Where the candidates stand

Taxes and the economy

Runs on a self-described 'prairie populist' platform that would cut taxes for the middle class and working families while closing loopholes for billionaires and big corporations. He has cited 1950s-era tax rates, when 'the highest earners were actually paying a significant amount,' as a model.

Cost of living and inflation

Proposes a federal ban on price gouging on food, raising the minimum wage with regular raises tied to inflation, cracking down on monopolies that drive up prices, and holding corporations accountable on unfair wages.

Taxes and the economy

Says 'it is YOUR money, not the government's money' and that she has been focused on lowering taxes for working families and empowering Iowans with opportunities. Her campaign also cites her support for legislation extending and expanding tax relief for working families, rolling back federal taxes on overtime pay and tips, increasing the child tax credit, and providing tax relief for Social Security recipients.

Cost of living and inflation

Says she wants to make life more affordable by cutting wasteful spending, lowering inflation, and creating an economy where small businesses can grow and create good-paying jobs. Her campaign says she is fighting to protect consumer choice, bring down the cost of living, and reduce premiums and prescription drug costs.

No documented position found in reviewed sources.

No documented position found in reviewed sources.

Immigration and border security

Calls the immigration system broken and supports bipartisan legislation that strengthens the border and simplifies an earned pathway to citizenship. He would also secure the border, deport those who come here illegally and commit crimes, and ensure regulation and accountability for ICE agents.

Immigration and border security

Says she will secure the southern border by enforcing America's immigration laws and deporting 'dangerous criminal illegal immigrants,' and that she wants an immigration system that is fair, lawful, and secure.

Health care

Calls health care a human right and supports restoring full federal Medicaid funding, protecting and expanding the Affordable Care Act, introducing a public option, ensuring paid family and medical leave, and eliminating surprise medical bills. He also proposes investing in mental health care, saving rural hospitals, and expanding telehealth.

Prescription drug costs

Sponsored legislation to cap insulin costs at $25 per month and proposes capping prescription drug prices, defending Medicare's ability to negotiate lower prices, and cracking down on pharmacy benefit managers he says are price gouging.

Social Security and Medicare

Proposes strengthening Social Security by ensuring billionaires pay their fair share and protecting Medicaid, Medicare, and the Affordable Care Act, which he calls vital to rural health care.

Health care

Says a medical decision shouldn't be a financial decision, and points to work across the aisle to improve rural health care. She supports community hospitals, expanding the rural health workforce, expanding maternal health care access, supporting cancer research, and expanding preventive care.

Prescription drug costs

Supports lowering prescription drug costs by increasing transparency and holding pharmacy benefit managers accountable, and has been a champion for expanding over-the-counter birth control access.

Social Security and Medicare

Says she will defend Social Security and Medicare benefits that vulnerable Iowans depend on, while rooting out waste, fraud, and abuse that deplete these programs.

Tariffs and trade

Wrote that 'Iowa farmers are hurting because of this chaotic tariff policy,' arguing the approach adds instability to an already pressured farm economy. His platform calls for ending tariffs that he says are sending farms toward a 1980s-style farm crisis.

Tariffs and trade

Voted against a House resolution seeking to terminate the national emergency used to impose tariffs on Canada, saying she did so to preserve the administration's leverage in trade talks and that 'President Trump is the only one willing to level the playing field and deliver new market opportunities.' She said reversing trade imbalances requires 'strong, enforceable trade agreements that open markets for our farmers ASAP.'

Biofuels and energy

No documented position found in reviewed sources.

Biofuels and energy

Says she wants to keep Iowa at the forefront of American energy by championing year-round E15, strengthening biofuels, and investing in homegrown energy production.

Climate change

No documented position found in reviewed sources.

Government accountability and ethics

Says he will address waste, fraud, and abuse in government, enforce ethics standards on Supreme Court justices, suspend pay and ban travel by members of Congress during a government shutdown, and require members to hold annual town halls.

Congressional stock trading

Supports banning members of Congress and their spouses from trading individual stocks.

Term limits

Supports setting term limits for members of Congress and Supreme Court justices, which he calls one of the best ways to address corruption in Washington.

Government accountability and ethics

Says she has been fighting to restore integrity to public service and that government should work for the people. She supports enacting commonsense lobbying bans, moving government agencies out of Washington closer to the people they serve, and rooting out waste, fraud, and abuse of tax dollars.

Congressional stock trading

Voted for the Stop Insider Trading Act, which prohibits members of Congress, their spouses, and dependent children from purchasing publicly traded stocks and requires advance public notice before covered sales. She said she voluntarily sold her publicly traded individual stocks shortly after taking office and believes every member should be held to that standard.

Term limits

No documented position found in reviewed sources.

Israel and U.S. foreign policy

No documented position found in reviewed sources.

Iran war and war powers

Calls the war in Iran 'another unnecessary war' and another 'forever war,' and criticized Hinson for voting against a measure to restrict the president's military powers in Iran. He said holding town halls he has 'yet to encounter a single Iowan' who wants to be in another forever war.

Israel and U.S. foreign policy

Voted for the Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act and is an original co-sponsor, saying the package funds Israel's Iron Dome and Iron Beam defense systems and advanced weapons so Israel can 'eradicate Hamas for good.' She also called for returning to maximum pressure sanctions against Iran and said she will continue to stand with Israel.

Iran war and war powers

Called for the war in Iran to be brought to 'a successful and immediate end' and for measures like suspending the gas tax, pausing diesel exports, and replenishing the highway trust fund to lower costs. She has voted against House resolutions directing the president to halt the war with Iran seven times, including in September 2026.

Housing affordability

In the Iowa House he sponsored legislation to cut taxes for first-time homebuyers and to limit private equity purchases of Iowa homes. In the Senate he says he would ban Wall Street private equity firms from buying single-family homes and farmland and simplify permitting so affordable housing can be built faster.

Child care

Says he will fight to lower costs for child care.

Abortion and reproductive rights

Says women, not politicians, should make decisions about their reproductive health care; he wrote and sponsored legislation to repeal Iowa's near-total abortion ban. He supports making Roe v. Wade the law of the land again and protecting access to contraception and IVF.

Fentanyl and public safety

Says he would stop fentanyl from coming across the border and deport those who come here illegally and commit crimes.

Election integrity and voter ID

No documented position found in reviewed sources.

Agriculture and farm policy

Would pass a Farm Bill plus a provision barring Congress from recessing if a Farm Bill is set to expire, a federal right-to-repair law, and mandatory country of origin labeling. He also proposes cracking down on agribusiness and meatpacking monopolies, ending the 'chaotic' tariffs he links to a 1980s-style farm crisis, stopping bailouts to foreign countries that undercut farmers, and preventing eminent domain for corporate use.

Farm input costs and competition

In the Iowa House he sponsored legislation to break up monopolies that drive up input costs and to fight consolidation so small farmers and ranchers can compete. His rural plan includes fertilizer pricing transparency requirements and a ban on vertical integration by dominant retailers in meat processing.

Rural Iowa and right to repair

Released a 'Rebuild Rural Iowa' plan drawing on his Iowa House work, including mandatory country of origin labeling for beef and pork, fertilizer pricing transparency, and incentives for water quality practices; he points to a right-to-repair bill he championed that passed the Iowa House 70-18.

Education and public schools

Says he sponsored legislation to repeal school vouchers because 'public dollars belong in public schools.' He would restore Department of Education funding, increase funding to public schools, and protect funding for Area Education Agencies.

Campaign finance reform

Is not taking corporate PAC money and proposes banning corporate PAC money in campaigns, passing the DISCLOSE Act to increase transparency in campaign contributions, and passing a constitutional amendment to reverse Citizens United. He sponsored legislation in Iowa to cap the amount that can be given to individual campaigns and political committees.

Veterans

Would protect the Department of Veterans Affairs and reverse cuts to VA staffing and health care, ensure veterans have access to mental health care, support and expand the PACT Act, address veteran homelessness, and end wars he says put American lives at risk. He passed legislation strengthening Iowa's veteran homestead tax credit.

Fuel and diesel prices

Released a plan to provide relief on fuel costs by pausing diesel exports, temporarily suspending the federal gas tax, and opening the strategic oil reserves.

Water quality and cancer

Ties Iowa's cancer crisis to a water quality crisis and proposes funding water quality sensors and cracking down on chemical companies that pollute the water supply. He also wants to stop cuts to the National Institutes of Health and restore funding for cancer research.

Disability rights

As the first and only permanently disabled member of the Iowa legislature, he wrote and passed a right-to-repair law for wheelchairs and mobility devices covered by Medicaid. In the Senate he proposes ending federal 14C certificates that allow subminimum wages for disabled workers, raising Social Security income and asset limits for disabled individuals, stopping a federal lawsuit to gut Section 504, and defending the ADA.

Same-sex marriage and LGBTQ+ rights

Supports defending the right for Americans to marry who they love and spoke out against legislation removing antidiscrimination protections for gender identity from Iowa's civil rights code.

Housing affordability

Supports allowing first-time homebuyers to save tax-free for a down payment through the First Home Savings Opportunity Act and ensuring large institutional investors cannot buy up single-family homes in Iowa neighborhoods.

Child care

Wants to make child care more affordable and accessible by expanding tax relief for working families, supporting parents who work nontraditional hours, and encouraging employers to invest in child care solutions.

Abortion and reproductive rights

No documented position found in reviewed sources.

Fentanyl and public safety

Supports combating fentanyl and violent crime by cracking down on traffickers, strengthening partnerships with law enforcement, and holding violent offenders accountable.

Election integrity and voter ID

Voted for the Voter ID Act, which requires voters to present photo ID in federal elections while allowing eligible voters who forget their ID to cast a provisional ballot. She said if you need an ID to board a plane you should need one to vote, calling it a commonsense election integrity policy.

Agriculture and farm policy

Says farmers need an advocate rather than Washington regulations, and that she has worked across the aisle to support family farms and champion Iowa biofuels. She supports pushing back on burdensome regulations, improving voluntary conservation programs, opposing California's Proposition 12, expanding export markets, and passing a Farm Bill.

