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Candidates › MN-05 race › 2025–2026
Ilhan Omar
D Democratic-Farmer-Labor nominee for U.S. House, MN-05
Representative since 2019
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- On the ballot
- Won the general electionNov 3, 2026 · 151,697 votes (54.6%)
- Where to vote
- Find your polling place (opens in a new tab) · More ways to vote
- Top priorities
- Fight for LGBTQIA+ Rights
- Create a Just Immigration System
- Invest in Arts & Humanities
- Establish Economic Justice for Working Families
- Protect Reproductive Freedom
- In Congress
- Representative since 2019 · votes with their party 95% of the time. See the record · Office phone 202-225-4755
- Money
- $8.2M raised, $5.6M spent, $3M cash on hand (through Oct 14, 2026). Where it comes from
- Who gives
- 69% of individual money from donors at $200 or less · 9.3% from Minnesota · largest committee giver UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS INTERNATIONAL UNION ACTIVE BALLOT CLUB, $10K
- Outside groups
- $207.1K supporting Omar
- Backed by
- Tina Smith · Amy Klobuchar · Tim Walz and 82 more. As the campaign lists them
- Sponsored most in
- International Affairs, Crime and Law Enforcement, Agriculture and Food
15 priorities from ilhanomar.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.
The LGBTQIA+ community’s struggle did not end with the legalization of same sex marriage.
People in the queer community are disproportionately affected by the same issues we all experience—lack of access to housing, education, and healthcare; violence; workplace discrimination; among many others. Trans kids in particular have become scapegoats for the Republican party. I will fight in Congress to uplift the voices of the LGBTQIA+ community, especially when that intersects with other marginalized identities.
- 28% of transgender people said a healthcare professional refused to see them because of their actual or perceived gender identity
- LGBTQIA+ youth are five times as likely to attempt suicide than cis- and/or straight youth
- Over one-fifth of LGBTQIA+ workers still report workplace discrimination and more than half of states do not have any protections for sexual/gender identity
- Fatal violence against transgender people in the United States is on the rise, disproportionately impacting transgender women of color
- Due to the intersection of bigotry and transphobia, Black transgender people face higher levels of employment and housing discrimination, policy brutality, and health care disparities
Protect LGBTQIA+ Youth ↗ (opens ilhanomar.com/issue/equality at this heading)
All young people deserve to be safe regardless of if they are at school, in public, or at home. I will fight to end the epidemic of bullying and violence against queer youth. Young LGBTQIA+ are disproportionately affected by mental illness, homelessness, and substance use disorder. We must treat these issues as a public health crisis.
- Pass national anti-bullying legislation
- Prevent discrimination against LGBTQIA+ youth and families in the foster care system
- Ban conversion therapy
- Provide funding for culturally competent mental health services geared towards LGBTQIA+ youth
- Ensure affordable housing and end youth homelessness
End discrimination against the LGBTQIA+ community ↗ (opens ilhanomar.com/issue/equality at this heading)
We must end all forms of discrimination against the queer community. LGBTQIA+ individuals still report experiencing discrimination at work, at the doctor’s office, when trying to rent an apartment, or receive a loan to buy a home.
- Fight against any efforts to undermine LGBTQIA+ rights in the name of religious liberty
- Strengthen national protections against discrimination for both gender identity and sexual orientation through the Equality Act I co-sponsored that passed the House
- Protect access to gender-affirming medical care
- Ensure that care specific to the LGBTQIA+ community, such as gender-confirmation surgery, is covered by health insurance plans
- Enact protections for LGBTQIA+ individuals who are incarcerated, and ensure transgender people who are incarcerated are placed with their gender identity
source ↗ (opens the page at this passage) · ilhanomar.com/issue/equality
Our immigration system is fundamentally unjust. Instead of treating immigrants as criminals, we must welcome them into our country and provide them with paths to citizenship.
Instead of extending humanity and compassion to migrants and refugees, we treat them as criminals. Instead of reuniting families through a quick and reliable process, we separate them for years – or longer. We must welcome immigrants into our country and provide them simple and accessible means to becoming documented.
