Peggy Flanagan

Her campaign website says she wants to ban corporate money in elections, require disclosure of all donors and reverse the Citizens United decision.⁵

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

Her campaign website says she supports banning stock trading by anyone elected to federal office, including members of Congress and the president.⁵

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

Her campaign website says she believes health care is a human right and will push for Medicare for All, while working to expand access to care until such a plan passes.⁵

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

Her campaign website says she supports reversing the Medicaid cuts in President Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill.⁵

1. Reduce federal Medicaid spending further, such as by giving states fixed yearly amounts (block grants or per-person limits)
2. Keep the funding rules set by the 2025 law
3. Reverse the 2025 changes or increase federal funding

Her campaign website says she will work to restore health care tax credits that it says were eliminated for 90,000 Minnesotans.⁵

Her campaign website says she will work to expand Medicare and Medicaid to cover vision, dental and hearing care.⁵

1. Keep current coverage, under which some private Medicare Advantage plans offer these benefits
2. Add some of these benefits, such as hearing aids, to traditional Medicare
3. Add dental, vision and hearing coverage to traditional Medicare

Her campaign website says Medicare and Medicaid should negotiate the prices of all prescription drugs, not just a handful.⁵

1. Repeal or scale back negotiation
2. Keep the program as it is
3. Expand it to more drugs and to people with private insurance

Her campaign website says the wealthiest Americans should pay more into Social Security, by expanding the income cap and the sources of income subject to contributions.⁵

Her campaign website says she supports eliminating the tax on Social Security.⁵

1. End income tax on Social Security benefits
2. Keep the extra deduction for people 65 and older past 2028, or make it permanent
3. Keep taxing part of the benefits of people with higher incomes, and let the extra deduction end after 2028

Her campaign website says she supports raising the federal minimum wage to at least $17 an hour and tying it to inflation.⁵

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

Her campaign website says the government should invest in small business loans and make sure small businesses do not pay a higher tax rate than large corporations.⁵

Her campaign website says she supports eliminating tariffs that it says are hurting Minnesota farmers, while keeping protections for industries such as Minnesota iron mining and giving farmers aid.⁵

Her campaign website says she supports passing the PRO Act to strengthen workers' right to organize a union.⁵

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

Her campaign website says she supports national paid family and medical leave.⁵

1. Create a national paid leave program for all workers
2. Expand tax credits for employers that offer paid leave, without a national requirement
3. Keep current federal law, leaving paid leave to employers and states

Her campaign website says she supports universal child care and expanding publicly funded universal pre-K.⁵

Her campaign website says she supports expanding the Child Tax Credit to cut taxes for middle- and working-class families and lift children out of poverty.⁵

Her campaign website says she will work to reverse the Trump administration's cuts to food assistance and to protect and expand SNAP and Meals on Wheels.⁵

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

Her campaign website says she supports biofuels, including continued investment in sustainable aviation fuel.⁵

Her campaign website says she supports cracking down on countries such as China that it says use unfair trade practices to undercut American workers and Minnesota businesses.⁵

Her campaign website says she supports a lasting ceasefire and a two-state solution, would have voted with Senators Smith and Klobuchar to halt offensive weapons sales to Israel, and wants more aid sent to Gaza.⁵

Her campaign website says she supports rebuilding ties with NATO allies.⁵

Her campaign website says she supports Ukraine in its fight against Russia's invasion.⁵

Her campaign website says she supports the John Lewis Voting Rights Act.⁵

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

Her campaign website says she will work to pass the Equality Act.⁵

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

Her campaign website says she supports passing the Women's Health Protection Act to restore the protections of Roe v. Wade and expand access to abortion in every state.⁵

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)

Her campaign website says she would vote to repeal the Hyde Amendment and opposes efforts to defund Planned Parenthood.⁵

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)

Her campaign website says she wants a federal version of Minnesota's law protecting access to contraception, fertility services and other reproductive care, and supports requiring Medicaid and ACA marketplace plans to cover IVF.⁵

1. Guarantee access to both in federal law, including insurance coverage for IVF
2. Lower IVF costs, such as through cheaper drugs and optional employer benefits, without a new federal right or coverage requirement
3. No new federal law; leave current federal and state rules in place
4. Let states limit some methods, such as by giving embryos legal protection

Her campaign website says ICE should be dismantled and the immigration system rebuilt around dignity, safety and due process, and that she supports ending the Trump administration's mass deportation policy.⁵

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

Her campaign website says she supports a pathway to legal status for undocumented immigrants who contribute to Minnesota's economy and communities.⁵

Her campaign website says refugees and asylum seekers fleeing violence, persecution and war should have a fair and lawful process to seek safety.⁵

Her campaign website says she wants to ban assault weapons, high-capacity magazines and ghost guns.⁵

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

Her campaign website says she wants to ban high-capacity magazines and ghost guns.⁵

Her campaign website says she supports funding local police departments so they have the resources to train officers and support community safety.⁵

Her campaign website says she supports more tuition support and loan forgiveness for people in public service jobs such as teaching and health care.⁵

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

Her campaign website says the federal government should have a larger role in funding K-12 education, without a voucher program.⁵

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

Her campaign website says large corporate landlords and hedge funds should be banned from buying single-family homes.⁵

Her campaign website opposes the Trump administration's efforts to cut and privatize the Department of Veterans Affairs and says the federal government should deliver veterans' care itself.⁵