Rhonda Hart

DU.S. Army veteran; gun-safety advocate

Rhonda Hart is a U.S. Army veteran and gun-safety advocate whose 14-year-old daughter was killed in a school shooting; she has advocated for safer gun-storage laws and now runs for Congress on gun safety, veterans, and reproductive-rights issues.[3]

Basic profile — the most important sourced facts we found.

Positions on the issues

  • SupportsStricter gun laws

    Supports stricter gun-storage laws and says she helped pass the federal Bipartisan Safer Communities Act and a Texas gun-storage law.[3]

    “I’ve spent the last six years fighting for safer gun storage laws”
  • SupportsProtect legal access to abortion

    Supports federal legislation to codify Roe v. Wade and defend abortion access.[3]

    “I believe that all women deserve the right to make their own healthcare decisions. In Congress, I’ll fight to defend a woman’s right to choose and work to pass federal laws to codify Roe v. Wade.”

In their words — priorities

  • Advocates for stronger gun-storage laws, citing the loss of her daughter to gun violence.[3]
  • Supports improved veteran access to doctors, medical facilities, pensions, and long-term benefits.[3]
  • Supports codifying Roe v. Wade into federal law.[3]

Background

  • Served in the U.S. Army from 2000 to 2003.[3]
  • Earned an associate degree from the University of Alaska Southeast in 2009.[3]
  • Her 14-year-old daughter was killed in a school shooting; she says she has spent six years advocating for safer gun-storage laws and helped pass the federal Bipartisan Safer Communities Act and a Texas gun-storage law, SB 435.[3]

Also on the ballot for this seat: Brian Babin · Compare side by side

Sources cited in this profile

  1. 3.Rhonda Hart · Ballotpedia (quoting Hart's campaign website and Candidate Connection survey) Candidate's own words