As Your Representative, I will

Support Term Limits:

Our State House needs fresh ideas and new leaders who will passionately support our community.  
I will support efforts that shake-up long standing political patterns

Focus on Finance and Taxes:

RI needs to stop reaching into the pockets of the little guy every time there is a crisis of opportunity.
Re-establishing a two party system will help keep our Legistlature accountable to our community.

Focus on Health Care:

Send a nurse to the State House and I will bring my experience and insight to the discussion. I have worked in psych and addiction, all too often seeing shortages and staff issues and a lack of resources affecting our most vulnerable.



Focus on Finance and Taxes:

RI needs to stop reaching into the pockets of the little guy every time there is a crisis of opportunity.
Re-establishing a two party system will help keep our Legistlature accountable to our community.

VISION FOR RI

Marie Hopkins attended URI and Brown University. A registered nurse, she currently teaches at CCRI, and was employed as a substitute school nurse for the City of Warwick, as well as the RIVAMC, and RWMC. 

Marie has worked as a forensic and a criminal psych nurse for the State of Rhode Island. She has also worked as a psychiatric and addiction care nurse. Marie is in a unique position to assess health needs and reforms - as she has worked up close with seniors, veterans, and others in the acute healthcare setting. Prior to becoming a nurse, Marie was the editor of a National Olympic Committee sports magazine.  

Marie is a member of the RI Republican Party.  Many political issues are local issues, not national ones- and her values closely align with most Rhode Islanders. Its important that our government has diverse and balanced points of view. Marie brings a fresh, new voice.

Marie supports term limits. She believes in responsible spending with a focus on value and limiting taxation. There is room for improvement in our educational system, our health care system, and our State budget planning. Advocacy for the little guy is the way forward for Rhode Island.