Farm input costs and competition

Her campaign points to her bipartisan Fertilizer Research Act, directing the USDA to study market forces affecting fertilizer pricing and supply, and the bipartisan PRECISE Act, which seeks to expand access to precision agriculture technologies to help farmers increase yields and lower input costs. The campaign also cites a DOJ-USDA partnership aimed at protecting competition in agricultural inputs.

Education and public schools

Supports expanding career and technical education and connecting students with good-paying Iowa jobs. She also advocates giving families a stronger voice in their children's education and increasing transparency in schools.

Parents' rights and school gender identity policies

Says she will protect parents' rights by giving families a stronger voice in their children's education and increasing transparency in schools, citing concerns that 'some Iowa schools have pushed policies that allow kids to secretly change their gender identity at school.'

Veterans

Says she has worked across party lines to improve veterans' health care and mental health services, and will expand access to health care and mental health services, particularly for veterans in rural communities. She also says she will fully fund the Department of Veterans Affairs and advocate directly for Iowa veterans who need assistance.

Fuel and diesel prices

Said Iowans 'shouldn't have to foot the bill at the pump or the checkout line for the war in Iran,' calling for suspending the gas tax, pausing diesel exports, and replenishing the highway trust fund, and said these actions are needed ASAP. She also texted the House Speaker to press for returning the House to Washington to work on lowering fuel prices, calling the cancellation of session a mistake.

China

Calls for holding 'Communist China' accountable for ripping off American jobs and innovation, purchasing American farmland, and implementing unfair trade practices that hurt Iowa farmers, workers, and businesses.

Water quality and cancer

Supports improving the health of Iowa families by expanding maternal health care access, supporting cancer research, and expanding access to preventive care.

Fisheries, trawl bycatch and seafood economy

Peltola calls for banning factory trawling, keeping mid-water trawlers off bottom, fully funding fish stock assessments, and enforcing Magnuson-Stevens National Standards 8 and 9 against bycatch. She also backs fishery disaster funding, tribal seats on the North Pacific Fisheries Management Council, and opposes federal finfish farming.

Affordability, taxes and cost of living

Peltola proposes eliminating federal income tax for working Alaskans earning under $92,000 a year, ending taxes on Social Security benefits, and passing an expanded Child Tax Credit ($3,600 per child under six; $3,000 for ages 6-17). Her plan also includes anti-price-gouging rules, blocking anti-competitive grocery mergers, restoring Bypass Mail funding, creating an Essential Freight Service, right-to-repair laws, renter tax credits and expanded Indian Housing Block Grants.

No documented position found in reviewed sources.

No documented position found in reviewed sources.

Energy and taxes

Sullivan's campaign cites 'unleashing Alaska's energy potential' and passage of what it calls the biggest tax cut in American history as central achievements, and he says affordability problems will not be solved by a Democratic 'war on Alaska energy.' He supports expanded domestic energy production and tax cuts.

No documented position found in reviewed sources.

No documented position found in reviewed sources.

Health care and Medicaid

Peltola pledged to extend the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) subsidies and to reverse the Medicaid cuts enacted in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, arguing the law cut care and raised costs for Alaskans to pay for tax breaks for major donors.

Health care and Medicaid

Sullivan voted for the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which reduced Medicaid spending, and says he and Sen. Murkowski sought provisions to boost Medicaid payments to Alaska that were struck on budget-rule grounds. He broke with most Republicans in December to vote for Sen. Schumer's bill to extend expiring Obamacare subsidies, and points to Alaska Native exemptions, high-unemployment-area exceptions and Alaska's $1.4 billion allocation under the Rural Health Transformation Program.

Tariffs and trade

No documented position found in reviewed sources.

Tariffs and trade

Sullivan has offered consistent support for President Trump's tariffs and repeatedly opposed measures to terminate tariffs on Canada, Brazil and other trading partners, breaking with Sen. Murkowski. His aides say the duties are necessary leverage on trade and drug trafficking, and he has largely avoided the topic on the campaign trail in Alaska.

Energy and oil/gas development

Peltola supports expanded Alaska oil and gas development, including permitting reform, refining more Alaska oil in-state, and projects such as the Alaska LNG Pipeline. She also backs restoring federal tax credits for solar, wind and hydropower and federal funding to diversify Railbelt energy, plus small modular reactors, geothermal and biomass.

Energy affordability and rural power costs

She would modernize aging grids including the Railbelt, expand the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, supplement Alaska's Power Cost Equalization program with federal funds, and fund the Weatherization Assistance Program and HOMES Rebate. She frames these as responses to what she calls DC-driven energy price hikes.

No documented position found in reviewed sources.

Anti-corruption, ethics and campaign finance

Her 'Fixing the Rigged System' plan proposes 12-year congressional term limits, a ban on members of Congress and their immediate families trading individual stocks, passage of the DISCLOSE Act for donor disclosure over $10,000, and a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United.

No documented position found in reviewed sources.

Iran war and foreign policy

At the Kodiak fisheries debate Peltola criticized Sullivan's support for the war in Iran, saying it has driven up gas and diesel prices for fishermen and processors, and argued senators should not go to Washington to fight for one party. Her energy plan attributes skyrocketing Alaska energy prices to the war in Iran.

Iran and national security

Sullivan supported the U.S.-Israel strikes on Iran, saying Iran 'has been at war with us for almost 50 years' and that the strikes restored deterrence. He said he was unlikely to vote for the war powers resolution constraining the operation and expects Armed Services Committee oversight briefings.

No documented position found in reviewed sources.

Fisheries and bycatch

Sullivan is the sole sponsor of the Bycatch Reduction Act and backs a Seafood Policy Office in the Farm Bill to give fishermen access to the programs farmers have. He cites securing a ban on Russian seafood imports and says he is now pursuing the same ban against China.

No documented position found in reviewed sources.

Cost of living and taxes

Voted for the 2025 Working Families Tax Cuts making the 2017 tax cuts permanent, including the small business deduction, full expensing, R&D expensing and the expanded child tax credit. Has voted no on multiple stopgap continuing resolutions he says add spending without offsets.

Aerospace, defense and Kansas jobs

Points to the FY2026 NDAA (S. 1071) funding a Fort Riley air traffic control tower and training course, a Boeing $1 billion Wichita investment he championed, and a WSU Tech workforce training partnership. Frames the work around keeping Kansas building aircraft and the roughly 12,000 Spirit AeroSystems jobs in Wichita.

Domestic energy production and tax credits

Opposes what he calls a war on domestic energy projects and supports restoring energy production tax credits, saying Kansans should decide what happens on their land. Notes more than two dozen Republican members of Congress asked to protect those credits before repeal.

No documented position found in reviewed sources.

Immigration

Called immigration under former President Biden a 'disaster' but said the situation since then is also a disaster, and wants a year-round H-2A visa program. Said Kansans expect immigration laws to be enforced but also expect people to be treated with dignity and respect.

Immigration and border security

Cosponsored the Laken Riley Act (S. 5, signed January 2025) and the Build the Wall Act (S. 42), and has made multiple border site visits with Kansas law enforcement. At the State Fair debate he asked fairgoers who they trust on immigration and said the Trump administration's crackdowns have happened for a reason, saying noncitizen immigrant workers 'took our jobs from us.'

Medicare benefits

Would expand Medicare to cover vision and dental, saying seniors currently pay hundreds to thousands of dollars out of pocket and that untreated dental disease and vision loss carry health risks.

Prescription drug prices

Would expand Medicare drug price negotiation, speed up the timeline for adding drugs, extend negotiated prices to private insurance plans, and cap out-of-pocket drug costs. Cites an estimated $1.5 billion in Part D out-of-pocket savings in 2026 and a CBO estimate of roughly $456 billion over a decade from the broader approach.

Medicaid and ACA subsidies

Supports reversing federal Medicaid cuts and restoring the enhanced ACA premium tax credits, saying the cuts would drain up to $3.77 billion from KanCare and cost about 13,000 Kansans coverage while the subsidy lapse raised a typical subsidized Kansan's 2026 premium by more than half.

Medicare waste and prior authorization

Supports site-neutral Medicare payment, going after overpayments to Medicare Advantage plans he says document members as sicker than they are, and reforming prior authorization so paperwork cannot delay or deny care doctors say patients need. Frames these as savings that do not touch anyone's benefits.

Rural healthcare

Notes 82 of Kansas's 124 hospitals are Critical Access and says he works to protect them; leads the Improving Seniors' Timely Access to Care Act (S. 1816), the Patients Deserve Price Tags Act (S. 2355), the Medicare Advantage Improvement Act and cosponsors the CONNECT for Health Act (S. 1261) for telehealth permanence. Cites a 72-hour cap on Medicare prior-authorization denials.

ACA subsidies and Medicaid

Said he would prefer to end the enhanced COVID-era ACA subsidies as they stand, and that if they continue they should revert to the original ACA framework limited to people under 400 percent of the poverty level. Says only about 5 percent of Medicaid funding goes to rural hospitals and that the goal should be moving people off Medicaid into jobs with health insurance.

Tariffs

Would require congressional approval before new tariffs take effect and mandate publication of their projected cost to American families, arguing sweeping tariff taxes land on Kansas farmers, manufacturers and families as higher prices. Cites the bipartisan Trade Review Act backed by Sen. Jerry Moran, Sen. Chuck Grassley and Sen. Maria Cantwell as the model.

Farm tariffs and export markets

Supports immediately removing tariffs he says are hurting farmers, doubling funding for USDA export promotion programs, and pushing for new market access agreements, citing hundreds of Kansas farms closed last year largely because of tariff costs and lost exports.

Trade agreements and USMCA

Calls USMCA 'a great thing' rather than merely a good one, citing a 45 percent increase in U.S. agricultural exports to Mexico and Canada, and says he prefers dealing with Mexico and Canada over the Chinese Communist Party. Supports finishing the USMCA review with a 'do no harm' approach while seeking more ethanol and dairy access to Mexico.

Energy prices and affordability

Calls for a comprehensive 'all of the above' energy strategy that increases energy independence while bringing consumer costs down, citing sharp recent increases in electricity and gas prices. Says Congress has failed to act and that the White House has made costs worse.

