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Ballotpedia, Sara-Elizabeth Cottrell

Sara-Elizabeth has a bachelor's degree in English and Spanish education and a master's degree in linguistics from the Univeristy of South Carolina.

Sara-Elizabeth is a Spanish curriculum consultant and developer. She previously worked as a Spanish teacher. 

Sara-Elizabeth Cottrell previously ran for Kentucky State Representative for House District 41 in 2022, but did not win. 

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Supports right-to-repair policies and fewer regulations like prohibitive insurance and licensing requirements.

Plans to support small businesses through right-to-repair policies and reducing regulations like prohibitive insurance and licensing requirements.

Supports developing sustainable tourism attractions.

Supports providing broadband internet to remote workers and educating them to fill those jobs.

Supports expanding access broadband internet to increase the availability of remote work.

- Plans to support small businesses through right-to-repair policies and reducing regulations like prohibitive insurance and licensing requirements.
- Supports developing sustainable tourism attractions.
- Supports lowering income taxes.
- Supports expanding access broadband internet to increase the availability of remote work.

Economy

Believes in funding technological advancements to monitor high-crime areas and increase solve rates and convictions.

Supports collaborating with nonprofit organizations and businesses to help reformed offenders reintegrate successfully.

Believes in implementing strategies to strengthen ties and trust between law enforcement and the community, imitating Jeffersontown’s success in this area.

Believes in implementing strategies to strengthen ties and trust between law enforcement and the community.

Supports incentivizing police officer training in de-escalation, mental health support, and victim advocacy.

Believes that teamwork between the community and law enforcement is essential for promoting safe streets and a peaceful city.

Supports building community policing initiatives.

Supports creating community policing initiatives.

Supports efforts to combat human trafficking and child abuse.

- Believes in funding technological advancements to monitor high-crime areas and increase solve rates and convictions.
- Supports collaborating with nonprofit organizations and businesses to help reformed offenders reintegrate successfully.
- Believes in implementing strategies to strengthen ties and trust between law enforcement and the community.
- Supports incentivizing police officer training in de-escalation, mental health support, and victim advocacy.
- Believes that teamwork between the community and law enforcement is essential for promoting safe streets and a peaceful city.
- Supports creating community policing initiatives.
- Supports efforts to combat human trafficking and child abuse.

Public Safety

Supports transparency in healthcare pricing.

Believes Kentucky’s Certificate of Need laws are outdated and removing them will foster competitive pricing in healthcare.

Supports measures to improve maternal health and childbirth outcomes, ensure access to medical cannabis, and increase mental health support.

Supports House Bill 3, the Pro-Life Omnibus Bill, which bans abortion in Texas.

Opposes allowing transgender women from competing in women's sports.

Opposes allowing transgender women to compete in women's sports.

- Supports transparency in healthcare pricing.
- Believes Kentucky’s Certificate of Need laws are outdated and removing them will foster competitive pricing in healthcare.
- Supports measures to improve maternal health and childbirth outcomes, ensure access to medical cannabis, and increase mental health support.
- Opposes abortion access.
- Opposes allowing transgender women to compete in women's sports.

Healthcare

Believes in creating charter school and voucher legislation to enhance school choice and improve public schools.

Believes in creating charter school and voucher legislation to enhance school choice.

Believes in reducing testing, especially for early learners and English language learners.

Supports enabling more Kentuckians to become certified teachers.

Supports implementing high-value skills instruction in high schools to help students qualify for high-wage jobs.

- Believes in creating charter school and voucher legislation to enhance school choice.
- Believes in reducing testing, especially for early learners and English language learners.
- Supports enabling more Kentuckians to become certified teachers.
- Supports implementing high-value skills instruction in high schools to help students qualify for high-wage jobs.

Education

Supports a "just transition" from coal to nuclear energy.

Supports transitioning from coal to nuclear energy.

- Supports transitioning from coal to nuclear energy.

Energy & the Environment

As of August 20, 2024, Sara-Elizabeth Cottrell’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Voting & Elections

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Sara-Elizabeth Cottrell

Sara-Elizabeth has a bachelor's degree in English and Spanish education and a master's degree in linguistics. 

Sara-Elizabeth Cottrell previously ran for State Representative in 2022 but did not win. 

Supports providing the workforce and tax policies needed for businesses to succeed.

Supports House Bill 8 (HB8), which aims to decrease or eliminate income tax.

Believes in attracting new residents to the Commonwealth to boost the economy, citing the influx of people to neighboring Tennessee as a model.

Believes the wealthy will not spend extra money, but will invest it in tax shelters, offshore accounts, and other financial instruments that do not benefit the economy.

Supports cutting personal income taxes, believing surplus funds "belong to the people of Kentucky."

Believes legislators’ responsible spending is saving money.

Believes that eliminating the state income tax will spur economic growth and attract new residents.

Believes the government should return funds to the people rather than appropriating extra funds for spending.

Believes Democratic Representatives argued that a cut in income taxes would not inspire people to move to Kentucky, citing "our lack of Dollywood, warm winters, and curiously, the Permian Basin."

