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2026 Minnesota U.S. House — District 5 — General Election · November 3, 2026
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DeVelle Jackson is 35 and Black, a statesman from Minnesota, and an Independent running for U.S. Congress in Minnesota’s Fifth District. He graduated with distinction, earning a degree in Political Science from the University of Minnesota, and is currently a prospective J.D. candidate. His professional background in building taught him how to coordinate multiple stakeholders, balance competing priorities, and make decisions that came with real consequences. Civic service strengthened the discipline and persistence behind his public life.
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DeVelle Jackson is 35 and Black, a statesman from Minnesota, and an Independent running for U.S. Congress in Minnesota’s Fifth District. He graduated with distinction, earning a degree in Political Science from the University of Minnesota, and is currently a prospective J.D. candidate. His professional background in building taught him how to coordinate multiple stakeholders, balance competing priorities, and make decisions that came with real consequences. Civic service strengthened the discipline and persistence behind his public life.
Born in Minnesota, DeVelle Jackson enters this race having made his own way, learned to question what others overlook, and developed the tenacity to stay with difficult problems until he understands what they require. That discipline was forged through commercial construction work, education, community service, and a life lived across different communities. He turned hardship into advancement, responsibility into leadership, and hard-earned perspective into independent judgment. All without losing sight of the whole.
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Born in Minnesota, DeVelle Jackson enters this race having made his own way, learned to question what others overlook, and developed the tenacity to stay with difficult problems until he understands what they require. That discipline was forged through commercial construction work, education, community service, and a life lived across different communities. He turned hardship into advancement, responsibility into leadership, and hard-earned perspective into independent judgment. All without losing sight of the whole.
I was born in Saint Paul and have lived in communities across Minneapolis, including North Minneapolis, South Minneapolis, Uptown, and Downtown, as well as a nearby suburb where I excelled as a student, athlete, and sax player. These communities have given me a broad view of Minnesota, from the challenges confronting working families and historically overlooked neighborhoods to the strength, culture, and potential that exist throughout our state.
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I was born in Saint Paul and have lived in communities across Minneapolis, including North Minneapolis, South Minneapolis, Uptown, and Downtown, as well as a nearby suburb where I excelled as a student, athlete, and sax player. These communities have given me a broad view of Minnesota, from the challenges confronting working families and historically overlooked neighborhoods to the strength, culture, and potential that exist throughout our state.
My construction career began in Minnesota, where I worked as a residential framing carpenter and as a union roofer with Roofers Local 96. I pursued college while working, balancing academic study with the demands of construction and everyday life.
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My construction career began in Minnesota, where I worked as a residential framing carpenter and as a union roofer with Roofers Local 96. I pursued college while working, balancing academic study with the demands of construction and everyday life.
I later continued my construction career in Atlanta as a carpenter in Local #225, beginning with work at Mercedes-Benz Stadium and going on to major high-rise projects, including the Nobu Hotel tower at Phipps Plaza. There, my work expanded from the trades into field engineering and superintendent responsibilities on major projects.
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I later continued my construction career in Atlanta as a carpenter in Local #225, beginning with work at Mercedes-Benz Stadium and going on to major high-rise projects, including the Nobu Hotel tower at Phipps Plaza. There, my work expanded from the trades into field engineering and superintendent responsibilities on major projects.
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Privacy & Data Rights
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Privacy & Data Rights
• The right to know what information is collected and reject collection beyond what is needed to complete a transaction or provide the requested service
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• The right to know what information is collected and reject collection beyond what is needed to complete a transaction or provide the requested service
• The right to access, correct, delete, and withdraw consent from future use
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• The right to access, correct, delete, and withdraw consent from future use
• A ban on unauthorized data sales and compensation when personal data is knowingly monetized
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• A ban on unauthorized data sales and compensation when personal data is knowingly monetized
• The right to use grocery, retail, and vehicle systems without forced customer-facing recording, in-vehicle monitoring, biometric identification, or unnecessary tracking
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• The right to use grocery, retail, and vehicle systems without forced customer-facing recording, in-vehicle monitoring, biometric identification, or unnecessary tracking
Privacy is the protected sphere of the person. It covers our bodies, homes, communications, movements, decisions, personal information, and the parts of life that government, corporations, and technology should not enter without lawful authority or meaningful consent.
