Economy, Jobs and Trade
Tariffs
158 public statements from 2026 candidates · 10 related bills
§1The range of views
Why this matters: Tariffs can shield some US industries and jobs from foreign competition, and they can also raise prices on things people buy, so they affect both workers and shoppers.
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.
Taxes on imported goods, which the importer (the business or person bringing the goods in) owes to the federal government when the goods arrive.1,
- Lower or remove most tariffs
- Targeted tariffs on some countries or goods
- Broad tariffs on most imports
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.
Lower or remove most tariffs (45)
- Jeff Wadlin AR SenateHis campaign website says broad tariffs should be eliminated because they raise prices on food, equipment and household goods and invite retaliation against Arkansas farm exports.3
- Steve G. Parsons AR-1
- Mike McGuire CA-1
- Richard Pan CA-6His campaign website says he would work to end President Trump's tariffs, which it says are raising prices for Californians.8
- Mai Vang CA-7Her campaign website says she opposes the tariffs it says are squeezing California producers, and that refunds of tariffs the courts ruled illegal should go to the small businesses and families that paid them.9
- Scott Wiener CA-11His campaign website says he would repeal President Trump's tariffs and replace them with a trade strategy that protects American workers and businesses.10
- Samantha Mota CA-37Her campaign website calls for repealing President Trump's tariffs.11
- Linda Sánchez CA-41Her campaign website says she has fought to end President Trump's tariffs, which it says raised costs for everyone and hurt domestic manufacturing.12
- Marni von Wilpert CA-48
- Mike Levin CA-49His campaign website says President Trump's tariffs are raising families' bills and hurting small businesses, and that he has called on the president to lift them immediately.15
- Bob Chew CO SenateHis campaign website says tariffs are a tax that raise prices and hurt exporters, and that he would work with any member of Congress to reduce them.16
- Dwayne L. Romero CO-3His campaign website says he would work to make living costs easier to manage, starting with repealing tariffs and expanding family tax credits.17
- Eileen Laubacher CO-4Her campaign website says she would end the tariffs that it says are raising the prices of fuel, fertilizer, equipment, groceries and other everyday goods.18
- Jessica Killin CO-5
- Manny Rutinel CO-8His campaign website calls for stopping tariffs that it says drive up the cost of groceries, housing and other everyday goods.21
- Sarah McBride DE-ALHer campaign website says she opposes the administration's across-the-board tariffs, which it says raise prices on groceries and household goods.22
- Caitlyn Gegen GA-9Her campaign website says she will repeal President Trump’s tariffs, which she calls illegal.23
- Christina Bohannan IA-1Her campaign website says she will work to end and reverse the tariffs and trade wars, including by using Congress's power, which it says would lower costs for Iowa families and farmers.24
- Lindsay James IA-2
- Sarah Trone Garriott IA-3Her campaign website says she is committed to ending the tariff policy, which it says is raising prices on ordinary families and harming Iowa's economy.27
- Sarah Zabel ID-1
- Daniel Biss IL-9His campaign website says the country should get rid of the tariffs President Trump imposed, which it describes as a tax on working people.30
- Julie Fortier IL-12Her campaign website says she will fight against policies like tariffs and forever wars that disrupt the market and raise costs for necessary items such as fertilizer.31
- Jamee Decio IN-2Her campaign website says she would roll back tariffs and trade wars, which it says raise grocery prices and put family farms at risk.32
- Brad A. Meyer IN-9
- Adam Hamilton KS SenateHis campaign website says he would end the current across-the-board tariffs, which it says are raising costs for farmers, home builders and families.35
- Charles Booker KY SenateHis campaign website says blanket tariffs act as hidden taxes that raise prices and invite retaliation against Kentucky bourbon, and that he would end the current trade war.36
- Melissa Claire Strange KY-4Her campaign website says the country needs to end inflationary tariffs.37
- Zach Dembo KY-6His campaign website says tariffs are taxes on Kentucky businesses and consumers, and that in Congress he will fight to end the trade war and support free and open trade so that farmers and distillers can compete globally.38
