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Candidates › CT-02 race › 2025–2026
D Democratic nominee for U.S. House, CT-02
Has not served in Congress
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8 priorities from kylegauck.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.
Quality, affordable healthcare should be available to every family in Connecticut — not just those who can afford it. Kyle will cosponsor Medicare for All on day one.
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Career politicians serve themselves. Term limits return power to new generations and break the cycle of incumbents serving corporations instead of constituents.
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Members of Congress should not be trading stocks they regulate. Kyle will push for a full ban on congressional stock trading and real accountability.
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Those who served deserve more than empty thank-yous. Kyle will fight to improve the benefits, healthcare, and support systems veterans and their families depend on.
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Veterans in CT-2 have earned our support. Kyle will fight to make sure they can access care, navigate the VA, and get the help they need — no matter where they live or what they’ve been through.
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Rural veterans in the Quiet Corner struggle to get to appointments. Survivors of military sexual trauma face a VA claims process that’s outdated and re-traumatizing. Joe Courtney hasn’t cosponsored the bills to fix either problem. Kyle will.
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Kyle will cosponsor the Rural Veterans Transportation to Care Act and the Servicemembers and Veterans Empowerment and Support Act. Geography and bureaucracy shouldn’t stand between veterans and the care they’ve earned.Elected officials should be focused on serving their constituents, not their stock portfolios. Kyle supports banning members of Congress from trading private stocks while in office — profiting off insider information is a conflict of interest. Index fund investing remains permitted.
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- Expand VA transportation grants to all rural areas in CT-2, raise the max award to $80,000, and make the program permanent
- Include Tribal Nations and veteran service organizations as eligible grant recipients
- Modernize the military sexual trauma claims process to accept evidence from mental health professionals, hospitals, rape crisis centers, and law enforcement
- Guarantee every claimant a VA point of contact and ensure no claim is denied before a survivor can present evidence
- Extend MST eligibility to all former servicemembers — active duty and reserve — and establish an annual review to keep standards current
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Every family — no matter their income or zip code — deserves access to quality, affordable healthcare.
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Too many families in CT-2 are one medical bill away from financial hardship. Rural communities face shrinking access to hospitals and clinics, and prescription drug costs remain out of reach for too many working people.
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As a husband and father, Kyle believes healthcare is a human right. He’ll fight to protect and expand Medicare, Medicaid, and the ACA — including coverage for vision, dental, and hearing — and support smart, step-by-step reforms toward universal healthcare, including expanding middle-class subsidies, capping prescription drug prices, and investing in rural care across eastern Connecticut.
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- Lower premiums and out-of-pocket costs for working- and middle-class families
- Allow Medicare to negotiate drug prices directly
- Expand telehealth access and broadband in rural CT
- Provide federal grants to keep rural hospitals and clinics open
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ICE as we know it today must be abolished. Kyle will fight to melt ICE and redirect its funding to actually serve our communities.
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ICE has killed 32 people in its custody in 2025 alone, documented severe human rights violations in its facilities, and increased detention of people with no criminal record by 2,450% since Trump’s second inauguration. The Supreme Court has allowed ICE to use racial profiling, targeting people based on their skin color and language. Congress must act.
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Kyle joined the Army to fight for America’s freedom. What ICE does every day — violating due process, tearing families apart, using children as bait, and killing Americans — flies in the face of that. He will cosponsor the Melt ICE Act and fight to defund and dismantle ICE, redirecting its funding to serve those it has harmed.
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- Remove ICE’s legal authority to detain and deport noncitizens without a hearing before an immigration judge
- Terminate all existing ICE detention contracts with private and public entities, and ban DHS from entering new ones
- Require DHS to enact a plan to remove ankle monitors from noncitizens currently under surveillance
- Redirect ICE funding to HHS to establish a wraparound social services grant program for those harmed by ICE enforcement
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A roof isn’t always enough. Kyle wants to make sure new affordable housing in CT-2 comes with the support services people need to stay housed for good.
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The wraparound model pairs affordable housing with on-site services — health care, mental health, employment support — to help people stay housed long-term. It works, and CT-2 deserves access to it.