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Privacy is the protected sphere of the person. It covers our bodies, homes, communications, movements, decisions, personal information, and the parts of life that government, corporations, and technology should not enter without lawful authority or meaningful consent.
The Constitution protects the people in their “persons, houses, papers, and effects,” and protects the liberty of the person in the most private decisions of life. Today, our papers include emails, cloud files, search histories, purchase records, location trails, and digital profiles. Constitutional protections must follow the person into the digital age. Congress must give those protections full force through clear and comprehensive federal law.
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The Constitution protects the people in their “persons, houses, papers, and effects,” and protects the liberty of the person in the most private decisions of life. Today, our papers include emails, cloud files, search histories, purchase records, location trails, and digital profiles. Constitutional protections must follow the person into the digital age. Congress must give those protections full force through clear and comprehensive federal law.
I will fight for a comprehensive federal privacy and data-rights law that makes privacy the default and gives individuals control over the collection, use, sale, and retention of their information.
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I will fight for a comprehensive federal privacy and data-rights law that makes privacy the default and gives individuals control over the collection, use, sale, and retention of their information.
Government must not be allowed to collect and search through thousands of people’s digital movements first and decide afterward who may be suspicious. Corporations must not be allowed to convert a person’s life into a permanent commercial surveillance file.
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Government must not be allowed to collect and search through thousands of people’s digital movements first and decide afterward who may be suspicious. Corporations must not be allowed to convert a person’s life into a permanent commercial surveillance file.
Privacy should not be something Americans must recover after it has already been violated. It must be protected before collection, before surveillance, before sale, and before harm. Freedom requires that every person retain a sovereign private sphere that neither government nor corporate power may casually enter.
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Privacy should not be something Americans must recover after it has already been violated. It must be protected before collection, before surveillance, before sale, and before harm. Freedom requires that every person retain a sovereign private sphere that neither government nor corporate power may casually enter.
I am not interested in oversight as political theater. A hearing means nothing if the truth stays buried and the abuse continues. Congress must get the truth, act on it, and refuse to shield anyone because of office, party, wealth, or proximity to power.
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I am not interested in oversight as political theater. A hearing means nothing if the truth stays buried and the abuse continues. Congress must get the truth, act on it, and refuse to shield anyone because of office, party, wealth, or proximity to power.
Federal law enforcement exercises extraordinary power and must remain civil, lawful, and answerable to the public. ICE requires serious institutional reform so agents are clearly identifiable, due process is protected in the field and in detention, and misconduct carries real consequences. The killings of Renée Good and Alex Pretti in Minneapolis must be independently investigated, with all evidence preserved and full cooperation with Minnesota authorities. Immigration enforcement does not place federal agents above the law or authorize occupation tactics in American neighborhoods. DHS, the FBI, DOJ, and intelligence agencies cannot bury investigations or withhold legally required records to protect a president, political ally, or powerful network.
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Federal law enforcement exercises extraordinary power and must remain civil, lawful, and answerable to the public. ICE requires serious institutional reform so agents are clearly identifiable, due process is protected in the field and in detention, and misconduct carries real consequences. The killings of Renée Good and Alex Pretti in Minneapolis must be independently investigated, with all evidence preserved and full cooperation with Minnesota authorities. Immigration enforcement does not place federal agents above the law or authorize occupation tactics in American neighborhoods. DHS, the FBI, DOJ, and intelligence agencies cannot bury investigations or withhold legally required records to protect a president, political ally, or powerful network.
Congress has allowed too much of its constitutional authority to pass into executive hands, often because members protect a president of their own party instead of defending the institution they serve. That kind of partisan loyalty is not leadership. It is a failure of office. Congress must reclaim the war powers assigned to it by the Constitution. Hostilities require prompt review, a public legal basis, and congressional authorization where the Constitution and federal law require it.
