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Candidates › CA-02 race › 2025–2026
Rose Yee
DemocraticU.S. House, CA-02California
Has not served in Congress
- On the ballot
- Lost the open primaryJun 2, 2026 · 18,898 votes (7.6%) · 3 of 8 · Jared Huffman and Robin Littau are on the November ballot
- Where to vote
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- Top priorities
- PEOPLE. PEACE. PLANET.
- Rose Believes Housing Is a Human Right
- Solution 1
- PEOPLE. PEACE. PLANET.
- When I’m in Congress, I will:
- Money
- $77.4K raised, $70.4K spent, $10.3K cash on hand (through Sep 30, 2026). Where it comes from
- Who gives
- 17% of individual money from donors at $200 or less · 98% from California
- Backed by
- Progressive Democrats of America · Democrats for Palestinian Rights Bay Area · Assyrian Democrats of the Bay Area and 81 more. As the campaign lists them
5 priorities from roseforcongress.com, in the order they are listed there. Every heading and the text under it is copied exactly, as one passage for each page it is from, and links to that place on the page; hover a source to see which passage it opens.
“District 2 needs a representative who leads with moral clarity, conviction, and courage, and answers only to you, not corporate or foreign interests.”
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Under the "People, Peace, Planet" platform, we are fighting for a future where:
- People come first, with Medicare For All healthcare, a federal jobs guarantee, doubling housing construction, and a $25 living wage so every Californian can live with dignity.
- Peace becomes our priority by ending rampant militarism and unconditional military aid to human rights abusers, instead redirecting those billions into a $1,000 annual Peace Dividend paid directly to you.
- Our Planet thrives, by responding with an urgent, green-job-led response to the climate emergency, making clean energy bountiful and affordable, and ending the ecocide caused by rampant militarism.
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Congress needs to do its job by formulating federal legislation and carving out federal dollars to solve the housing crisis. We will then need multi-agency coordination and cooperation on the federal, state and local levels to implement solutions. And recognizing that we have a variety of housing needs, those solutions must be multifaceted. Rose advocates for the following solutions.
Solution 2: Incorporate community enhancement features in housing projects to overcome NIMBY resistance. These might include:
- Dog parks
- Outdoor exercise parks
- Playgrounds
- Community gardens with plots offered to the whole neighborhood
- Meeting rooms available for use by the neighborhood
Solution 3: Provide rent-to-own opportunities as a first step toward home ownership.
Solution 4: Provide supportive housing for people dealing with mental health challenges.
Solution 5: Work with schools and unions to set up programs in high schools that provide opportunities for students to learn building trades.
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Create more affordable and low-income housing
Invest in social housing that is permanently affordable, de-commodified and community managed.
Identify areas with high walking scores for higher density housing that will benefit seniors.
Allocate funding for dormitories at community and state colleges and universities to lower the cost of housing for students.
Rehabilitate abandoned buildings to increase housing stock.
Tax vacant properties to provide an incentive to open up rental stock.
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End tax breaks for the rich, tax loopholes, and corporate welfare, and implement a People’s Prosperity Act that centers working people, not corporations and the elite.
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Provide $1000 annual payments to all, paid for by cuts to our bloated military budget. Peace is not weakness — it is the courage to choose life over profit and humanity over war.
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I am proposing a Peace Dividend, paid for by cuts to our bloated military budget. The Peace Dividend is a $1,000 annual payment to every adult American, delivered at Thanksgiving, funded by redirecting a portion of our ever-growing military budget.
Since 2020, Pentagon spending has increased by more than $140 billion per year — even as families face rising costs for food, housing, and healthcare. The Peace Dividend ensures that when our nation chooses de-escalation over endless war, the benefits are shared directly with the people.
Reversing the most recent Pentagon budget increase by Trump, $160 billion, would more than pay for the Peace Dividend. The increase for Trump’s proposed $1.5 trillion budget would pay for the peace dividend more than 3 times.
It’s simple, universal, and practical: fewer blank checks for militarization, and a material investment in working families, local economies, and national well-being.
U.S. taxpayers paid $4.4 trillion to military contractors between 2020 and 2024. An independent audit of military contractors will show which ones are overcharging the government. Examples of abuse include $640 toilet seats and $7,600 coffee pots.
The U.S. military budget has nearly doubled this century. Wasteful programs like the F-35 and outdated and dangerous weapons systems like ICBMs can safely be eliminated to free up billions of dollars per year for human needs.
A global network of bases is unsustainable for us and the world. Instead of ruling with an iron fist, let’s bring our troops home to their families and focus on diplomacy.