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Kyle introduced this bill to pilot the wraparound model in CT-2. If it works — and he believes it will — he’ll push to expand it nationwide and make it permanent.
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- Provide $35,000 in down payment assistance for first-time homebuyers to make homeownership accessible to working families in CT-2
- Five $1M competitive grants for new housing developments in CT-2 that reserve 50% of units for low-income and homeless residents at stabilized rents
- On-site wraparound services: community health nursing, behavioral health, employment support, family services, legal clinics, medical clinics, and more
- Open to towns, nonprofits, housing agencies, private developers, and Tribal Nations building or managing housing in CT-2
- A five-year demonstration project — with Kyle’s commitment to expand it nationally and make it permanent if successful
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Before 2017, workers could deduct union dues and unreimbursed work expenses like travel, uniforms, and supplies.
The Trump tax law stripped that away.
Joe Courtney hasn’t cosponsored the bill to bring it back.
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American workers should be able to deduct union dues and unreimbursed workplace expenses.
Kyle will cosponsor the Tax Fairness for Workers Act to put that deduction back in place and rebalance the tax code toward working people.Kyle will cosponsor the Rural Veterans Transportation to Care Act and the Servicemembers and Veterans Empowerment and Support Act.
Geography and bureaucracy shouldn’t stand between veterans and the care they’ve earned.Elected officials should be focused on serving their constituents, not their stock portfolios.
Kyle supports banning members of Congress from trading private stocks while in office — profiting off insider information is a conflict of interest.
Index fund investing remains permitted.
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- Establish an above-the-line deduction for union dues — available to all workers, even those who don’t itemize their federal taxes
- Restore the miscellaneous itemized deduction for unreimbursed work expenses like travel, uniforms, and supplies
- Rebalance the tax code away from big business and back toward the American worker
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In the 1970s, the richest 0.1% held 7% of all American wealth.
Meanwhile, 1 in 4 Americans live paycheck to paycheck and 60% can’t cover a $1,000 emergency.
We’re living in a new Gilded Age — and Joe Courtney hasn’t cosponsored the bill to address it.
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Kyle will cosponsor the Ultra-Millionaire Tax Act.
A small annual tax on fortunes above $50M would generate at least $3 trillion over 10 years — money that should be working for everyday Americans, not sitting in billionaire trusts.
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- 2% annual tax on net worth between $50M and $1B — affecting only the wealthiest 0.05% of Americans
- 3% annual tax on net worth above $1B, with strong anti-evasion measures on wealth held in trusts
- Generate at least $3 trillion over 10 years to reinvest in working and middle class Americans
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The 2017 Trump tax law took away workers’ ability to deduct union dues and job expenses. Kyle will fight to restore it.
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Since Citizens United, corporate money has flooded our elections.
There is no single fix — but there are several tools Congress can use right now.
Joe Courtney hasn’t cosponsored the constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United.
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- Cosponsor H.J.Res.54 — a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United, which Joe Courtney has refused to support
- Require corporations that make political donations to disclose the specific legislation they’re lobbying on, their position, and which legislators they’re targeting
- Establish a small-donor public match program — modeled on NYC’s eight-to-one match or Maine’s Clean Elections Law — to amplify everyday voters over big donors
- Bar lobbyists working for political donors from meeting with the politicians their employer has funded
- Amend the tax code to make clear that corporate political donations don’t “serve the public” and can be taxed at the federal level
- Use federal funding leverage — similar to the 21+ drinking age requirement — to encourage states to limit corporate political spending under their charter powers
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Too many members of Congress have been in Washington so long they’ve lost sight of who they’re supposed to serve.
The longer politicians stay, the more influence special interests gain over them.
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Kyle supports limiting members of Congress to 12 years in each chamber — restoring responsiveness, reducing special interest influence, and making room for new voices.
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- Limit members of Congress to 12 years of service in each chamber — six terms in the House, two terms in the Senate
- Bring fresh perspectives and reduce the entrenchment that lets special interests take hold
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Members of Congress have access to sensitive, non-public information through their work.
When they trade individual stocks, they have every incentive to use that information for personal gain rather than the public good.
It’s a conflict of interest that erodes public trust.
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Elected officials should be focused on serving their constituents, not their stock portfolios.