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Congress has allowed too much of its constitutional authority to pass into executive hands, often because members protect a president of their own party instead of defending the institution they serve. That kind of partisan loyalty is not leadership. It is a failure of office. Congress must reclaim the war powers assigned to it by the Constitution. Hostilities require prompt review, a public legal basis, and congressional authorization where the Constitution and federal law require it.
Executive power does not turn the White House, federal landmarks, or national cultural institutions into presidential property. A president should not be able to remake them at will. Major changes require lawful review and congressional approval where required, with transparent accounting and respect for historic preservation. The presidency is a public office, not a private brand, corporate venue, or personal spectacle.
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Executive power does not turn the White House, federal landmarks, or national cultural institutions into presidential property. A president should not be able to remake them at will. Major changes require lawful review and congressional approval where required, with transparent accounting and respect for historic preservation. The presidency is a public office, not a private brand, corporate venue, or personal spectacle.
Congress cannot document an abuse and then move on. Oversight must end in correction. Impeachment is not the only remedy, but Congress cannot shrink from it when the evidence demands it. We need a House majority willing to impeach and a Senate willing to convict. Members of Congress are sworn to the Constitution, not to a president or political party.
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Congress cannot document an abuse and then move on. Oversight must end in correction. Impeachment is not the only remedy, but Congress cannot shrink from it when the evidence demands it. We need a House majority willing to impeach and a Senate willing to convict. Members of Congress are sworn to the Constitution, not to a president or political party.
I support an 18-year limit and a clear upper age limit on service in Congress: no more than nine House terms or three Senate terms. In Federalist No. 57, James Madison argued that frequent elections would keep representatives dependent on the people and answerable to their judgment. That safeguard has weakened under the weight of incumbency, seniority, donor networks, and party machinery. Experience has value, but public office requires present capacity and clear fitness-to-serve standards, and eighteen years is enough time to learn the work, build influence, and deliver results without allowing public office to become permanent control.
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I support an 18-year limit and a clear upper age limit on service in Congress: no more than nine House terms or three Senate terms. In Federalist No. 57, James Madison argued that frequent elections would keep representatives dependent on the people and answerable to their judgment. That safeguard has weakened under the weight of incumbency, seniority, donor networks, and party machinery. Experience has value, but public office requires present capacity and clear fitness-to-serve standards, and eighteen years is enough time to learn the work, build influence, and deliver results without allowing public office to become permanent control.
I support a similar 18-year limit for Supreme Court justices. Congressional term and age limits, along with judicial term limits, would require a constitutional amendment, approved by two-thirds of Congress and ratified by three-fourths of the states. That is a difficult standard, but party and establishment dynamics can limit what one member is immediately able to pass; they cannot limit what I am willing to fight for. As an Independent, I can raise the issue without waiting for either party to decide that protecting its own power is no longer the priority.
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I support a similar 18-year limit for Supreme Court justices. Congressional term and age limits, along with judicial term limits, would require a constitutional amendment, approved by two-thirds of Congress and ratified by three-fourths of the states. That is a difficult standard, but party and establishment dynamics can limit what one member is immediately able to pass; they cannot limit what I am willing to fight for. As an Independent, I can raise the issue without waiting for either party to decide that protecting its own power is no longer the priority.
Revenue from the Rich Tax should be invested back into the people through housing, hunger and homelessness relief, addiction treatment, health care, student debt relief, and stronger civic institutions. It should help lower everyday costs by expanding affordable housing, reducing utility and transportation burdens, and funding public services that families otherwise pay more to access. Public money should improve ordinary life, not be collected from working people, wasted, and handed back to the wealthy through unnecessary subsidies and wasteful contracts.
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Revenue from the Rich Tax should be invested back into the people through housing, hunger and homelessness relief, addiction treatment, health care, student debt relief, and stronger civic institutions. It should help lower everyday costs by expanding affordable housing, reducing utility and transportation burdens, and funding public services that families otherwise pay more to access. Public money should improve ordinary life, not be collected from working people, wasted, and handed back to the wealthy through unnecessary subsidies and wasteful contracts.
