CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATES
Democrats
JAKE AUCHINCLOSS
https://www.jakeforma.com/
Newton City Councilor At-Large, chair of Public Safety and Transportation Committee, former Captain in the U.S. Marines
Key Issues:
Climate Crisis: confronting the crisis through the lens of transportation and carbon emission reform, Green New Deal, offshore wind, new "Eisenhower plan for transit"
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Healthcare: healthcare is a right that should be available to all, expand on Obamacare
Economic recovery: target the creation of jobs in life sciences sector, support The Heroes Act, federal infrastructure investment, aid to underserved children and small businesses
Gun Safety: comprehensive gun safety plan to end gun violence in America, Red Flag laws, assault weapon ban, mandatory liability insurance for firearms
Becky Grossman
https://beckygrossman.com/
Job number one is being a mom, Newton City Councilor At large, and chair of Finance committee
Key Issues:
Health policy: Medicare for All, price controls on prescription drugs, CARE Act (tackling opioid crisis)
Gun Control: Banning assault rifles for all except military and police, implementing universal background checks, closing the gun show loophole
Climate change: Green New Deal, complete phase out of fossil fuels, infrastructure and transportation system overhaul
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Social Justice: reproductive health reforms, Equality Act, reverse Trump’s regulatory assault against LGBTQ+ individuals, target investments to communities of color who have been historically victimized by housing discrimination
Ihssane Leckey
https://ihssane.org/
Wall Street Regulator, an immigrant and survivor, was the only candidate to enter the race before Kennedy dropped out to run for Senate
Key Issues:
A Right to Grow and Age: Family First governing agenda, Medicare for All,
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A Just Society: reject PAC & lobbyist money, Civil Rights reform, immigration reform, fixing the incarceration system, achieving gender justice, addressing LGBTQ+ rights, decriminalizing blackness
A Just economy: net neutrality, development for small businesses and entrepreneurship, raise minimum wage, protect workers’ rights, enforce taxation on wealthy and large corporations to pay their fair share
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A Just World: Green New Deal, diplomacy-first and human-rights-based foreign policy, peace-oriented defense, end America's forever wars
Jesse Mermell
https://jessemermell.com/
Former advisor to Governor Deval Patrick, member of Brookline Select Board, senior leader at Planned Parenthood
Key Issues:
Healthcare: Medicare for All, Reduce Prescription Drug Prices, Address social determinants of health, end opioid epidemic, treat mental health as critical care, improve health outcomes for the LGBTQ+ community
Reproductive Health: Roe as federal law, repeal the Hyde Amendment, fully fund Title X, fund comprehensive sex education programs, end global gag rule
Fair Economy: invest in transportation, housing, and infrastructure, fight for equal pay, emperor SouthCoast communities, national paid family and medical leave act, $15 federal minimum wage, strengthen labor protections
Chris Zannetos
https://www.chriszforma.com/
Founded three tech companies creating hundreds of jobs for MA residents
Key Issues:
Increasing STEM Education: a new “GI-bill” that would work in tandem with community colleges, ensuring a two-year training program which would serve as a pipeline to underfilled STEM jobs
Government investment in private companies to develop technology to counter the climate change crisis (zero emissions by 2050)
Improving the accessibility of private healthcare and is a proponent of free, public for those who cannot afford private healthcare
Believes in ameliorating social injustices by narrowing the wealth gap created by the technological revolution
Dave Cavell
https://www.davecavell.com/
Former 4th grade teacher in South Bronx, former speechwriter for Barack Obama, former Massachusetts Assistant Attorney General
Key Issues:
Opioid Crisis: Day One issue, fund prevention efforts, give first responders the resources they need, safe consumption sites, stop the next Purdue Pharma
Racial and Criminal Justice: First Step Act, end felon disenfranchisement, establish standards and reporting of police usage of deadly force, fair and effective community oversight structures
Education: “Horace Mann Plan for Education” (fund universal Pre-K, invest in K-12 education, equal access to technology for all, moratorium on charter school openings until standards are established, eliminate vast majority of student debt, eliminate tuition for public colleges, and invest in Career and Technical Education programs
Alan Khazei
https://alankhazei.com/
Founded City Year, a domestic Peace Corps, and led the national service movement to build AmeriCorps
Key Issues:
Fix our democracy: For the People Act, Electoral Reform (new Voting rights act), Vote by mail, SCOTUS term limits, American Truth, Justice, and Reconciliation Commission, Universal voluntary national service
Restore the American Dream: Restore the Dream Accounts (funds given by the federal government and growing with the market, used to access the American Dream, released after a year of national service)
Gun Safety: People’s Filibuster on Gun Safety, MFOL Peace Plan, gun safety as a National Public Health Emergency, Federal ban on the sale of assault weapons, ban HCMs
Natalia Linos
https://www.nataliaforcongress.com/
An epidemiologist, Executive Director of the Harvard FXB Center for Health and Human Rights, serves on the Poor People’s Campaign COVID-19 Committee
Key Issues:
Healthy Communities: Medicare for all, common-sense gun laws, prevention programs to address opioid crisis, restore fed support to reproductive health services, invest in health research
Shared prosperity: Raise the minimum wage, amend Civil Rights Act to prevent workplace gender discrimination, federal unemployment insurance program, paid sick leave, Housing First, citizenship for undocumented immigrants
Healthy planet: will fight to align COVID-19 recovery efforts with those to advance the Green New Deal, invest in sustainable jobs, sustainable infrastructure and transportation projects, waste management policies in healthcare sector
Ben Sigel
https://bensigelforcongress.com/
Worked for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, President of the Hispanic National Bar Assoc. Of Massachusetts
Key Issues:
Healthcare: Fighting for universal and affordable healthcare, allow the federal government to negotiate prescription drug prices, expand Medicare to 50 years old
Social justice: combating the rise of hatred against ALL people, protect historically disenfranchised populations’ voting rights, cultural training for teachers and law enforcement, tougher hate crimes legislation
Education: A comprehensive education plan that starts with universal pre-K, investment in K-12 education, adult education, and vocational and technical schools; ensuring affordable and accessible college, capping student debt
Republicans
Julie Hall
http://hallforcongress.com/
Retired Colonel in the United States Air Force, Former City Councilor in Attleboro, Conservative
Key Issues:
Worker’s rights: wants to cut taxes for working class and deregulate, supports incentive programs like community development block grants, low interest loans, tax incentives
Healthcare: hybrid approach that expands the role of Medicare and Medicaid to incorporate high risk/high cost populations, introduce competition in private and public plans to encourage health innovation and lower costs
Education: reform in the Federal Student Loan program, believes federal government should reward successful districts with reduced regulations and address failing schools with effective accountability measures
David Rosa
http://daverosaforcongress.com/
Dighton parks and recreation commission member, Veteran, Conservative
Key Issues:
Abortion: Pro-Life
Gun-control: Pro-Second Amendment
Supports President Donald Trump
Immigration: one of his greatest concerns is what he sees as a “mass migration of Muslims” to the United States.