It was a meeting of the candidates running for state representative in the League of Women Voters debate forums Monday night, starting with the candidates for District 8.
Incumbent Republican Walker Thomas is facing a familiar challenger in Democrat Pam Dossett—the two have met on the ballot before in 2020—and they debated many topics from constitutional amendments to public education and more in between. Representative Thomas says he supports both constitutional amendments up for vote in November, particularly Amendment Two which makes it so there is no protected right to an abortion in the Kentucky constitution.
Dossett is against both amendments, including Amendment One which would allow the legislature to convene outside of regular session without the governor calling for a special session, and saying Amendment Two paves the way to restrict women’s privacy and medical decisions.
Things became heated at times during the discussions on abortion, the content public education curriculum and how to create and retain more teachers in the state.
Thomas says if re-elected his top priorities include tax exempt military pensions and making it so people with Kentucky work licenses can work in other states without having to get a license there as well.
Dossett says her top priorities include strengthening public education and examining what can be done for prison reform, specifically involving young women.
You can listen to the debate in full below:
https://www.facebook.com/lwvhopkinsville/videos/1054675998557989