- There are over 14 million undocumented immigrants living in the United States, among them as many as 3.8 million that entered before their 18th birthday and who know no home other than America
- When Trump took office, nearly 1.5 million people had Temporary Protected Status, living with terrifying uncertainty about the future despite their deep connections to this country, after having spent decades living in and contributing to our communities. Trump has ended this status for hundreds of thousands of people
- ICE and CBP are roaming our streets in masks, racially profiling our neighbors, arresting those with legal status, and tearing families apart in violation of their constitutional rights
- Citizens who want to reunite with their spouses, children, or parents face decades of wait times, forcing many to choose entering the country through alternate means
- Immigrants coming to the US on work visas wait for decades for green card they are qualified for – solely because of the country they come from
Reform our inhumane immigration system ↗ (opens ilhanomar.com/issue/immigration at this heading)
- Abolish ICE, and end all inhumane deportation and detention programs
- Hold DHS officials accountable for their role in carrying out abuses during Operation Metro Surge
- Prosecute federal officials who have been accused of physical and sexual assault of people in their detention
- Oppose all efforts to further militarize our border and any attempt to expand the border wall along the southern border
- Protect Sanctuary Cities and Counties by preventing any presidential administration from withholding federal funding
- Fight back against the criminalization of immigration and crossing the border
Establish a just immigration system ↗ (opens ilhanomar.com/issue/immigration at this heading)
- Create a fair and accessible pathway to legal status and citizenship for DREAMERS, TPS recipients and all undocumented people living in the US
- Speed up processing times and end arbitrary limits on family-based and employment-based green cards
- Make sure no future president can weaponize discretionary programs to target people based on their race, religion, or nationality
- Expand the number of refugees and asylum-seekers admitted to the United States
- Adopt community-based alternatives to detention
source ↗ (opens the page at this passage) · ilhanomar.com/issue/immigration
The challenges we face require creative solutions.
We are lucky in the 5th Congressional District to have many excellent artists, arts organizations and other vibrant leaders who demonstrate daily the value of art and culture to building healthy communities.
- Foundational institutions like the Minneapolis Institute of Arts create world-class experiences that attract visitors from across the state
- The Minneapolis St. Paul Airport hosts artists and art experiences that welcome travelers to Minnesota and organizations like Juxtaposition Arts and Childrens Theater provide critical education programs for young people
- In every neighborhood of the district you will find creative people working across sectors and making their communities more vibrant and welcoming
- There is no better example of public investment in culture than the Minnesota Legacy Amendment, which serves as a model for how to invest in quality of life and for how the arts contribute to talent attraction and innovation
Support federal funding for the arts ↗ (opens ilhanomar.com/issue/arts at this heading)
The arts have a unique ability to help us connect across differences, build important social capital, and tell the stories of our unique cultures and identities. I am grateful for the work of artists to help create shared experiences, reflect the strength of our diversity and to imagine new futures and I am committed to making sure that the 5th Congressional District is a place where creativity can thrive.
- Preserve funds for the National Endowment for the Arts, National Endowment for the Humanities and the Institute for Museums and Library Services
- Support art and music education in our public school system
- Encourage cultural exchange, share artistic expression and bring a creativity to policymaking that requires new ways of thinking and true collaboration
source ↗ (opens the page at this passage) · ilhanomar.com/issue/arts
Heading as listed on ilhanomar.com/issue/arts ↗ (opens ilhanomar.com/issue/arts at this heading)
We must build a democratic economy that works for all of us, not just the wealthy few. Workers should earn a living wage and have access to benefits.
Our government has worsened these problems by divesting from healthcare, education, housing, and infrastructure; privatizing public goods; deregulating the financial industry; and attacking organized labor. The wealthiest of our country have accumulated their wealth through a system that keeps people in poverty.
- The top 1% controls 38.6% of the nation’s wealth
- Over 40% of working people are paid less than $15 an hour while the average one-bedroom apartment requires $17.90 an hour
- Over 34 million workers still cannot earn a single paid sick day to recover from illnesses like the flu and Covid, care for a sick child or seek preventive care and a mere 17 percent of the workforce has access to paid family leave
- Unions are essential to rebuilding the middle class and reversing decades of income inequality. On average, a union worker earns over 13% more and is much more likely to have access to benefits and strong workplace protections
- 6.2 million Americans who want work cannot find jobs. Meanwhile, nearly 4.3 million Americans who want full-time work can only find part-time jobs. According to the Levy Institute, a federal jobs program could help 13 to 17 million Americans find work
- Women on average earn 80 cents on the dollar compared to men. That wage gap means women would have to work an extra three months a year to keep up. The impact is even worse for women of color – Black women make only 61 cents on the dollar, Indigenous women 58, and Latina women only 53 cents
- Workers are cheated out of an estimated $15 billion every year by employers paying less than the legal minimum wage, and through other forms of wage theft such as stealing tips and forcing employees to work unpaid overtime
Improve the living conditions of workers and expand employer-provided benefits ↗ (opens ilhanomar.com/issue/economicjustice at this heading)
Real wages have remained stagnant for decades, while both productivity and the cost of living have increased. Millions of Americans are struggling to make ends meet while corporations cut corners and demand more and more from their employees in order to drive up corporate profits.
- Raise the national minimum wage to $17 an hour — I co-sponsored the Raise the Wage Act that passed in the House to do just that
- Establish a national paid family leave program and ensure every worker has access to sick days
- Ensure fair scheduling standards across all industries
- Strengthen equal pay laws, including through the Paycheck Fairness Act I co-sponsored, and enact stronger wage theft and recovery laws
- Invest in worker-owned cooperatives that give employees a chance to have a stronger say in their working conditions and their future
- Limit the CEO-to-worker pay ratio
Create a federal jobs guarantee program ↗ (opens ilhanomar.com/issue/economicjustice at this heading)
While the unemployment rate is low, millions of workers who want full-time work are forced to work multiple part-time jobs. Millions more, discouraged by their job prospects, do not seek work. A federal jobs guarantee, which I have introduced bold legislation to support, would provide meaningful work to anybody who wants it. The program would:
- Provide a wage of at least $15 an hour, healthcare coverage, and benefits
- Lift millions of working families out of poverty
- Create upward pressure on wages in the private sector
- Circulate more money into our economy
- Give workers more bargaining power in the job market
- Provide a workforce for much needed investments to our nation’s infrastructure and help create a just transition to clean energy
Support workers’ right to collectively bargain ↗ (opens ilhanomar.com/issue/economicjustice at this heading)
Labor unions have been the driving force for all positive change for workers, but they are under constant attack. We must continue to protect the victories that organized labor has won.
- Pass the PRO Act so that every worker can collectively bargain for better working conditions
- Fully fund the Department of Labor so it can protect workers around wage enforcement, hour regulations, and workplace safety
- Strengthen workers’ right to strike for basic workplace improvements and improve remedies for workers who are retaliated against for exercising those rights
- Expand the legal definition of an employee to prevent the misclassification of workers as independent contractors
- Ban right-to-work legislation, which completely undermines the ability of unions to effectively advocate on behalf of their members
Hold Wall Street accountable ↗ (opens ilhanomar.com/issue/economicjustice at this heading)
Wall Street’s reckless behavior led to one of the worst economic crises in American history. Since the 2008 Recession, there has been little done to hold Wall Street accountable, and Republicans are currently working to scale back the modest achievements of the Dodd-Frank Act. Wall Street should not be able to engage in risky behavior and speculative investments with people’s money.
- Reinstate the Glass-Steagall Act, which separated commercial banking and investment banking
- Break up big banks that are “too-big-to-fail”
Create a fair, progressive tax system ↗ (opens ilhanomar.com/issue/economicjustice at this heading)
The capitalist system has led to a concentration of wealth in a small handful of elites while working people suffer. We must stop the exploitation of working people to create a fair and just economy.