Energy

Supports an 'all of the above' energy mix of oil, gas, wind and Kansas-grown ethanol. Cosponsors the Natural Gas Tax Repeal Act (S. 143) and the CRA resolution (S.J.Res.12 / H.J.Res.35, signed March 2025) that voided the EPA methane-fee rule, which his campaign says would have raised costs on natural gas operations.

Congressional stock trading and ethics

Supports prohibiting members of Congress and their households from buying or selling individual stocks while in office, requiring assets be placed in a qualified blind trust or divested, and extending the ban to cryptocurrency and digital assets. Also supports banning members and staff from gambling on prediction markets.

Term limits, age limits and residency

Supports a constitutional amendment establishing 18-year term limits for Congress and the Supreme Court, age limits for members of Congress and the Supreme Court, and stronger residency requirements for members of Congress.

Congressional stock trading

Joined Sen. Pete Ricketts in introducing the Stop Insider Trading Act, which would prohibit members of Congress, their spouses and dependent children from purchasing publicly traded stocks and require public notice seven to 14 days before any sale. Says members of Congress shouldn't trade individual stocks while making decisions that move markets.

Iran war and war powers

Criticized Marshall for voting against the September 24 resolution to limit President Trump's authority to continue military operations against Iran, saying Kansans and farmers are paying higher pump, fuel and fertilizer costs as a result of the war.

Iran and war powers

Describes his position as supporting a strategy to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons while avoiding a prolonged conflict, saying in June the approach should mean 'no forever wars, no nukes' and that keeping shipping lanes open would help lower energy and grocery costs. Voted against the September 24 War Powers resolution to limit military operations against Iran, and has defended that vote as necessary to address threats from the Iranian regime.

Data centers and electricity costs

Supports requiring data centers to cover their share of electricity costs rather than burdening ratepayers, and says he would pursue binding rules and legislation rather than voluntary pledges. Acknowledges the economic benefits data centers can bring to rural areas.

Transmission projects and competitive bidding

Supports requiring competitive bidding for transmission projects instead of awarding contracts to a single utility, citing a $493 million project handed to Evergy and arguing competitive bidding cuts costs by 20 to 30 percent.

Social Security and seniors

Says Social Security must be protected and that seniors need real solutions, including prioritizing home-based care reimbursement so seniors can age at home rather than in a facility. Points to the roughly 20 percent of Kansans who are 65 or older and the difficulty of accessing care in rural areas.

Elder fraud and scams

Would strengthen the Department of Justice's Elder Justice Initiative and give investigators more resources to pursue elder fraud cases, citing FBI-reported losses of nearly $5 billion in 2024 and the rise of AI voice-cloning scams. Notes this builds on bipartisan work including legislation Sen. Marshall has sponsored.

Housing affordability

Supports banning Wall Street and other investors from buying up single-family homes, closing loopholes that let large firms split into smaller entities, and ending tariffs he says raise construction costs. Also supports modernizing modular home regulations and creating tax credits for first-time homebuyers and for firefighters, police officers and teachers.

Rent and landlord pricing practices

Supports stopping anticompetitive price collusion by landlords, including algorithmic pricing that he says reduces competition and drives up rent.

Rural hospitals

Supports protecting and investing in rural hospitals, citing Kansas having more hospitals at immediate risk of closing than any other state and a roughly 10 percent rise in deaths from time-sensitive emergencies when a rural hospital closes. Says reversing Medicaid cuts would help but that underpayment by insurers, including Medicare Advantage, also needs fixing.

Medical debt and billing

Would cap interest on medical debt, limit wage garnishment and keep medical debt off credit reports, noting 43 percent of Kansans report a financial burden from medical bills and that Kansas is among 45 states allowing garnishment over unpaid medical bills.

Abortion and contraception

Supports protecting a woman's right to choose, codifying access to contraception into law, and requiring insurers to cover non-prescription over-the-counter birth control the same way they cover prescription contraception.

Animal disease outbreaks and food prices

Supports fully funding the animal disease vaccine bank, laboratory network and preparedness programs, accelerating the domestic sterile-fly production facility, and passing the bipartisan Rural Veterinary Workforce Act in response to avian influenza and New World Screwworm. Links the outbreaks to higher egg and beef prices.

Farm bill

Calls for finally passing a full five-year farm bill after three years of delay, noting the 2018 farm bill expired in 2023 and the House passed its version in April while the Senate has not acted.

Agricultural labor and H-2A visas

Supports reforming the H-2A guest-worker program to permit year-round visas, lower compliance costs and give existing workers a path to legal status, saying labor shortages on farms, dairies and cow-calf operations raise food costs.

Fertilizer costs and domestic production

Supports expanding USDA's Fertilizer Production Expansion Program with accelerated permitting, citing fertilizer cost increases caused by the wars with Iran and in Ukraine that land on grocery shelves.

Year-round E15 and gas prices

Supports year-round E15, saying homegrown ethanol blends save drivers 20 to 40 cents per gallon and build markets for Kansas corn and sorghum; notes the House passed year-round E15 legislation in May and urges the Senate to act.

Grocery store pricing

Supports banning algorithmic price-fixing and dynamic pricing at grocery stores and penalizing retailers that use shoppers' personal information to set prices.

Campaign finance and dark money

Supports ending dark money in elections, citing more than $1 billion in dark money expenditures in the 2024 election that he says drown out ordinary voters.

Government shutdowns and member pay

Supports withholding pay for members of Congress during government shutdowns until a budget passes, an approach he describes as 'no budget, no pay.'

Lobbying, inspectors general and pardon power

Supports permanently prohibiting members of Congress from becoming federal lobbyists, extending the cooling-off period for senior staff, restoring protections for inspectors general, and limiting presidential pardon power.

Junk fees and consumer finance

Supports banning hidden junk fees across industries such as lodging, ticketing, telecommunications and travel, and restoring the CFPB's 2024 overdraft fee rule; notes Sen. Marshall celebrated his vote to repeal that rule.

Private equity consolidation

Supports investigating private equity consolidation and 'roll-up' acquisitions in essential sectors including health care, housing and groceries, citing a 2024 joint FTC-DOJ inquiry into serial acquisitions.

Economic development incentives

Supports requiring clawback provisions on economic-development incentives so taxpayer dollars come with guarantees that companies deliver promised jobs and investment.

Labor unions and right to organize

Supports strengthening the right to organize, starting with the bipartisan Faster Labor Contracts Act, which would require employers to begin bargaining within 10 days after workers vote to unionize with mediation and arbitration backstops.

Workplace safety and labor enforcement

Supports fully funding the National Labor Relations Board, OSHA and NIOSH, and cracking down on wage theft through harsher penalties and stronger Department of Labor enforcement.

AI in employment decisions

Supports requiring real human review of hiring, firing and promotion decisions, citing the No Robot Bosses Act, to protect workers from AI-only employment decisions.

ICE operations in Kansas

Says ICE operations in Kansas are causing chaos for families, communities and businesses and should stop, criticizing federal agents for arriving in southwest Kansas without notifying or coordinating with local officials and law enforcement. Calls for both parties to deliver lasting immigration reform and says the current system is not working for anyone.

Beef imports and the cattle industry

Called the Trump administration's decision to import beef from Mexico 'a slap in the face' to Kansas cattle producers that came at exactly the wrong time, and said Marshall should have spoken up for the beef industry.

Independence from party leadership

Says the country is going in the wrong direction and frames courage as standing up to one's own president and party when policy is hurting people back home, even at the risk of political retaliation. Said the debate exchange over political loyalty illustrates 'exactly what's wrong in Washington, D.C., right now.'

Fertilizer costs

Leads the Lowering Input Costs for American Farmers Act (S. 4418), which his campaign says cuts phosphate fertilizer costs by more than 20 percent, roughly $150 per ton, for Kansas growers. Says he is pushing a package of bills to bring down fertilizer prices, increase cost transparency and help new small businesses enter the fertilizer market.

Year-round E15 and ethanol

Calls E15 his top priority, saying 'E15, E15, and E15,' and cosponsors the Nationwide Consumer & Fuel Retailer Choice Act (S. 593) for year-round E15. Argues year-round E15 would roughly double ethanol exports and that higher ethanol blends cut pump prices by 50 to 70 cents per gallon.

Agriculture

Sits on the Senate Agriculture Committee and cites the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act signed into law in January 2026 and the DIRECT Act (S. 3099) allowing state-inspected beef to be sold interstate. Frames his work around lowering input costs for Kansas farmers.

Ogallala Aquifer and water

Original cosponsor of the EQIP Water Conservation Act (S. 2696) and points to a USDA Groundwater Recharge and Sustainability Project in Wichita and Greeley counties, citing an aquifer decline rate of about 1.2 feet per year. Is a member of the Senate Western Caucus.

Veterans

Cosponsored the Veterans in STEM Careers Act as a congressman (Public Law 116-115, signed February 2020), voted for the PACT Act in August 2022, and cosponsors the Major Richard Star Act (S. 1032). His campaign cites roughly 155,000 veterans living in Kansas.

Rural hospital funding

Attributes rural hospital struggles to the ACA, the local economy and population loss rather than recent federal policy, and criticizes Democrats for wanting to remove the $50 billion rural transformation fund. Cites support for the rural transformation fund as his preferred route to help rural hospitals.

Beef prices and the cattle industry

Attributes beef industry troubles to drought, the smallest cattle herd of his lifetime and government overregulation, saying the Democratic party has 'strangled the ag industry.' At the debate he said he would stay focused on Kansas jobs, protecting Kansas agriculture and the Kansas cattle industry.

Relationship with President Trump

Said he disagreed with President Trump's promise to offer $5,000 to every U.S. adult if Republicans won the midterms, saying 'this is not the first time I've disagreed with President Trump.' Generally reiterated his support for Trump policies on immigration and tariffs during the debate.

Budget and government shutdown

Said Republicans want to keep the government open while working toward a responsible budget, and objected to Democrats seeking an additional $1.5 trillion on top of previously agreed funding. Said he believed a shutdown would probably happen and blamed Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer.