I have worked as a union roofer with Local 96 and as a union carpenter with Local 225. I know the difference a strong union can make in wages, benefits, training, safety, and access to a real career. Minnesota should remain a state where workers can organize and bargain without retaliation. In NLRB v. Jones & Laughlin Steel, the Supreme Court upheld federal protection of workers’ right to organize and bargain collectively. I support stronger federal labor protections, meaningful penalties for union-busting and wage theft, prevailing wages on federally funded construction, expanded registered apprenticeships, and opposition to national right-to-work laws that weaken collective bargaining.
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I have worked as a union roofer with Local 96 and as a union carpenter with Local 225. I know the difference a strong union can make in wages, benefits, training, safety, and access to a real career. Minnesota should remain a state where workers can organize and bargain without retaliation. In NLRB v. Jones & Laughlin Steel, the Supreme Court upheld federal protection of workers’ right to organize and bargain collectively. I support stronger federal labor protections, meaningful penalties for union-busting and wage theft, prevailing wages on federally funded construction, expanded registered apprenticeships, and opposition to national right-to-work laws that weaken collective bargaining.
Affordability requires more than helping people pay for what remains scarce. When supply does not grow, additional assistance can meet the same shortage without bringing prices down. Direct relief should be paired with investment that builds more housing, domestic production, trained workers, small-business space, and essential services. The goal is greater supply, stronger competition, more jobs, and lower pressure on household costs.
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Affordability requires more than helping people pay for what remains scarce. When supply does not grow, additional assistance can meet the same shortage without bringing prices down. Direct relief should be paired with investment that builds more housing, domestic production, trained workers, small-business space, and essential services. The goal is greater supply, stronger competition, more jobs, and lower pressure on household costs.
Housing must be part of complete economic development, not built in isolation from opportunity. I will pursue mixed-use, transit-oriented growth around Lake Street, West Bank, Franklin, Nicollet Mall, Hennepin Ave, and other important corridors by connecting housing with jobs, storefronts, reliable transit, walkability, public space, and community services. Through legislation, federal grants, appropriations, and Community Project Funding, I will fight to bring Minnesota projects the support needed to expand supply, strengthen unions and local businesses, renew downtown and neighborhood corridors, and keep more of the value created here working for the people who live here, with measurable results in housing, hiring, business growth, and occupied storefronts.
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Housing must be part of complete economic development, not built in isolation from opportunity. I will pursue mixed-use, transit-oriented growth around Lake Street, West Bank, Franklin, Nicollet Mall, Hennepin Ave, and other important corridors by connecting housing with jobs, storefronts, reliable transit, walkability, public space, and community services. Through legislation, federal grants, appropriations, and Community Project Funding, I will fight to bring Minnesota projects the support needed to expand supply, strengthen unions and local businesses, renew downtown and neighborhood corridors, and keep more of the value created here working for the people who live here, with measurable results in housing, hiring, business growth, and occupied storefronts.
Minnesota values education. Our four-year graduation rate reached a record 84.2 percent in 2024, and nearly 40 percent of Minnesota adults hold a bachelor’s degree. But strong statewide numbers cannot hide the schools, neighborhoods, and students still being left behind. I oppose dismantling the U.S. Department of Education and weakening the federal support that protects civil rights, special education, Pell Grants, student aid, research, and funding for under-resourced schools. State and local leadership matters, but a child’s opportunity should not be determined by a ZIP code.
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Minnesota values education. Our four-year graduation rate reached a record 84.2 percent in 2024, and nearly 40 percent of Minnesota adults hold a bachelor’s degree. But strong statewide numbers cannot hide the schools, neighborhoods, and students still being left behind. I oppose dismantling the U.S. Department of Education and weakening the federal support that protects civil rights, special education, Pell Grants, student aid, research, and funding for under-resourced schools. State and local leadership matters, but a child’s opportunity should not be determined by a ZIP code.
Public schools need adequate funding tied to clear, locally designed, measurable plans. That includes stronger literacy and academic instruction, counselors and mental-health professionals, family support, safer learning environments, improved attendance, and earlier preparation for college and careers. Schools should have professionals who understand the communities they serve and can connect students and families with the support needed to succeed. Strong education cannot solve every social problem, but it can strengthen families, reduce barriers to employment, and improve the stability and safety of entire communities.
