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Candidates › CT-01 race › 2025–2026
Luke Bronin
D Democratic nominee for U.S. House, CT-01
Has not served in Congress
- On the ballot
- On the general election ballotNov 3, 2026 · Connecticut US House 1
- Where to vote
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- Top priorities
- Bringing Down Costs
- Abolishing ICE & Fixing Our Immigration System
- Protecting Medicare, Medicaid, & Pushing for Universal Healthcare
- Building More Housing
- Affordable Childcare & Eldercare
- Money
- $3.9M raised, $3.5M spent, $390.8K cash on hand (through Oct 14, 2026). Where it comes from
- Who gives
- 3.9% of individual money from donors at $200 or less · 57% from Connecticut · largest committee giver VOTEVETS, $15K
- Outside groups
- $1.5M supporting, $515.7K opposing Bronin
- Backed by
- Carpenters Local 326 · Uniformed Professional Firefighters Association of Connecticut · College Democrats of Connecticut and 47 more. As the campaign lists them
15 priorities from broninforcongress.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.
High costs are crushing almost everyone but the wealthiest Americans – housing, healthcare, electricity, groceries, childcare and eldercare. We need to build more housing, produce cheaper renewable energy, and make sure markets actually work to give consumers real choices.
As a member of Congress, I will focus relentlessly to make life easier and more affordable.
Policy choices have directly driven up costs. The biggest example is Trump’s tariffs and unnecessary trade wars. But we’ve also made it way too hard and costly to build housing. We’ve prohibited Medicare and Medicaid from negotiating drug prices on all but a handful of drugs. And we’ve turned a blind eye when the consolidation of corporate power reduces competition and drives up costs.
In some areas, we need to make investments that the private sector won’t make on its own. For example, expanding the supply of clean energy, building a modern electric grid, and building 21st century transit.
Making things more affordable means being serious about how markets actually work and recognizing when they don’t. It means fixing bottlenecks that artificially drive up prices, from permitting delays to outdated regulations. It means making smart public investments. And it means doing everything possible to create more good, well-paid jobs.
source ↗ (opens the page at this passage) · broninforcongress.com/issues/Reforma
We need to end the cruelty and lawlessness of the Trump administration immediately.
No more masked agents going door to door asking Americans for their papers, profiling people based on the color of their skin, and arresting and detaining hard-working people without warrants or cause.
I’ve outlined a plan to stop ICE’s lawlessness in the short term while working to abolish and replace or rebuild ICE from the ground up in the longer term.
And once we’ve stopped the cruelty and the assault on our constitution, we need to finally fix our immigration system.
Our immigration system has been broken for decades, and everybody knows it. We need a common-sense system that is orderly, humane, and fair: secure borders, fair and timely asylum processing, legal pathways that encourage more legal immigration, and enforcement that respects the due process of law.
And that starts with recognizing that immigration is, and has always been, a source of vitality, strength, and economic growth in America. Here's my plan:
Immediate Priorities ↗ (opens broninforcongress.com/issues/immigration at this heading)
Democrats must use the leverage they have now — including Senate rules and funding deadlines — to force real accountability.
- Leverage the government funding process in the Senate to demand immediate reforms. Democrats must condition support for the Homeland Security Department budget on meaningful immigration reforms — including a ban on masks, warrant requirements for arrests, visible identification for officers, an end to racial profiling, reforms to ICE’s recruitment and training practices, and accountability for abuse and law-breaking.
- Demand full, independent investigations into the murders of Renee Nicole Good, Alex Pretti, and other violent incidents, including ICE use-of-force policies and chain of command. Hold field hearings on ICE abuses nationwide, and document instances of abuse, violent conduct, and violation of constitutional rights.
Structural Reform After Winning Majorities ↗ (opens broninforcongress.com/issues/immigration at this heading)
- Abolish ICE, which has only existed since 2003. Long-term reform should include a reversal of the post-9/11 establishment of ICE inside of the Department of Homeland Security. The 2003 shift split up the Immigration and Naturalization Service, establishing an enforcement agency divorced from the broader mission of implementing a comprehensive immigration policy consistent with American traditions. ICE has become a lawless, unaccountable, poorly-run agency. Immigration enforcement authority must once again sit within an agency dedicated to a broader mission.
