N'Kiyla Jasmine Thomas

Progressive

Democrat

N/A

Oklahoma

Current Position: Nurse

Running For: Senator

Policy Positions

For universal affordable childcare including 24/7 options, treating childcare as federal infrastructure, and paid family and medical leave
For a Credit Renewal Act to reset credit every five years, forgiveness of old debt after consistent payments, hardship protections for medical crises or job loss, and accountability for predatory lenders
For protecting Social Security and disability benefits, ending SSA clawbacks, expanding autism and disability services, reducing therapy waitlists, strengthening IEP enforcement, and expanding respite care

For a living wage minimum wage, strong price gouging protections, investment in affordable housing, food access as a basic right, and emergency housing and utility relief
For 32-hour full-pay workweek pilot programs, a right to disconnect from work after hours, flexible scheduling protections, safe staffing ratios for healthcare workers, and paid leave and caregiver protections

For protecting and expanding the Affordable Care Act, expanding rural healthcare, reining in private insurers managing Medicaid, guaranteeing emergency reproductive and trauma care, and expanding hospice and long-term care

For reducing class sizes, expanding early intervention, reducing overreliance on standardized testing, guaranteeing free breakfast and lunch for all students, fully funding special education, ensuring competitive teacher pay, and keeping partisan politics out of classrooms

For strengthening the Clean Water Act, protecting tribal water sovereignty, holding polluters accountable, and treating environmental protection as public health policy

For abortion rights; supports restoring Roe v. Wade federally, protecting women from prosecution for miscarriage or pregnancy complications, and guaranteeing care for survivors of rape, incest, and trafficking
For codifying marriage equality, expanding anti-discrimination protections, protecting transgender youth and their families, and safeguarding voting access for disabled Americans

For expanding the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) to cover friendship-, family-, and roommate-based violence, mandating trauma-informed training for law enforcement and first responders, protecting survivors from criminalization for self-defense, and strengthening protections for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW)