Ohio — 10th District

Kristina Knickerbocker

Supports universal coverage and lower costs

Knickerbocker, an oncology nurse practitioner, views healthcare as a right and advocates for universal coverage, expanding public health programs, and lowering patient costs. She supports protecting the Affordable Care Act, Medicaid, Medicare, and CHIP, while defending reproductive healthcare and banning medical debt from credit reports.

• Supports universal coverage and a public option to lower healthcare premiums.
• Advocates protecting Medicaid, Medicare, CHIP, and the Affordable Care Act.
• Proposes banning medical debt from credit reports and capping prescription costs like insulin and chemotherapy.
• Defends reproductive healthcare.

“The system prioritizes profit over patient care and prevention, leading to inefficiencies and dramatically higher costs.”

“I believe healthcare is a right, and I will work toward Universal Coverage so families don’t have to choose between keeping a roof over their heads and affording care.”

Michael Turner

Supports expanding addiction treatment and reform

Turner emphasizes fighting the opioid epidemic by reducing regulatory barriers to substance abuse treatment, including care for infants born addicted. He has also voted in Congress to terminate COVID-19 travel vaccination mandates and end the COVID-19 national emergency.

• Pushes to cut red tape and increase access to substance abuse treatment for vulnerable populations, including babies born addicted.
• Fought to secure greater access to quality healthcare for Dayton veterans.
• Voted to terminate CDC COVID-19 vaccination requirements for foreign travelers (H.R. 185) and end the national COVID-19 emergency (H.J.Res. 7).

“Pushing to cut red tape and increase access to substance abuse treatment for the most vulnerable in the opioid epidemic, including babies born addicted”

Kristina Knickerbocker

Supports VA funding and military readiness

As a U.S. Air Force veteran who served a decade at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Knickerbocker prioritizes protecting and growing the base and fully funding the VA. She advocates for ensuring military families and veterans receive proper healthcare, housing, and job stability.

• Promises to fully fund and protect the Department of Veterans Affairs.
• Pledges to defend and expand Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.
• Focuses on high quality of life, healthcare, and employment support for veterans and military families.

“Veterans, service members, and military families deserve the highest gratitude and respect our country can offer.”

“I’ll fight to fully fund and protect the VA, defend and grow Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, support military families, and make sure every veteran has access to the healthcare, jobs, and stability they were promised.”

Michael Turner

Supports WPAFB expansion and veteran care

Turner highlights his legislative record of protecting Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, noting the addition of approximately 10,000 jobs at the facility. He also serves on the House Armed Services Committee and fights for increased healthcare and housing access for local veterans.

• Helped add approximately 10,000 jobs at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, the largest single-site employer in Ohio.
• Secured greater access to quality healthcare and housing for Dayton-area veterans.
• Serves on the House Armed Services Committee and previously chaired the Strategic Forces and Tactical Air and Land Forces subcommittees.

“Added approximately 10,000 jobs at WPAFB, still the largest single site employer in Ohio - Jobs our families count on.”

“Fought to secure greater access to quality healthcare and housing for Dayton’s veterans and ensure they receive the care they need and deserve.”

Kristina Knickerbocker

Supports middle-class tax cuts and affordability

Knickerbocker proposes middle-class tax cuts, repealing tariffs, and making billionaires and big corporations pay their fair share to reduce costs for families. She also calls for capping childcare costs, expanding affordable housing, raising wages, and requiring tech corporations to pay for data center energy infrastructure.

• Proposes tax cuts for working families and repealing harmful tariffs.
• Advocates capping childcare costs, supporting eldercare, and building affordable housing.
• Calls for raising wages, strengthening labor rights, and requiring corporations to pay their fair share.
• Proposes forcing big corporations to pay for data center energy infrastructure to lower resident energy bills.

“Costs are too high—housing, childcare, groceries, and energy—and families are being forced to make impossible choices to get by.”

“I’ll cut taxes for working families, repeal harmful tariffs that raise prices, build more affordable housing, cap childcare costs, support eldercare, and lower energy bills by making big corporations—not Ohio families—pay for data center infrastructure.”

Michael Turner

Supports manufacturing, pension restoration, fiscal restraint

Turner focuses on protecting manufacturing and defense industry jobs in Ohio and restoring pensions for Delphi retirees. In Congress, he supported major fiscal legislation including the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1), the Limit, Save, Grow Act, and the Fiscal Responsibility Act.

• Fights to grow and protect regional manufacturing and defense industry jobs.
• Pledges to fully restore pensions for all Delphi retirees.
• Voted for the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1 in 2025) and the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023.
• Voted for the Limit, Save, Grow Act of 2023 to cap federal spending and expand SNAP/TANF work requirements.

“Fighting to grow and protect regional manufacturing and defense industry jobs.”

“Won’t stop fighting until the pensions of all Delphi retirees are restored.”

Kristina Knickerbocker

Supports ethics reform and voting protections

Knickerbocker advocates for comprehensive ethics reform, including banning stock trading by members of Congress, restricting corporate PAC influence, implementing term limits, and closing the lobbyist revolving door. She directly criticizes Turner for enriching himself while in office.

