Kirsten Root: Send a Social Worker to the Statehouse

Kirsten Root, Democratic nominee for Indiana State Senate District 21, returns to Hold ’em Accountable for a conversation about change, public service, healthcare, affordability, working families, public safety, and why Indiana needs people in the Statehouse who understand broken systems from the inside.For the first time since 2008, District 21 will have a new state senator. Longtime incumbent Jim Buck is out, and the race is now between Kirsten Root and Tracy Powell. That means voters are not deciding whether change is coming. They are deciding what kind of change they want.Kirsten brings a background in social work, DCS, healthcare navigation, and community resources. In this interview, she talks about why government should listen before it cuts, invest before crisis hits, and spend public dollars on public needs instead of corporate subsidies.We discuss:• Indiana Senate District 21• Kirsten Root’s campaign for State Senate• Tracy Powell and the future of District 21• Healthcare access and a public insurance option• Affordability, utility bills, and rental costs• Working families across Westfield, Kokomo, Tipton County, and rural communities• Social workers in public safety and crisis response• A Department of Community Safety• Private prisons and accountability• Raising Indiana’s minimum wage• Corporate subsidies and public dollars• Why local officials feel ignored by the Statehouse• Why showing up matters more than political theaterKirsten says District 21 has not been prioritized by the Statehouse, and she is making the case that voters should send someone with real experience helping people navigate broken systems into the room where those systems are built.No spin. No talking points. Just receipts.You can also ask Alexa to play Hold ’em Accountable with Derrick Holder.#KirstenRoot #IndianaPolitics #IndianaSD21 #HealthcareAccess #HoldEmAccountable