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DIRECT FROM THE CAMPAIGN · IN THEIR OWN WORDS
Military-community priorities
David Russ · In his own words ·
Candidate statement
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Military and veterans response received September 28, 2026. Additional economic-policy feedback received September 30, 2026; each part is identified below.
Military and veterans
I support the Troops
I support supporting Veterans
I want to take action to improve VA functionality
Defense contracting
I oppose unnecessary restrictions that prevent small businesses from participating in Defense contracts.
Follow-up received September 30, 2026: David Russ commented on the earlier version of DutyStation’s fiscal framework. These comments preceded DutyStation’s later ownership safeguards and do not establish his endorsement of the revised plan.
Public returns and federal spending
On one level, your proposal could be a bridge between my plans to get the Federal Government to stop handing out money and where we are today. I like the "business perspective" of attempting to create ways for the Federal Government to provide self funding (you know kind of like what tariffs did before 1913...maybe we should go back to that 😉).
Limits on government ownership
While I like the idea of the Government getting something for distributing money (which it should not be doing), I have great concerns about it gaining too much ownership of private companies. That sounds like a slippery slope to socialism/communism. It would need iron clad limits to prevent that, and possibly even a failsafe kill switch if the guardrails are violated. Maybe if the ownership was returned to the other shareholders after a period I could become more comfortable. In any case, once that door is open, unsavory characters are bound to make it a way for the government to completely take over companies.
Anti-fraud efforts and the No Strings Act
I believe that between continuous anti-fraud efforts, and implementation of my "No Strings Act" (RussIsforUs.com/proposed-bills#no-strings) we will end the budget problem.
Manufacturing, innovation and debt
Our GDP is about to explode. The USA is the biggest baddest manufacturing and innovation machine to ever exist on planet earth. Even while having had a majority of our manufacturing sent off shore, we retain this. No one can compete. President Trump is reversing many decades of policies specifically designed to destroy the GDP and the economy. That alone will chip away dramatically on the debt.
The Federal Reserve and free markets
I am generally against the continuance of the Federal Reserve. As an accountant, I can not see any use for having a 3rd party manipulating the economy and funds availability. I suggest we actually try a REAL free market capitalist economy (something that has never previously existed).
ELECTION REFLECTIONS · IN THEIR OWN WORDS
Looking ahead to Election Day
David Russ · Candidate ·
Election reflections
Brief answers to DutyStation’s questions about hope, America’s future, unity, the next generation and a closing message. The earlier policy answers and their received date remain above.
Hope heading into the election
Many people are becoming aware that the USA is under attack from the inside out. People I talk to are excited that I am running and that they will be voting for a genuine patriot! Then there was this... RussIsforUs.com/wweek
Vision for America
BRIGHT IF LAWFUL. That is why these three words are the basis of my platform, "God, The Constitution and YOU."
Bringing Americans together
The rule of law a better economy and a reduction in government. RussIsForUS.com/together
The next generation
Legislation that I will help to enact that blocks Marxist policies and Federal over reach. RussIsForUS.com/proposed-bills
Closing message to voters
Please stand up for the Constitution and elect a Representative that believes in the Power of the people, and the "Three separate but equal branches of government." https://www.facebook.com/reel/1083640981208083
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DUTYSTATION SOURCE SUMMARY
What the candidate publicly states
Earlier website assessment — 2026-09-29. A newer campaign response received 2026-09-30 supersedes the source coverage of this earlier review. Read the newer campaign material above. The earlier findings below apply only to the named pages and review date; they do not assess the newer material or establish that every DutyStation question has been answered.
This summary is written by DutyStation from the linked public sources.
David Russ’s campaign emphasizes a smaller federal government, stronger state and local authority, business growth, and military strength. His direct statement to DutyStation supports veterans, improving VA operations, and small-business access to defense contracts. The website adds broader proposals; the linked summaries below show their source dates and distinguish them from his original words above.
Reviewed 2026-09-29. Review of text on the named campaign pages and the September 28, 2026 direct response. Original publication dates identify material from earlier campaign cycles. Official legislative actions have not been assessed.
DutyStation summaries of David Russ’s published campaign positions. Each point links to the campaign’s own page. Original publication dates are shown for earlier statements.
Military strength, readiness and deployment
Supports rebuilding U.S. military strength while ending prolonged wars, as stated in his extended platform from 2021.
Opposes congressional restrictions on the president’s decisions about overseas troop deployments, arguing that those decisions belong to the executive branch.
Proposes an 80% full-time workforce requirement for multistate employers, with the percentage negotiable and exceptions for temporary or sporadic work.
Prioritizes domestic manufacturing, reduced regulation, ending subsidies that favor large corporations, ending federal subsidy or loan programs aimed at noncitizens, and reducing IRS scrutiny of 1099 workers and employers.
Links housing affordability to economic growth and private investment. His 2024 questionnaire favors community-led assistance and reducing federal involvement in social programs as a response to homelessness.
Proposes reducing federal agencies, auditing operations, making Congress accountable for agency rules, and transferring more funding and responsibilities to states and local communities.
Would limit federal grant conditions to the funded project and require specific, limited contracts and full audits for funding nongovernmental organizations.
Supports transferring federal public lands to state or local control and ending federal control over local schools, utilities, businesses and infrastructure.
Supports completing the border wall, military responsibility for border security, and a multiyear immigration pause with exceptions for genuine asylum seekers and limited special cases.
Favors healthcare changes centered on state authority and controlling costs and misuse. Supports school choice and eliminating the federal Department of Education.
Describes abortion and Social Security as state responsibilities. His 2024 issues page also calls for prohibiting gender-transition therapy and surgery for minors.
Would retroactively remove race, religion, sex, sexual orientation and national-origin classifications from federal laws, programs and documents, retaining a national-security exception.
Would require federal prosecutors to take roughly 98% of law-enforcement referrals to trial, with the threshold negotiable, and encourage similar state laws.
Supports voter identification and citizenship requirements, restricting mail voting, a national voting holiday, and hand counting or simple noncomputerized counting machines.
DutyStation analysis. The positions below are our summaries of the linked sources. Potential benefits and tradeoffs are our analysis, not the candidate’s own words or guaranteed outcomes. An evidence gap is not a negative finding.
Military & pay
Campaign website — extended platform, 2021
His 2021 extended platform supports rebuilding military strength and ending prolonged wars. No specific active-duty pay or TRICARE proposal was identified in the sources reviewed.
Potential benefit
A focus on readiness and reducing prolonged deployments could address operational strain, depending on implementation.
Tradeoff or unresolved question
The reviewed text does not specify force levels, funding, pay changes or a deployment strategy; the platform predates the current election cycle.
His 2024 questionnaire connects affordable housing with economic growth and private investment, and favors community-led assistance over federal social programs. This is a general housing position.
Potential benefit
More housing investment and employment could help military households living in civilian communities if those changes improve affordability.
Tradeoff or unresolved question
No specific plan for base-housing repairs, privatized-housing accountability, childcare, spouse licensing or relocation support was identified in the reviewed sources.
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