No documented position found in reviewed sources.

No documented position found in reviewed sources.

No documented position found in reviewed sources.

As governor he says he delivered the largest state tax cut in Nebraska history, including ending state taxes on Social Security and military benefits; in Washington he says he helped pass the largest federal tax cut in American history, with provisions for no tax on tips, no tax on overtime, an expanded child tax credit, expanded Death Tax protections for ag producers, extended small business tax cuts, and ending federal taxes on Social Security benefits for 88% of seniors.

Immigration and border security

Supports stronger border security, criticized Biden-era border policies while crediting President Trump with securing the border, and backs mandatory E-Verify; says he would fight for a border wall where it makes sense and use other strategies where it does not, and calls comprehensive, humane immigration reform an economic issue.

Immigration and border security

Takes a hardline conservative stance, says the border is secure and immigration laws are being enforced, touts Republican success in reducing border crossings and his vote for the spending bill that increased the ICE budget, and got the endorsement of a union representing Border Patrol agents; on E-Verify he said it is useful but imperfect and that better verification information would help.

Social Security, paychecks, and healthcare

Says he will take on corporations to restore economic fairness for working Americans, that elders should be able to age gracefully, and that no one should go bankrupt from medical debt.

Healthcare

No documented position found in reviewed sources.

No documented position found in reviewed sources.

No documented position found in reviewed sources.

Energy and climate policy

No documented position found in reviewed sources.

Energy and climate policy

No documented position found in reviewed sources.

Congressional stock trading

Supports an outright ban on individual stock trading by members of Congress and the executive branch, with jail time for violations, and backs the HONEST Act (S.1498) as stronger than the approach he attributes to Ricketts.

Term limits

Supports term limits of two terms in the Senate and six terms in the House, plus 18-year term limits for the U.S. Supreme Court.

Congressional stock trading

Introduced the Stop Insider Trading Act, which would bar members of Congress, their spouses, and dependent children from buying publicly traded stocks, require at least seven days' public notice before sales, and impose penalties plus forfeiture of net gains.

No documented position found in reviewed sources.

Foreign ownership of farmland

Introduced the PLOT Act to strengthen USDA's AFIDA reporting system by lowering foreign-ownership reporting thresholds from 10% to 5% and domestic-entity thresholds from 50% to 10%, and requiring digital maps of foreign-purchased ag land, citing national security concerns about Chinese ownership.

Iran and national security

Says U.S. military action significantly degraded Iran's nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs and that a nation chanting 'death to America' must never obtain a nuclear weapon; said he hopes the U.S.-Iran memorandum of understanding lays the foundation for a lasting diplomatic solution and that he will follow what economic benefits Iran receives and in what timeframe.

Campaign finance / Citizens United

Calls Citizens United v. FEC the worst Supreme Court ruling and supports passing a constitutional amendment to overturn it, saying he would be a leading voice in that movement.

Dark money disclosure

Supports the DISCLOSE Act (S.512) requiring 501(c)(4) groups to disclose expenditures over $10,000 to the FEC, and supports closing dark money loopholes more broadly.

Corporate PAC money

Has pledged not to accept corporate PAC money and says his campaign is funded by small-dollar donations from individuals.

Lobbying 'revolving door'

Supports closing the revolving door entirely, and at minimum doubling, tripling, or quadrupling the existing cooling-off periods before former members of Congress may become lobbyists.

Redistricting / gerrymandering

Supports requiring every state to use independent redistricting commissions of ordinary citizens, with maps requiring approval across parties and an open public process.

Right to repair (military contractors)

Supports bipartisan legislation requiring defense contractors to give service members the tools and information to repair their own equipment, ending what he calls the contractor repair stranglehold on the military.

Age limits for federal officials

Supports a national conversation on reasonable maximum age limits for Congress, the executive branch, and the Supreme Court, acknowledging a constitutional amendment would be required.

Epstein files

Supports a full release of the Epstein files with victim names redacted and survivors protected, and accountability for predators and enablers.

Federal spending and the national debt

Supports cutting waste, ending corporate welfare, and refusing to vote for spending the country cannot afford, calling the national debt a threat to future generations.

Agriculture and rural Nebraska

Says he will take on Washington special interests and corporate monopolies in agriculture and restore real markets, and argues small rural businesses should be owned by neighbors rather than corporate executives.

Independence and constitutional freedoms

Says that running as an independent leaves him unbeholden to party bosses, that he will champion ideas citizens agree on, and that he will work to lower the political temperature in the country.

ICE funding and enforcement

Calls the increase in ICE funding wasteful because the agency lacks real accountability, criticized ICE for wearing masks and for social media memes, and said he supports ICE's mission of keeping communities safe while opposing troops in American streets.

Abortion

No documented position found in reviewed sources.

Federal spending, debt, and government reform

Calls reckless big-government spending and the national debt unsustainable; supports common-sense spending control while robustly funding national defense and essential services, eliminating regulations and red tape, returning to regular order in the appropriations process, and having the Senate work a Monday-Friday schedule.

Agriculture

Supports strong crop insurance programs, voluntary incentive-based conservation, reliable foreign market access, transparency in cattle markets, value-added agriculture infrastructure, and wider availability of renewable fuels such as ethanol; as governor he pushed back on WOTUS expansions and the Biden administration's 30x30 plan.

Abortion

No documented position found in reviewed sources.

No documented position found in reviewed sources.

Affordability and the economy

Defends President Trump's record on affordability, blames inflation on former President Joe Biden, and says it would take more than a single year to turn the economy around. She also argued the political elite brought Minnesota to its current problems and will not fix them.

Taxes and family costs

Supports cutting taxes for middle- and working-class Minnesotans by expanding the Child Tax Credit. She also supports universal childcare and public investment in small business loans so small businesses are not taxed at a higher rate than large corporations.

Taxes and federal spending

Opposes any tax increase on the middle class and says she will protect the Working Family Tax Cuts. She argues Congress should spend less, borrow less and tax less, and that the far left's tax hikes and spending caused inflation.

Immigration

Supports a strong and secure border alongside a pathway to legal status for long-resident undocumented immigrants, and says she would have voted against Trump's bill that stripped due process from some immigrants. She says ICE is out of control, calls for dismantling the agency, and opposes mass deportation sweeps targeting people without criminal records.

Immigration (agricultural workforce)

At the Farmfest forum she agreed with Rep. Angie Craig that immigrant labor is needed in agriculture, saying the country can both secure the border and provide "a pathway to citizenship for folks who have been here, who are law-abiding."

Immigration enforcement and ICE

Says the American people agree with President Trump that the border should be secure, laws enforced and criminal illegal immigrants deported, and that she will fight "tooth and nail" against efforts to abolish ICE. She also criticized Sen. Tina Smith for voting against the Laken Riley Act and for trying to block detention of illegal immigrants who admitted to crimes.

Immigration

Says she is not for amnesty and opposes a pathway to citizenship for people in the country illegally, instead supporting the Securing Agriculture's Workforce Act and conservative changes to the H-2A visa so workers can be present temporarily and re-up authorization.

Healthcare

Calls healthcare a human right and says she will fight for Medicare for All, while working to expand access in the interim. She supports banning insurers from using prior authorization, restoring Medicaid cuts, expanding Medicare and Medicaid to cover vision, dental and hearing, and letting Medicare and Medicaid negotiate the price of all prescription drugs.

Abortion and reproductive healthcare

Supports passing the Women's Health Protection Act to restore Roe v. Wade protections nationwide, repealing the Hyde Amendment, and protecting Planned Parenthood from defunding. She also supports requiring Medicaid and ACA exchange insurers to cover IVF.

Healthcare costs

Says healthcare inflation has gone unaddressed and that she will fight bureaucrats, middlemen and price-gougers in both government and insurance. She supports cutting prescription drug costs and keeping decision-making power with patients.

Social Security and Medicare

No documented position found in reviewed sources.

Tariffs

At Farmfest she criticized the instability tariffs create for farmers, noting spring planting costs rose by $100 million, and said "we absolutely can demand better." Her campaign site says she supports eliminating tariffs devastating Minnesota farmers.

Tariffs and trade

At Farmfest she praised President Trump's trade deals and tariffs, said short-term disruptions "stink" and that she supports short-term bridge assistance for farmers, while arguing the long-term answer is trade agreements worldwide.

Presidential tariff authority

In a January interview she declined to take a position on whether Trump may enact tariffs unilaterally or whether Congress should have a say, saying "I'd need the totality of the circumstances" and that she did not want to get into hypotheticals.

Climate and energy

Says climate change must be addressed and opposes the Trump administration's rollback of clean energy investments, supporting wind and solar. She points to Minnesota's commitment to 100% carbon-free electricity by 2040 and supports developing biofuels, green steel and green ammonia.

Energy

Supports an "all-of-the-above" approach backing all U.S. energy sources so Minnesotans see lower utility bills and gas prices. She argues family budgets and national security depend on affordable American energy that "doesn't stop when the sun sets or the wind stops blowing," while continuing to protect the environment.

Campaign finance and anti-corruption

Says she accepts no corporate PAC money and supports ending corporate and dark money in elections, reversing Citizens United, and requiring disclosure of all donors. She also supports banning federal officeholders from stock trading, barring officials from lobbying after service, and reforming the Supreme Court.

No documented position found in reviewed sources.

Foreign policy (Ukraine, NATO, China)

Supports rebuilding ties with NATO allies and backing Ukraine against Russia's invasion, and supports eliminating tariffs she says are devastating Minnesota farmers while retaining protections for industries like iron mining. She also supports cracking down on unfair Chinese trade practices and intellectual property theft.

Israel and the Middle East

Supports a lasting ceasefire and a two-state solution providing for a secure Israel and Palestinian self-determination, and says she would have joined Senators Smith and Klobuchar in voting to halt offensive weapons sales to Israel. She also supports surging aid to Gaza and rebuilding the area.