- Gordon Heslop LA-4His campaign website says he is totally opposed to the tariffs imposed by President Trump, that all tariffs on food need to be abolished because they have increased food costs, and that if elected he would work in Congress to abolish them.39
- Patrick "Pat" Forbes LA-6His campaign website says to end the tariffs, which it describes as a tax on everything people buy, and says Congress can step in but has not.40
- Richard E. Neal MA-1His campaign website lists ending the tariffs that raise prices among the things he is fighting for.41
- Katherine M. Clark MA-5
- Matthew G. Dunlap ME-2
- Callie Barr MI-1
- Lydia Christensen MI SenateHer campaign website says she supports removing tariffs and other government barriers to trade.48
- Jake Johnson MN-1
- Thomas Holbrook MO-4His campaign website says he opposes any tariffs on imports from any other country.51
- Brian J Miller MT-2His campaign website calls for repealing the tariffs now, says he has called for repeal since the start, and says he also called for an end to the trade war with Canada.52
- Roy Cooper NC Senate
- William B. Redpath OH Senate special
- Annie Andrews SC Senate
- Kasie Whitener SC Senate
- James Talarico TX Senate
- Ted Brown TX SenateHis campaign website says he supports free trade and would eliminate tariffs that work as taxes on American consumers.64
Targeted tariffs on some countries or goods (15)
- Amanda N. Pusczek AL-4Her campaign website supports tariffs on goods made through labor or environmental exploitation in other countries.65
- Terri Sewell AL-7Her campaign website opposes President Trump's tariffs, says she cosponsored a bill to refund tariffs that courts have found unlawful, and says she reintroduced a bill allowing targeted tariffs to protect Alabama steelworkers from illegal dumping by China.66
- Connie Chan CA-11Her campaign website says she opposes President Trump's broad tariff policy and supports targeted trade measures that protect American workers.67
- Sam Liccardo CA-16His campaign website says tariffs can be justified for specific goals such as deterring trade secret theft by China or enforcing labor and environmental standards, but should be used much more selectively because consumers pay for them, and says he supported efforts to eliminate tariffs that raise prices.68,
69 - Ro Khanna CA-17His campaign website says he would repeal broad tariffs on groceries such as coffee, produce and meat, and supports targeted tariffs to protect critical industries from dumping and unfair competition.70
- Michael "Dr. Mike" Katz DE SenateHis campaign website says he supports targeted federal incentives and strategic tariffs to protect domestic energy, technology and pharmaceutical industries.71
- Emre Houser ID-2His platform page says he believes responsible tariffs are a useful tool in limited circumstances, and that current tariffs have raised costs for the average household and should be returned to responsible tariffs.72
- Rasheed Nicholas Walters MA-8His campaign website says he will codify the Section 301 tariffs on Chinese goods, including 25 to 100 percent on electric vehicles, batteries and critical minerals, and the Section 232 tariffs on steel and aluminum into permanent law, and it proposes new tariffs such as 35 percent on foreign semiconductors, 40 to 50 percent on foreign automobiles and 35 percent on auto parts.73
- Zebulon Featherly MI-1His campaign website says he does not support blanket tariffs and that tariffs should be used carefully rather than as threats against trading partners and allies.74
- Christina Bertrand Hines MI-10
- Abdul El-Sayed MI SenateHis campaign website says he supports targeted tariffs to protect Michigan manufacturing and new industries, tied to clearly communicated benchmarks and phased out once American manufacturers are established.77
- Alani Bankhead MT SenateHer campaign website says tariffs should target genuine cheating, dumping, illegal subsidies and intellectual-property theft, not serve as a blanket tax on everyday goods.78
- Seth Bodnar MT SenateHis campaign website says he supports targeted tariffs against countries that cheat on trade, opposes blanket tariffs on allies such as Canada and tariffs on potash, fertilizer, lumber and steel, and wants relief for producers who absorb tariff costs.79