Kyle supports banning members of Congress from trading private stocks while in office — profiting off insider information is a conflict of interest.
Index fund investing remains permitted.
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- Ban members of Congress from buying or selling private individual stocks while serving in office — index funds like the S&P 500 and Russell 2000 remain permitted
- Close the loophole that allows elected officials to profit off non-public information they access through their work
- Require members to place holdings in blind trusts or divest individual stock positions upon taking office
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Corporations have too much influence over our elections. Kyle supports a range of reforms to limit corporate political spending and give everyday voters more power.
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Career politicians lose touch. Kyle supports term limits to bring fresh perspectives and real accountability back to Washington.
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Members of Congress shouldn’t be profiting off insider information. Kyle will ban private stock trading by elected officials while they’re in office — index funds like the S&P 500 and Russell 2000 are fine.
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It’s already illegal to force anyone to join a union under federal law.
Right-to-Work laws exist to weaken collective bargaining.
Where they’re in effect, average pay drops 3.1%, discrimination claims are 36% higher, and nearly a quarter of jobs are low-wage — compared to 14.5% in non-Right-to-Work states.
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Kyle will cosponsor the Nationwide Right to Unionize Act to repeal state Right-to-Work laws and restore workers’ ability to organize for better wages, benefits, and conditions.Kyle supports limiting members of Congress to 12 years in each chamber — restoring responsiveness, reducing special interest influence, and making room for new voices.
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- Repeal the provision of the National Labor Relations Act that allows states to ban union membership agreements as a condition of employment
- Restore workers’ power to collectively bargain for higher wages, better benefits, and safer working conditions
- Undo the damage Right-to-Work laws have done to working-class pay and job quality across the country
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Employers violate federal labor law in 41.5% of all union election campaigns and spend $400 million a year on consultants to discourage organizing — all of it tax-deductible, meaning everyday taxpayers are subsidizing it.
Joe Courtney hasn’t cosponsored the bill to stop this.
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Corporations shouldn’t get tax breaks for silencing workers.
Kyle will cosponsor the NTBUB Act to end taxpayer subsidies for union-busting and create real disincentives for companies that interfere with workers’ right to organize.
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- Classify corporate interference in union campaigns as political speech under the tax code, making it non-deductible
- Cover both legal union-busting tactics — like captive audience meetings and anti-union ads — and illegal ones like firings, threats, and coercion
- Require employers to report to the IRS when they intervene in protected labor organizing activities
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CT-2 is home to major defense contractors and the workers who power them.
But federal defense dollars often pile up in executive compensation and shareholder returns rather than flowing down to the machinists, engineers, and support staff on the shop floor.
That money should be working for our communities, not sitting in the C-suite.
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Kyle will fight for legislation requiring defense contractors to pass a guaranteed percentage of federal contract funding down to lower-level employees.
When taxpayer dollars fund a defense contract, those dollars should be invested in the workers who build, maintain, and deliver the work — and by extension, back into the district they live in.
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- Require defense contractors receiving federal awards to pass a set percentage of contract funding directly to non-executive employees
- Ensure federal defense dollars reach workers at all levels — not just executives and shareholders
- Put money back into CT-2 communities by increasing take-home pay for the workers who live and spend here
- Tie federal contract eligibility to compliance, creating a real incentive for contractors to share the wealth
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Right-to-Work laws aren’t about protecting workers — they’re about making it harder for them to organize. Kyle will fight to repeal them.
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American taxpayers shouldn’t be footing the bill for corporate union-busting. Kyle will fight to end it.
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Defense contracts bring billions into CT-2 — but too much of that money stays at the top. Kyle will make sure it reaches the workers who actually do the job.
