Candidate · November 3, 2026

Nancy Wallace

On the ballot for U.S. House · Maryland's 8th District

GreenChallenger
issues with public statements
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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.

OfficeU.S. House · Maryland's 8th District1,2,3
Party on the ballotGreen1,2,3
StatusChallenger
Also on the ballot

§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.

Her campaign website says she holds a bachelor's degree in political science from Yale University and attended the University of Virginia law school for one year.4 It says she lobbied Congress for 14 years on international environmental issues, including endangered species and family planning, and was the Sierra Club's Washington director of its international population program from 1990 to 1994.4 It says she founded and led the International Entanglement Network from 1983 to 1985 and was a co-founder of Sustainable Montgomery.4 It says she joined Electronic Data Systems in 1994 and, with Computer Sciences Corporation, supported Immigration and Naturalization Service software systems for 14 years, and later supported the Department of the Treasury and the Department of Defense.4 It says she now works in support of the Department of Commerce, coordinating data for ecological restoration projects.4

Why they say they're running

Her campaign website says the two major themes of her campaign are climate change and the survival of women and girls.5

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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.

Energy and Climate

Her campaign website says the United States should gradually decommission its nuclear power plants, phase out federal tax subsidies for the petroleum and nuclear industries, and require that all new electricity production be renewable.7

  1. Build no new reactors and rely on other energy sources
  2. Support new reactors under the current licensing process
  3. Speed up licensing further and expand federal support to build many new reactors
Marked: the option their statement matches.

Her campaign website says she supports tax incentives for renewable energy and would end all tax breaks for the oil, natural gas and nuclear industries.8

Her campaign website says the federal government should buy only electric or hybrid cars and buses when replacing vehicles, and calls for incentives to install electric vehicle charging stations at gas stations.7

Her campaign website says the United States should set a goal of 100% renewable energy by 2020 and begin turning off coal plants as soon as possible.7

Infrastructure and Transportation

Her campaign website says public transportation should be improved to reduce dependence on private cars, with Bus Rapid Transit on existing roads as the quickest method.7

Guns

Her campaign website lists banning assault weapons among federal actions to reduce violence against women.9

  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
Marked: the option their statement matches.

Economy, Jobs and Trade

Her campaign website says she would raise the minimum wage to $17.07 an hour.10

  1. Keep at $7.25 or leave to states
  2. Raise it to less than $15, such as $10 or $12
  3. Raise to $15 or more
Marked: the option their statement matches.

Her campaign website says the United States should withdraw from NAFTA, CAFTA, the Trans-Pacific Partnership and other trade treaties that it says override U.S. laws protecting workers.10

  1. Sign new deals that lower trade barriers
  2. Keep existing deals, such as the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement, largely as they are
  3. Renegotiate existing deals, for example to require that more of each product be made in the US
  4. Leave existing deals and set terms country by country, including tariffs
Marked: the option their statement matches.

Health Care

Her campaign website says she supports single-payer universal health care, through a universal, comprehensive, national single-payer health plan.10,11

  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
Marked: the option their statement matches.

Education

Her campaign website lists free community college among her proposed steps for economic justice.10

  1. No free tuition program
  2. Free tuition at community colleges
  3. Free tuition at public colleges and universities
Marked: the option their statement matches.

Taxes and Budget

Her campaign website says all grants, funds and tax breaks should go only to small businesses and to businesses headquartered in the United States.10

Her campaign website says all corporations should pay income taxes, and that she supports reforming corporate taxation so that corporations that pay no U.S. taxes are taxed at a fair rate.8

Abortion and Reproductive Health

Her campaign website says she unequivocally supports a woman's right to reproductive choice, with safe, legal abortion procedures available on demand.11

Her campaign website says all health insurance in the U.S. should cover contraception and safe, legal abortion, and that both should be free for women whose incomes are below the poverty level in any state.11

  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)
Marked: the option their statement matches.

Her campaign website says contraception should be included in all health insurance coverage, and that she would introduce legislation to fully fund research on male contraception.11

Agriculture and Rural Life

Her campaign website says Congress should end farm bill subsidies for the grains used in snack foods and for large agribusiness, and provide a fair market for fruits and vegetables.8

Foreign Policy and Defense

Her campaign website says she will advocate increasing international aid to women's nongovernmental organizations and to local, community, women-run programs.12

  1. Restore or increase foreign aid, including programs cut in 2025
  2. Keep foreign aid near its current level
  3. Cut foreign aid further or end most of it
Marked: the option their statement matches.

Courts, Rights and Civil Liberties

Her campaign website says she opposes the executive branch's claim that it can conduct surveillance without a warrant outside the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, and opposes the secret FISA court itself.13

Technology, Privacy and AI

Her campaign website says she would introduce a national Electronic Privacy Bill of Rights, and supports legal limits on or a prohibition of private corporations collecting information on students through school-issued devices.13

Immigration

Her campaign website says undocumented immigrants who already live and work in the United States should receive a legal status with a chance at U.S. citizenship, provided they pose no danger to others.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
Marked: the option their statement matches.

Crime, Policing and Prisons

Her campaign website calls for federal support to improve screening and training of local police, much more funding for local social workers, and mental health units that police must call for behavioral and mental health incidents before drawing a weapon.15