- Sam Forstag MT-1His campaign website says tariffs, used carefully, can encourage domestic production and protect jobs, and should be used to discourage companies from moving jobs overseas and other countries from unfair practices, with protections for industries such as Montana agriculture. It says they should not be used to punish allies.80
- Dan Osborn NE Senate
Statements that don't match one option (98)
- Bill Hill AK-ALHis campaign website says he opposes the tariffs that it says are driving up prices.83
- Shomari C. Figures AL-2His campaign website says he introduced bills to exempt baby items such as cribs, mattresses and baby monitors from tariffs and to create a $15 billion tariff relief program for small and mid-sized farmers.84
- Lee McInnis AL-3His campaign website lists among his goals immediately ending all tariffs on agricultural products to restore farmers' access to international markets.85
- Andrew Sneed AL-5His campaign website calls for repealing tariffs it considers unjustified.86
- Tommy Tuberville AL GovernorHis campaign website says he supports President Trump's trade reset and has urged the administration to impose tariffs on catfish from Vietnam and shrimp from India.87
- Eric Jones CA-4His campaign website says trade leverage is sometimes necessary, but that before any broad trade action the government should publicly assess, crop by crop and region by region, how exposed farmers are to retaliation, and that relief for retaliation should fit orchards and other permanent crops.88
- Mike Thompson CA-4
- Michael Masuda CA-5His campaign website says he opposes unpredictable tariffs that raise costs and hurt farmers.91
- Adam Gray CA-13
- Randy Villegas CA-22His campaign website calls for ending tariffs that it says anger trading partners and have cut the revenue of farmers and small businesses, as part of a plan to rebuild American manufacturing.94
- John Hickenlooper CO SenateHis campaign website says he is demanding that the president pay back the money collected through tariffs it calls illegal.95
- Luke Bronin CT-1His campaign website says President Trump's tariffs and unnecessary trade wars are the biggest example of policy choices that have driven up costs.96
- Chris Coons DE SenateHis campaign website says the president's tariffs are unlawful and have raised everyday costs and the cost of building homes, and that he is pushing back on them.97
- Gay Valimont FL-1Her campaign website says tariffs have hurt Florida farmers and that she will support policies that help small and mid-sized farms and keep prices fair for farmers and consumers.98
- Amanda Marie Green FL-2Her campaign website says that, to lower everyday costs, she will fight what it calls illegal tariff taxes.99
- Todd Schaefer FL-4His campaign website says tariffs should be a last resort to protect American industry and that American consumers are the ones who pay them.100
- Bale Dalton FL-7His campaign website says he would work to reverse what it calls illegal, unpredictable tariffs.101
- Jennifer Jenkins FL-8Her campaign website says she will oppose what it calls reckless tariffs that drive up the cost of everyday goods.102
- Darren Soto FL-9
- Leela Gray FL-13
- Robert People FL-15His affordability plan lists ending the tariff war and says he would vote to reclaim the power of the purse and end President Trump's tariff policies.107
- Mark Davis FL-16His Issues page says rents, insurance costs and property taxes are rising while wages are stuck, and that tariffs make those problems worse.108
- Michael J. Quirk FL-17His campaign website says he wants to end what it calls grocery-tax tariffs and restore open trade with Canada and Mexico, and calls blanket tariffs a tax families pay at the register.109
- James T. Martin FL-21His campaign website lists ending tariffs that it says are driving up the price of groceries among his cost-of-living priorities.110
- Pia Dandiya FL-22Her campaign website says she will fight to end tariffs that it calls illegal and costly.111
- Deborah Adeimy FL-23Her campaign website describes tariffs as having paid the government's bills for about 150 years under a system the Founding Fathers put in place.112
- Nicole Locklin FL-26Her campaign website lists reducing unnecessary tariffs among the steps she would take on affordability.113
- Dean Ocean Abrams FL GovernorHis campaign website says he opposes broad tariffs.114
- Matt Day GA-2
- Sanford Bishop GA-2His campaign website says he supported legislation allowing the Department of Commerce to keep applying countervailing duties in cases involving non-market economies such as China and Vietnam, and says Congress should keep passing measures that protect American businesses and workers from unfair global trade practices.117
