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Running for U.S. House 2026, Challenger

District 12 Ohio

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Support American farmers American farmers work harder than almost anyone in this country, and too many of them are getting squeezed from both sides.

It means strengthening the Packers and Stockyards Act, increasing transparency in pricing, and making sure independent producers can actually get fair contracts.

We should also invest in local processing capacity, conservation programs that actually reward stewardship, and rural infrastructure that keeps farms viable for the next generation.
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Clean water and healthy habitats mean strong deer populations, thriving turkey, walleye runs that actually return year after year.
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Companies should not take public funds and then leave whole counties behind.

Supporting American farmers means enforcing antitrust law and breaking up monopolies that choke competition.

Politicians talk about free markets and personal responsibility, then turn around and hand out tax breaks, subsidies, and special carve-outs to corporations that are already profitable.
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Troy Balderson, a Republican who consistently votes in support of lobbying groups, super PACs, and his billionaire donors.

Corporate interests and well-funded groups swarm Washington to extract policy that benefits them, not the people.
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That includes banning foreign-linked organizations, including groups like AIPAC, from influencing elected officials through campaign cash or political pressure.

If you represent Americans, your loyalty and your funding should come from Americans.
That means protecting the right to vote with the seriousness it deserves.

Defend Civil Rights & Equality for all For the past century, we have improved our country by expanding liberty to people of every demographic.

Voting rights, marriage rights, housing rights – all were won in showdowns against think tanks, white supremacists, and religious institutions that sought to limit access to freedom, equity, and equality.

Today, those freedoms are being erased.

The groups that sought to prevent civil rights hold the reins of power.

Instead of discussing policies to improve our conditions, corrupt politicians direct our attention to boogeymen like The 1619 Project, CRT, DEIA, and transgender athletes.

Congress must pass and codify expanded protections for civil rights, reproductive rights, marriage equality, and religious freedom.

Law enforcement in a democracy derives its legitimacy from the rule of law, not from fear.

Defend Data PrivacY & Online Freedom Your search history, your location data, your private messages, your biometric information — that is personal.

The Constitution was written to protect people from unreasonable intrusion.

Governments, including ours, purchase access to datasets they would otherwise need a warrant to obtain.

We should require meaningful consent, limit data collection to what is actually necessary, ban the sale of sensitive personal information, and close backdoor data purchases by law enforcement.
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Protect Voting Rights & democracy The government is not some distant machine.

And in a healthy republic, the people hold the power.

We should pass the Voting Rights Act and fully restore the protections that were stripped away after Shelby County v. Holder.

When federal oversight was weakened, states were free to pass laws that made it harder for certain communities to vote.

An updated framework like the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act would reestablish clear guardrails against discrimination and ensure that changes to voting laws are reviewed before harm is done.

Protecting democracy means making sure every eligible citizen can cast a ballot without unnecessary barriers and know it will count.
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Politicians and corporate greed keep us living paycheck to paycheck, unable to pay our bills or find jobs, and watching helplessly as our communities fail.

That is not a market that encourages innovation and growth.

The alternative is what we have now: profits concentrating at the top while taxpayers subsidize corporations whose employees still qualify for public assistance.

Data centers are important in this economy, and they come with real costs.
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Reform Public School Funding Your child's future success should not depend on your ZIP code.

We built a system that ties school funding to local wealth, and then we act surprised when the outcomes mirror inequality.

We have to fund schools based on students’ needs, not neighborhood tax bases.

That means fully funding special education, investing in early childhood programs, paying teachers like the professionals they are, and making sure rural and working class districts are not forced to run perpetual levies just to keep the lights on.
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Reduce energy costs Reducing energy costs means increasing supply while modernizing the grid and investing in efficiency.

Energy policy should be about keeping the lights on at a price people can afford.

And too often, taxpayers end up footing the bill after companies walk away.

That is not responsible energy development.

Capping Ohio’s abandoned and orphaned wells should be a priority.

It protects drinking water, reduces methane emissions, and creates real jobs for skilled workers who can do the remediation work safely.

We should require bonding levels that actually cover cleanup costs so companies cannot underfund their obligations and disappear.
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The goal is reliability and affordability while keeping our air and water clean.

Protect Our environment Protecting our environment is about heritage as much as health.

Protecting the environment means investing in conservation programs, protecting public lands, restoring habitat, and managing resources responsibly so the next generation has the same opportunities we did.

We should pass down healthy land and water too.

If communities are hosting these facilities, they deserve strong environmental standards, fair taxation, and infrastructure investments that offset the load.
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Patriotism is demanding accountability for how our money is used.
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END Israel's Genocide in Gaza We need to end U.S. funding for what is happening in the Gaza Strip.

Children are buried under rubble while our tax dollars continue to fund the weapons.

