Kari Mitchell Whitaker

I’m Kari Mitchell Whitaker, a lifelong resident of Dunnavant Valley (in District 45), and I’m asking for your vote as State House Representative.
I want to run for office because I believe that government — as envisioned by our founders — should be simple, unobtrusive, and (where necessary) effective. I trust people to make their own decisions about what is best for themselves and their families. The less the government meddles in our private lives and affairs, the better. I believe our current government has become too powerful, cumbersome, divisive, and corrupt — and I want to change that.

Since I am fed up with how the Republicans and Democrats have been running things, I decided to run as a Libertarian candidate. Many people inherently agree with Libertarian principles and don’t even realize it — ideas like limited government, personal freedom and privacy, and individual responsibility.

I don’t aspire to be a career politician, and I won’t try to sell you simplistic solutions to our complex problems. The current two-party system has led to too much divisiveness. We must work hard to find common ground, sensible compromise and foster a cooperative human connection. I believe our country is unique in the world — we must preserve and protect the democratic principles and classical liberal ideas upon which it was founded.

I am a small business owner, wife, and mother. I am an active member of my church. In my free time, you’ll find me hiking, gardening, reading, foraging wild foods, SCUBA diving, playing role-playing games, and practicing Brazilian jiu-jitsu.