Family and Social Policy

Food assistance (SNAP)

79 public statements from 2026 candidates · 3 related bills

§1The range of views

Why this matters: These rules affect what many families can afford to eat and how much states and the federal government spend.

Drafted by AI, then checked for neutral wording in a separate AI review. It describes the question and the main positions, not any candidate's view. Facts link to their sources.

Who qualifies for SNAP, the federal program that helps low-income households buy groceries, and its work rules for adults, which a 2025 law extended to more people, exempting by age only adults over 65 and exempting parents only if they have a child under 14, while shifting some costs to states.1

  1. Undo the 2025 changes or expand benefits and eligibility
  2. Keep the program as changed in 2025
  3. Tighten eligibility and work rules further

These options describe policies, not people. The order is not a ranking.

§2What candidates have said

Why this matters: Statements candidates made publicly, summarized in plain words with a link to where they said it. Candidates who haven't spoken publicly on this issue aren't listed.

Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.

Undo the 2025 changes or expand benefits and eligibility (33)

  • Scott Wiener CA-11
    His campaign website says he would reverse the cuts to SNAP and update the Thrifty Food Plan to reflect the cost of nutritious food.2
  • Aisha Wahab CA-14
    Her campaign website says she would restore and protect SNAP and other food assistance.3
  • Jimmy Gomez CA-34
    His campaign website says he introduced the EATS Act to remove barriers that keep college students from getting SNAP benefits.4
  • John Hickenlooper CO Senate
    His campaign website says he is working to restore funding for SNAP.5
  • Joe Neguse CO-2
    His campaign website says he is advocating for expanded nutrition assistance and that his proposal to increase SNAP by 15% was signed into law in 2021.6
  • Manny Rutinel CO-8
    His campaign website says he would protect and expand access to food assistance programs such as SNAP.7
  • Jahana Hayes CT-5
    Her campaign website says she is committed to expanding and protecting access to SNAP, WIC and the National School Lunch Program.8
  • Sarah McBride DE-AL
    Her campaign website says she cosponsored legislation to reverse the SNAP cuts in the 2025 budget law.9
  • Angie Nixon FL Senate special
    Her campaign website says she supports reversing the SNAP cuts affecting veterans' families.10
  • Mike Sell FL-4
    His campaign's platform calls for restoring full federal payment of SNAP grocery benefits and rolling back the change that raised the SNAP work-requirement age from 54 to 64, and says SNAP cuts and housing instability should be addressed directly as the two strongest predictors of mental health crises.11,12
  • Robert People FL-15
    His affordability plan lists reversing the 2025 law's cuts to SNAP benefits and food bank funding and says he would fight to restore SNAP and USDA funding cuts.13
  • Nikema Williams GA-5
    Her campaign website says she is fighting to end student hunger through a bill that would make sure students can access SNAP benefits they may need.14
  • Shawn Harris GA-14
    His campaign website says he would pass the EATS Act so that time spent in class counts toward the work requirement for SNAP benefits, and would shield SNAP payments from government shutdowns.15,16
  • Josh Turek IA Senate
    His campaign website says he would repeal cuts to SNAP.17
  • Natalie M Fleming ID Senate
    Her campaign website says she would fight in the Senate to restore the SNAP funding cut by the 2025 law known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, raise the minimum benefit, tie benefits to food costs and protect elderly and disabled recipients from work-reporting requirements.18
  • Delia Ramirez IL-3
    Her campaign website says she opposes efforts to cut or create work requirements for SNAP, and co-sponsored the SUPPORT for SNAP Act to expand nutrition assistance for people experiencing homelessness.19
  • Nikki Budzinski IL-13
    Her campaign website says she fought to restore SNAP funding in the Farm Bill and has signed on to support the Enhance Access to SNAP for College Students Act.20
  • Juliana Stratton IL Senate
    Her campaign's opportunity blueprint says she would expand SNAP eligibility for students pursuing higher education.21
  • Patrick "Pat" Forbes LA-6
    His campaign website says he will reverse the cuts to Head Start, the Affordable Care Act and SNAP.22
  • Edward J. Markey MA Senate
    His campaign website says he would protect and expand nutrition programs and keep SNAP and WIC benefits flowing during government funding lapses.23
  • Dan Schwartz MD-1
    His campaign website says he would repeal cuts to SNAP, along with cuts to Medicaid, Medicare, long-term care programs and community grants.24
  • Callie Barr MI-1
    Her campaign website says she supports reversing cuts to SNAP, which it says hurt children, seniors and disabled people.25,26,27
  • Peggy Flanagan MN Senate
    Her campaign website says she will work to reverse the Trump administration's cuts to food assistance and to protect and expand SNAP and Meals on Wheels.28
  • Jake Johnson MN-1
    His campaign website says he would work to undo the recent cuts to SNAP.29
  • Trina Swanson MN-8
    The voter concerns page says she will fight to reverse the new SNAP restrictions and keep food assistance within reach.30
  • Fred Wellman MO-2
    His campaign website says Washington cut food assistance and that he will fight to reverse the cuts.31
  • Brian J Miller MT-2
    His campaign website's farm page lists restoring the funding that was cut from SNAP among things he would like to see done.32
  • Michael D Eisenhauer MT-2
    His Issues page says he will work with lawmakers from both parties to undo the Medicaid and SNAP cuts right away.33
  • Alma S. Adams NC-12
    Her campaign website lists, among her accomplishments, introducing bills to expand SNAP benefits (the Closing the Meal Gap Act and the Food Secure Strikers Act) and opposing $186 billion in SNAP cuts.34,35
  • Ben R Lujan NM Senate
    His campaign website says he opposed the budget that cut SNAP food assistance and is leading an effort to reverse those cuts.36
  • Melanie Ann Stansbury NM-1
    Her campaign website says she will back bills in Congress that would broaden food and income support programs and send money to fight childhood hunger nationwide.37
  • Chris Henry OR Senate
    His platform calls for expanding school meals and food assistance.38
  • James Talarico TX Senate
    His campaign website says he opposes cuts to SNAP and WIC and would reverse recent cuts to SNAP.39,40

