCE when they are released, not a SECOND SENTENCE."

Wants to increase education and job training in jails and prisons so "people get a second chance when they are released, not a second sentence."

- Believes investing in education, mental health, and rehabilitation over incarceration could transform communities, noting Georgia's high imprisonment and probation rates and disproportionate spending on prisons versus education.
- Supports "the continued existence of a strong military, free of political involvement and financial corruption, and dedicated to protecting us against all enemies foreign and domestic."
- Wants educators and law enforcement officers to be treated "as among the most important parts of society, highly paid and stringently selected, and meeting exacting national standards of professionalism, ethics and psychological motivation."
- Wants to address racial and economic inequities in the justice system, "especially for non-violent drug offenses."
- Wants to increase education and job training in jails and prisons so "people get a second chance when they are released, not a second sentence."
- Supports the LGBTQ+ community.

Public Safety

Said, "I will support our wonderful teachers and students in North Georgia’s excellent public schools by emphasizing dual enrollment and vocational options, and returning the full HOPE scholarships which provides affordable access to technical schools and colleges."

- Said, "I will support our wonderful teachers and students in North Georgia’s excellent public schools by emphasizing dual enrollment and vocational options, and returning the full HOPE scholarships which provides affordable access to technical schools and colleges."

Education

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June Krise

June Krise is a resident of White County, Georgia, and attended nursing school at Kennesaw College. She is married with children and is a member of The Episcopal Church of the Resurrection in White County.

June Krise is a registered nurse with experience in regulatory services and community care Medicaid policy. She is the founder of Quality of Life Enterprises, Inc., a consulting firm that assists in starting small healthcare businesses. Previously, she owned and operated a dance studio named 'The Clogging Company.'

June Krise has not held elected office but has been actively involved in the Democratic Party of Georgia, where she currently serves as the Chair of the 9th Congressional District.

- The candidate's website says, "Every American adult deserves the chance to earn a living wage, and to work with dignity; a job where pay, working conditions, and treatment are suitable reward for the effort and skill put in."
- Supports, "An American economy based on Free Enterprise, and protected by the government from the baser instincts of large corporations and the financially powerful."
- Supports the Equal Rights Amendment, opposes sex-based "pay discrimination," believes in a societal undervaluing of women's work, and believes leaders should address and propose solutions for the "value gap" in labor valuation.
- The candidate's website says, "In America, we have severe problems with our aging roads, bridges, and communications infrastructure. June supports funding projects to bring our roads, airports, and transit into the 21st century."

- Opposes fossil fuel extraction in the U.S., supports retraining workers for renewable energy, advocates for stronger forest protection laws, and endorses reforestation to mitigate CO2 emissions.
- Said, "We must change the laws regarding transportation and begin giving tax credits or subsidies for the installation of more rapid transit, bicycle pathways, ... installing charging stations, and purchasing electric cars..."
- The candidate's website says, "Every American deserves to live in a healthy environment that includes clean air, clean water, and safe food."
- Supports, "Protecting our ENVIRONMENT through common-sense legislation to ensure clean air and water, protection for our mountains, and HIGH-SPEED INTERNET so we can continue to attract environmentally-friendly businesses and prepare our children for technology and education in their future."
- Wants to improve the environment and change laws so that it is easier to produce and install solar and wind energy.

- The candidate's website says, "Every American deserves to live without fear of hunger or homelessness or lack of medical care. These things are not only rights, they are America’s moral duty to provide."
- The candidate's website says, "Women’s Healthcare Issues are front and center in Georgia. Infant and maternal mortality are among the highest in the 50 states. Many of Georgia’s rural hospitals and medical clinics don’t even have one OB/GYN doctor!"
- Supports increasing access to healthcare — especially for the blind, the disabled, the elderly, and mothers and babies. Wants to expand the waivers that assist the elderly in finding housing and personal care, help fight addiction, and support rural hospitals.
- Supports entrepreneurship and community healthcare; founded Quality of Life Enterprises post-2001, assists in launching and consulting for healthcare businesses, aiding in licensing and client acquisition.
- Supports abortion and believes, "Politicians should not dictate medical decisions for women."

- Wants financial transparency in election campaigns, in political office, and in government transactions.
- Wants to guarantee "unlimited and easy access" to voting for every American citizen.
- She has served as President of the 9th District Democratic Women and President of the Georgia Federation of Democratic Women.
- Opposes what she refers to as, "the unfair maps drawn by the Republicans."

