Cole’s campaign website highlighted the following issues:

Education
As a behavior counselor Joshua sees and understands the needs of our Children almost as closely as their parents.

Joshua believes in a universal pre-school so all our children may start school on target.
Increased Funding and support of the Arts within the public school system.
Protection of public funding for public schools. Eliminating gross inequalities in public school funding.
Pay increase for Virginia State teachers and paraprofessionals.
Restorative Justice Measures introduced within our schools.
Support the viable alternative of home-based education.
Elimination of out of school suspension due to minor behavior issues.
Free College tuition for all qualified Students within the state of Virginia.
Forgiveness of all Student and Parent loans taken out to finance post-secondary and vocational education.
As a lifelong resident of Stafford County, Joshua personally knows the struggles and issues that face the 28th House District. Joshua is seeking your vote in order to properly represent those whom politicians have forgotten and looked over. He seeks to be their voice, a voice of change and new direction for all people in the 28th District.

Justice System Reform
Return the principle of community policing. This will restore the trust between communities and police.
State requirement of Police body and dash cameras.
Fighting for mental health and addiction care to combat the opioid and heroin epidemic in our state’s rural communities
Decriminalizing marijuana and ensuring those addicted receive adequate psychological help to deal with their addictions.
Statewide increase for recruitment of Virginia State Police and advocating for proper pay raise and funding for equipment costs.
Fighting to end juveniles under the age of 18 being tried as adults.
Increased funding for reentry programs.
As a lifelong resident of Stafford County, Joshua personally knows the struggles and issues that face the 28th House District. Joshua is seeking your vote in order to properly represent those whom politicians have forgotten and looked over. He seeks to be their voice, a voice of change and new direction for all people in the 28th District.

Healthcare
Supporting Expansion of Virginia’s Medicaid.
Advocating for a state-wide single-payer healthcare system.
Decriminalizing marijuana.
Researching and making a state task-force to assist citizens with the proper counseling needed to help overcome their addictions.
Increased funding for Veteran’s care.
Protection of Women’s Health issues.
As a lifelong resident of Stafford County, Joshua personally knows the struggles and issues that face the 28th House District. Joshua is seeking your vote in order to properly represent those whom politicians have forgotten and looked over. He seeks to be their voice, a voice of change and new direction for all people in the 28th District.

Economic Development & Environmental Protections
Ensuring higher paying jobs are brought to the 28th District. This will eliminate long work commutes and allowing citizens to spend more time with their families.
Increasing the State Minimum Wage.
Fighting for measures that will ease traffic along the Fredericksburg I-95 Corridor.
Creating viable local travel routes to keep locals from being snared by through traffic.
Continued protection of our Historical and Sacred Virginia lands.
Fighting against fracking.
Advocating against pipelines.
Creating steep fines and ramifications for companies who continue to pollute our beautiful Virginian environment.
As a lifelong resident of Stafford County, Joshua personally knows the struggles and issues that face the 28th House District. Joshua is seeking your vote in order to properly represent those whom politicians have forgotten and looked over. He seeks to be their voice, a voice of change and new direction for all people in the 28th District.