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Public schools need adequate funding tied to clear, locally designed, measurable plans. That includes stronger literacy and academic instruction, counselors and mental-health professionals, family support, safer learning environments, improved attendance, and earlier preparation for college and careers. Schools should have professionals who understand the communities they serve and can connect students and families with the support needed to succeed. Strong education cannot solve every social problem, but it can strengthen families, reduce barriers to employment, and improve the stability and safety of entire communities.
Education also continues after the final bell. As a high-school letterman, competitive swimmer, first-chair saxophonist jazz player, I know that sports, music, arts, debate, mock trial, and other activities develop discipline, confidence, creativity, teamwork, and belonging. Through a Class-A Education Agenda [Academics, Athletics, Arts, Activities, and Access] – I will fight for federal investment in facilities, qualified coaches and instructors, safe transportation, tutoring, mentorship, and stronger programs in schools where those opportunities are limited. Schools should also be able to compete, perform, and collaborate across city and district lines so that a student’s talent is not limited by the resources of one school.
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Education also continues after the final bell. As a high-school letterman, competitive swimmer, first-chair saxophonist jazz player, I know that sports, music, arts, debate, mock trial, and other activities develop discipline, confidence, creativity, teamwork, and belonging. Through a Class-A Education Agenda [Academics, Athletics, Arts, Activities, and Access] – I will fight for federal investment in facilities, qualified coaches and instructors, safe transportation, tutoring, mentorship, and stronger programs in schools where those opportunities are limited. Schools should also be able to compete, perform, and collaborate across city and district lines so that a student’s talent is not limited by the resources of one school.
More students from Minneapolis public schools and other underrepresented communities should be prepared for, recruited by, and supported through four-year colleges, including the University of Minnesota. That requires college pathways beginning before senior year: rigorous courses, dual enrollment, mentoring, admissions and financial-aid assistance, summer bridge programs, housing support, and help remaining enrolled through graduation. I support expanding successful direct-admission models and pursuing responsible student-debt relief, including service-based pathways. Getting accepted is not enough; students must be able to arrive, belong, complete their education, and build a life with it.
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More students from Minneapolis public schools and other underrepresented communities should be prepared for, recruited by, and supported through four-year colleges, including the University of Minnesota. That requires college pathways beginning before senior year: rigorous courses, dual enrollment, mentoring, admissions and financial-aid assistance, summer bridge programs, housing support, and help remaining enrolled through graduation. I support expanding successful direct-admission models and pursuing responsible student-debt relief, including service-based pathways. Getting accepted is not enough; students must be able to arrive, belong, complete their education, and build a life with it.
Merit should mean the ability, preparation, character, relevant experience, and capacity to learn what is required to perform the work. It should not mean inherited access, insider relationships, prestige alone, or an unwritten ability to “play the game.” A fair hiring process should distinguish between the qualifications a position truly requires and the practical, workplace-specific knowledge a capable person can learn after being hired.
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Merit should mean the ability, preparation, character, relevant experience, and capacity to learn what is required to perform the work. It should not mean inherited access, insider relationships, prestige alone, or an unwritten ability to “play the game.” A fair hiring process should distinguish between the qualifications a position truly requires and the practical, workplace-specific knowledge a capable person can learn after being hired.
As a Black man, I bring to Washington a perspective too often absent, but I bring it as part of a larger duty to represent everyone. I know how it feels to be qualified and still treated as though you do not belong. Americans should be able to feel patriotic because their country recognizes their contribution and gives them a fair chance to serve, build, belong, and rise. Equity, in this policy, means the measured correction of longstanding racial and sex-based inequities in access to education, employment, capital, and advancement. The civil-rights work of racial equality and equal treatment for women remains unfinished, and equity rests on our longstanding ability to observe, categorize, and correct inequity through evidence, lawful standards, and measurable results.