- Jill N. Tokuda HI-2Her campaign website says she is taking on President Trump's tariffs, which it calls costly.118
- Josh Turek IA SenateHis campaign website says he would end the tariffs it says are pushing farms toward a crisis like the one in the 1980s.119
- Michael Bridgford IA-1His campaign website says he will fight for stable, long-term and transparent trade policy, and criticizes frequent shifts in tariffs.120
- Donna Miller IL-2Her campaign website says small family farms across Illinois are being hit hardest by the tariffs of President Trump's trade war, and that she will fight for fair trade policies.121
- Chris Getty IL-4His campaign website says he will oppose policies and tariffs that unnecessarily increase the cost of groceries, energy and other everyday essentials.122
- Tommy Hanson IL-5His campaign website lists implementing sensible tariffs among the ways he would raise federal revenue.123
- Niki Conforti IL-6Her campaign website says tariffs will help bring back manufacturing and add jobs, but that more needs to be done.124
- Bill Foster IL-11His campaign website says he fought the Trump administration's tariffs as misguided policy, and says the country should stand up against abusive trade practices such as dumping without alienating allies.125
- Jeff Walter IL-11His campaign website says he supports President Trump's America First economic plan, including tariffs that protect American workers and jobs.126
- Darin LaHood IL-16His campaign website says he has pushed to reduce tariffs on U.S. allies that hurt Illinois farmers and manufacturers, while holding countries such as China accountable for cheating.127
- Juliana Stratton IL SenateHer campaign website says she would work to end President Trump's trade war, which it calls a tax on working families.128
- Whitfield Harrington Jr IL SenateHis campaign website says he would keep tariffs off food and reinvest tariff revenue in local job creation.129
- J.D. Ford IN-5His campaign platform says he would take on President Trump's tariffs, which it says have left farmers with unsold harvests and priced small businesses out of the economy.130
- André Carson IN-7His campaign website says he is committed to fighting President Trump's tariffs and is acting to ensure the president cannot implement them.131
- Mary Allen IN-8Her campaign website says she would make groceries more affordable by removing tariffs on food and other essentials, and that the president's tariffs have disrupted the international markets farmers rely on.132
- Roger Marshall KS SenateHis campaign website says he introduced a bill in April 2026 (S. 4418) to end duties on phosphate fertilizer imported from Morocco, which it says would lower fertilizer costs for farmers.133
- Steven A. Hohe KS-3His campaign website says he would create a staged tariff system on imports and invite foreign companies to manufacture in the U.S. to lessen tariff costs on finished goods.134
- Katy Tyndell KS-4Her campaign website says she will fight to reverse tariff policies that it says have devalued Kansas agricultural products and cut off buyers for Kansas farmers.135
- Jay J Bowman KY-6His campaign website says Congress needs to reverse the course on tariffs and other economically restrictive measures to protect farmers, and its tax white paper describes replacing product-specific tariffs with a 10% American Market Access Fee on imported non-essential manufactured finished goods, with food and medicine exempt.136,
137, 138 - "Jamie" Davis LA SenateHis campaign website says trade wars and retaliatory tariffs have hurt Louisiana farm exports, and that markets should be reopened so farmers are not used as bargaining chips.139
- Lindsay "Rubia" Garcia LA-6Her campaign website's Issues page says the costs Louisianians have already paid through tariffs, which it calls unfair and unconstitutional, should be returned directly to the American people rather than to billion-dollar companies.140
- Micah Quinney Jones MA-6His campaign website's opportunity plan says current trade policy burdens the community with higher costs and says he supports open, competitive trade where it lowers costs, legislation to protect supply chains, and oversight so trade tools are used consistently.141
- Bill Keating MA-9His campaign website says he is challenging President Trump's tariffs, which it says increase prices on everyday goods and harm small businesses.142
- Dan Schwartz MD-1His campaign website says he would end costly tariffs and that repealing unnecessary tariffs would save American families $5,000 a year.143