- Create a more progressive tax system by increasing income tax for the wealthiest Americans
- Repeal the Republican’s 2017 tax scheme that cut taxes for the nation’s highest earners while driving down revenue for important federal programs that support everyday Americans
- Close loopholes in our current tax code
- Repeal the billions of dollars in tax breaks provided to fossil fuel companies
- Strengthen the estate tax to limit the amount of inter-generational wealth that can be accumulated in the wealthiest families
- Establish a tax on Wall Street’s risky transactions and speculative investment
source ↗ (opens the page at this passage) · ilhanomar.com/issue/economicjustice
The government has no place controlling our bodies or bedrooms
Restore bodily autonomy and reproductive freedom ↗ (opens ilhanomar.com/issue/reproductive-freedom at this heading)
All women – no matter where they live or what their economic status – have a right to affordable, quality reproductive healthcare, which includes access to pregnancy-related care, contraceptive medication and abortion services. And every woman has the right to make their own decisions about their health. In the aftermath of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, Congress must step up and protect reproductive rights.
- Codify Roe v. Wade into federal law
- Repeal the Hyde Amendment, which limits access to abortion services for the millions of women enrolled in Medicaid and other federal programs
- Fight against reinstatement of the Global Gag Rule
- Protect access to contraception and IVF
- Expand access to reproductive healthcare
source ↗ (opens the page at this passage) · ilhanomar.com/issue/reproductive-freedom
Our disabled community deserves equal access, respect, and protection.
Protect People with Disabilities ↗ (opens ilhanomar.com/issue/disability-accessibility-advocacy at this heading)
People with disabilities deserve equal access to housing, education, healthcare, jobs and transportation, free from discrimination, violence and harassment. I will continue to fight for policies that protect our disabled community and ensure that they have equal access to human rights.
- More than 1 in 4 (28.7 percent) adults in the United States have some type of disability.
- Less than 5% of the national housing supply is accessible. Moreover, less than 1% of housing is accessible for people who use wheelchairs.
- 1 in 4 adults with disabilities 18 to 44 years do not have a usual health care provider.
- 1 in 4 adults with disabilities 18 to 44 years have an unmet health care need because of cost in the past year.
- Persons with disabilities were victims of 26% of all nonfatal violent crime, while accounting for about 12% of the population.
Ensure People with Disabilities have Equal Access and Resources ↗ (opens ilhanomar.com/issue/disability-accessibility-advocacy at this heading)
Cost of living has skyrocketed while disabled workers are being paid sub-minimum wages and are unable to find accessible housing or afford healthcare. We must ensure that the disabled community has access and can afford these basic human rights.
- Pass the Raise the Wage Act to increase the minimum wage and the Transformation to Competitive Integrated Employment Act to eliminate the sub-minimum wage for workers with disabilities.
- Fight for strong funding for affordable and accessible housing, in addition to the $1,000,000 secured for the People Serving People’s Modernization Project for Families Experiencing Homelessness and Disability and $514,000 secured for the Low Income Housing Improvements for Persons with Disabilities in Minneapolis, Golden Valley and St. Anthony
- Pass the IDEA Full Funding Act to to ensure that all students with disabilities receive a free and appropriate public education
- Expand transit and mobility options so that people with disabilities have freedom of movement through policies like the Air Carrier Access Amendments Act
- Pass my Long COVID Research Moonshot Act to provide much needed resources for a condition that affects millions of Americans and leaving many disabled
- Pass Medicare for All so that every resident of the United States has guaranteed access to care.
- Strengthen and protect critical Social Security benefits
Protect the Disabled Community from Discrimination ↗ (opens ilhanomar.com/issue/disability-accessibility-advocacy at this heading)
We must end all forms of discrimination against the disabled community. Disabled people disproportionately endure violence and discrimination, affecting their freedom and ability to participate in the community.
- Pass our Counseling Not Criminalization in Schools Act to ensure our schools are a safe and nurturing environment for students of color and students with disabilities
- Hold companies accountable for violations of the American Disabilities Act
- Uphold the important protections against disability discrimination enshrined in the Fair Housing Act
source ↗ (opens the page at this passage) · ilhanomar.com/issue/disability-accessibility-advocacy
We need bold action like the Green New Deal and a transformation of our political and economic systems to combat climate change, centering those most impacted in our policy making.
It is unacceptable for fossil fuel and energy companies to dictate how we treat our planet. We need bold action and a transformation of our political and economic systems to combat climate change. Those who have been and will be most impacted by climate change must be centered in our policies: communities of color and Indigenous populations, along with impacted workers who deserve a just transition to a clean-energy future.