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FEC filings, Jan 1, 2025 to Jul 11, 2026 · Official FEC bulk data · committee C00899179
93¢ of every dollar raised has been spent across 7 reports ($21K of $22.6K). Cash on hand went from $605 on Mar 31, 2025 to $27 on Jul 11, 2026.
| Report | Raised in the period | Spent in the period | Cash on hand at its close |
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| APRIL QUARTERLY 2025 through Mar 31, 2025 | $620 | $15 | $605 |
| JULY QUARTERLY 2025 through Jun 30, 2025 | $6,569 | $5,572 | $997 |
| OCTOBER QUARTERLY 2025 through Sep 30, 2025 | $2,874 | $2,721 | $153 |
| YEAR-END 2025 through Dec 31, 2025 | $3,640 | $3,236 | $404 |
| APRIL QUARTERLY 2026 through Mar 31, 2026 | $2,878 | $3,244 | $38 |
| PRE-CONVENTION 2026 through Apr 21, 2026 | $1,685 | $1,110 | $575 |
| TERMINATION REPORT 2026 through Jul 11, 2026 | $4,327 | $5,113 | $27 |
Each report’s own period, as filed with the FEC; a report filed again counts once, as its latest copy.
A donor who gave several times appears once. The 4 largest donors by total given are listed. In all, 11 itemized contributions were filed this cycle, totaling $9.7K.
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Official FEC filing record for the current cycle. The priorities they publish are quoted from their own site, in their order.
Statements are quoted from these pages exactly. Headings, order and wording are the campaign’s; the record marking is ours.
Total reported receipts $22,593
Every dollar the committee reported receiving this cycle, split by the source the FEC filing attributes it to. Open a source marked + to see who gave. FEC filings through Jul 11, 2026.
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72% of the money placed by state came from inside Connecticut: $7K of $9.7K.
| Name | Amount |
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| 8 contributions · 72% | $6,996 |
| 1 contribution · 15% | $1,500 |
| 1 contribution · 10% | $1,000 |
| 1 contribution · 2.6% | $250 |
By the state each donor wrote on the filing, across 4 states and territories. Donors who have given $200 or less this cycle are not itemized, so they cannot be placed on a map. The FEC’s grouping also counts joint-fundraising memo lines, so these rows can add up to more than the itemized total.
| Employer as filed | Amount |
|---|---|
| 8 contributions · 74% of ranked | $6,996 |
| 1 contribution · 16% of ranked | $1,500 |
| 1 contribution · 11% of ranked | $1,000 |
A further $250 came from donors whose answer names no employer (N/A), so it is not ranked. Itemized gifts over $200, grouped by the words donors filed: not an industry classification, and a gift from an employee is not a gift from the employer. The FEC’s grouping also counts joint-fundraising memo lines, so these rows can add up to more than the itemized total. Gifts of $200 or less ($9,596) are not itemized, so no employer or occupation is filed for them.
| Occupation as filed | Amount |
|---|---|
| 8 contributions · 72% of ranked | $6,996 |
| 1 contribution · 15% of ranked | $1,500 |
| 1 contribution · 10% of ranked | $1,000 |
| 1 contribution · 2.6% of ranked | $250 |
Itemized gifts over $200, grouped by the words donors filed: not an industry classification, and a gift from an employee is not a gift from the employer. The FEC’s grouping also counts joint-fundraising memo lines, so these rows can add up to more than the itemized total. Gifts of $200 or less ($9,596) are not itemized, so no employer or occupation is filed for them.
Money groups spent on their own, not through a campaign. Each ad is filed against the candidate it names, so money attacking an opponent shows on the opponent’s row. Open a candidate to see who spent it.
Total itemized disbursements $17,423
Every itemized payment the committee reported this cycle, sorted by what it said each one was for. The categories are ours; the wording they are matched against is the committee’s own. Open a category to read the filed descriptions and who was paid. FEC filings through Jul 11, 2026.
All 61 itemized payments filed this cycle. Spending below the itemization threshold is not filed line by line.
| Name | Amount |
|---|---|
| 4 payments · 17% of all spending | $3,576 |
| 9 payments · 17% of all spending | $3,500 |
| 5 payments · 6.4% of all spending | $1,339 |
| 7 payments · 5.5% of all spending | $1,150 |
| 2 payments · 4.9% of all spending | $1,040 |
| 5 payments · 3% of all spending | $620 |
| 1 payment · 2.9% of all spending | $606 |
| 4 payments · 2.4% of all spending | $495 |
The people, firms and committees paid the most, across every kind of payment. Each share is of everything the committee reported spending this cycle, not only the itemized payments above. A payee that is itself a committee links to its own profile.