Delaware Physician Pledges to Heal America in 2020 Presidential Bid

Civility, respect, multi-partisanship essential to America's recovery

WILMINGTON, Del., May 1, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- After months of talking

directly to New Hampshire voters about how to restore respect and civility
to America's politics, Dr. Mike Katz has launched a bid for the 2020
Democratic nomination for president.

Katz, a Delaware physician, entrepreneur, and former lawmaker, believes

America is looking for a candidate who will bridge the gaps that divide us.
Restoring civility and respect to a bitterly partisan political process is the
first step in finding answers to our country's problems.

Katz's door-to-door initiative in New Hampshire, called "House Calls to

Heal America", has convinced him that this country is much like the trauma
patients he has cared for throughout his career.

"America is in its 'golden hour'," he said. "In the last few years our political
system has been traumatized and like a trauma team in the emergency
room, we must take decisive measures to heal it. And we have very little
time - we must act now to restore a spirit of compromise and consensus."

Five core principles, five transformative ideas

Unlike other candidates, Katz has spent virtually all his time in New
Hampshire listening to voters. He believes the five priority issues America
must address are interrelated: achieving the promise of civil rights for all,
universal healthcare, transforming our educational system, modernizing our
workforce, and getting in front of climate change. He would enter the
presidency with a transformational 100-day plan to lay the groundwork for
addressing each of these critical issues.

Strong, decisive leadership

Dr. Mike Katz is a healer with decades of experience making life-and-death

decisions. He believes that experience can help him heal the bitter
divisions that are keeping America from moving forward. He has taken care
of more than 100,000 people in his career as a physician. He also served in
the Delaware State Senate, where he rooted out corruption and challenged
special interests.
"Of course I understand that as an outsider in this campaign, I have limited
name recognition," he said. "But I believe Americans want something better
than the broken political system that fails every day to address our
country's problems. I think they deserve it. And I will deliver it."

Multi-partisanship

Voters across the political spectrum have told Katz they want to see a civil
and respectful presidential campaign focused on solutions. While he will be
running for the Democratic nomination, he has gained support from many
Republicans and independents who are concerned about President
Trump's lack of leadership. Katz is well known for creating an environment
of multi-partisanship.

"Our polarized party system has become an obstacle to consultation,

compromise and consensus. We can overcome that, but we need to lose
the labels and embrace a multi-partisan approach to our political life. We
must listen to each other - genuinely listen - and learn how to work together
again."

About Dr. Mike Katz

Katz graduated from Bates College with a degree in economics. He earned

his medical degree and M.B.A. in International Business at Georgetown
University and worked for eighteen years as a pediatric anesthesiologist in
Wilmington, Delaware.

In 2008, Katz won a seat in Delaware's State Senate, where he worked to

root out corruption and innovate government practices. He led the passage
of legislation to toughen oversight of the state's medical practitioners,
resulting in Delaware ranking first in the nation for comprehensive legal
protections for patients.

Katz and his wife Trish have raised three children.

www.katz2020.com
@drmikekatz

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