Israel, AIPAC and the Democratic primary

JTA describes her as a progressive who says she would reject AIPAC's money and accuses Israel of committing genocide, and reports that she referred to primary opponent Angie Craig as "AIPAC's candidate." After a House vote on $3.3 billion in military aid to Israel, she wrote that sending that money for "additional weapons of war to Benjamin Netanyahu is unconscionable."

China and foreign relations

Says she has long been concerned about China's global growth and what she calls the "tentacles" it has spread under communist leadership, including in South America, and that she will stand up for the United States. She says she is interested in serving on the Foreign Relations Committee.

Iran

Says Iran is a regime that cannot be allowed to obtain a nuclear weapon and that the U.S. must protect and stand with allies in the region. She says she wants to avoid an extended, protracted conflict with boots on the ground or a "forever war."

Minimum wage

Supports a $17 federal minimum wage tied to inflation, citing nearly two decades since the last federal increase to $7.25. She co-chaired Minnesota's 2014 campaign to raise and index the state minimum wage.

Paid family and medical leave

Supports a national paid family and medical leave program so workers do not lose a paycheck while caring for family. She helped lead passage of Minnesota's statewide paid leave program.

Social Security

Says Social Security should be protected by having the wealthiest Americans pay their fair share, including by expanding the income cap and sources of contributions. She supports eliminating the federal tax on Social Security benefits and investing in the Social Security Administration.

Food assistance

Opposes cuts to SNAP, Meals on Wheels and WIC and says she will work to reverse the Trump administration's reductions to food assistance. She also supports protecting and expanding those programs so no senior has to worry about their next meal.

Agriculture and farm policy

Supports passing a comprehensive five-year Farm Bill with strong titles for Minnesota and reversing the damage she says Trump's tariffs have done to export markets. She also supports farmers' right to repair their own equipment and continued investment in biofuels and sustainable aviation fuel.

Education

Supports fully funding the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, expanding Head Start and publicly financed universal Pre-K, and a larger federal role in K-12 funding without a voucher program. She also backs tuition support and loan forgiveness for public-sector roles such as teaching and healthcare.

Voting rights and civil rights

Supports the John Lewis Voting Rights Act and other policies to guard against voter suppression and election interference, and supports passing the Equality Act to protect LGBTQ2S+ Americans from discrimination. She also says she will defend free speech and assembly rights.

Housing

Supports the Homes Act and other steps to build more affordable housing, and supports banning large corporate landlords and hedge funds from purchasing single-family homes. She also supports increased federal funding to remove lead from pipes and homes.

Public safety and guns

Supports banning assault weapons, high-capacity magazines and ghost guns, and supports funding local police departments for training and community safety. She also supports banning federal private prisons and investing in re-entry and recidivism-reduction programs.

Labor and unions

Supports passing the PRO Act to strengthen workers' right to organize and says she will fight efforts to strip collective bargaining rights. She also supports more investment in registered apprenticeships.

Tribal communities

Pledges to seek a seat on the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs and to hold the federal government to its treaty and trust obligations. She supports permanent advance appropriations for the Indian Health Service, funding for Tribal colleges and the Bureau of Indian Education, and a permanent federal office addressing violence against Native women and girls.

Veterans and servicemembers

Opposes cutting or privatizing the Department of Veterans Affairs and says the government must deliver care directly. She supports taking Minnesota's model for ending veteran homelessness nationwide, investing in veterans' mental healthcare, and benefit parity for Guard and Reserve members.

Federal deficit and national debt

No documented position found in reviewed sources.

Government fraud

Calls fraud in Minnesota a crisis caused by lack of oversight and says she would lead a nationwide anti-fraud agenda. She says she will cosponsor the Deporting Fraudsters Act, pursue mandatory minimum sentences for fraud, and push to strip federal funding from states that refuse anti-fraud controls and audits.

Law enforcement and public safety

Says she will push for more funding, equipment and training for law enforcement and oppose efforts to remove legal protections for officers. She calls for tougher penalties, says a majority of violent crimes go unsolved, and argues federal, state and local law enforcement should work together to deport criminal illegal aliens.

Women's sports and gender policy

Says she will work to keep men out of women's sports and locker rooms, describing such policies as "radical social experiments" on daughters.

Education

Supports education reform that restores parents' say and increases transparency and accountability, citing declining test scores. She describes Minnesota schools as having become "a jobs program for grownups."

Elections

Supports voter ID and paper ballots and says she will fight for the SAVE Act and other steps to "protect the ballot," arguing it should be easy to vote and hard to cheat.

Abortion and reproductive rights

Describes herself as "a pro-choice Republican" and says there is more room in the GOP for that view than people realize, adding that she has "the utmost respect for the other side of the argument." She says the Supreme Court made abortion a state-based issue after its 2022 ruling and downplays its importance in her campaign.

Independence from party leadership

Says she is "an independent thinker" who will not answer to party leadership, special interests or lobbyists and plans to serve Minnesotans independently of President Trump's agenda. She also said she would welcome Trump's endorsement if he chooses to give it.

Agriculture and SNAP

Says Minnesota needs a farm bill and that she would want a seat on the Agriculture Committee, criticizing Angie Craig and Amy Klobuchar for voting against it. She supports what she calls common-sense reforms to SNAP, saying the program has been abused and victimized by fraud.

ICE operations and state Democratic leaders

Declined to say whether the Justice Department's investigation of Gov. Tim Walz and Mayor Jacob Frey is appropriate, but said they irresponsibly encouraged opposition to ICE operations and bear some responsibility for Renee Good's death. She also called Good's death "awful" and "tragic" and said it should not have happened.

Taxes and Cost of Living

Calls for a 'fairer tax system' that raises the corporate tax rate, ends 'carried interest' and 'buy, borrow, die' loopholes, taxes billionaires' income and capital gains more heavily, and raises the tax on corporate stock buybacks, in order to cut taxes for working families and small businesses. Also proposes a $15 federal minimum wage, a surtax on corporations paying executives more than 250 times median pay, expansion of the Child Tax Credit and Earned Income Tax Credit, and repeal of the Trump tariffs.

Taxes and Cost of Living

Campaign site says he will champion President Trump's priorities including 'cutting taxes' and stopping wasteful spending that led to over $36 trillion in debt, and will revive manufacturing, jobs and the American Dream. His 'Protecting the Texas Promise' economic plan centers on new deductions: $25,000 for out-of-pocket medical expenses including premiums plus $25,000 per dependent, $5,000 for healthy-lifestyle costs such as gym and nutrition expenses and GLP-1 medications, and $50,000 deductions for first-time homebuyers and for down payments on a new primary residence, along with making the 'Trump accounts' program permanent and doubling the child tax credit to $4,400.

No documented position found in reviewed sources.

No documented position found in reviewed sources.

Immigration and Border Security

Describes the border as a 'front porch' with 'a welcome mat out front and a lock on the door' and supports comprehensive immigration reform that secures the border while making legal immigration easier. Proposes focusing ICE on criminals, gang members and human traffickers rather than communities, banning ICE agents from masking or refusing identification, creating a path to citizenship for long-term residents, spouses and DREAMers, modernizing ports of entry with X-ray technology, hiring more immigration judges, and an employer sponsorship program with strong guest-worker labor standards.

Immigration and Border Security

Runs on helping President Trump finish the border wall, protect national sovereignty, secure the border and deport 'criminal illegal aliens,' citing more than 100 lawsuits he filed as attorney general against the Biden administration over border policies.

Health Care and Prescription Drug Costs

Says 'health care is a human right' and proposes allowing every American, regardless of age, to join Medicare as a public option while lowering prescription drug prices through price transparency, generic drug incentives, out-of-pocket caps, and regulation of pharmacy benefit managers. Also supports protecting and improving the ACA, reversing cuts to enhanced ACA tax credits, Medicare and Medicaid, reforming prior authorization, codifying Roe v. Wade and protecting contraception and IVF, funding rural hospitals, limiting medical debt collection and credit reporting, and opposing VA privatization.

Health Care and Prescription Drug Costs

Says he will work with President Trump to 'Make America Healthy Again' by taking on Big Pharma and Big Food, increasing transparency in food and health care systems, promoting healthier outcomes for Texas families, and putting Americans' well-being ahead of corporate profits. His economic plan would also create a $25,000 deduction for out-of-pocket medical expenses including premiums, plus $25,000 per dependent.

No documented position found in reviewed sources.

No documented position found in reviewed sources.

Energy, Environment, and Data Centers

Frames Texas as the energy leader and proposes reinstating federal tax credits and loans to diversify energy production and accelerate renewables, streamlining permitting without weakening environmental protections, expanding LIHEAP and modernizing its formula for hot-weather states, and strengthening the Clean Air and Clean Water Acts. Calls for requiring large energy users such as AI data centers to pay for the energy infrastructure updates they need so costs are not passed to consumers, cracking down on disaster-related price gouging, and dedicating federal resources to weatherize the Texas grid.

Energy, Environment, and Data Centers

Campaign site says that after 'four years of Joe Biden... declaring war on American energy,' he will help bring down costs and 'remove harmful regulations designed to hurt our energy companies.' No documented position on the reviewed sources' AI data center energy-cost issue.

Corruption, Ethics, and Democracy

Says his first Senate legislation would be an anti-corruption package to reverse Citizens United by banning super PACs and corporate PACs, ban partisan gerrymandering through independent redistricting commissions, and increase transparency and accountability across government. Additional priorities include the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, banning congressional stock trading, congressional term limits, requiring annual town halls, banning presidential pardons, and imposing term limits and a binding code of conduct on Supreme Court justices; the site notes he has never taken corporate PAC money and broke quorum twice in the Texas House over redistricting.

Corruption, Ethics, and Democracy

Says he will champion President Trump's priorities in Washington, including 'ending the weaponization of government, and draining the Swamp,' and frames himself as a political outsider fighting establishment figures in both parties. The reviewed sources do not document positions on campaign finance limits, redistricting commissions, congressional stock trading, term limits or Supreme Court ethics.