• Supports banning Congressional stock trading and ending corporate PAC influence.
• Proposes term limits for members of Congress and closing the revolving door to lobbying.
• Pledges to protect voting rights and eliminate self-enrichment in office.

“That’s why I’ll ban stock trading for members of Congress, end corporate PAC influence, pass term limits, protect voting rights, and shut down the revolving door that allows former members to cash in as lobbyists.”

Michael Turner

Supports voter ID requirements and transparency

Turner voted for the SAVE Act to mandate proof of citizenship for federal election registration and supported transparency legislation like the Epstein Files Transparency Act. He also publicly opposed Ohio's 2024 Issue 1 redistricting measure.

• Voted for the SAVE Act (H.R. 22) requiring documentary proof of citizenship to register for federal elections.
• Voted for the Epstein Files Transparency Act (H.R. 4405) to release unclassified DOJ records.
• Opposed Ohio Issue 1 in 2024 regarding the establishment of a Citizens Redistricting Commission.

“The Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, or the SAVE Act (H.R. 22), was a bill passed by the House of Representatives on 4/10/2025 that required individuals to provide documentary proof of citizenship when registering to vote in federal elections.”

Kristina Knickerbocker

Supports corporate responsibility for energy costs

Knickerbocker focuses on protecting residents from rising energy bills by requiring tech corporations to pay for their own data center infrastructure. She also supports public health infrastructure ensuring clean air and water.

• Proposes lowering energy bills by making big corporations pay for data center infrastructure.
• Advocates for public health infrastructure that ensures clean air and water for all communities.

“lower energy bills by making big corporations—not Ohio families—pay for data center infrastructure.”

Michael Turner

Supports expanding domestic fossil fuel production

Turner supports expanding domestic energy production, including oil, natural gas, and coal, while reducing regulatory permitting rules. He voted for the Lower Energy Costs Act and voted to repeal green energy tax credits.

• Voted for the Lower Energy Costs Act (H.R. 1) to boost production of oil, natural gas, and coal.
• Voted to reduce permitting restrictions for pipelines, refineries, and energy projects.
• Voted to repeal green energy tax credits in the Limit, Save, Grow Act of 2023.
• Voted for H.J.Res. 30 to disapprove Department of Labor rules allowing ESG factors in retirement plan investments.

“The Lower Energy Costs Act (H.R. 1) was a bill approved by the House of Representatives that sought to increase domestic energy production and exports by increasing the production of oil, natural gas, and coal”

Kristina Knickerbocker

Supports funding first responders and prevention

Knickerbocker emphasizes supporting local police, fire departments, and first responders through best-in-class training and increased resources. She also promotes prevention strategies to build community trust and safety.

• Pledges to invest in law enforcement, fire departments, and local first responders.
• Supports prevention strategies that strengthen community safety while building trust.
• Advocates providing local first responders with best-in-class training.

“Every neighborhood deserves to feel safe, and that starts with making sure our first responders have the support and resources they need to do their jobs.”

Michael Turner

Supports strict penalties for DUI and criminal offenses

Turner focuses on crime prevention through immigration enforcement and combatting the drug crisis. He voted to make driving under the influence grounds for deportation and supported detaining undocumented individuals charged with theft or larceny.

• Voted for H.R. 875 (Protect Our Communities from DUIs Act of 2025) to deport non-citizens convicted of impaired driving.
• Voted for the Laken Riley Act (S. 5) to mandate detention for non-citizens arrested for property crimes.
• Fights the opioid epidemic by seeking expanded access to substance abuse treatment.

“The Jeremy and Angel Seay and Sergeant Brandon Mendoza Protect Our Communities from DUIs Act of 2025... would make driving while impaired or intoxicated grounds for barring an individual residing in the United States without legal permission from admission into the country or for deportation”

Michael Turner

Supports stricter immigration enforcement and deportation

Turner supports enhanced border enforcement and strict penalties for undocumented immigrants involved in crimes. He voted for the Laken Riley Act to detain non-citizens arrested for theft and supported making DUIs grounds for deportation.

• Voted for the Laken Riley Act (S. 5) requiring DHS to detain undocumented immigrants arrested for burglary, theft, or larceny.
• Voted for H.R. 875 to make driving while impaired grounds for deporting or barring non-citizens.
• Voted for the SAVE Act (H.R. 22) to restrict voter registration to verified citizens.

“The Laken Riley Act (S.5) was a bill passed by the 119th Congress and signed into law... which required the Department of Homeland Security to detain certain individuals residing in the United States without legal permission who have been arrested for burglary, theft, larceny, or shoplifting”

Michael Turner

Supports restricting female sports to biological females

Turner voted in favor of federal legislation to prohibit school athletic programs from allowing male-assigned individuals to compete in women's sports.

• Voted for the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2025 (H.R. 28).
• Supports prohibiting school athletic programs from permitting individuals whose sex is male to participate in sports designated for women or girls.

“The Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2025 (H.R. 28) was a bill passed by the House of Representatives on 1/14/2025 that would prohibit school athletic programs from allowing individuals whose sex was male to participate in programs for women or girls.”