- Our government gives the fossil fuel industry $757 billion of subsidies every year, according to the IMF – money we should be using to fight the climate crisis and invest in our communities
- The Inflation Reduction Act is remaking our economy by advancing clean energy, and we should double down on these historic investments
- People of color and Indigenous Minnesotans are disproportionately affected by climate change and pollution – our transition to clean energy gives the opportunity to address historical environmental injustices
Achieve 100% renewable energy nationwide ↗ (opens ilhanomar.com/issue/environment at this heading)
We need a complete shift away from fossil fuels. We must build a green society and invest in alternative energy sources and energy efficiency programs. Energy efficiency alone is predicted to keep over $2 trillion in the pockets of Americans by 2030, and will create millions of jobs and begin to beat back climate change.
- Make sure we maximize the benefits of the Inflation Reduction Act, especially in environmental justice communities
- Invest in access to renewable energy for communities that have been most impacted by the negative effects of climate change and ensure that renewable energy is affordable for all
- Prohibit new extraction of fossil fuels and fossil fuel infrastructure projects
- Ensure the United States honors our commitments to the Paris Climate Agreement and leads the world in the fight against the climate crisis
Transition to a green economy ↗ (opens ilhanomar.com/issue/environment at this heading)
We must break the fossil fuel industry’s monopoly over our energy grid and create a just transition to a green economy. I reject the false dichotomy created by the fossil fuel industry between having jobs and a clean environment. We must ensure that those employed in the fossil fuel economy are adequately transitioned to employment in the green economy. A Green New Deal will create millions of jobs for workers in both rural communities and low-wealth communities.
- End the $757 billion that fossil fuel corporations receive in tax subsidies each year
- Invest in a Green New Deal, ensuring that we are investing in clean energy systems, and providing millions of jobs to workers currently in the fossil fuel economy, and for workers currently shut out of the economy
- Invest directly in areas that have been harmed by environmental racism
Fight for Environmental Justice at home and abroad ↗ (opens ilhanomar.com/issue/environment at this heading)
Environmental justice is the bedrock of how we work on any effort to reduce pollution and address the climate crisis.
- Create an international Loss and Damage Fund to support countries that face irreparable harm due to the climate crisis
- Stop mining and infrastructure projects that violate Indigenous treaty rights and further entrench our reliance on fossil fuels
- Make sure communities of color have access to job training and placement programs in the clean energy sector
- Advance transit and pedestrian transportation options and address historic impacts by the racist construction of our highway systems
Create zero-waste communities ↗ (opens ilhanomar.com/issue/environment at this heading)
Achieving zero waste is crucial to building sustainable and resilient communities. Poor waste management negatively affects the health of both local populations and our planet. Areas like North Minneapolis and the Phillips neighborhood are disproportionately affected by air pollution. We must continue to advance legislation like my Zero Waste Act, parts of which were signed into law, in order to:
- Invest in solutions that address the waste epidemic plaguing our country
- Allow cities to build recycling infrastructure or create partnerships with local businesses aimed at reducing waste in their operations
- Expand participation in recycling and composting programs
source ↗ (opens the page at this passage) · ilhanomar.com/issue/environment
Ilhan will fight for Medicare for All, a single-payer healthcare system that guarantees quality care for every American.
It is unacceptable that millions of people are unable to seek care because they live without or cannot afford insurance. It is horrifying that we continue to fight for the right to seek an abortion and access reproductive freedom. We must hold pharmaceutical companies accountable for price gouging patients who have no other alternative but to pay exorbitantly high prices for drugs.
- In 2022, 26 million people – 7.9 percent of the population were uninsured.
- Americans pay – by far – the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs. In fact, one in four patients report having difficulty affording the medications they so desperately need
- Anti-women’s health advocates and politicians have passed more than 400 restrictions on abortion since 2010, depriving millions of women the right to make their own choices and threatening their health and economic wellbeing.