Rejects shutting America off from the world and supports working with allies and diplomacy to prevent attacks and avoid unnecessary wars, defending Ukraine against Russian aggression, deepening cooperation with NATO and the EU, and restoring funding for the State Department and USAID. On the Middle East, supports stopping offensive weapons sales to the Netanyahu government while backing defensive systems like Iron Dome, ensuring U.S. funds are not used to harm civilians, and using U.S. leverage to secure a two-state solution; also calls for action on human rights abuses including those against Uyghurs, Rohingya and Sudanese.

Advocates an 'America First' foreign policy that promotes peace through strength and prioritizes U.S. interests, saying his top priority is the American people rather than sending billions to foreign countries or protecting other nations' borders.

Housing Affordability

Proposes stopping corporate landlords from manipulating markets to hike rents, banning Wall Street from buying up housing stock, expanding the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit, repealing outdated construction regulations, supporting lower property insurance costs, and creating a federal task force to promote factory-built 'modular' homes. His legislative record cited on the site includes replacing outdated regulations to increase apartment and condo supply and establishing Texas' first Low-Income Housing Tax Credit program.

Agriculture and Ranchers

Told ABC 7 News that he wants to reverse 'reckless cuts' and fully staff the USDA to support the cattle industry, and to reverse 'corrupt tariffs' he says drive up fertilizer and equipment costs. He said the next farm bill should not be used as a political tool and that he would work with both parties to pass it, and criticized increased beef imports as undercutting farmers and ranchers.

Education, Parental Rights, and Social Issues

A post shared on his campaign site criticizes a Texas private school voucher push as a 'scam' and says public schools are being defunded to pay for tax breaks; the reviewed sources do not set out a broader federal education platform. His site also cites legislative work on child care cost relief, lead removal from school water fountains, and school air filtration standards.

Cryptocurrency and Digital Assets

No documented position found in reviewed sources.

Abortion and Reproductive Rights

Supports codifying Roe v. Wade and protecting access to contraception and IVF, and says Texas' abortion ban is dangerous and causing women to die needlessly.

Housing Affordability

Proposes a $50,000 tax deduction for first-time homebuyers and a $50,000 deduction on down payments for people moving to a new primary residence, described as part of an affordability agenda intended to 'put thousands of dollars back into the pockets of hardworking Texans.'

Agriculture and Ranchers

No documented position found in reviewed sources.

Education, Parental Rights, and Social Issues

Says he will stand with President Trump to protect gun rights and 'defend the unborn,' defeat 'the radical transgender movement' including men in girls' sports, fight 'woke indoctrination' in classrooms, and protect parental rights. His site calls his Democratic opponent's positions on gender ideology and LGBTQ-focused school content out of step with Texas values.

Cryptocurrency and Digital Assets

Says America must be 'the crypto capital of the world' and supports a clear, pro-growth regulatory framework for digital assets, including passage of the CLARITY Act, to give innovators certainty to build and scale.

Guns and Second Amendment

Says he will stand with President Trump to protect gun rights, describing an 'unprecedented assault' on Second Amendment freedoms from 'Republicans' and Democrats alike.

Abortion and Reproductive Rights

States that he will 'defend the unborn' alongside President Trump.

Affordability / Cost of Living

Frames affordability of housing, healthcare, food, and education as foundational, and supports fair wages, targeted subsidies, and tax credits so full-time workers can live with dignity. He describes restructuring the economy so it delivers for regular people, not just large donors.

Economy and Affordability

Lists economic affordability as a re-election priority and cites cutting bureaucratic red tape, keeping taxes low, and a business-friendly environment as long-standing priorities. He points to South Dakota's economy and quality of life as evidence of that approach.

Argues the tax code is rigged for the ultra-wealthy and says the richest Americans should pay rates comparable to the 1960s. He says taxes can be lowered for small businesses and people who work for a living while still funding programs and debt reduction.

No documented position found in reviewed sources.

Immigration and Border Security

Calls the immigration system outdated and broken and supports 'effects-based' reform that pairs strong border security with increased legal immigration, citing slow population growth and the need to sustain Social Security and economic growth.

Immigration and Border Enforcement

Says border security is essential to national security and that illegal drugs and human trafficking must be stopped, and he has supported funding for a border wall, surveillance technology, and more border personnel.

Healthcare

Calls the healthcare industry an effective monopoly and says medical debt drives over half of personal bankruptcies. He proposes a five-stage 'effects-based' overhaul intended to reduce costs while improving affordability and access.

Social Security and Medicare

Opposes privatizing Social Security and Medicare and calls keeping both programs strong a moral obligation and practical necessity.

Veterans and VA Healthcare

Opposes privatizing VA healthcare and criticizes the share of the VA budget spent on private contractors while VA facilities face staff shortages. He pledges to keep promises to veterans, noting he is a veteran and former military prosecutor.

Social Security and Medicare

Says he is committed to protecting Social Security and Medicare for current and future generations and supports commonsense reforms to keep the programs solvent without cutting benefits.

Healthcare (private insurance and ACA)

No documented position found in reviewed sources.

Tariffs and Trade

No documented position found in reviewed sources.

Tariffs and Trade

Acknowledged concern about tariffs while calling the trade war a moving target with changing details, and said consumers will pay part of the cost and should expect impact. He also noted concern about China as a major importer of American agricultural products.

Energy and Data Centers

No documented position found in reviewed sources.

Energy

Advocates American energy independence through an 'all-of-the-above' approach that maximizes domestic natural resources to lower costs and create jobs. He opposes what he calls excessive federal regulation of energy producers.

Campaign Finance / Money in Politics

Calls curbing big money and political corruption his top priority, and says he accepts no corporate PAC money. He supports a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United and limit unlimited corporate and mega-donor political spending.

Government Ethics / Congressional Stock Trading

Would ban members of Congress and their spouses from buying, selling, or holding individual stocks while in office, citing access to nonpublic information. He also calls for stronger transparency and accountability standards across government.

Term Limits

Supports a constitutional amendment limiting senators to two terms (12 years) and representatives to six terms (12 years), and pledges to serve no more than two terms himself.

Supreme Court Ethics and Term Limits

Supports enforceable ethical standards for Supreme Court justices and a term-limit workaround short of a constitutional amendment, citing public support for both.

Campaign Finance and Congressional Stock Trading

No documented position found in reviewed sources.

Foreign Beef Imports

Opposes foreign beef imports, a position he emphasized in his 2026 Senate interview.

Iran / Use of Military Force

Calls the war in Iran unconstitutional and lacking an end goal, and argues the U.S. must commit to reopening the Strait of Hormuz rather than withdrawing prematurely.

Foreign Beef Imports

Criticized the Trump administration's foreign beef imports in 2026 and is pushing domestic cattle-production measures through his proposed RANCH Act.

National Security and Defense

Says his work on the Senate Armed Services Committee aims to keep the U.S. military the best in the world and to invest in South Dakota military technology. He frames border security as essential to national security.

Iran and Israel

Stated that Iran has financed Hamas, wants Israel destroyed, and has been pursuing nuclear weapons, and said Israel's 2025 strikes on Iran were a necessary defensive step. He said the U.S. stands with Israel and U.S. troops in the region, and in 2026 called for an endgame and national defense strategy for the war in Iran.

Federal Budget and National Debt

Supports balancing the federal budget and paying down the national debt, which he attributes largely to tax cuts since 2000. He proposes 'effects-based' budgeting and withholding members of Congress' salaries during government shutdowns.

Gun Policy

Describes himself as a gun owner who supports the right to bear arms and also favors 'reasonable gun safety measures.'

Abortion

Says he respects a woman's right to choose and supports abortion restrictions after the point of viability, with exceptions for the life or health of the mother.

LGBTQ Issues / Personal Freedom

Says he supports people loving whomever they want and argues government should stay out of personal life absent harm to others' rights.

Agriculture and Antitrust (Big Ag)

Supports aggressive antitrust enforcement to break up monopolistic agribusiness and meatpacking concentration, arguing corporate consolidation drives up consumer prices and has cost more than 100,000 family farms in the last decade.

Farm Bill

Would ensure the Farm Bill passes on time, fully fund SNAP including hot foods such as rotisserie chicken, tighten oversight of crop insurance abused by large operations, and add input-price transparency for small farmers. He also proposes tax changes to favor smaller farm operations and higher costs for large agribusiness landholdings.

Right to Repair

Supports a right-to-repair law requiring companies to give access to the tools, parts, and information needed to fix their products, citing farm equipment and appliances.

Tribal Representation and Native American Affairs

Pledges to seek a seat on the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, hire reservation-experienced staff, protect Native voting rights, and push increased funding for tribal healthcare, education, housing, and law enforcement. He also proposes fixing reservation population undercounts in the Census and removing benefit work penalties that discourage employment.

Redistricting and Partisan Gerrymandering

Supports federal redistricting reform to take map-drawing from partisan legislatures, which he says would make Congress more accountable and less gridlocked.

Education

No documented position found in reviewed sources.

Federal Budget and National Debt

Supports a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution and says he wants to actively manage the biggest debt drivers: Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, and interest. He notes these mandatory payments were 71 percent of federal spending in FY2021 and are not voted on by Congress.

Agriculture

Calls protecting farmers and ranchers from overregulation a top Senate priority and supports shielding U.S. farmland from foreign purchase, naming China and Russia. He backs addressing meatpacker concentration and mandatory country-of-origin labeling for beef, and points to the 'Product of the USA' label rule.

Federal Spending Cuts / DOGE

Said he understands the intent behind DOGE cuts but that mistakes are being made, inviting constituents affected by cuts to report them. He described President Trump as wanting a more surgical approach and said DOGE shut programs without realizing the state and local impact.

Abortion

Describes himself as pro-life and notes that as South Dakota governor he signed the trigger law that took effect after Roe v. Wade was struck down in 2022, prohibiting abortion in South Dakota except when the mother's life is at risk.

Gun Policy

Describes himself as a strong supporter of the Second Amendment and says he works in the Senate to protect the rights of law-abiding gun owners.

Education

Supports local control of education and says federal 'one size fits all' directives do not serve children well; his campaign says he is working with President Trump to eliminate the Department of Education.

Technology and AI Competition with China

Emphasized the need for the United States to outpace China in artificial-intelligence progress.