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As a Black man, I bring to Washington a perspective too often absent, but I bring it as part of a larger duty to represent everyone. I know how it feels to be qualified and still treated as though you do not belong. Americans should be able to feel patriotic because their country recognizes their contribution and gives them a fair chance to serve, build, belong, and rise. Equity, in this policy, means the measured correction of longstanding racial and sex-based inequities in access to education, employment, capital, and advancement. The civil-rights work of racial equality and equal treatment for women remains unfinished, and equity rests on our longstanding ability to observe, categorize, and correct inequity through evidence, lawful standards, and measurable results.
In Congress, I will fight for strong enforcement against employment discrimination, transparent and job-related hiring standards, independent review of automated screening systems, and stronger pathways through schools, unions, civic organizations, apprenticeships, business financing, and professional mentorship. I will oppose canceling lawful education, workforce, and community grants merely because they examine disparities or expand access.
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In Congress, I will fight for strong enforcement against employment discrimination, transparent and job-related hiring standards, independent review of automated screening systems, and stronger pathways through schools, unions, civic organizations, apprenticeships, business financing, and professional mentorship. I will oppose canceling lawful education, workforce, and community grants merely because they examine disparities or expand access.
America already devotes more public and private resources per person to healthcare than any comparable nation, but our fragmented system still leaves coverage incomplete, care unaffordable, and too many people unable to use the coverage they have. I support a universal healthcare guarantee that builds upon Medicare, Medicaid, veterans’ care, employer and union plans, private insurance, and successful state programs. At its center should be a national public option that functions as a portable public option, remaining available when a person changes jobs, experiences a change in income, or moves to another state. Any person should be able to choose it regardless of income, employment status, or whether another plan is offered, with supplemental coverage available where existing plans leave major gaps. Every person under 18, and every dependent who remains under a guardian’s care, should be automatically covered for medically necessary physical, dental, vision, and mental healthcare. Coverage must be affordable, usable, and connected to actual care. An insurance card alone is not healthcare.
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America already devotes more public and private resources per person to healthcare than any comparable nation, but our fragmented system still leaves coverage incomplete, care unaffordable, and too many people unable to use the coverage they have. I support a universal healthcare guarantee that builds upon Medicare, Medicaid, veterans’ care, employer and union plans, private insurance, and successful state programs. At its center should be a national public option that functions as a portable public option, remaining available when a person changes jobs, experiences a change in income, or moves to another state. Any person should be able to choose it regardless of income, employment status, or whether another plan is offered, with supplemental coverage available where existing plans leave major gaps. Every person under 18, and every dependent who remains under a guardian’s care, should be automatically covered for medically necessary physical, dental, vision, and mental healthcare. Coverage must be affordable, usable, and connected to actual care. An insurance card alone is not healthcare.
Affordability cannot mean using public money to chase prices that remain unchecked. Subsidies may help people pay today, but without price discipline and enough doctors, dentists, nurses, mental-health professionals, treatment facilities, and caregivers, government can end up financing the same scarcity. I support negotiated prescription-drug prices, billing abuse protections, limits on catastrophic out-of-pocket costs, simpler enrollment, fewer prior-authorization barriers, and faster appeals of wrongful denials. Federal investment should expand the supply of care through community health centers, teaching hospitals, workforce training, and state and local health systems so more doctors, dentists, nurses, mental-health professionals, addiction specialists, and caregivers are available where people need them.
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Affordability cannot mean using public money to chase prices that remain unchecked. Subsidies may help people pay today, but without price discipline and enough doctors, dentists, nurses, mental-health professionals, treatment facilities, and caregivers, government can end up financing the same scarcity. I support negotiated prescription-drug prices, billing abuse protections, limits on catastrophic out-of-pocket costs, simpler enrollment, fewer prior-authorization barriers, and faster appeals of wrongful denials. Federal investment should expand the supply of care through community health centers, teaching hospitals, workforce training, and state and local health systems so more doctors, dentists, nurses, mental-health professionals, addiction specialists, and caregivers are available where people need them.
America has the resources to care for its people, but Congress must make healthcare a budget priority and redirect money from wasteful contracts, unnecessary wars, and excessive immigration enforcement and foreign security spending. No American should have to choose between insulin and rent, treatment and food, or necessary care and keeping a home, and no person should be denied coverage or charged more because of a pre-existing condition. Putting America first must include keeping Americans alive, healthy, and able to live with dignity.