Fight for Medicare for All and invest in high-quality, preventative healthcare ↗ (opens ilhanomar.com/issue/healthcare at this heading)
- Affordable and quality healthcare is a right and we need policies that move our country to a single-payer system.
- Expand the overwhelmingly successful and popular Medicare program, so that every resident of the United States has guaranteed access to care.
- Provide comprehensive coverage, including dental, vision, prescription drug, reproductive and maternal care benefits.
- Require no out-of-pocket costs for patients for any services.
- Simplify the health system and cut down on administrative costs.
Guarantee equal access to reproductive care ↗ (opens ilhanomar.com/issue/healthcare at this heading)
Women’s rights and healthcare are under attack from the current administration and state governments across the country. All women deserve the right to accessible and affordable reproductive healthcare, and access to a safe, affordable abortion.
- Codify Roe v. Wade as the law of the land.
- Ensure access to contraception at no cost.
- Provide abortion coverage and care regardless of income or insurance.
- Eliminate the Hyde Amendment which limits access to abortion services for millions of women enrolled in Medicaid and other federal programs.
- Prevent any future Administrations from reinstating the global gag rule, a policy that restricts nonprofits across the globe that receive U.S. foreign assistance from providing women assistance with or referrals to abortion services.
- Provide comprehensive, medically accurate sex education to our nation’s young people.
Hold pharmaceutical companies accountable and lower the cost of prescription drugs ↗ (opens ilhanomar.com/issue/healthcare at this heading)
The right to healthcare extends to being able to access prescription drugs at an affordable price. Instead of accepting donations from the pharmaceutical industry, Ilhan will work to hold them accountable. Medications are too expensive and we must act boldly to lower prices.
- Shorten the patent life of prescription drugs.
- Expand importation of prescription drugs from Canada.
- Build on the success of the Inflation Reduction Act by allowing Medicare to negotiate all drug prices.
- Require transparency in pharmaceutical pricing.
- Enforce antitrust laws with pharmaceutical companies.
source ↗ (opens the page at this passage) · ilhanomar.com/issue/healthcare
Housing is a human right. Stable housing is essential to a healthy and secure life. Whether we rent or own our homes, everyone deserves access to a safe and stable place to live.
However, the free-market does not meet the needs of working families, while big banks and for-profit developers continue to profit off of working communities. From a history of redlining communities to modern gentrification and displacement, residential segregation patterns exist today with communities of color more likely to live in places with higher poverty rates and lower home values.
- Republicans have threatened to cut billions from the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s public housing and affordable housing programs.
- The Minneapolis Public Housing Authority (MPHA) has $229 million in deferred maintenance and building costs, yet only receives $10 million a year from the federal government.
- The U.S. has a nationwide shortage of more than 7.2 million affordable housing units
- In North Minneapolis, almost half of all renters have experienced an eviction filing in the past three years
- There are more than 650,000 Americans who are homeless on any given night
- Mobile homeowners are facing a crisis as their parks are continuously sold to developers, forcing them to fund the expensive move of their home or to abandon their property with nowhere to go
Fully fund quality, affordable housing ↗ (opens ilhanomar.com/issue/housing at this heading)
Across the country, communities are experiencing low vacancy rates and a shortage of affordable housing. We cannot simply trust that for-profit developers will invest in housing that is affordable to working people. We need to move towards publicly- and cooperatively-owned models of housing for all income-levels.
- Pass my Homes for All Act to provide an influx of federal housing funding with the goal of jumpstarting the market and produce 8.5 million new units of public housing over the course of 10 years to ensure that no one is denied a healthy home in a livable community
- Invest $200 billion more in the National Affordable Housing Trust Fund, and expand the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit to ensure a steady and timely addition of affordable rental units
- Fully fund Section 8 vouchers to help the millions of families languishing on the waitlist of assistance and invest in public housing infrastructure in order to address the outrageous backlog of repair needs
Establish a national renters’ bill of rights ↗ (opens ilhanomar.com/issue/housing at this heading)
We must do more than simply providing more affordable housing. We must address the power imbalance between renters and landlords. We must empower renters to advocate for their own interests, and protect them against unjust actions by their landlord.
