🔥 Top 6 Issues for Nevadans Where Matthew Winterhawk Stands

1️⃣ Education & Curriculum Accountability

🛡️ Stance:

Nevada’s classrooms must teach skills, truth, literacy, and critical thinking, not political or corporate agendas.

✔️ Strengthen parental rights and transparency in all curriculum
✔️ Restore civics, literacy, trades, law, and constitutional education
✔️ Ensure age-appropriate materials and remove adult political content
✔️ Refocus schools on academics, not activism
✔️ Support teachers with better resources and clearer standards

2️⃣ Immigration Policy & Nevada Community Protection

🛡️ Stance:

Nevada’s laws, schools, hospitals, and public services must prioritize legal residents, citizens, and those here lawfully.

✔️ Oppose sanctuary policies that violate federal and state law
✔️ Require secure ID for voting and benefits
✔️ Prioritize immigration pathways for lawful, contributing individuals
✔️ Remove criminal offenders through proper channels
✔️ Strengthen coordination with sheriffs and federal agencies to protect communities

3️⃣ Affordability & Housing Crisis

🛡️ Stance:

Nevadans should not be priced out of their own neighborhoods. Housing must remain accessible to the people who live and work here.

✔️ Restrict predatory bulk purchases by out-of-state funds
✔️ Support Nevada builders, trades, and modular housing expansion
✔️ Incentivize first-time Nevada buyers over corporations
✔️ Increase transparency in development and municipal approvals
✔️ Prevent speculative pricing manipulation by large investment firms

4️⃣ Crime, Safety, & Public Protection

🛡️ Stance:

Nevada deserves a justice system that protects families, supports law enforcement, and ensures real consequences for violent criminal behavior.

✔️ Zero tolerance for violent and repeat offenders
✔️ Protect women and children in all public spaces
✔️ Restore school safety standards statewide
✔️ Strengthen penalties for organized retail crime and trafficking
✔️ Empower victims with better resources and reporting protections

5️⃣ Water, Land & Natural Resources

🛡️ Stance:

Nevada’s land and water must remain under Nevada’s control. Stewardship is a responsibility, not a negotiating chip.

✔️ Oppose federal overreach, siphoning, or mismanagement
✔️ Prioritize Nevada agriculture, conservation, and rural sustainability
✔️ Audit all federal water contracts and state leases
✔️ Prevent speculative water transfers that hurt Nevada families
✔️ Support long-term drought mitigation and regional planning

6️⃣ Election Integrity

🛡️ Stance:

Nevada’s elections must be transparent, auditable, and trustworthy for every legal voter, regardless of county.

✔️ Mandatory voter ID
✔️ Prohibit non-citizen voting
✔️ End universal mail ballots / strengthen chain-of-custody
✔️ Require transparent paper trails & independent audits
✔️ Clean and verify voter rolls regularly
✔️ Support county-level vote tabulation oversight