Defending democracy is one of Erin’s top priorities. After a decade of policy advocacy at the Utah Legislature, she’s seen growing attacks on voting rights, fair maps, government transparency, and the checks and balances that keep power accountable. Erin knows that progress on every other issue depends on protecting our representative democracy.

She will fight to protect every Utahn’s freedom to vote, defend independent courts, and push back against partisan power grabs that silence community voices. Erin believes the government should be made up of and work for the people. As director of Real Women Run (now Utah Women Run at the Hinckley Institute), she worked to increase representation, public service leadership, and voter engagement for women and communities of color.

Erin has also seen firsthand how too many major decisions — especially around the state budget, tax cuts for the wealthiest Utahns, and corporate tax incentives that benefit political insiders — are made behind closed doors with little or no public input. Utah passes a multi-billion-dollar budget in just 45 days, and Erin has years of experience tracking legislation and advocating for investments that address real community needs, from domestic violence services and affordable child care to healthcare access and support for working families. She believes our tax dollars should be invested transparently and responsibly in ways that actually improve people’s daily lives.

As the Better Boundaries Accountability PAC-endorsed candidate, Erin is committed to fair representation, transparent government, and safeguarding the democratic institutions that belong to all of us.

For more than 25 years, Erin has worked alongside our communities who are too often ignored, targeted, or left behind. Her career has focused on making government and community systems more fair, effective, and responsive to the real challenges families face every day.

Erin has advocated for immigrant families, LGBTQ+ Utahns, survivors of domestic and sexual violence, and young people who need support instead of punishment. She serves on the Utah Board of Juvenile Justice, where she has helped advance reforms focused on rehabilitation, mental health support, and better outcomes for kids and families. Erin is also the founding Board Chair of Clean Slate Utah, helping lead efforts to give people a fair second chance by clearing minor criminal records that can stand in the way of jobs, housing, and long-term stability.

As Policy Director for the Utah Domestic Violence Coalition, Erin helped secure historic increases in funding for domestic violence shelters and services across the state. She has also worked to strengthen child safety protections, expand healthcare access for new moms and lower-income Utahns, and advocate for policies that help prevent homelessness and support families struggling to stay housed as costs continue to rise.

Erin has long supported racial justice efforts through her work at YWCA Utah, where she helped develop programs focused on leadership opportunities for young women of color, stronger community resources, and reforms to systems that disproportionately harm marginalized communities. She has also been a consistent advocate for protecting LGBTQ+ Utahns from discrimination and government overreach into healthcare and personal decisions.

Erin believes communities should be safe from violence in all its forms, including gun violence. She is proud to be recognized as a Moms Demand Action Gun Sense Candidate and supports practical, evidence-based policies that protect families, schools, and communities while respecting responsible gun ownership.

Erin believes every Utahn deserves safety, dignity, and the freedom to thrive — regardless of income, background, identity, or immigration status. As our Representative, she will continue fighting for policies that protect vulnerable communities and ensure no one is left behind.

Erin believes in science. Climate change, overconsumption, and evaporation are rapidly shrinking the Great Salt Lake, while massive proposed developments continue to threaten water the lake can’t afford to lose. Protecting the lake is an urgent environmental and public health crisis, and Erin believes our Legislature must start treating it like one.

As your HD34 Representative, Erin will work with scientists, advocates, and community leaders to push for bold water conservation policies and large-scale solutions that get more water back into the lake. She supports reducing outdoor water waste, encouraging water-smart development, and ensuring major projects receive the public and environmental scrutiny Utahns deserve — especially during a time of statewide drought emergency, low snowpack, and worsening air quality tied to the lake’s decline. Erin is proud to be endorsed by the Salt Lake County Democratic Environmental Caucus.

Erin has spent her career fighting for policies that help working families thrive — from affordable child care and paid family leave to fair wages, renters’ rights, and affordable healthcare. She has worked alongside parents, workers, providers, and community leaders to address the real pressures Utah families face every day, especially as housing, healthcare, and child care costs continue to rise.

As the union-endorsed candidate in this race, Erin believes Utah should stand with the people who keep our communities running. She supports collective bargaining rights, strong local hiring practices, expanded apprenticeship opportunities, and policies that ensure workers are paid a living wage. Coming from a working-class family herself, Erin understands that families need more than rhetoric — they need leaders willing to fight for economic stability and opportunity.

Erin has also been a strong advocate for affordable healthcare access in Utah. Her work includes helping pass Medicaid Expansion through the 2018 ballot initiative, launching Utah’s first postpartum mental health support program, and securing the state’s first ongoing budget investment in emergency healthcare for strangulation victims. She believes healthcare is a right, not a privilege, and will continue fighting to protect Medicaid, lower costs, and keep healthcare decisions between patients and their doctors.

As your Representative, Erin will focus on practical solutions that make life more affordable and sustainable for Utah families — including affordable housing, quality public education, reliable child care, and policies that allow people to not just get by, but build stable, healthy lives.

Public education is one of our most important shared investments. Erin believes every Utah child deserves access to strong public schools, supported teachers, and the resources they need to succeed — regardless of their ZIP code, and she’s proud to be endorsed by AFT Utah. Growing up in a small town, Erin experienced firsthand how public education can open doors, strengthen communities, and create opportunity for families who could never afford those same opportunities privately.

As our Representative, Erin will fight for sustainable and transparent school funding that prioritizes classrooms, teachers, mental health support, and student success — not political agendas or tax breaks for the wealthiest Utahns. She believes educators and school staff deserve better pay, stronger support, and a Legislature that listens to the people working directly with students every day.

Erin also believes our schools work best when they are places of inclusion, respect, and community partnership — not political culture wars. She opposes efforts to divert public education dollars away from neighborhood schools through unchecked voucher expansion and believes policy decisions should be guided by evidence and what helps students thrive.

Strong public schools strengthen families, grow our economy, and help build healthier communities. Erin will work to ensure Utah fully invests in the future every child deserves.

Utah’s air quality is a public health crisis, and Erin believes we need leaders who will follow science and act with urgency. Salt Lake City regularly experiences some of the worst air pollution in the country, with inversion events trapping harmful pollution in our valley and putting families at risk for asthma, heart disease, respiratory illness, and long-term health problems.

Erin will fight for stronger clean air protections, science-based environmental regulations, and greater accountability for major polluters. She opposes efforts by the Legislature to weaken environmental oversight or tie the hands of regulators when public health is at stake. Erin believes we should be preventing harm before families get sick — not waiting until the damage is already done.

She also supports practical solutions that reduce emissions and improve quality of life, including cleaner transportation options, incentives for cleaner small-engine and industrial equipment, smarter growth and transit planning, and stronger investments in renewable energy and energy efficiency. Erin is proud to be endorsed by the Salt Lake County Democratic Environmental Caucus. Protecting our air means protecting our health, our economy, and Utah’s future.