Chris Reichard

His campaign website says he would push for the PRO Act as a way to safeguard workers’ ability to organize and to strengthen unions, and his Issues page says he would back pro-labor bills such as the PRO Act to strengthen worker rights against employers and ban union-busting tactics.^4,6

1. Make it easier to form a union (for example, the PRO Act)
2. Keep current rules
3. Add requirements such as a secret-ballot election before every union is recognized

His 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.⁶

His campaign website says he supports the Major Richard Star Act, which his Veterans page describes as ensuring combat-injured veterans receive both their military retirement and VA disability benefits without offsets.^4,7

1. Let all military retirees with service-connected disabilities collect both payments in full
2. Expand benefits for some groups, such as combat-injured retirees with under 20 years of service and surviving spouses who remarry
3. Keep current rules, which already pay both in full to some retirees, such as those with 20 or more years of service and a disability rating of at least 50%

His Veterans page calls for restoring cut VA positions, reversing staff reductions in the VA system so veterans get timely care.⁷

1. Hire more VA staff, including to replace jobs lost in 2025
2. Keep staffing near current levels
3. Cut VA staff further, especially in administrative jobs

His campaign website says he would work to end Citizens United and shut down dark money, and his Issues page says he would join coalitions like Take BAC Congress, whose candidates pledged to end Citizens United.^4,6

1. Limit spending by outside groups, including by amending the Constitution to overturn Citizens United
2. Keep spending unlimited but require groups to name their major donors
3. Keep current rules
4. Raise or remove limits on donations to candidates and parties

His Issues page says he would join coalitions like Take BAC Congress, whose candidates pledged to set congressional term limits together with a moratorium on lobbying.⁶

His Issues page says he would join coalitions like Take BAC Congress, whose candidates pledged to ban stock trading.⁶

His Issues page says he would join coalitions like Take BAC Congress, whose candidates pledged to push for ethics rules for Supreme Court justices that can be enforced.⁶

His campaign website lists backing the Equality Act as part of defending people's rights.⁴

1. Pass broad protections such as the Equality Act
2. Add protections with broad exemptions for religious groups and businesses
3. No new federal protections; leave it to the states

His Issues page lists Medicare for All, along with several stepping-stone bills toward it, among stalled bills in Congress that it says would fix the health care and education funding problems he saw in the district.⁶

1. One government plan for everyone (Medicare for All)
2. Add a government plan that anyone can choose to buy
3. Keep the current mix of private and public coverage, including the ACA
4. Fewer federal insurance rules and more private plan choices, with aid paid to individuals

His Issues page lists ending private school voucher systems, which it says take resources from public education, among the fixes for education funding.⁶

1. Make them available to every family
2. Offer them only to some students, such as those from low-income families or with disabilities
3. No public money for private school or homeschooling costs

His Issues page says he would push to defund and abolish ICE, says immigration reform may be needed, criticizes the agency’s tactics, and calls for immigration enforcement that honors people’s rights and due process.⁶

1. Abolish ICE and move any remaining enforcement work to other agencies
2. Deport only people convicted of serious crimes or who threaten national security
3. Focus on people with criminal records and recent border crossers
4. Deport as many people here without legal permission as possible, with or without criminal records