- I will work to pass a national renters’ bill of rights, including:
- Just-cause eviction protection
- Right of tenants to organize into a union
- Right to live in safe and healthy conditions
- Relocation assistance for those displaced
- Non-discrimination protections for LGBTQIA+, undocumented and formerly incarcerated people to access housing
Support homeownership in working class communities ↗ (opens ilhanomar.com/issue/housing at this heading)
Millions have still not recovered from the foreclosure and eviction crisis created by the Great Recession. We must provide support to working-class homeowners, and help them stay in their homes.
- Fully fund the Low Income Heating Assistance Program (LIHEAP) to ensure families can safely stay in their homes during Winter
- Convert the mortgage interest deduction to a flat fifteen percent tax credit, extending a tax cut to an additional 15 million working and middle-class homeowners
- Establish policies, including a federal tax credit that incentivizes mobile home park owners to sell their land to the homeowners as a resident-owned co-op or to non-profits so that the land can be maintained as an important source of affordable housing stock
source ↗ (opens the page at this passage) · ilhanomar.com/issue/housing
Education is a pathway to greater opportunity and economic security. We must guarantee access to pre-kindergarten, childcare, and invest in debt-free college.
However, over the past few decades, the federal government has failed to invest in education. We must ensure that children are set up for success at a young age by guaranteeing access to pre-kindergarten and childcare. We must eliminate the need to borrow for college, and invest in debt-free college to ensure that everyone, regardless of their income or zip code, has access to a public education.
- Too many families in the United States, across all incomes and geographies, struggle to find high-quality, affordable child care for their young children. This lack of access to care holds parents back from career and educational opportunities, while discouraging healthy child development.
- Currently, 43 million Americans have student loans amounting to about $1.7 trillion. That debt often becomes an insurmountable burden that prevents graduates from reaching the economic prosperity that was promised by their education.
- The average cost of full-time care in child care centers for children under five years is $12,252 in Minnesota, higher than the average of the cost of in-state tuition. The child care and development block grant, a federal program to fund child care for low-income families, is so underfunded that only 15 percent of eligible holders receive federal child care assistance.
Early learning programs and healthy nutrition are essential to ensuring every child has a healthy start in life and a fair chance in achieving their full potential. It is our duty to give our children every tool they need to learn and grow, regardless of their zip code or their family’s income.
Promise every family pre-kindergarten access and affordable child care ↗ (opens ilhanomar.com/issue/education at this heading)
The average cost of full-time care in child care centers for children under 5 years old is $12,252 a year. The Child Care and Development Block Grant, a federal program to fund child care for low-income families, is so underfunded that only 7 percent of eligible holders receive federal child care assistance.
- Fund universal prekindergarten programs nationwide
- Guarantee affordable child care for working families with young children
- Fund full-day, full-year head start programming
- Ensure childcare workers are fully-trained and paid a living wage
Invest in early childhood education and student support programs ↗ (opens ilhanomar.com/issue/education at this heading)
- Provide universal school meals to every student year-round through my universal school meals program act so that no student struggles with hunger
- Rebuild our public schools’ crumbling infrastructure so that all kids are ensured a safe and quality learning environment
- Expand access to high-speed broadband to bring our schools into the 21st century and encourage digital learning
Pass tuition-free public education and cancel all student debt ↗ (opens ilhanomar.com/issue/education at this heading)
The inability to pay tuition should not be a deterrent for any student seeking to go to college. Making public two- and four-year colleges and universities accessible is essential to investing in an equitable future. College graduates are burdened with student debt. Over a trillion dollars in potential stimulus to local economies is tied up in student loan debt.
- Guarantee tuition-free and debt-free two- and four-year public colleges and universities
- Expand funding for federal pell grants and ensure they can be used to cover all expenses for college, such as housing, books, food, etc.
- Pass my student debt cancellation act to cancel all existing student debt in the U.S. to give over 43 million Americans and the economy a boost
source ↗ (opens the page at this passage) · ilhanomar.com/issue/education
Until we are able to run fair and clean elections, we will face barriers to the transformative change we seek.
We must drastically reduce the amount of dark money in our political system, empower small-dollar donors, and move towards publicly-funded elections.
