Zach Dembo

His campaign website says tariffs are taxes on Kentucky businesses and consumers, and that in Congress he will fight to end the trade war and support free and open trade so that farmers and distillers can compete globally.⁷

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

His campaign website says everyone should make a living wage of at least $15 an hour and notes that Congress has not raised the minimum wage in 17 years.⁸

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

His campaign website says he will fully support the PRO Act and defend the right to collectively bargain and unionize.⁸

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 campaign website says farmers need to be protected by protecting crop insurance, expanding water resources and reforming the tax code to protect family farms.⁷

His campaign website says that, at a bare minimum, congressional oversight and agreement from international allies are needed before the country goes to war.⁹

His campaign website says the U.S. should deescalate what it calls a war of choice in Iran, and describes what has happened in Iran as a dangerous abuse of power that violates international law.⁹

His campaign website says what has happened with boats coming from Venezuela is a dangerous abuse of power that violates international law.⁹

His campaign website says showing China and Russia that the U.S. will not support attempts to take over other nations means supporting Ukraine and protecting Taiwan's sovereignty.⁹

His campaign website says the U.S. should be defending its allies and strengthening NATO rather than weakening alliances.⁹

His campaign website says he will push for a full ban on trading individual stocks or cryptocurrency by members of Congress and their immediate families, and for banning members from using prediction markets.^10,11

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 will introduce an amendment to end the Citizens United decision, fight to ban donations from corporate political action committees and get rid of dark money in politics.^10,11

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 he will propose term limits of 12 years on members of the House and Senate and hold himself to that standard.¹⁰

1. Shorter limits, such as three House terms (six years) and two Senate terms (12 years)
2. Longer limits, such as 12 to 18 years in each chamber
3. No term limits

His campaign website says every state should have an independent, nonpartisan commission to draw district lines.¹⁰

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 it supports expanding first-time homebuyer programs like the VA loan program to public servants such as teachers, nurses and first responders.⁸

His campaign website says it supports stopping Wall Street from buying up homes.⁸

His campaign website says the administration and Congress have taken a step in the wrong direction by basically eliminating the Department of Education and its ability to help, and says he will fight to fully fund public schools and jobs training programs.¹²

1. Close the department and move or end its programs
2. Shrink it and give states more control over federal school money
3. Keep the department and its programs, or expand it

His campaign website says he will push for legislation that requires transparency and local input in data center siting, holds companies accountable for their environmental impact and makes sure Big Tech cannot offload rising energy costs onto Kentucky families.¹³

His campaign website says he supports AI safeguards to protect children interacting with chat bots and to keep the newest models from posing major cybersecurity risks, and says companies should have to give notice before replacing employees with AI and pay into a fund to retrain workers who lose their jobs to it.¹³

1. Require government testing or licenses for the most powerful AI systems before they are released
2. Set rules for specific risks and uses, such as deepfakes, hiring decisions and safety disclosures
3. Rely mainly on existing laws, without new rules written for AI

His campaign website says he will always be for immigration enforcement against violent criminals and a secure border, and that ICE should focus on actual violent criminals rather than law-abiding people in courthouses, schools or churches.¹⁴

His campaign website says ICE should be held to the same standards as other law enforcement, including body cameras and no hiding identities behind masks.¹⁴

1. Let officers cover their faces and keep their names private
2. Require visible ID and body cameras, but allow face coverings
3. Require visible ID and body cameras, and ban most face coverings

His campaign website says it supports immigration reform that secures the border while creating a path to citizenship for people already here who are working hard and contributing to their communities.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 Medicaid cuts should be reversed and Medicaid fully funded so that working families and seniors can access care.¹⁵

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

His campaign website says he will fight to restore and expand the ACA tax credits so that health insurance stays within reach for working families.¹⁵

His campaign website says he will push for a law to make drug companies charge the same in the U.S. as they do overseas.¹⁵

1. Leave US prices to the market and to negotiation
2. Seek prices like other wealthy countries pay through deals with drug makers, without a law requiring it
3. Require that Medicare and Medicaid pay no more than other wealthy countries do
4. Require that all US buyers pay no more than other wealthy countries do

His campaign website says he will fight for a public option in health care, along with price transparency requirements, caps on out-of-pocket expenses and reforms to reduce administrative overhead and waste in the insurance system.¹⁵

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 campaign website says a woman who wants an abortion in her first trimester should have that right, that abortions should be safe, legal and rare, and that he would be a vote to codify Roe v. Wade.¹⁶

1. Legal only to save the pregnant woman's life
2. Legal only in cases of rape or incest, or to save the woman's life
3. Legal early in pregnancy only, up to a limit such as 6, 12 or 15 weeks
4. Legal until about 24 weeks, as under Roe v. Wade, and later to protect the woman's life or health
5. Legal at every stage, with no limit based on weeks of pregnancy

His campaign website says he would be a vote to codify Roe v. Wade and that he will not let Kentucky's current abortion law become the law of the land nationally.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 would protect fertility treatments like IVF.¹⁶

His campaign website says he supports expanding the child tax credit.¹⁶

His campaign website says he supports universal pre-K and affordable child care.¹⁶

His campaign website says he supports creating incentives to reward companies that offer sufficient parental leave for their workers.¹⁶