- John "Johnny O" Olszewski, Jr. MD-2His campaign website says he is pushing to end the Trump-era tariffs, which it says are driving up prices, and to reduce tariffs on construction materials.144
- Sarah Elfreth MD-3Her campaign website says she has worked to revoke the President's tariffs, which it says raised prices, as a way to lower costs for Maryland families.145
- Chellie Pingree ME-1Her campaign website says she has pushed back on the Trump administration's tariff policies.146
- Sean McCann MI-4His campaign website criticizes the current administration's tariffs, saying they are raising costs for households and hurting farmers and manufacturers in Michigan.147
- Jim Bronke MI-5His campaign website says the country has little choice but to put tariffs on goods, that they should be phased in gradually, and that tariff levels should be tied to the percentage of trade with each nation so trade can rebalance.148
- Debbie Dingell MI-6Her campaign website says tariffs should be implemented in a way that helps, and does not harm, domestic industries.149
- Kristen McDonald Rivet MI-8Her campaign website says she is working to end tariffs that it describes as reckless.150
- Jeremy Moss MI-11His campaign website lists stopping the current tariff policy among his steps on the cost of living, saying tariffs that shift from month to month have pushed up consumer prices and harmed workers and small businesses.151
- Peggy Flanagan MN SenateHer campaign website says she supports eliminating tariffs that it says are hurting Minnesota farmers, while keeping protections for industries such as Minnesota iron mining and giving farmers aid.152
- Matt Little MN-2His campaign website says he would stand up to tariff policy that it says hurts Minnesota farmers, construction workers and tradespeople.153
- Kelly Morrison MN-3Her campaign website says she wants tariff relief for small businesses and has introduced bills to exempt them from tariffs and to refund tariffs they have paid.154
- Trina Swanson MN-8The voter concerns page says she will stand up to the current administration's tariffs in order to keep good jobs in the district.155
- Amy Klobuchar MN GovernorHer campaign website says she has led the effort in the Senate to get rid of President Trump's tariffs, which she has called a tax on farms, businesses and consumers.156
- Tom Schmitz MO-1His campaign website lists what it calls protectionist tariffs among the policies it says both major parties support, and says Libertarians want a foreign policy of free trade.157
- Fred Wellman MO-2His campaign website says he will roll back the tariffs that raise grocery prices.158
- Josh Smead MO-6His campaign website lists ending what it calls sweeping, erratic tariffs, which it says raise the price of imported goods and services.159
- Chris Reichard MO-8His Issues page lists addressing tariffs and trade among the ways to help working families, saying that recent tariffs and strained trade deals have raised costs for families, and that the country needs trade that is fair and shields American workers, small businesses and farmers.160
- Michael A. Chiaradio MS-3His campaign website says tariffs raise costs, reduce incentives to trade and divert resources from more productive uses, and that security comes from collaboration rather than adversarial policies such as tariffs and sanctions, while also saying each country has to protect its key industries. His statement on beef tariffs, linked from his Issues page, says the timing of the administration's 90-day waiver of the out-of-quota tariff on some beef imports disrupted many producers and that, in this case, the administration would have done better to stay out of the cattle market entirely.161,
162 - Jeffrey Hulum III MS-4His campaign website’s FAQ page says he is against tariffs that push up prices for groceries and everyday items, and that he has promised to vote against them in Congress.163
- Michael D Eisenhauer MT-2His Issues page says the tariffs set by the current administration have been excessive and raise costs for consumers and businesses, and it lists reducing tariffs on lumber and building supplies among housing measures he supports.164
- Valerie P. Foushee NC-4Her campaign website says she is standing up to Donald Trump's tariffs in Congress as part of her work to lower everyday costs.165