- Return immigration enforcement to a public-safety-centered model with appropriate limits on use of force and respect for the rule of law and constitutional rights. Immigration enforcement plays an important role in public safety, but it has to include due process and a focus on violent offenders. It must focus on making communities safer, not creating and promoting chaos.
- Go back on offense to push for the comprehensive immigration reform that Americans know we need: secure borders, fair and timely asylum processing, citizenship for DACA recipients, legal pathways that encourage more legal immigration, and enforcement that respects the due process of law and basic human dignity. Immigration is a source of strength, vitality, renewal, and growth, and Democrats shouldn’t be afraid to say that.
source ↗ (opens the page at this passage) · broninforcongress.com/issues/immigration
Our healthcare system is broken. Healthcare costs keep going up. Health insurance depends too much on where you work. Even when you have good coverage, it can feel impossible to navigate the healthcare system. And on top of all that, we spend more money on healthcare than any other nation, with worse results.
The answer isn’t small adjustments. It’s big change.
We need to protect and strengthen Medicare and Medicaid, negotiate down the price of prescription drugs, and push for universal, affordable healthcare. We need a strong public option so that any American who wants to participate in Medicare can do so.
Every single American should have access to primary and preventive care. And we need to get rid of the ridiculous administrative costs and unnecessary middlemen that suck up so much money in the healthcare system.
In the near term, we must pass the Break Up Big Medicine Act, a bipartisan bill put forward by an unlikely alliance: Elizabeth Warren and Josh Hawley.
The healthcare industry is consolidating like crazy. The same big corporations are taking control of insurance, pharmacy benefit management, pharmacies, medical practices and healthcare providers. And they’re extracting massive profit. Healthcare monopolies aren’t healthy for our country. In Congress, I’ll fight to break up healthcare monopolies to protect Americans from extracting profit at the expense of affordable, accessible healthcare.
We also have a chance to save lives and save money by investing in research and development to help diagnose disease early and develop new treatments and cures, for everything from chronic conditions to cancer.
source ↗ (opens the page at this passage) · broninforcongress.com/issues/protecting-medicare-medicaid-and-pushing-for-universal-healthcare
The housing crisis is one of the biggest issues facing Connecticut. It’s hurting our families, our communities, and our state. As a member of Congress, one of my top priorities will be making sure that the federal government gets serious about housing.
source ↗ (opens the page at this passage) · broninforcongress.com/issues
Young people can’t find or afford a place to rent, young families can’t find or afford to buy a home, and our seniors who want to downsize but stay in their communities just can’t do it. It’s hurting our families, our communities, and our state.
One of the biggest reasons is that we just don’t build enough housing, here or across the country.
We need to incentivize smart development around transit.
We need more flexible federal financing tools, to help communities build a mix of market rate and affordable housing in a way that’s healthy for neighborhoods.
We need to accelerate the use of new materials to bring down costs.
And we need to make sure that slumlords and absentee-landlords can be held accountable.
source ↗ (opens the page at this passage) · broninforcongress.com/issues/building-more-housing
Childcare and eldercare costs are forcing families into impossible choices. We need to treat care as essential and worthy of fair pay, especially as so many more Americans live longer into old age.
source ↗ (opens the page at this passage) · broninforcongress.com/issues
These costs fall hardest on women and working families, and they hold back the entire economy by sidelining people who want to be working. Meanwhile, caregivers themselves are underpaid and undervalued.
That means expanding access to affordable childcare and eldercare, raising wages for caregivers, and helping families pay for care without going broke.
Supporting care isn’t just about compassion. It’s smart economic policy.
source ↗ (opens the page at this passage) · broninforcongress.com/issues/affordable-childcare-and-eldercare
Reproductive freedom is a basic human right. Congress must pass federal protections for abortion access nationwide.
source ↗ (opens the page at this passage) · broninforcongress.com/issues
Reproductive freedom is a basic human right.
