Mike Levin

His campaign website says banning members of Congress from owning or trading individual stocks is one of his top priorities, and that he and his wife sold their individual stocks when he was elected.^6,9

1. Ban members and their spouses and dependent children from owning or trading individual stocks
2. Ban members themselves from trading individual stocks
3. No ban; keep the reporting rules, with stronger penalties for late reports

His campaign website says he supports targeted exceptions to Senate rules so voting rights and civil rights bills can overcome a filibuster.⁹

1. Keep the 60-vote rule
2. Keep it, but make exceptions for some kinds of bills, such as voting rights or government funding
3. End it, so most bills can pass with a simple majority

His campaign website says he takes no corporate PAC money and co-chairs the End Corruption Caucus, which it says supports reforms to keep dark money, corporate PACs and special interests out of democracy.⁹

His campaign website says he signed on to legislation to restore the Voting Rights Act of 1965.⁹

1. Restore and widen protections by law, such as federal approval of voting changes in places with a history of discrimination (for example, the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act)
2. Keep current law, as the Supreme Court read it in 2026, without the federal approval requirement
3. Stop applying the law to how district maps are drawn

His campaign website says he cosponsored and voted for the Equality Act.¹⁰

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 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.¹¹

1. Lower or remove most tariffs
2. Targeted tariffs on some countries or goods
3. Broad tariffs on most imports

His campaign website says comprehensive regulatory frameworks are essential for industries such as blockchain and cryptocurrency, and that he voted for the GENIUS Act, the CLARITY Act and the FIT21 Act.¹²

1. Write separate federal rules for crypto, as the House-passed bill would, with most tokens overseen as commodities rather than securities
2. Write separate crypto rules, but with stricter protections than the House-passed bill, such as tougher anti-money-laundering rules or ethics limits on senior officials' crypto businesses
3. Apply the same rules that already cover stocks, banks and other financial products

His campaign website says he signed on to legislation to raise how much banks can invest in Small Business Investment Companies, give small businesses more chances to compete for federal contracts, and reauthorize the Small Business Development Center Program.¹²

1. Expand SBA loans, research awards and contracting help for small businesses
2. Keep the programs near their current size
3. Shrink the SBA or close it, leaving small business lending to private lenders

His campaign website calls for raising the federal minimum wage so that people who work full time do not live in poverty.⁶

His campaign website says he was proud to help pass the expanded Child Tax Credit in the American Rescue Plan Act.¹¹

His campaign website says he has never supported defunding the police and believes police funding should increase, and that he cosponsored the Invest to Protect Act for smaller police departments.¹³

1. Increase police funding, for example to hire more officers
2. Keep funding near current levels
3. Shift some police funding to mental health, housing or other services

His campaign website says he has voted against funding ICE without guardrails on its conduct, that violent criminals should be deported, and that enforcement must be grounded in law and public trust.¹⁴

His campaign website says he cosponsors the bipartisan DIGNITY Act and supports comprehensive immigration reform with stronger border security, asylum process reforms and an earned path to citizenship.¹⁴

1. No new legal status, including for people brought here as children
2. Legal status only for people brought here as children, such as DACA recipients
3. Legal status, but not citizenship, for most who pass background checks and pay a fine
4. A path to citizenship for most who meet requirements such as background checks

His campaign website says he signed on to the Bipartisan Background Checks Act to require background checks on all gun sales and transfers, with narrow exceptions such as gifts to family members.¹⁵

1. Require checks for all gun sales, including private sales (with exceptions such as gifts between family members)
2. Require checks for private sales at gun shows and online, but not other private sales
3. Keep current law, with checks required only for sales by licensed dealers

His campaign website says he cosponsored the Assault Weapons Ban.¹⁵

1. Ban the sale of these rifles
2. Keep sales legal, with added limits such as a minimum buying age of 21
3. No bans or added limits on these rifles

His campaign website says he cosponsored the Extreme Risk Protection Order Act and helped pass the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, which encourages states to adopt red flag laws.¹⁵

1. Adopt more red flag laws, including a national one
2. Leave the choice to each state
3. Repeal existing red flag laws and adopt no new ones

His campaign website says he is an original cosponsor of the Women's Health Protection Act to write Roe v. Wade into law.¹⁶

