Candidate · November 3, 2026
Chris Dardzinski
On the ballot for U.S. House · Michigan's 13th District
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§1On the ballot
Why this matters: This is exactly how the candidate appears on your ballot, from the state's official candidate list.
| Office | U.S. House · Michigan's 13th District1 |
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| Party on the ballot | U.S. Taxpayers Party1 |
| Status | Open seat — no incumbent is running for this seat. |
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§2Who they are
Why this matters: Background and experience help you judge how someone might do the job. These come from public records and the candidate's own materials.
Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.
His campaign website says he attended Henry Ford Community College from 1985 to 1988 and has an associate degree, studying architecture, engineering, journalism and political science.2 It says he worked in international trade for 31 years as a senior trade analyst and operations manager for three customs house brokers.2 It says he has sought local office four times and has served two city council terms, and another page of the site describes him in 2018 as finishing four years on the Lincoln Park city council.2,
Why they say they're running
His campaign website says he is running to offer voters detailed plans to remove government control over individual freedom and economic opportunity, and that as a member of Congress he would protect the Constitution, including by voting no on legislation that falls outside it.2
Websites and accounts
- Campaign websiteleadership1776.com2,
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§3What they've said on the issues
Why this matters: These are positions the candidate has stated publicly — on their campaign website or in public statements — summarized in plain words with a link to where they said it. Issues they haven't spoken about publicly are left out.
Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.
Each issue has its own range of views. A position is marked on that range only when the candidate's own statement clearly matches one option; there is no overall left–right score.
Taxes and Budget
His campaign website proposes a single-rate federal tax: no federal income tax for individuals and businesses earning $39,000 a year or less, a 15% rate on income from all sources for those earning more, and a 5% rate on gains from capital investments.6
- Replace the current income tax with a single flat rate or a national sales tax
- Cut rates further, including the top rate
- Keep current rates
- Raise rates on high incomes only (for example, above $400,000)
His campaign website’s single-rate tax proposal would apply the same 15% federal income tax rate to corporations and other businesses earning more than $39,000 a year.6
- Raise it, for example to 25% or 28%, or back to the 35% top rate in place before 2018
- Keep it at 21%
- Lower it below 21% (for example, 15% for companies that make products in the US)
His campaign website says tax loopholes and tax shelters for a small number of corporations and wealthy people should be abolished, and its '5 by 5’ proposal would eliminate all federal tax-code loopholes over five years.6,
- Expand breaks for investment, research and hiring, such as larger research credits for small businesses
- Keep current business tax breaks
- Cut back many of these breaks and use the money for lower tax rates, deficit reduction or other priorities
His campaign website proposes freezing federal spending at current levels for five budget years and then returning to zero-based budgeting, and says agencies outside the Constitution’s enumerated powers should be phased out over three years, with budget and staff cut 33% each year.7
Social Security and Medicare
His campaign website’s '5 by 5’ proposal, dated September 2024, would raise the Social Security retirement age in yearly steps from 67 years 7 months in 2026 to 71 years 7 months in 2030, leaving current recipients’ benefits as they are through December 2025.7
- Raise the full retirement age
- Keep it at 67
Immigration
His campaign website’s '5 by 5’ proposal would increase legal immigration overall and all work-visa programs by 5% a year from fiscal year 2026 through 2030.7
- Admit more immigrants, such as by adding work visas or clearing family backlogs
- Keep green cards and work visas near recent levels
- Admit fewer immigrants than in recent years
- Pause most new legal immigration for a time
His campaign website says the country’s borders need to be defined and secured, and points to the Great Wall of China and a Saudi Arabian border wall as examples.2
Foreign Policy and Defense
His campaign website says NATO has strategic value and that other members need to do more of the heavy lifting, and it calls for removing U.S. troops from Europe, turning the bases over to host countries and having Europe support a European military force as part of a new NATO plan.8
- Keep the full US commitment to defend all NATO allies, and keep US forces in Europe
- Stay in NATO, but tie US support to allies meeting their defense spending pledges
- Stay in NATO, but bring many US troops home and have European allies lead their own defense
- Leave NATO
His campaign website says the U.S. should end foreign aid to any nation that wants to harm it and that he would like other G-20 nations to carry the larger share of foreign aid, and it lists the U.S. Agency for International Development among the independent agencies to eliminate.7,
- Restore or increase foreign aid, including programs cut in 2025
- Keep foreign aid near its current level
- Cut foreign aid further or end most of it
His campaign website says the Department of Defense could do what it does now for $100 billion less per year, citing former Defense Secretary Robert Gates, and calls for forensic review of defense contracts; its '5 by 5’ proposal also calls for increasing the number of Ford-class aircraft carriers from 10 to 15.7
Economy, Jobs and Trade
His campaign website says the World Trade Organization has become a tool China uses to abuse trade rules and that he would do away with it.8
His campaign website lists the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau among 125 federal agencies and programs to eliminate or downsize, saying its mission duplicates that of the Treasury Department, the FBI and state agencies.7
Infrastructure and Transportation
His campaign website lists Amtrak among the independent agencies to eliminate.7
- Expand funding for passenger rail, including new high-speed lines
- Fund repairs and current routes, without major new lines
- Cut federal rail funding or move Amtrak toward private operation
His campaign website lists the Federal Transit Administration among 125 federal agencies and programs to eliminate or downsize, saying transit is the responsibility of state, county and local governments.7
His campaign website says FEMA has limits, that every city, township and village needs its own community-wide disaster plan, and that he would hold district workshops every 90 days for local officials to develop those plans.9
Education
His campaign website proposes combining the Department of Education with the Departments of Health and Human Services and Agriculture into a Department of Health, Welfare and Education, and its '5 by 5’ proposal would transfer the federal student loan system back to private banks by 2030.7
His campaign website says sex education for children is the responsibility of parents.2
Energy and Climate
His campaign website says America should watch how France uses nuclear power and model it for new power plant upgrades.8
His campaign website says AI data centers should be kept at least a mile away from schools, churches, hospitals, daycare centers, public parks, residential neighborhoods, and retirement and nursing homes, and that local zoning rules more than 10 years old should be updated.2
Abortion and Reproductive Health
His campaign website says he is pro-life and does not tell others how to decide for their families, and that he does not believe governments or public officials have much power to decrease abortion, calling it an issue handled within families, communities and churches.2
Crime, Policing and Prisons
His campaign website says he supports the death penalty.2
Family and Social Policy
His campaign website says marriage and civil unions are a matter between two adults, and asks everyone to stop bringing the Constitution, politics and the media into the question.2
Health Care
His campaign website says he has no strong views on vaccines in any direction but strongly objects to anyone in government authority telling Americans what they must put in their bodies, and says each household should make its own vaccination decisions.2
§4Financial disclosures
Why this matters: Federal candidates and members of Congress must report their assets, income, debts and outside jobs, and members must report stock trades. These filings show possible conflicts of interest.
- Candidate financial disclosure report10filed Jun 22, 2026