Supports small businesses through right-to-repair policies and fewer regulations like prohibitive insurance and licensing requirements.

Believes "public funds are for public entities."

- Supports small businesses through right-to-repair policies and fewer regulations like prohibitive insurance and licensing requirements.
- Supports developing sustainable tourism attractions.
- Supports lowering income taxes.
- Believes "public funds are for public entities."

Supports partnering with organizations that assist released and reformed offenders.

Believes the death knell started in 2015, when Democratic representatives Gooch and Butler switched parties.

Supports providing handguns to individuals with commercial driver’s licenses or operator’s licenses.

Supports providing handguns to state-licensed professionals.

Supports providing handguns to parents and children after a live birth is registered and certified.

Supports providing handguns to adoptive parents and children when a new birth certificate is issued.

Supports House Bill (HB) 215 to combat fentanyl trafficking.

- Believes in funding technological advancements to monitor high-crime areas and increase solve rates and convictions.
- Supports collaborating with nonprofit organizations and businesses to help reformed offenders reintegrate successfully.
- Believes in implementing strategies to strengthen ties and trust between law enforcement and the community.
- Supports incentivizing police officer training in de-escalation, mental health support, and victim advocacy.
- Believes that teamwork between the community and law enforcement is essential for promoting safe streets and a peaceful city.
- Supports building community policing initiatives.
- Supports efforts to combat human trafficking and child abuse.

Believes bipartisan lawmakers genuinely care about "Kentuckians, children in schools, the hungry, and neighbors using SNAP benefits," but says they are ignored due to "widely opposed platforms."

Supports requiring two office visits on different days before prescribing erectile dysfunction medication.

Said, "I don’t claim any knowledge over why her record is so spotty. Perhaps there were health issues. Perhaps the weather was bad."

Believes that erectile dysfunction medication should only be prescribed to married men.

Supports requiring a signed letter from a spouse for consent to prescribe erectile dysfunction medication.

Believes it is ironic for a pro-choice advocate to encourage increasing the birth rate.

Supports requiring a sworn statement with a Bible that a man will only use a prescription for erectile dysfunction drugs when having sexual relations with his current spouse.

Believes effective leadership must serve and promote the well-being of society.

Supports revitalizing Appalachia to combat poverty and drug addiction.

Believes that providing paid parental leave and other support measures does not increase birth rates, citing that the U.S. has a lower fertility rate than countries that do provide such measures.

Believes in protecting vulnerable populations, including children, through policies that hold businesses accountable and ensure safe living conditions for all Kentucky children.

Believes school choice decreases diversity.

Believes Kentucky already has school choice.

Supports gap-busting public charter schools and means-tested measures in education.

Believes "school choice" means ensuring minority children in Jefferson County can access an education to help them "break the cycle of poverty."

Believes an effective District 41 representative must love education and know the field well.

Believes MAP and state tests "discourage our kids" and "waste instructional time," and supports eliminating testing for kindergarten, first grade, and newly arrived English-language learners, with an opt-out option for all levels.

Supports Sweden's leadership in climate change action and its low birth rate, suggesting that socialistic societies can maintain environmental standards without increasing population growth.

Supports Finland's goal of achieving carbon neutrality by 2035 and reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 80% by 2050.

Supports developing energy, education, and ecotourism in Eastern Kentucky.

- Supports transitioning from coal to nuclear energy.
- Supports developing energy, education, and ecotourism in Eastern Kentucky.
- Supports providing broadband internet to remote workers and educating them to fill those jobs.

Supports creating more minority-majority districts.

Believes in supporting voting rights and fair election practices.

Believes it is impossible to draw a political districting map that eliminates women.

Believes in the likelihood of Democratic wins in upcoming elections, with specific predictions for retaking seats and gender representation.

Believes in the importance of actively representing the district and supporting new district maps.

Believes the 41st district should elect a moderate candidate, saying "if they actually want to be represented by someone, they need to elect someone who is not far-right..."

Believes the LGBTQ+ community's interests are prioritized over constitutional liberties.

Believes in the strength of the Republican Party, citing that "Larue County turned red, and so did Greenup and Mercer, while the Republican Party gained over 113,000 voters and the Democratic Party lost over 44,000 just in the two years since Beshear got elected."

Believes the primaries are crucial and exciting elections.

Believes in transparency and accountability in elections, as evidenced by their 2022 election campaign slogan "Did Not Vote" to highlight the importance of civic engagement and participation in the democratic process.

As of September 4, 2024, Sara-Elizabeth Cottrell’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Sara-Elizabeth Cottrell is a curriculum consultant who has worked on developing elementary Spanish curriculum for Jefferson County Public Schools (JCPS). She also runs a small business.

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- There are 100 members of the Kentucky House of Representatives, each representing a single district. Representatives must be at least 24 years old and reside in the state for at least two years before their election. 
- State Representatives are elected to two-year terms. They only serve in the role part-time. 
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