Every woman must have the right to decide what to do with her body, what is best for her health, and when, how, and whether she wants to start a family. Congress must pass federal protections for abortion access nationwide.
As Mayor, I led the passage of one of the first ordinances in the country to protect against the abuses of crisis pregnancy centers, which often mislead women who are seeking reproductive care. That ordinance became a model for legislation in the state of Connecticut.
And as a member of Congress, I will fight to make sure that my two daughters have the same rights as their mother and grandmothers had, no matter where they live in this country.
source ↗ (opens the page at this passage) · broninforcongress.com/issues/safeguarding-reproductive-freedom
Every person deserves to live freely, safely, and with dignity, no matter who they love or how they identify. Equality shouldn’t depend on your zip code, and no American should be denied a job, a home, health care, or basic dignity because of who they are.
source ↗ (opens the page at this passage) · broninforcongress.com/issues
Every person deserves to live freely, safely, and with dignity, no matter who they love or how they identify. Connecticut has been a leader in protecting basic rights for LGBTQ+ Americans, but across the country, those rights are under attack.
As mayor, I worked to make city government more inclusive, and Hartford earned one of the highest LGBTQ+ equality scores in the country.
In Congress, I’ll fight to pass the Equality Act, because we must ensure that LGBTQ+ Americans are protected from discrimination under federal law. I’ll also fight to enshrine protections for marriage quality and I’ll support the Global Respect Act to help protect LGBTQ+ people around the world who face physical harm and persecution.
source ↗ (opens the page at this passage) · broninforcongress.com/issues/protecting-human-rights
Climate change isn’t some distant future threat. It’s now. The Trump Administration is doubling down on dirty and inefficient fossil fuels, data centers threaten to suck up more and more energy, and our planet is on track to hit dangerous tipping points.
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Climate change isn’t some distant future threat. It’s now. And it’s going to get worse, quickly – with extreme weather including droughts, heat waves, floods, and hurricanes.
We need a massive commitment to more affordable, clean energy. Solar, wind, hydro, fuel cells, nuclear, and building better batteries.
We need to build quickly and at scale. That means streamlining red tape that makes it too hard and costly to build. It means using smart public investments to accelerate the transition. And it means modernizing our energy grid.
We also need to help communities adapt to extreme weather and support the research that can help us mitigate the worst effects of climate change, now and over the long term.
source ↗ (opens the page at this passage) · broninforcongress.com/issues/climate-change
We need to cut corruption out like a cancer by overturning Citizens United to get dark money out of politics, restricting the President’s unlimited pardon power, and rolling back the sweeping immunity that the Supreme Court has given the President.
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When I served on the anti-corruption task force in Afghanistan, I saw what it looks like when a culture of corruption takes hold in a country. The public loses all trust, a small group of well-connected people benefit, and everyone pays a heavy price.
Today, we’re witnessing the most brazen corruption in our nation’s history. The President is enriching himself, his family, and his friends at the public’s expense every day, enabled by a small group of ultra-wealthy individuals, corporations, and even foreign governments that are all-too-happy to buy influence. Meanwhile, industry Super PACs have flooded our political system with money that keeps Congress from making the big changes we need.
We need to cut that corruption out like a cancer.
That means overturning Citizens United to get dark money out of politics, restricting the President’s unlimited pardon power, and rolling back the sweeping immunity that the Supreme Court has given the President. Doing it right will take a Constitutional amendment, and we need to fight to do it right.
And we need to get to work immediately to tighten ethics rules, enforce the law without fear or favor, ban Congressional stock trading, and ensure that no one — not presidents, not billionaires, not public officials — is above the law.
source ↗ (opens the page at this passage) · broninforcongress.com/issues/fighting-corruption
We need a tax system that is progressive, fair, simple, and enforced. That means closing ridiculous loopholes, making it harder to shield huge fortunes from taxes for generation after generation, and ensuring the wealthiest Americans and biggest corporations actually pay their fair share.