1. A national law making abortion legal in every state, at least until viability, as under Roe v. Wade
2. Leave abortion law to each state
3. A national law limiting abortion (for example, after 15 weeks of pregnancy)

His campaign website says he cosponsored the EACH Woman Act to ensure reproductive freedom for women with Medicare and Medicaid, and that he will continue to defend Planned Parenthood.¹⁶

1. Bar public funds for abortions and for groups that provide them, including for their other services
2. Bar public funds for most abortions, but let clinics that provide them be paid for other care
3. Let Medicaid and other public programs cover abortion (ending the Hyde Amendment)

His campaign website says he strongly supports the Affordable Care Act and that ideas to improve it should be explored, including a public option and an early buy-in to Medicare through the insurance marketplaces.¹⁷

His campaign website says he has fought to improve health insurance affordability, including by strengthening tax credits for middle-class families.¹⁷

His campaign website says Medicaid and Medicare must be protected and access to them expanded.⁶

His campaign website says he helped pass the Inflation Reduction Act, which lets Medicare negotiate lower prices with drug companies.^17,18

His campaign website says he opposes efforts to privatize Social Security or raise the retirement age.¹⁹

1. Raise the full retirement age
2. Keep it at 67

His campaign website says he cosponsored the Social Security 2100 Act, which it says would keep the system strong by making those at the very top pay their fair share of payroll taxes.^6,19

His campaign website says he has fought against efforts to privatize the VA.²⁰

1. Let veterans choose private doctors at the VA's expense whenever they prefer
2. Write wait-time and drive-time limits into law, so veterans can use private care when the VA can't meet them
3. Expand the VA's own hospitals and clinics, using private care mainly when the VA can't provide it

His campaign website says veterans' health care requires hiring more VA staff, modernizing facilities and holding leadership accountable.⁶

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 introduced a bill to prohibit new oil and gas leasing off the Southern California coast and cosponsored bills to block new offshore drilling off the Atlantic and Pacific coasts and to stop drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.^21,22

His campaign website says he helped pass the Inflation Reduction Act's climate investments, including energy efficiency and clean vehicle tax credits, and has fought the Trump administration's efforts to roll them back.²¹

His campaign website says federal efforts to promote more nuclear energy should account for the technology's full life span, including spent fuel, and describes his work to move spent nuclear fuel away from San Onofre.²³

His campaign website says he introduced legislation to transition the nation to zero-emission vehicles and fought for infrastructure-law provisions expanding electric vehicle charging.^5,21

His campaign website says he authored legislation to expand Public Service Loan Forgiveness to graduates who work at veteran service organizations, supports improving loan forgiveness for those who need it most, and backs setting federal student loan interest at zero.^6,24

1. Narrow or end existing forgiveness programs, such as Public Service Loan Forgiveness
2. Keep current forgiveness programs, with no new cancellation
3. Add targeted relief, such as more forgiveness for public service workers or through income-based repayment
4. Broad cancellation of student debt

His campaign website says that while the Trump administration tries to disband the Department of Education, he is working to secure federal resources for students.²⁴

His campaign website says he supports a large federal real estate transfer tax on institutional investors and private equity firms that buy single-family homes on the open market.²⁵

His campaign website says he has supported a refundable tax credit for first-time homebuyers and a home loan program with no down payment for first responders and educators.²⁵

His campaign website says he secured funding for a homeless shelter with support services in Oceanside and is working to end veteran homelessness in San Diego and Orange counties, including through more project-based housing vouchers.²⁵

His campaign website says the country can encourage innovation in artificial intelligence while setting guardrails to protect jobs, privacy and national security.⁶

His campaign website says he cosponsored animal protection bills including the Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture Act, the Shark Fin Sales Elimination Act and the Big Cat Public Safety Act.²²

1. No new federal animal welfare rules, and pass a federal law barring states from requiring that meat and eggs sold there come from animals housed a certain way
2. Keep current federal laws, with states free to add their own protections
3. Add federal protections, such as bans on horse slaughter and on testing cosmetics on animals

His campaign website says he has worked to protect endangered species and their habitats and cosponsored the Recovering America's Wildlife Act.²²

1. Strengthen protections and spend more on helping species recover
2. Keep current protections
3. Narrow protections and give states more control over listed species

His campaign website says he helped pass the Great American Outdoors Act, which provides permanent and full funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund.²²