Patrick "Pat" Forbes

His 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.⁶

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

His campaign website calls for stopping the war with Iran, which it says is driving up the price of gas, diesel and other goods, and says Congress is supposed to be a check on the President rather than a rubber stamp, an effort he says he will lead.⁶

His campaign website says data centers should not add their power costs to other customers' electric bills, that a company needing that much power can pay for what delivers it, and that he will fight to make that the rule.⁶

1. Encourage new data centers with tax breaks and faster approvals
2. Require data centers to pay the full cost of the power plants and lines they need
3. Pause or limit new data centers

His campaign website says he will restore the premium help that let working families buy a marketplace health plan, which Congress let expire.⁶

His campaign website says he will reverse the cuts to Head Start, the Affordable Care Act and SNAP.⁶

1. Undo the 2025 changes or expand benefits and eligibility
2. Keep the program as changed in 2025
3. Tighten eligibility and work rules further

His campaign website says members of Congress should be banned from trading stock and that the ban has to cover spouses.⁶

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 capping what super PACs can take.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 campaign website says independent commissions, not politicians, should draw district lines.⁶

1. Have independent commissions, not lawmakers, draw district lines
2. Let legislatures draw the lines, but only once a decade after the census
3. Let legislatures draw and redraw the lines when they choose

His campaign website says he will work to restore the Voting Rights Act, saying Congress can rewrite the law with a standard that does not depend on who sits on the Supreme Court.⁶

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 that after the 2016 floods he brought home nearly $3 billion in federal funding to rebuild and add flood protection, and that in Congress he will fight for funding to keep reducing flood risk.⁶