WHY I AM RUNNING FOR HD-106

My name is Karen Edge, and I am a Democrat running for the Missouri House of Representatives in District 106.  I would like to provide a little background about who I am and why I will be the Missouri House Representative that votes for your values.

I was born and raised a Democrat. The values I was taught growing up align with democratic values. My mother and father both were raised in the South during the Jim Crow era. They taught their children all human beings are created equal.

My great-grandfather was a union organizer for the railroad. My father was enthralled with his grandfather’s exciting stories of the early day of union organizing. “Babba”, as he was called, would exclaim in his thick Irish accent that unions were the salvation of the working man. 

On both sides of my family tree there are union activists and public-school teachers. Fighting for good public education and union provided jobs for working families is literally in my DNA.

These democratic values, civil rights, strong workers’ rights through organized labor, and pro-public schools, have been passed down to me through multiple generations. I am proud to be a Democrat.