June Krise
SD 50
Georgia WIN List is proud to endorse June Krise, RN, for House District 8 in Northwest Georgia.
June has practiced over 30 years in the health care field as a Registered Professional Nurse. After 12 years in regulatory services and community care Medicaid policy, June opened her own small consulting firm — Quality of Life Enterprises, Inc. She helps people start up small healthcare in-home and personal care home businesses. June continues to work under agreement with a state-wide Medicaid agency assisting the elderly and disabled adults locate to personal care homes. She assists eligible recipients qualify for the Medicaid Wavier programs so they can stay as independent as possible in their community setting. In addition to her consultation work, June is an advocate for intellectually and / or developmentally delayed adults.
June has worked in grassroots politics for years. She received the Speaker Thomas B. Murphy Lifetime Achievement Award from the Democratic Party of Georgia in 2014. She was appointed a State Committee Member by two Chairs of the DPG: DuBose Porter and Nikema Williams.
She is currently 1st Vice Chair of the Georgia Federation of Democratic Woman and Chair of the White County Democratic Committee. She is also Chair of the 9th Congressional District of the Democratic Party of Georgia (which encompasses 13 North Georgia Counties) and serves on the executive Committee of the Democratic Party of Georgia. June is a member of the Credentials and County Affairs Committees. Under her leadership in the 9th Congressional District, a record 37 candidates qualified and ran for office in 2020. June was one of them — running for the Georgia Senate from the 51st District. She and her campaign team worked tirelessly to help get the vote out and helped to ensure Biden/Harris, Warnock, and Ossoff victories.
June is currently running for the Georgia House from District 8 because the Republicans gerrymandered her out of the 51st Senate District. Her goal for this election cycle is “ to get every Democratic vote possible from the 9th Congressional District so that our fantastic statewide candidates can win!”
Here are highlights of the issues Mrs. Krise hopes to work on in the Georgia House:
- Healthcare – She hopes to improve access to healthcare, especially for the blind, the disabled, the elderly, and mothers and babies. She believes Georgia should expand waivers that assist the elderly in finding housing and personal care, help people fight addiction, and support rural hospitals. She recognizes Georgia’s high maternal mortality rate and the shortage of OB/GYNs in rural areas.
- Education: Krise plans to support education as an advocate for teachers and students in public schools, emphasizing dual enrollment and vocational options, and returning to full HOPE scholarships which provide affordable access to technical schools and colleges for Georgia’s students. She is an advocate for better high speed internet in rural communities because it prepares children for future jobs.
- Environment: June will protect our environment by implementing common-sense legislation to ensure clean air and water and protect our mountains. She will work to change laws which will make it easier to produce and install solar and wind energy, end drilling for oil or gas, and stop all mining of coal.
- Tourism/Arts: June will use artists and artisans in North Georgia to expand and promote tourism and improve quality of life.
- Women’s Rights: Krise is a strong supporter of the Equal Rights Amendment and believes pay discrimination cannot be fixed with legislation alone. She pledges to speak out about the value gap and suggest ways to change value work.
- Criminal Justice Reform: Because Georgia has more than 100,000 people in jails and prisons, more than 400,000 people on probation, and spent more than $1 billion last year on incarceration, June believes in keeping people out of criminal justice system through early education, social services, and diversion programs. She believes racial and economic inequities in the justice system must be addressed, especially for non-violent drug offenses. She believes education and job training should be provided in jails and prisons.
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