Alignment with the Trump Agenda

States that he stands with President Trump and the 'America First' agenda and will support policies that put South Dakota and America first.

Tribal Representation and Native American Affairs

No documented position found in reviewed sources.

Economy, jobs and trade

Calls for union support and a voice for unions in economic decision-making, spending on research and development, antitrust enforcement against price-gouging and monopolies, and repeal of corporate tax breaks. Supports targeted, benchmarked tariffs that sunset once industries establish themselves.

Economy, jobs and manufacturing

Advocates tax cuts for working families and a revitalization of Michigan's manufacturing industry, and calls for shop classes in every high school.

Supports taxing capital gains over $1 million at ordinary income rates, closing the stepped-up basis loophole, taxing inheritances over $1 million as ordinary income, a progressive tax on trust wealth, a higher marginal rate on earnings over $1 million, a billionaire tax on wealth over $1 billion, a cost-of-living exemption up to $50,000, and closing the Social Security payroll tax cap.

Gas tax

Calls for suspension of both the Michigan state gas tax and the federal gas tax, saying the combined suspension would save Michiganders nearly 71 cents per gallon.

Immigration

Calls for abolishing ICE, arguing the agency cannot be reformed, while supporting immigration enforcement and border security under a new structure; would repurpose ICE funds toward immigration courts and a pathway to citizenship.

Immigration and border security

Defends President Trump's immigration strategy, credits the administration's border crackdown with reducing murders and overdoses, and is critical of ongoing congressional debate over funding the Department of Homeland Security.

Healthcare / Medicare for All

Supports a single-payer 'Medicare for All' system that expands Medicare to every American from cradle to grave without premiums, copays or deductibles, including vision, dental and hearing. Says Medicare for All need not ban supplemental private insurance provided by unions or employers, though it should make such coverage redundant.

Prescription drug prices

Wants Medicare empowered to negotiate prices for every prescription drug, earlier after market entry and for all patients, plus public manufacturing of drugs such as insulin, limits on excessive drug patents, and eliminating pharmacy benefit managers.

Medicaid and the ACA

Categorically opposes privatizing Medicare, cutting Medicaid, or cutting ACA subsidies, and says he would push to repeal the Medicaid and ACA subsidy cuts in the 'One Big Beautiful Bill' Act.

Abortion and reproductive healthcare

Says healthcare decisions including reproductive and gender-affirming care should be made only by the patient (and parents, for minors) and their doctor, and would fight to codify the rights once protected by Roe v. Wade into federal law.

Public health

Would make critical health leadership posts such as CDC Director, FDA Commissioner and NIH Director fixed-term appointments removable only in specific circumstances, require Senate consent for appointments to bodies like the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, and reinvest in and reform the CDC, FDA and HRSA while increasing funding for state and local health departments.

Health insurance and AI

Categorically opposes using AI to allow health insurers of any kind to second-guess decisions made by a patient's doctor.

Healthcare / price transparency

Would require hospitals and insurance companies to publicly post real, itemized prices before care is received, with fines for executives whose institutions do not comply; says patients deserve to know the price before the bill.

Prescription drug prices

Supports expanding the TrumpRx program to use bulk government purchasing power to drive drug prices down and pass savings to consumers, and speeding approval of lower-cost generic options.

Abortion and reproductive healthcare

No documented position found in reviewed sources.

No documented position found in reviewed sources.

No documented position found in reviewed sources.

Energy and climate

Supports a pathway to 100% renewable energy built on solar, wind, battery storage, a modernized grid and efficiency upgrades on union jobs, and would codify the EPA's endangerment finding into law so it cannot be repealed by executive order.

Energy

Supports an 'all of the above' energy approach prioritizing domestic production, argues regulations and Michigan's clean energy standards caused an 'artificial increase' in prices, and wants renewable mandates removed where renewable energy is not 'good common sense.'

Environment and Great Lakes / Line 5

No documented position found in reviewed sources.

Money in politics

Supports overturning Citizens United, banning outside corporate spending through 501(c)4s, SuperPACs and 527 groups, and enacting public election funding and campaign spending caps. Says he has never taken corporate money.

Term limits

Signed the U.S. Term Limits pledge to cosponsor and vote for a constitutional amendment limiting members of Congress to three two-year House terms and two six-year Senate terms.

Money in politics and campaign finance rules

No documented position found in reviewed sources. Reviewed sources note the Senate Leadership Fund has pledged more than $45 million in outside spending to support Rogers, but do not document a stated position by Rogers on changing campaign finance rules.

Foreign policy and Israel

Frames foreign policy around diplomacy, cooperation and human rights, and criticizes U.S. aid to Israel. Opposes direct blank-check funding to foreign militaries, supports conditioning military aid and sales under existing U.S. law, supports an immediate arms embargo on Israel, opposes the war in Iran, and supports re-investment in foreign aid including UNRWA.

Iran and national security

Supported the U.S. strikes on Iran's nuclear program and said he would leave the option open for another round of attacks on Iran's nuclear capability, describing Iran as an imminent threat that must not obtain a nuclear weapon; now says the war needs to 'wind down' quickly so energy prices fall.

Iran war and affordability

Is running an ad blaming the war with Iran for high grocery and energy costs, saying 'the war with Iran needs to end and end quickly' and that energy costs will plummet when it does; earlier in the conflict he backed the strikes and called the war 'long overdue.'

Medical debt

Calls for abolishing medical debt for every American immediately, citing having erased it for upwards of 300,000 Michiganders in Wayne County.

Redistricting and gerrymandering

Supports drawing congressional districts through a federal nonpartisan committee of appointed experts working with the U.S. Census Bureau, modeled loosely on the Federal Reserve Board.

Supreme Court and the filibuster

Supports Supreme Court reform including ending lifetime appointments and imposing limited terms, and supports abolishing the Senate filibuster as 'antidemocratic.'

Voting rights

Opposes mandatory voter ID laws such as the 'SAVE Act,' and supports automatic voter registration at 18 and on moving, making Election Day a holiday, and no-reason absentee and early in-person voting.

Artificial intelligence

Supports federal guardrails on when and how AI is deployed, including safety testing standards for frontier models, liability and incident reporting, compute 'know your customer' controls, and an independent enforcement agency; opposes preempting state action without federal legislation.

Data centers

Supports federal zoning guidelines and legislation addressing data centers' community impacts, and has proposed a binding 'Terms of Engagement' framework holding developers and utilities to rate, reliability and clean-energy commitments with penalties for noncompliance.

Housing and homelessness

Supports a 'building boom' of new housing with streamlined local regulations, banning large corporate speculators from owning homes, banning algorithmic rental price-fixing software, charging short-term rental platforms housing dislocation fees, and a federal renter bill of rights.

Education

Supports universal childcare and pre-K, a minimum $60,000 teacher salary, full funding of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, opposition to vouchers and privatization, expansion of vocational and apprenticeship funding, and a debt-free, tuition-free pathway to higher education.

Agriculture

Would redirect federal farm subsidies from corporate agribusiness to family farmers, cap individual subsidies at $250,000 per year, invest in specialty crops and regenerative farming, reform the H-2A guest worker program through the Farm Workforce Modernization Act, and pass a federal right-to-repair law.

Great Lakes and Line 5

Supports shutting down the Line 5 pipeline because of risks to the Great Lakes and sensitive environmental and tribal sites, while saying the line should be made safer in the meantime as long as such work does not disrupt the line or destroy those sites.

Water

Supports a federal water guarantee of at least 50 gallons of clean water per person per day with bills capped at 2% of household income and protection against shutoffs, removal of all Michigan lead pipes by 2030, accountability for PFAS polluters and agricultural runoff, and funding to modernize water systems.

Veterans

Would expand and improve the VA rather than cut it, and supports vastly expanding services so that no veteran goes without housing, a good job, or an education.

Public ownership of AI firms

Has called for public ownership of AI and regulating AI firms like public utilities, suggesting a federal banking-oversight-style framework and going beyond a one-time 50% tax on AI firms' stocks to give the government a stake in their business.

Insurance coverage denials

Would require insurers to publicly report denial rates, approval times and appeal outcomes, with penalties for companies that excessively deny or delay care that should have been approved.

Preventive care and high-risk pools

Said he is interested in ending ACA-guaranteed no-cost preventive care, suggesting a $50 copay for an annual physical is acceptable, and proposed 'catastrophic funds' resembling pre-ACA high-risk pools for the sickest patients; also proposed paying off medical school debt for doctors who work five years at a federally qualified health center.

Affordable Care Act

Opposed creation of the Affordable Care Act while in Congress and more recently opposed extending the enhanced premium tax credit program for plans bought through HealthCare.gov; has tied resulting rate increases to the original policy.

Housing

Proposes allowing tax-free 529 plan withdrawals for first-time homebuyer down payments and first-year property taxes, letting renters build credit for timely payments, deferring student loans while saving for a down payment, rolling back housing regulations, and creating residential housing zones where new construction is tax-free.

Data centers

Said 'we need to take a pause, probably, and make sure that we're answering all the questions that people have' about data centers, and told The Detroit News he would support a one-year moratorium on new data centers.

Alignment with President Trump

Aligns himself closely with President Trump, vowing to 'stand with' him and to deliver on what Rogers calls 'a mandate given to him by the American people'; carries Trump's endorsement.

Education funding

No documented position found in reviewed sources beyond a call for shop classes in every high school (see Economy, jobs and manufacturing).

No documented position found in reviewed sources.

No documented position found in reviewed sources.

No documented position found in reviewed sources.

Taxes and affordability

Voted for a budget bill he says lowers taxes and preserves the 2017 tax cuts, citing a $2,140 tax increase Ohio households would have faced otherwise and a child tax credit rising to $2,200. He describes making life easier and more affordable for Ohioans as his top priority since taking office.

Data center tax breaks and development record

As lieutenant governor from 2019 to 2025 he played a pivotal role in bringing billion-dollar data center projects to Ohio and backed tens of millions of dollars in tax breaks for past projects, and he continues to defend new data center development.

