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
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]