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America has the resources to care for its people, but Congress must make healthcare a budget priority and redirect money from wasteful contracts, unnecessary wars, and excessive immigration enforcement and foreign security spending. No American should have to choose between insulin and rent, treatment and food, or necessary care and keeping a home, and no person should be denied coverage or charged more because of a pre-existing condition. Putting America first must include keeping Americans alive, healthy, and able to live with dignity.
Pregnancy involves profound questions of health, life, conscience, and family. Before viability, that decision should remain within a woman’s sovereign sphere of privacy, made with a qualified medical provider rather than controlled by politicians. I oppose total and near-total abortion bans, especially restrictions that disregard pregnancy involving a minor, pregnancy caused by abuse or coercion, or serious threats to a woman’s life or health.
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Pregnancy involves profound questions of health, life, conscience, and family. Before viability, that decision should remain within a woman’s sovereign sphere of privacy, made with a qualified medical provider rather than controlled by politicians. I oppose total and near-total abortion bans, especially restrictions that disregard pregnancy involving a minor, pregnancy caused by abuse or coercion, or serious threats to a woman’s life or health.
I support restoring in federal law the core viability framework associated with Roe v. Wade and reaffirmed in Planned Parenthood v. Casey. Before viability, government should not prohibit the decision. After viability, government may act to protect potential life, while preserving medically necessary exceptions for the life or health of the woman. This recognizes both personal privacy and the government’s legitimate duty to protect life without allowing either principle to erase the other.
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I support restoring in federal law the core viability framework associated with Roe v. Wade and reaffirmed in Planned Parenthood v. Casey. Before viability, government should not prohibit the decision. After viability, government may act to protect potential life, while preserving medically necessary exceptions for the life or health of the woman. This recognizes both personal privacy and the government’s legitimate duty to protect life without allowing either principle to erase the other.
I will defend access to contraception, maternal and emergency pregnancy care, medical privacy, and licensed reproductive-health clinics and qualified providers. Patients and medical workers must be protected from threats, obstruction, and political restrictions designed to close lawful clinics rather than ensure genuine medical safety. These restrictions are often called targeted regulation of abortion providers, or TRAP laws. Minnesota continues to protect reproductive decision-making, but fundamental health and privacy protections should not disappear when a woman crosses a state line.
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I will defend access to contraception, maternal and emergency pregnancy care, medical privacy, and licensed reproductive-health clinics and qualified providers. Patients and medical workers must be protected from threats, obstruction, and political restrictions designed to close lawful clinics rather than ensure genuine medical safety. These restrictions are often called targeted regulation of abortion providers, or TRAP laws. Minnesota continues to protect reproductive decision-making, but fundamental health and privacy protections should not disappear when a woman crosses a state line.
Social Security is an earned promise, and Congress must protect its solvency before depleted trust-fund reserves leave the program unable to pay scheduled benefits in full. I will oppose privatization, benefit cuts, and another increase in the retirement age. I will support a long-term solvency plan that closes the financing gap, protects retirement, survivor, and disability benefits, and does not solve the problem by shifting the burden onto workers and beneficiaries.
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Social Security is an earned promise, and Congress must protect its solvency before depleted trust-fund reserves leave the program unable to pay scheduled benefits in full. I will oppose privatization, benefit cuts, and another increase in the retirement age. I will support a long-term solvency plan that closes the financing gap, protects retirement, survivor, and disability benefits, and does not solve the problem by shifting the burden onto workers and beneficiaries.
Americans should not lose a job, a home, or their financial stability because they become ill, welcome a child, or need to care for family. Federal law currently guarantees eligible workers unpaid leave. I support a national paid family and medical leave standard that provides wage replacement and job protection. Minnesota is already putting this approach into practice.
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Americans should not lose a job, a home, or their financial stability because they become ill, welcome a child, or need to care for family. Federal law currently guarantees eligible workers unpaid leave. I support a national paid family and medical leave standard that provides wage replacement and job protection. Minnesota is already putting this approach into practice.
