Liz Watson is our featured Progressive today. Liz Watson is a product of Bloomington Indiana’s public schools. She is a fifth-generation Hoosier. Watson went to Georgetown Law School. During law school, she represented victims of domestic abuse. After law school, she served working people in low wage jobs, victims of pregnancy discrimination, unemployment compensation denied, and other indignities that working people suffer at the hands of a rigged system designed to exploit.
Liz Watson, a Progressive ready to serve Indiana
Liz was the Policy Director for Democrats in the United States Congress. She led the development of the $15 minimum wage bill in the House and worked with Senator Bernie Sanders’ staff for the companion bill in the Senate. Watson has also worked on progressive legislation with Senator Elizabeth Warren. After watching the current Congressman work against the people of her district she did her civic duty. She is running to replace Trey Hollingsworth in Indiana House District 9.
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