We should immediately halt offensive military aid, demand a permanent ceasefire, and condition any future assistance on compliance with international law.

We should support them.
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And yes, foreign interest groups should not be shaping our laws.
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Health care costs more and delivers less.

Pass Universal Healthcare This is not an abstract concept or a handout.

Universal healthcare is a non-partisan policy in nearly every other modern country.

It provides the freedom to start a business without the fear that you or your child will get sick, the freedom to leave a job you hate and find one you love, and the freedom to take a chance on something without your health being chained to an employer’s HR department.

Universal healthcare breaks that chain.

In the wealthiest country on Earth, that is a policy failure.
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End the housing crisis The housing crisis did not happen by accident.

We have treated housing like a speculative asset instead of a basic foundation of stability.

Zoning laws lock entire neighborhoods into artificial scarcity.

Ending the housing crisis starts with building more homes.

Reform exclusionary zoning so duplexes and small multifamily units can exist in places that outlaw them.

Incentivize first time homeownership instead of luxury developments only investors can afford.

Housing is stability.
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If we claim to stand for human rights, that standard applies even when it is uncomfortable.
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Abolish & Prosecute Ice ICE was created in the panic and fear of the post-9/11 era, folded into the Department of Homeland Security and handed orders that have steadily expanded with little oversight.

When an institution repeatedly violates rights and erodes trust, the answer is not cosmetic reform.

Abolishing ICE as it exists and replacing it with a narrowly tailored, accountable system focused on real public safety is a serious conversation this country needs to have.

And accountability cannot be optional.

If agents break the law, falsify records, abuse detainees, or violate constitutional protections, they should be investigated and prosecuted like anyone else.

If we expect immigrants to respect our laws, the government must respect laws first.
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Education is infrastructure.

Expand rural internet access Broadband is infrastructure.

Expanding rural internet access means investing in fiber where it makes sense, supporting wireless and satellite where terrain demands it, and making sure federal dollars actually reach unserved communities instead of padding balance sheets.

Reliable high-speed internet lets a kid apply for college, lets a farmer access markets, lets a small-town entrepreneur compete with anyone.

If we say we believe in opportunity, we have to wire the places that have been overlooked.

Public dollars should build public goods: infrastructure, schools, research, and communities that benefit everyone.
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Strengthen & Protect Unions Unions built the American middle class.

The weekend, overtime pay, workplace safety standards, child labor laws - none of that was handed down out of corporate generosity.

Organized workers forced the country to recognize that labor is not disposable and that safety and dignity on the job matters.

When workers cannot negotiate, wages stagnate, benefits erode, and jobs become more precarious.

Strengthening and protecting unions means defending the right to organize without retaliation, passing real penalties for companies that break labor laws, and repealing policies that weaken collective bargaining.

A strong labor movement does not hurt the economy.
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Meanwhile, military families deal with housing issues, child care shortages, and under-resourced health care systems.
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The government of Israel has the right to security.

We should strengthen inspectors general, enforce real consequences for contractors who defraud taxpayers, and stop treating “national security” as a magic phrase that ends oversight.
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People-First Policies We need an economy where workers have leverage And we need a country in which federal agents can’t smash car windows, break into houses, and kill our neighbors in the streets of our community.
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Defend & Restore Social Security Social Security is not a handout.

My grandmother lived on Social Security for the last decade of her life, and even then it was tight.

If we want to defend and restore Social Security, the math is straightforward: uncap it.

Right now, income above a certain dollar threshold is not taxed for Social Security.
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Lifting or eliminating the cap would extend the program’s solvency and strengthen benefits without cutting a dime from retirees.

Social Security works.

It has dramatically reduced senior poverty for generations.

The problem is not the program.
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We should end targeted giveaways, close loopholes that let corporations pay less than teachers and firefighters, and require strict clawbacks when companies fail to deliver the jobs they promised.

Make the rich pay their fair share Working people pay taxes out of every paycheck.

Meanwhile, some of the wealthiest individuals and corporations in this country use loopholes, offshore structures, and preferential treatment to lower their effective rates below what a school teacher pays each year in taxes.

Capital gains should not be taxed at a lower rate than wages.

Billionaires should not be able to borrow against their assets indefinitely and avoid taxation while their wealth compounds.

Large corporations should not report record profits to shareholders while reporting near-zero tax liability to the IRS.
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We should require transparency in AI systems, clear accountability when harm is caused, and guardrails around how government and corporations deploy these tools.
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It is about translating skills into civilian jobs, making sure mental health care is accessible without stigma, helping families adjust, and preventing veterans from falling into homelessness or isolation.

A logistics chief, a medic, a weather forecaster, an aviation tech - those skills have real value in the private sector, but the pathway needs to be clear and supported.

We should expand apprenticeship pipelines, partner with employers who understand military experience, and fully fund the VA so care is timely and competent.
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