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The tax code is riddled with loopholes that reward wealth over work and allow those at the top to avoid paying what they owe. Meanwhile, working families and small businesses carry the burden, and we’re building up debt at a level that’s going to bankrupt our kids and grandkids.
Why does this matter? Because right now, we’re racking up levels of deficits and debt that are going to crush our economy in the long-run. We’re literally borrowing from our kids to fund loopholes for the ultra-wealthy today.
1. Close Ridiculous Loopholes ↗ (opens broninforcongress.com/issues/affordability at this heading)
End multiple loopholes that benefit only the wealthiest Americans, from the carried interest loophole which lets hedge fund managers treat their fees as capital gains, to the loopholes that allow wealthy families to avoid tax liabilities by borrowing against their assets and passing investments onto their heirs without paying capital gains.
Curb permanent wealth concentration by increasing the estate tax and ending dynastic trusts, so the ultra-wealthy can’t shield assets that exist in perpetuity, indefinitely transferring wealth across generations while avoiding gift, estate, and generation-skipping transfer taxes.
2. Make the Wealthiest Americans and the Biggest Corporations Pay a Fairer Share ↗ (opens broninforcongress.com/issues/affordability at this heading)
Make the richest Americans pay a fairer share by reversing decades of tax cuts for the ultra-wealthy, rolling back Trump’s tax cut for high income earners, and adding two new top income tax brackets.
Make the capital gains tax more progressive so earnings from long-term investments aren’t taxed at far, far lower rates than ordinary income.
Make big corporations pay what they owe by restoring the corporate tax rate back to the pre-Trump rate of 35% or at minimum to 28%, while shutting down offshore tax avoidance schemes that allow corporations to dodge taxes by offshoring profits.
Actually enforce tax laws against the wealthiest Americans and biggest corporations, which use armies of lawyers and accountants to dodge what they owe — and which the Trump administration has made easier by gutting the IRS.
source ↗ (opens the page at this passage) · broninforcongress.com/issues/affordability
I’ll fight for common-sense gun laws like universal background checks, an assault weapons ban, safe storage laws, red-flag laws, firearms education, accountability for repeat violent offenders, and serious consequences for gun dealers and gun manufacturers who break the law.
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Gun violence isn’t an abstract issue for me. As Mayor, I’ve sat in too many living rooms with parents or grandparents who’ve lost kids to gun violence. I’ve been to too many funerals and watched children grieving the death of their friends.
I’ve also seen that smart prevention, effective policing, and common-sense gun laws can actually make a difference.
As General Counsel to Connecticut’s Governor in the wake of the massacre at Sandy Hook, I helped to write the comprehensive set of common-sense gun laws that made Connecticut a model when it comes to gun safety.
As mayor, I supported new and expanded prevention initiatives and also demanded real accountability for people involved in gun violence.
As a member of Congress, I’ll bring that same commitment to Washington.
I’ll support vital community violence prevention work like violence interrupters and hospital-based violence intervention programs.
And I’ll work to reverse the Trump administration’s damaging cuts to ATF, which is a vital partner in helping to trace crime guns and identify the illegal gun dealers that flood our streets with guns. ATF needs to be strengthened, not cut.
source ↗ (opens the page at this passage) · broninforcongress.com/issues/reducing-gun-violence
As a member of Congress, I’ll fight to expand support to quality classroom education across the country, from early childhood education all the way through to affordable pathways to college or skilled trades.
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In this age of addictive algorithms and short attention spans, we should ban phones in schools. Period.
We should invest more in people, with smaller class sizes, stronger teacher training and recruitment, better teacher pay.
And we need to make sure schools are actually using the best practices that we know actually work to help kids learn.
As artificial intelligence comes at us fast, it’s more important than ever that every single child in America is prepared to be a strong critical thinker.
We need to double down on the fundamentals of reading, math, science, and history.
We need to help students learn the social skills of listening, disagreement, and debate.
And we need to make sure that every child, regardless of where they live, gets full and fair access to arts and sports.
source ↗ (opens the page at this passage) · broninforcongress.com/issues/educating-our-kids