Statements that don't match one option (46)

  • Mary Peltola AK Senate
    Her campaign website says she would work to reverse federal cuts to the food assistance and housing programs that veterans rely on.41
  • Shomari C. Figures AL-2
    His campaign website says he has fought to protect SNAP food assistance and Social Security benefits.42
  • Jeff Wadlin AR Senate
    His campaign website says SNAP should prioritize nutritious food over soda and candy and include reasonable work, training or service expectations for able-bodied adults, without paperwork traps for veterans, people experiencing homelessness or young adults leaving foster care.43
  • Hallie Shoffner AR Senate
    Her campaign website says she would support food banks, expand nutrition programs and connect Arkansas farmers with families who need food.44
  • Robb Ryerse AR-3
    His campaign website says SNAP benefits should be protected for the most vulnerable families.45
  • Jim Costa CA-21
    His campaign website says he won a 15% increase in food assistance benefits through the American Rescue Plan and is fighting efforts to cut SNAP and other nutrition programs.46
  • Sam Gallucci CA-26
    His campaign website says he would defend SNAP and other critical social services while reining in wasteful spending.47
  • George Whitesides CA-27
    His campaign website says he voted against a budget that it says would reduce food assistance for families.48
  • Robert Garcia CA-42
    His campaign website says he has opposed what it describes as President Trump's targeting of food assistance programs for families and children.49
  • David Pan CA-46
    His campaign website says that under his plan, programs such as SNAP and housing vouchers would be closed to new applicants, and current recipients could choose to stay in them or receive the new $16,000 yearly payment instead.50
  • Rosa L. DeLauro CT-3
    Her campaign website lists among her achievements securing the largest increase in SNAP benefits in history.51
  • Amanda Marie Green FL-2
    Her campaign website says she will fully fund the nutrition programs that, it says, help one in four families in the district put healthy food on the table.52
  • Matt Day GA-2
    His campaign website’s Joseph Farm Plan says it would review and eliminate SNAP expansions not directly tied to food insecurity or nutritional outcomes, and move a portion of SNAP funds into a Farm Sovereignty Fund that stabilizes commodity prices and supports small farmers.53
  • André Carson IN-7
    His campaign website says he is standing up for SNAP against Republican cuts that it calls harmful.54
  • Ned Pillersdorf KY-5
    His campaign website says he does not expect to persuade voters who support the proposed cuts to food stamps, among other programs, to back his candidacy.55
  • Lisa Ballay LA-2
    Her campaign website says she supports responsible administration and accountability in SNAP and that SNAP should remain a real safety net, with the program run better and stronger paths to work and better wages for adults who are able to take them.56
  • Priscilla Gonzalez LA-3
    Her campaign website's Davis Parish poverty page says she would work to protect and expand food assistance programs such as SNAP.57
  • Conrad Cable LA-4
    His campaign website says federal cuts threaten to take food off the tables of more families, that families and children must be fed, and that it supports USDA fresh food stores paired with SNAP benefits.58
  • Rasheed Nicholas Walters MA-8
    His campaign website says he will restrict SNAP food stamps to nutritious, whole foods only.59
  • Maura Healey MA Governor
    Her campaign website says she protected SNAP from federal cuts and helped raise money to fight hunger when federal SNAP benefits were cut off during the shutdown.60,61
  • John "Johnny O" Olszewski, Jr. MD-2
    His campaign website lists SNAP among the programs he is fighting to protect.62
  • Hannah M. Pingree ME Governor
    Her campaign website says she would streamline SNAP enrollment so eligible Mainers do not lose access, and ensure state funding for free school meals.63
  • Christian Vukasovich MI-5
    His campaign website says he supports protecting SNAP and institutional purchasing programs, which it describes as dependable markets for farmers.64
  • Kristen McDonald Rivet MI-8