The federal goal should be to end hunger and homelessness, not merely manage them. I will protect food assistance, school and summer meals, senior nutrition, rental assistance, and homelessness-prevention programs. Federal policy should prevent eviction, move people quickly from shelters or the street into permanent housing, and provide supportive housing for people who need continuing services. Success should be measured by fewer people going hungry, fewer people living outside, and more people remaining safely and independently housed.
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The federal goal should be to end hunger and homelessness, not merely manage them. I will protect food assistance, school and summer meals, senior nutrition, rental assistance, and homelessness-prevention programs. Federal policy should prevent eviction, move people quickly from shelters or the street into permanent housing, and provide supportive housing for people who need continuing services. Success should be measured by fewer people going hungry, fewer people living outside, and more people remaining safely and independently housed.
Public safety is the paramount responsibility of government. I support comprehensive federal gun legislation that preserves the individual Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms as a constitutional safeguard of a free people, including lawful self-defense, hunting, and sporting use, while recognizing that the right is not unlimited.
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Public safety is the paramount responsibility of government. I support comprehensive federal gun legislation that preserves the individual Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms as a constitutional safeguard of a free people, including lawful self-defense, hunting, and sporting use, while recognizing that the right is not unlimited.
Create comprehensive federal privacy and data-rights protections giving individuals control over collection, use, sale, retention, and deletion of personal information and requiring warrants or equivalent protections for government access to sensitive digital data.
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Privacy & Data Rights
Strengthen congressional oversight of executive agencies, immigration enforcement, appropriations, corporate power, and presidential conduct, with independent investigations and corrective action when laws or constitutional limits are violated.
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Oversight & Accountability
Establish 18-year congressional and Supreme Court term limits, set upper age limits for congressional service, ban congressional insider trading, strengthen ethics and lobbying restrictions, reduce outside political spending, protect voting rights, and curb partisan redistricting.
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Term Limits & Anti-Corruption
Increase taxes on billionaires and ultra-wealthy households, close offshore and corporate tax loopholes, direct revenue toward housing and basic services, and create a federal tax or student-debt credit for verified unpaid civic service.
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Rich Tax & Civic Service
Strengthen organizing and collective-bargaining rights, increase penalties for union-busting and wage theft, require prevailing wages on federally funded construction, expand apprenticeships, and use federal investment to increase housing, production, local business growth, and supply.
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Labor, Jobs, & Growth
Protect the U.S. Department of Education and federal education support, increase investment in public schools and student services, expand arts and extracurricular opportunities, strengthen college pathways, and provide responsible student-debt relief.
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Education
Strengthen enforcement against employment discrimination, require transparent job-related hiring standards, independently review automated screening systems, and expand access to education, apprenticeships, capital, and professional networks.
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Equal Opportunity
Create a universal healthcare guarantee centered on a portable national public option, automatically cover minors and dependents for medically necessary care, negotiate drug prices, cap catastrophic out-of-pocket costs, and expand the healthcare workforce and community-care capacity.
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Healthcare Modernized
Restore a federal pre-viability abortion-rights framework with life and health exceptions after viability, protect contraception and emergency pregnancy care, and protect patients and providers from threats and medically unnecessary restrictions.
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Women’s Privacy & Protection
Protect Social Security solvency without privatization, benefit cuts, or another retirement-age increase; establish national paid family and medical leave; and protect food, rental, and homelessness-prevention programs.
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Basic & Social Security
Adopt federal gun-safety measures while preserving lawful Second Amendment ownership, strengthen proportional criminal and white-collar accountability, expand enforcement against fraud and consumer exploitation, and restrict new large-scale data centers that impose major public resource costs.
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Public Safety
Reassert congressional war powers, oppose unauthorized and open-ended conflicts, require defined objectives and public accountability for military action, maintain national defense, and preserve cooperation with NATO and other allies.
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Foreign Policy
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Candidate ID: H6MN05373
Name: JACKSON, DEVELLE LAVAUGHN MR.
Office: House
State: MN
District: 05
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Cash on hand: $0.00
Debts owed by committee: $0.00
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