- Over $14.4 billion was spent on the 2020 election—including $4.1 on the presidential election alone
- So far this cycle in 2024, Super PACs raised over $2.1 billion and spent over $670 million
Get dark money out of politics ↗ (opens ilhanomar.com/issue/elections at this heading)
In recent elections, billions of dollars has funneled into our elections. Wealthy Americans are able to spend an unlimited amount of money with little transparency by donating to Super PACs. We must take back our democracy.
- Overturn Citizens United and eliminate Super PACs
- Prevent criminal corporations from influencing our government by prohibiting them from making political contributions after being convicted of fraud
- Strengthen laws regulating those who lobby on behalf of foreign governments and ban lobbying on behalf of countries with human rights violations
- Increase transparency in campaign finance reporting, so wealthy and corporate donors must disclose where their money is going
- Push the Securities and Exchange Commission to require publicly-traded companies to disclose their political contributions
- Allow for candidates to receive matching public funds for small-dollar donations
Strengthen voting rights ↗ (opens ilhanomar.com/issue/elections at this heading)
Republicans in Congress want to undo the gains of the Civil Rights Movement. We must protect the Voting Rights Act and work to make our elections more accessible to all.
- Restore voting rights nationwide to those who have served their sentence
- Protect the Voting Rights Act
- Expand federal funding for early in-person voting and absentee voting
- Make Election Day a national holiday
- Automatically register every 18-year old to vote
- Ensure states and localities are providing an adequate availability of polling places
The insurrection on January 6th must never be allowed to happen again.
- Bar insurrectionists from holding public office
- Arrest and charge those who were responsible for invading the Capitol on January 6th
- Codify the process to certify the presidential election
- Pass that National Popular Vote Interstate Compact
Reform and Expand the Supreme Court ↗ (opens ilhanomar.com/issue/elections at this heading)
Ethics scandals at the Supreme Court have shaken Americans’ confidence. We must take significant action to restore trust and order at our nation’s highest court.
- Expand the court so more representative voices are involved in the rulings that affect the most intimate parts of our lives
- Impeach corrupt justices
- Implement a binding Code of Ethics that ensure Justices are not being banked-rolled by billionaires with business before the court or issuing rulings when they have conflicts of interest
- Create an Inspector General that holds Justices accountable for their behavior
- Institute term limits for justices
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More Americans have been killed with guns in the United States than have died in all our wars combined.
For too long, Congress has refused to pass comprehensive gun violence prevention legislation. While we have made progress in recent years, there is still a long way to go. All the Mass shootings and indiscriminate gun violence have traumatized a generation of Americans. We need solutions that keep our kids and our communities safe.
- Individuals with guns injure more than 117,000 people per year and kill more than 48,000 a year through homicides, suicides, and accidental deaths
- Gun violence costs our economy at least $557 billion every year, including $2.8 billion in direct expenses such as emergency and medical care
- The increase of gun sales in America has coincided with a decreasing investment in mental health services
- 53% of Americans support a ban on the sale of assault weapons
- Only 40% of guns are sold by federally-licensed dealers
Ensure safe schools and communities ↗ (opens ilhanomar.com/issue/prevent-gun-violence at this heading)
For too long, Republican politicians, beholden to the powerful gun lobby, have blocked common sense gun reforms that would end the shocking mass shootings and rising rates of violence currently plaguing this country.
- Build on the success of the 2022 Bipartisan Safer Communities Act by banning the sale of assault weapons
- Strengthen red flag laws that prevent convicted domestic and animal abusers from accessing guns
- Support the funding and accessibility of mental health services and substance use treatment so that vulnerable individuals can get the help they need
- Address the bullying epidemic in our schools and enhance mental health services for our youth
Require universal background checks for all ↗ (opens ilhanomar.com/issue/prevent-gun-violence at this heading)
Loopholes in current law allow for too many gun sales to bypass appropriate government oversight and programs such as the National Instant Criminal Background Check System are severely underfunded – resulting in an incomplete database
- Close the gun show loophole and require background checks for every single firearm sale, no matter the circumstances
- Fully fund grants to local communities to help improve local record keeping and reporting to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System
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