    Her campaign website says she led a push to let working families who use SNAP purchase hot rotisserie chicken.65
  • DeVelle L. Jackson MN-5
    It says he will defend federal food assistance, along with school and summer meals, senior nutrition programs, rental aid and homelessness prevention.66
  • Erik Osberg MN-7
    It says he wants to improve seniors' access to food assistance, housing support and other benefits.67
  • Wesley Bell MO-1
    His campaign website says he has opposed Republican budget cuts to food assistance programs.68
  • Jordan Herrera MO-4
    His campaign website says babies should have support through WIC, SNAP and fully funded school meals, lists protecting SNAP among his Farm Bill priorities, and says he won't back a Farm Bill that helps corporations while abandoning hungry families.69
  • Josh Smead MO-6
    His campaign website lists working to retain SNAP and assisting those who can no longer afford housing or food.70
  • Bennie G. Thompson MS-2
    His campaign website lists among his accomplishments voting against H.R. 1, a reconciliation bill from 2025, and says he opposed cuts to SNAP, along with cuts to other programs.71
  • Jeffrey Hulum III MS-4
    His campaign website’s FAQ page says he opposes cuts to Head Start and has promised to safeguard SNAP benefits and summer meal programs for children.72
  • Cyril Jefferson NC-6
    His campaign website says he would defend SNAP (the food assistance program), expand farm-to-school programs and work to make fresh food affordable.73
  • Jamie Ager NC-11
    His campaign website says he will work to strengthen safety net programs such as SNAP and WIC so that children are fed and older adults can pay for groceries.74
  • Trygve Hammer ND-AL
    His campaign website's tribal sovereignty page says he supports tribal control over programs such as SNAP and lists support for the SNAP Tribal Food Sovereignty Act.75
  • Helene Neville ND-AL
    Her campaign website says SNAP and similar programs help families through hard stretches and support grocery stores and rural economies, and that rural communities often feel it first when such programs are weakened.76
  • Becky Kelly Stille NE-3
    Her campaign website says she wants to protect SNAP benefits for people who depend on them.77
  • Mark Cohen NE-3
    His campaign website lists opposing cuts to SNAP, housing assistance and other programs that veterans depend on among his commitments for veterans.78
  • Rachel Peace NJ-4
    Her campaign website says she supports legislation like the Feed Hungry Veterans Act, which it describes as expanding SNAP eligibility for disabled veterans.79
  • LaMonica R. McIver NJ-10
    Her campaign page on investing in families says she backs policies that address food insecurity and strengthen nutrition assistance programs.80
  • Alan B. Bond NJ-11
    His campaign story on food security says government has an important role in fighting hunger, especially for children, seniors, people with disabilities and families in hardship, and that effective assistance should be protected for eligible families, with strong safeguards against fraud and abuse.81
  • Gregory G Cunningham NM-2
    His New Mexico Farmers First plan says farm policy and food assistance should each be debated on their own merits, and that food assistance should have more accountability and less waste so that help goes to families who rely on it.82
  • Gabriel Vasquez NM-2
    His campaign website says he fought cuts to food assistance and health care made by the administration.83,84
  • Deb Haaland NM Governor
    Her healthcare plan says she would defend SNAP and other food assistance from federal cuts and use state money to supplement federal programs.85
  • Tina Kotek OR Governor
    Her voters' pamphlet statement says that during the federal shutdown she declared a food emergency and went to court to restore food assistance, and her campaign website says she would fight federal cuts to SNAP.86,87
  • Lauren Pinkston TN Governor
    Her campaign website opposes restrictions on using SNAP benefits for foods such as snacks or sodas and supports bringing back summer EBT funding.88
  • Rachel Fetty Anderson WV Senate
    Her campaign website says SNAP must keep operating in a way that protects farmers from market swings and Americans from food insecurity.89

§3Related bills

Why this matters: Bills from 2023–2026 that bear on this issue, with how Congress handled them.