- Believes investing in education, mental health, and rehabilitation over incarceration could transform communities, noting Georgia's high imprisonment and probation rates and disproportionate spending on prisons versus education.
- Supports, "The continued existence of a strong military, free of political involvement and financial corruption, and dedicated to protecting us against all enemies foreign and domestic."
- Wants educators and law enforcement officers to be treated, "As among the most important parts of society, highly paid and stringently selected, and meeting exacting national standards of professionalism, ethics and psychological motivation."
- Said, "WE CAN ADDRESS racial and economic INEQUITIES in our justice system, especially for non-violent drug offenses."
- Wants to increase education and job training in jails and prisons, "So people get a SECOND CHANCE when they are released, not a SECOND SENTENCE."
- Believes in, "The Right of every citizen to shape their own life, and their beliefs, so long as it does not infringe on the rights or safety of others."
- Supports the LGBTQ+ community.

- Said, "I will support our wonderful teachers and students in North Georgia’s excellent public schools by emphasizing dual enrollment and vocational options, and returning the full HOPE scholarships which provides affordable access to technical schools and colleges."
- Supports, "An educated citizenry with free and easy access to information."
- The candidate's website says, "Every American, child and adult alike, deserves the education that gives them that chance."

June Krise is a resident of White County, Georgia, and attended nursing school at Kennesaw College. She is married to Dr. Richard Krise and has children, with whom she shared her own music. June is a member of The Episcopal Church of the Resurrection in White County.

June Krise is a registered nurse with over 30 years of experience in the healthcare field, including 12 years in regulatory services and community care Medicaid policy. She is the founder of Quality of Life Enterprises, Inc., a consulting firm that assists in starting small healthcare businesses. Previously, she owned and operated a dance studio named 'The Clogging Company.'

June Krise has not held elected office but has been actively involved in the Democratic Party of Georgia, where she currently serves as the Chair of the 9th Congressional District. She has also served as President of the 9th District Democratic Women and President of the Georgia Federation of Democratic Women. She declared her candidacy for the Georgia Senate from District 50 for the General Election on November 5th.

The candidate's website says, "Pay discrimination is rooted in how society has valued (or failed to value) work traditionally done by women... legislation alone can’t necessarily fix this, but leaders can and should speak about this 'value gap' and suggest ways to change how we value work."

The candidate's website says, "President Biden has delivered a once-in-a-generation investment in our nation’s aging infrastructure. June has been an unwavering supporter of the President because our communities deserve access to safe drinking water, high-speed internet, and a cleaner environment."

The candidate's website says, "Every American deserves to live in a healthy environment that includes clean air, clean water, and safe food."

The candidate's website says, "Free and fair elections, at every level, in every place in America: Elections that…"

Said, "WE CAN PROVIDE education and job training in our jails and prisons, so people get a SECOND CHANCE when they are released, not a SECOND SENTENCE."

Said, "We have more than 100,000 people in jails and prisons across Georgia, and more than 400,000 on probation. That’s more than twice the rate of the rest of the country! ... Last year alone we spent almost"

The candidate's website says, "on incarceration. What would our communities look like if we invested that money in education, mental health, or substance abuse treatment and rehabilitation programs instead of prison cells?"

The candidate's website says, "racial and economic INEQUITIES in our justice system, especially for non-violent drug offenses."

The candidate's website says, "A society where every citizen is treated equally before the law, and by the law."

The candidate's website says, "Justice reform is one issue that Georgians have agreed on in the recent past. John Lewis and Doug Collins worked together with the previous Georgia Governor on this. We need to work together again – it just takes LEADERSHIP!"

The candidate's website says, "family, friends, and neighbors who are struggling with SUBSTANCE ABUSE and ADDICTION."

Said, "WE CAN HELP family, friends, and neighbors who are struggling with SUBSTANCE ABUSE and ADDICTION."

Believes in, "The Right of every citizen to shape their own life, and their beliefs, so long as it does not infringe on the rights or safety of others."

Supports, "An educated citizenry with free and easy access to information."

The candidate's website says, "Every American, child and adult alike, deserves the education that gives them that chance."

- Your state senator represents the interests of your district in the Georgia State Senate.
- Your state senator can author, sponsor, and vote on bills that may become state laws after going through the legislative process. 
- State Senators are involved in approving some appointments by the Governor.
- The State Senate, along with the State House of Representatives, makes up our state lawmaking body: the Georgia General Assembly.
- There are 56 Georgia senators, each representing a single district.
- State Senators are elected to two-year terms. They are paid a yearly salary of $17,342.

Georgia State Senator, District 50, Democratic Primary

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