- Mahesh (Max) Ganorkar NC-4His campaign website says tariffs work like taxes on American importers and consumers and raise prices at home, and that diplomacy and negotiation should be the first tools in trade disputes, with economic penalties reserved for cases where the benefits clearly exceed the costs.166
- Cyril Jefferson NC-6His campaign website says he opposes across-the-board tariffs, which it says raise prices for families and small businesses, and supports targeted trade policies meant to protect American jobs while avoiding higher prices.167
- Ashley Bell NC-10Her campaign website says she will work to end the back-and-forth over tariffs that it says has made financial planning impossible for families and small businesses in North Carolina's 10th District.168
- Jack Codiga NC-12His platform page says America should adopt tariffs, along with consumption-based taxes, in a simpler tax system that does without the income and property taxes.169
- Paul Barringer NC-13His priorities page says broad tariffs work like a tax on consumers and especially affect farmers, small manufacturers and rural communities, while allowing that targeted trade enforcement has a role against unfair practices. It says the country should instead invest in domestic industry and supply chains and rely on diplomacy and multilateral pressure to enforce fair-trade rules.170
- Lakesha Womack NC-14Her issues page says one housing priority is to address higher construction and material costs that it attributes to tariffs and supply-chain disruptions.171
- Chris Backemeyer NE-1
- Denise Powell NE-2Her campaign website says she wants to stop the president's tariffs to help lower costs for families, and also to use tariffs aimed at specific imported goods, such as beef and soybeans, to raise domestic prices and gain leverage for better trade deals.174
- Mark Cohen NE-3His campaign website says he opposes unilateral tariffs that harm Nebraska's farm export markets without achieving concrete, measurable results, and wants to work with allies, rather than through unilateral tariffs, to address China's trade practices.175
- Lynne Walz NE GovernorHer campaign website says national tariffs have closed markets Nebraska farmers and ranchers built, and calls for an aggressive effort to open new markets.176
- Chris Pappas NH Senate
- Stefany Shaheen NH-1Her campaign website says the tariffs imposed by the Trump administration should be rolled back, that small businesses as well as large companies should get refunds of tariffs they paid, and that the Supreme Court has ruled the tariffs illegal.179
- Maggie Goodlander NH-2
- Robbie Mahrou NH-2His campaign website lists offsetting tariffs, which it says work like hidden taxes on groceries, building materials and energy, among the steps he would take in Congress.182
- Cinde Warmington NH GovernorHer campaign website says she would order state agencies to assess the effects of tariffs so the state can push for refunds for consumers and small businesses.183
- Rebecca Bennett NJ-7The same one-pager says the President's trade war has raised costs, especially for housing, and says she will vote on her first day to end the trade war on U.S. allies.184
- Ben R Lujan NM Senate
- Aaron D. Ford NV GovernorHis campaign website says that as attorney general he took legal action to block tariffs that are raising costs, and that as governor he would look for every legal way to blunt their effect on Nevada families and builders.187
- Tina Kotek OR GovernorHer campaign website says she would defend Oregonians against what it calls President Trump's tariff taxes.188
- John Francis Reed RI SenateHis campaign website says President Trump's tariffs are raising costs for working families and that he is working to return to Americans money it says the president took from them illegally.189
- Aaron Christopher Guckian RI GovernorHis campaign website's shipbuilding plan calls for strict Buy American enforcement and defense tariffs so that parts for ships and submarines built in Rhode Island are made by American workers.190
- Helena Buonanno Foulkes RI GovernorHer housing plan says tariffs are raising the cost of building homes and says she would work with regional and federal partners to press Congress and the Trump administration to remove tariffs on essential building materials, such as lumber, and on allies including Canada.191
- Mark R. Warner VA SenateHis campaign website says President Trump's tariffs are making groceries, housing and medicine more expensive.192
§3Related bills
Why this matters: Bills from 2023–2026 that bear on this issue, with how Congress handled them.
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