Leg District 5 Candidate
Write-In Candidate
To vote for a "Write-In" candidate, fill in the oval next
to the blank line and write the name of your choice on the blank
line. The spelling must at least be a match phonetically if it is
not spelled correctly:
Karin Ducote
(if you don't fill in the oval, the optical scan machine
doesn't
know to look at the write-in entry)
(See Leg District 2 Candidates, Leg District 4 Candidates, County Commissioner Candidates)
Karin Ducote
Legislative Dist 5 State Rep Pos A
PO Box 3223
Coeur d'Alene, ID 83816
My name is
Karin Ducote and I am
running as a Democratic
Write-In Candidate for Legislative District 5,
State Representative, Position A.
All three seats in District 5 are held by Incumbent
Republicans; and all three seats are on the ballot unopposed. My
candidacy is an effort to bring balance and choice to the ballot on
I am a fourth generation
Deciding to run for political office required an evaluation of what I could offer the ticket and ultimately the Legislature. My professional experience is in healthcare, financial and scientific research environments spanning from small business to Fortune 500 companies and University settings. This broad based experience is well suited for the demands of evaluating legislation and law that impacts our community.
As an alumna of
Being a small business owner I know the challenges of skyrocketing insurance premiums and the cost of trying to insure your employees.
In my industry, healthcare, it is all too common for people who have insurance to be underinsured and an accident away from financial disaster because their benefits are reduced and they are expected to cover ever larger copayments and deductibles. Or the retiree who just turned 65 and is having a difficult time finding a provider who will accept them as a new Medicare patient.
As a homeowner it can be a struggle to understand whether or not property tax increases or taxes on groceries are the more equitable way to pay for educating our children and paving our roads.
And gas prices, well that goes without saying.
I think even our wealthier neighbors are starting to take notice of
the price of a gallon of gas.
These are just of few of many issues directly impacting each of us. The challenge is to be realistic about our priorities and determine how and who we want to pay for the services our government provides us.
The mission of the state legislature is to “chart the growth of the state” while
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Preserving checks and balances of state government; while
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Promoting the health, education, and well being of Idahoans; while
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Preserving Idaho's environment and natural resources; while
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Carrying out oversight responsibilities and government accountability; while
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Raising revenues and appropriating monies for government services
The mission of the Legislature is worthy of a
public servant who will take these goals to heart and who will do
their very best to represent the greater good of their District and
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Innovative Solutions to our Energy Demands and Supplies.
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Support of Education for our Students and Teachers.
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Solutions to Increase Idahoans Access to Affordable Health Insurance.
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Balanced Budgets and Simplification of our Tax Structure.
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Eliminating the Grocery Sales Tax.
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Ensuring a Woman’s Constitutional Rights to Decisions Regarding Reproduction.
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Serious Consideration of the Effort to Repeal ‘Right to Work’.
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Protection of our Water Resources and our Natural Environments.
My name is Karin Ducote and I am running as a Democratic Write-In Candidate for the position of Legislative District 5, State Representative, Position A. If elected, I pledge to serve with the principles of courage, equality, honesty and integrity.