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I will champion ending rampant militarism. We must end support to ethnic cleansing and genocide in Gaza, Congo, and the Sudan, prevent escalations with Venezuela, and reinvest back in our own communities.
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Our government spends billions on wars and weapons abroad while our own schools, hospitals, and communities are overlooked. Every dollar sent to bomb families overseas is a dollar not spent healing our own neighborhoods—funding healthcare, housing, and climate resilience. It is time to end the era of rampant militarism and redirect that money to serve the people of this district, creating security, dignity, and opportunity for all.
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Pass Medicare For All and cap drug prices, so no one is worried about doctor bills or losing their homes. Support rural hospitals and telemedicine systems that work for our communities.
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Healthcare is a fundamental human right, yet for too many families in California, it has become a luxury they can’t afford when they need it most.
The uninsured rate has dropped to 6.5% in California thanks to Medi-Cal and Covered California. While this is an improvement, it is proof that until we pass universal coverage, families will continue to slip through the cracks and face the pain of being uninsured, despite state and federal efforts to patch a broken for-profit system.
And what good is private insurance anyways if your co-pays are so high you still can’t see a doctor? We are the richest nation on earth, yet we spend twice as much as other countries only to see our life expectancy fall and our rural hospitals close. This is a crisis of priorities—Washington is choosing to fund endless wars while 15 million Americans are kicked off Medicaid. I’m running to change that, because healthcare isn’t just a policy issue; it’s a matter of economic justice and human dignity.
When I’m in Congress, I will work to ensure you have healthcare when and where you need it.
Establish Universal Healthcare: I support Medicare For All legislation. I will fight to expand Medicare to cover everyone, eliminating the private insurance middlemen who profit off our sickness.
Slash Prescription Costs: We will cap insulin at $20 and give the government the power to negotiate drug prices, ending the price-gouging that forces families to choose between medicine and rent.
Save Our Rural Hospitals: I will aggressively fund community health centers and expand telemedicine and mobile pharmacies to ensure those in our rural Northern California communities aren't left behind.
Protect Our Seniors: We must secure and increase Social Security benefits by finally removing the income cap on the wealthy, ensuring our elders can retire with the security they’ve earned.
End Predatory Billing: I will take on the hospitals and insurance companies that use "black box" pricing and predatory tactics to push working-class families into bankruptcy.
Instead of sending our tax dollars to fund destruction abroad, let’s reinvest that money at home to keep our hospitals open and our neighbors, co-workers, and family members healthy.
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The system needs to be held accountable. We need a humane immigration system that centers families, provides a clear path to citizenship, and addresses root causes of migration.
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Our immigrant neighbors are the heartbeat of our communities and our economy, yet they are being used as political targets. The current agenda of mass deportations, family separations, and unchecked militarization doesn't make us safer—it only tears our neighborhoods apart. I am fighting for an immigration system that centers families, dignity, and human rights, rather than fear-based politics.
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A Federal Jobs Guarantee and living wages so everyone can afford a decent life and live with dignity. Strengthen union power, protect worker rights, make the child tax credit permanent, and confront monopolies and price gouging.
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A Just Economy, Guaranteed Jobs, and Living Wage ↗ (opens roseforcongress.com/just-economy at this heading)
Northern Californians work hard, but too many still can’t get ahead. Wages remain flat while the costs of rent, groceries, and utilities continue to climb—exacerbated by tariffs that act as hidden sales taxes on our families. Across the country, working people are showing incredible courage by organizing and demanding fair treatment. It is time Congress matched that bravery by standing up to greedy corporations and building an economy rooted in union power and justice.
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Raise the Wage to $25: I advocate for a living wage of at least $25 per hour, indexed to inflation so it rises automatically with the cost of living, while eliminating the sub-minimum wage.
Strengthen Union Power: I will fully support the PRO Act, work to reverse anti-labor laws like Taft-Hartley, and ban deceptive "captive audience" meetings used to discourage unionization.
Establish a Federal Jobs Guarantee: I will work to ensure every American who wants to work has access to a federally funded, local job that benefits their community—whether that is care work, infrastructure repair, or forest management here in CA-02.
Protect Worker Rights and Benefits: I will fight for nationwide paid sick and family leave, ban exploitative non-compete clauses, and ensure gig workers are classified as employees to receive the benefits and base pay they deserve.
Support Families and Children: We must make the Child Tax Credit permanent and fully refundable, while capping childcare costs and providing universal pre-K so parents can work with peace of mind.
Hold Corporations Accountable: I will work to break up monopolies in tech, energy, and food that price out local choices, and I will fight to ban the permanent replacement of striking workers and provide free legal support in cases of employer retaliation.