Data center tax breaks and local control

Criticized what he calls 'out-of-control' tax breaks for data center developers under Husted's watch and promised to make data centers pay the full cost of their electricity; on the trail he said the approval process should be 'a local decision with everyone knowing what is at stake.' He has not taken a position on a moratorium on new construction.

No documented position found in reviewed sources.

Immigration and border security

Has made immigration control a central campaign theme, citing cases of trucking companies hiring people in the country illegally who obtained fraudulent CDL licenses, and says Democrats gave the country open borders and sanctuary cities. He supported funding border security measures at the southern border and on Lake Erie.

Immigration

No documented position found in reviewed sources.

No documented position found in reviewed sources.

Medicaid

Says the budget bill protects and strengthens Medicaid while combating abuse, including requiring able-bodied adults without young children to work or volunteer 20 hours per week.

Prescription drug costs

Joined the bipartisan HELP Copays Act, which would require insurers and pharmacy benefit managers to count copay assistance toward a patient's deductible and out-of-pocket limit. A separate Husted bill modernizing FDA over-the-counter drug review became law in November 2025.

Health insurance

Calls for banning health insurance companies from denying care a doctor says is needed and fining insurers that deny claims, saying care decisions should be between a patient and their doctor.

Prescription drug costs

Wants to make it illegal for drug companies to charge Americans more than they charge people in other countries, arguing the same pill should cost the same price.

No documented position found in reviewed sources.

No documented position found in reviewed sources.

No documented position found in reviewed sources.

No documented position found in reviewed sources.

Energy

Supported extending the clean hydrogen production tax credit to Jan. 1, 2028, eliminating the Inflation Reduction Act's natural gas tax for 10 years, and expanding oil, gas and coal leasing. Separately, he has expressed support for fossil fuels and nuclear energy to power data centers and has criticized wind and solar as inadequate to meet increased demand.

Climate change and clean energy

Has called climate change one of the defining moral issues of the time, and argues for treating it as an economic opportunity through energy-efficient homes, domestic manufacturing of electric vehicles, batteries and charging infrastructure, zero-emission buses, and transit. He has said banks and insurers should factor catastrophic climate risks into their investments and balance sheets.

No documented position found in reviewed sources.

Congressional term limits

Signed the U.S. Term Limits pledge to cosponsor and vote for a constitutional amendment limiting members to three two-year House terms and two six-year Senate terms.

Congressional stock trading

Has refused to support a ban on stock trading for members of Congress and their spouses while he and his wife hold investments in mutual funds and individual stocks, according to reporting cited by the Ohio Democratic Party. No statement on the issue from Husted himself appears in the reviewed sources.

Congressional stock trading and lobbying

Supports barring members of Congress and their spouses from trading stocks and prohibiting former members from becoming lobbyists after leaving office.

No documented position found in reviewed sources.

Israel and Iran

Has maintained a pro-Israel record, opposing efforts to block weapons transfers to Israel, joining nearly all Senate Republicans in demanding full dismantlement of Iran's nuclear program, supporting American and Israeli strikes on Iran, and backing legislation to increase sanctions on Iran.

Israel

Voted against efforts to block certain U.S. arms transfers to Israel and says Israel has a clear right to defend itself against Hamas; he has said Israel and Hamas must agree to a ceasefire that ends the war, frees the hostages and delivers humanitarian aid to Palestinians.

Iran and the Houthis

Pressed the administration after the Oct. 7, 2023 attacks to re-freeze Iranian funds released under a hostage deal, and in early 2024 called on the Biden administration to re-impose a Foreign Terrorist Organization designation on the Houthis.

No documented position found in reviewed sources.

Education and workforce

Supports expanding Pell Grant eligibility for short-term, accredited, workforce-aligned programs and a school choice tax credit; highlights technical education on the campaign trail, citing an $875,000 grant his office secured to expand a CDL program.

Data centers and electricity rates

Introduced the Ratepayer Protection Act, which would require state utility regulators to consider standards ensuring large-load customers such as data centers pay the full incremental cost of the infrastructure needed to serve them. He says data centers should only be located where communities want them and calls it a 'local issue,' while arguing the projects bring construction jobs and broaden the tax base.

National defense

Touts the budget bill's defense provisions, including funding to accelerate the F-47 fighter and Collaborative Combat Aircraft programs, initial investment in the Golden Dome missile defense system, munitions restocking, and critical-minerals supply chains.

Utility rates

Supports capping how much utility companies can raise rates to keep bills affordable and predictable, saying no Ohioan should have to choose between keeping the lights on and putting food on the table.

Data centers and electricity costs

Wants to end state tax breaks for data centers, require them to pay the full cost of their utilities so residential bills don't rise, and give local communities a say in whether projects are built. He has also said companies must safely process and recirculate the water their systems use.

Issue positions generally

No documented position found in reviewed sources.

Affordability / cost of living

Says he would fight to pass Medicare for All, lower drug costs, build affordable housing, stop Wall Street from buying Maine homes, make child care affordable, strengthen unions and raise wages, and reverse tax policies he describes as giveaways to billionaires and corporations.

Jobs and economy

No documented position found in reviewed sources.

Calls for taxing billionaires and ensuring corporations pay what he calls their fair share, while delivering tax cuts for the working class and reversing what he describes as tax giveaways to billionaires and corporations.

No documented position found in reviewed sources.

Immigration / ICE

Calls for dismantling and abolishing ICE.

Immigration / ICE

No documented position found in reviewed sources.

Health care / Medicare for All

Calls for passing Medicare for All, describing health care as a human right rather than a privilege, and says he would work to guarantee comprehensive coverage without premiums, deductibles or major medical debt. He also supports letting more people choose Medicare as an interim step until then.

Prescription drug costs

Says he sponsored Maine legislation creating the state's Prescription Drug Affordability Board and a pathway to import lower-cost drugs from Canada, enacted in a 2019 reform package, and pledges to press for lower drug costs in the Senate.

Health care costs / insulin

Is working with Sen. Jeanne Shaheen on a bill to cap the price of insulin for people with workplace insurance, noting Medicare already caps it at $35 a month while the average price is often $150. Her office highlights related measures on Medicare home health fraud, insulin costs and the nursing workforce.

Trade with Canada / tariffs

A C-SPAN clip is titled with his statement that Maine depends on trading with Canada as trade talks collapsed and triggered tariffs; the reviewed file contains no transcript text beyond the clip title.

No documented position found in reviewed sources.

Climate and energy

Says solutions must bring everyone to the table so working-class people are not pitted against renewable energy, and favors federal support for a Maine biofuel/bioenergy facility. He argues Maine should retain the rights to northern Maine wind power and has called for capping the allowed rate of return for utilities.

Energy costs / home heating

Calls energy costs the top concern raised with her in Maine and says she asked the president to release oil from the Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve, joined a request to release low-income home heating assistance funds, and wants the weatherization program expanded. She cites permitting reform as a longer-term step and criticizes the cancellation of the XL pipeline while saying the country must become energy independent.

Energy and environment

Says she has worked to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and spur clean energy jobs while retaining American manufacturing jobs, and describes Maine's economy as linked to its environment. She notes that roughly 60 percent of Maine households heat primarily with fuel oil, leaving families vulnerable to high crude oil prices.

Congressional stock trading ban

Supports banning members of Congress from trading stocks and says he would press for that ban in the Senate.

Congressional stock trading ban

Does not support the proposed ban on lawmakers, presidents and vice presidents trading stocks, with her spokesperson saying insider trading is already illegal and existing law plus financial disclosure requirements provide appropriate safeguards and should be enforced. She has attributed all of the couple's stock holdings to her husband.

Israel / Gaza

Calls for ending what he describes as genocide in Gaza and for no U.S. tax dollars going to Israel's military.

Defense and national security

No documented position found in reviewed sources.

Israel

Says she remains 'a very strong supporter of Israel,' the one democracy and a true ally in the Middle East, and told Fox News she was not reconsidering her support for AIPAC.

Iran and Russia sanctions

As an original cosponsor of the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act, praised Senate passage of the bill, saying it extends the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 to deny Iran resources for its nuclear and ballistic missile programs and its support for terrorism through proxies.

Housing

Calls for investing in housing that working people can afford and for policies to stop Wall Street from buying up homes and pricing families out. He ties the housing crisis to construction-worker protections, a higher federal minimum wage and tax policy that rewards work.

Child care

Lists making child care affordable among the steps he would pursue in the Senate to lower the cost of living for working Mainers.

Wages and unions

Pledges to strengthen unions and raise wages and to support a higher federal minimum wage, along with strong employee protections for construction workers.

Abortion

Supports passing a federal right to abortion.

LGBTQ+ civil rights

Supports passing comprehensive civil rights legislation protecting the LGBTQ+ community from discrimination.

Voting rights and labor organizing

Says he would protect the right to vote and the right to organize for every American.

Campaign finance / Citizens United

Supports overturning Citizens United, requiring full disclosure and getting dark money out of politics; he notes an End Citizens United endorsement and that he rejects corporate PAC money.

Social Security

The reviewed file lists a related-article headline, 'Troy Jackson proposes plan to strengthen Social Security,' but contains no detail on the plan's contents.

Veterans

No documented position found in reviewed sources.

Affordability

Says the Senate should take up a permitting bill, arguing it would deliver more affordable housing and energy more quickly and ultimately lower costs. She also lists the Military Construction-Veterans Affairs appropriations bill and an insulin price cap as priorities.

Senior issues / retirement security

As a member of the Senate Special Committee on Aging, lists improving retirement security, increasing biomedical research for diseases such as Alzheimer's and diabetes, and combating scams targeting seniors among her priorities.

Abortion

Rejected blame for the end of national abortion rights, saying the court would have ended protections regardless of Justice Kavanaugh's confirmation, and said she joined a bipartisan group of senators to codify Roe v. Wade but that then-Majority Leader Chuck Schumer did not bring the bill up.

Federal appropriations / earmarks for Maine

Points to her seniority and chairmanship of the Senate Appropriations Committee, citing $1.5 billion in earmarks she says she has delivered for Maine, and frames her record as one of independence and delivering results.

Education

No documented position found in reviewed sources.