Repeal tariffs that hurt our communities: I will work to repeal tariffs on food that are crippling our farmers, restaurants and inflating our grocery bills.
Together, we can move away from an economy that serves only the billionaires and build one that provides a decent life and dignity for every working family.
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Increase affordable housing construction, improve our existing homes, ban private equity from buying up our homes, and protect renters from price gouging.
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California home prices have risen dramatically over the past five years—in some North State counties by nearly 90%. Rents have shot up too, and for many in CA-02, the dream of homeownership is slipping away.
Housing is a human right, not a vehicle for Wall Street profit. To ensure our families, seniors, and essential workers can stay in the communities they love, we must stop the financialization of our neighborhoods and treat housing as a public good.
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Get dark money out of politics and crush corruption at every turn. Support publicly financed elections and end excessive and corrupt war profiteering.
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We don’t have universal healthcare, affordable housing, or living-wage jobs because corporate lobbyists and billionaires are calling the shots in Washington. While our government hands out subsidies to Big Oil, weapons companies, and unaccountable tech giants, our own schools and hospitals go underfunded. This campaign is a grassroots movement—I do not and will not accept a single cent from corporate PACs, real estate developers, or foreign and domestic lobbying groups. It is time to crush corruption and ensure our government finally answers to the people of CA-02.
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Increase resilience efforts against fires and flooding and support a just transition to a clean energy economy that holds polluters accountable.
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Climate change is an urgent crisis that directly threatens the economy, health, and future of Northern California. Time and time again, our district has faced the devastating impacts of extreme weather, from raging wildfires to catastrophic flooding. These events are not just environmental issues; they strain our resources and put lives at risk. It is time for Congress to act with urgency, transitioning the United States to a clean energy economy that creates good-paying green jobs right here in CA-02 while holding polluters accountable for the damage they’ve caused.
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We must protect the rights and economic security of women, the LGBTQIA+ community, indigenous communities, people with disabilities, and stand against bigotry and racism in all its forms.
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I grew up in the Philippines in a police state, where I saw firsthand what happens when the government fails to protect its people’s fundamental freedoms. Today, in CA-02, we are seeing those same freedoms under threat. Whether it’s the government stripping away reproductive rights or the systemic discrimination that keeps our neighbors in the shadows, we must fight for a democracy that protects everyone, especially the most vulnerable. My "People" platform is built on the belief that true freedom includes economic security, bodily autonomy, and the right to live without fear.
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Guns remain the number one cause of death for children in the United States. Common-sense safety laws can save lives.
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Families in Northern California are exhausted from living with the fear of losing their loved ones to gun violence. For years, firearms have remained the leading cause of death for children and teens in the United States—a staggering reality that is deeply personal to many in our community. While some politicians treat this as a partisan debate, families are left to bury their children while corporate gun manufacturers rake in record profits.
This isn't just about constitutional rights; it’s about a system fixed to favor lobbyists. The gun lobby has used the Second Amendment as a smokescreen to protect the interests of manufacturers who profit every time these guns are used in a mass shooting and subsequently featured in the news. I believe we can respect the rights of responsible gun owners while enacting the common-sense safety laws that the vast majority of Americans support.
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Champion a Peace Dividend: I will lead efforts to deliver annual payments to all citizens, paid for by cuts to our bloated military budget. Read more about it here.
End Complicity in Human Rights Abuses: I will fight to end unconditional U.S. military aid to Israel and other regimes committing human rights abuses.
End the occupation of Palestinians: We must stop the funding of genocide in Gaza and ethnic cleansing in the West Bank, and ensure our tax dollars never again fuel carnage like this again.
Oppose Reckless Military Action: I will stand firmly against any military action in Venezuela, Iran, Panama, or anywhere else President Trump has threatened with war. We must replace endless conflict with diplomacy.
Cut the military budget: I will work to dismantle the military-industrial complex and reduce our bloated, wasteful military spending.
Stop War Profiteers: Once and for all, we must audit the military budget and make excessive and corrupt war profiting illegal.
Reinvest in Our Communities: I will fight to redirect war spending into the things that actually keep us safe: universal healthcare, affordable housing, living wages, universal childcare, and clean energy projects right here at home.
Uphold Moral Clarity in Foreign Policy: I will work with members of Congress on both sides of the aisle to introduce legislation that prioritizes peace. Our nation must lead with diplomacy to avoid blowback from our current military adventurism.
Care for Our Own: By ending global wars, we can finally afford to fully care for our veterans and feed our own hungry.
Peace is not weakness—it is the courage to choose humanity over profit. Together, we can build a just foreign policy that reflects our values and brings our resources back home.
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