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The Constitution belongs to all of us.
Candidate positionThe Constitution defines how power is supposed to work in America and guarantees the rights and freedoms of every citizen.
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The Constitution defines how power is supposed to work in America and guarantees the rights and freedoms of every citizen.
Erik’s Priorities
Candidate positionRestore checks and balances between the branches of government
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Restore checks and balances between the branches of government
Article I, Section 8: Powers of Congress
Candidate positionTrade policy affects farmers. Spending decisions affect schools, hospitals, roads, seniors, veterans, and working families. Oversight determines whether agencies and administrations are held accountable when they overreach or fail to do their jobs.
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Trade policy affects farmers. Spending decisions affect schools, hospitals, roads, seniors, veterans, and working families. Oversight determines whether agencies and administrations are held accountable when they overreach or fail to do their jobs.
First Amendment: Speech, Press, Religion, Assembly & Petition
Candidate positionThe First Amendment protects the freedoms that make self-government possible.
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The First Amendment protects the freedoms that make self-government possible.
Fourth Amendment: Protection from Unreasonable Search and Seizure
Candidate positionThe Fourth Amendment protects people from unreasonable government searches and seizures.
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The Fourth Amendment protects people from unreasonable government searches and seizures.
Fifth Amendment: Due Process
Candidate positionThat protection is not just a legal phrase. It is a basic promise: the government cannot take away your freedom, your property, or your rights without a fair legal process.
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That protection is not just a legal phrase. It is a basic promise: the government cannot take away your freedom, your property, or your rights without a fair legal process.
Fourteenth Amendment, Section 1: Citizenship, Due Process & Equal Protection
Candidate positionThe Fourteenth Amendment guarantees citizenship, due process, and equal protection under the law. These protections are the legal backbone of civil rights in America. Erik will stand against efforts to undermine birthright citizenship, weaken equal protection, or create a two-tiered system where some people receive fewer rights under the law than others.
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The Fourteenth Amendment guarantees citizenship, due process, and equal protection under the law. These protections are the legal backbone of civil rights in America. Erik will stand against efforts to undermine birthright citizenship, weaken equal protection, or create a two-tiered system where some people receive fewer rights under the law than others.
Fifteenth Amendment: Right to Vote Regardless of Race
Candidate positionThe Fifteenth Amendment says the right to vote cannot be denied or abridged because of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
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The Fifteenth Amendment says the right to vote cannot be denied or abridged because of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
Nineteenth Amendment: Women’s Right to Vote
Candidate positionThe Nineteenth Amendment protects the right to vote regardless of sex.
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The Nineteenth Amendment protects the right to vote regardless of sex.
Twenty-Sixth Amendment: Right to Vote at Age 18
Candidate positionThe Twenty-Sixth Amendment protects the right of citizens 18 and older to vote. Erik believes young voters should be encouraged to participate, not discouraged by barriers that make voting harder.
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The Twenty-Sixth Amendment protects the right of citizens 18 and older to vote. Erik believes young voters should be encouraged to participate, not discouraged by barriers that make voting harder.
Erik Wants to Hear From You
Candidate positionIt means respecting its limits, protecting its freedoms, restoring checks and balances, and remembering that public office belongs to the people.
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It means respecting its limits, protecting its freedoms, restoring checks and balances, and remembering that public office belongs to the people.
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Candidate positionFighting Fraud & Waste in Government
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Fighting Fraud & Waste in Government
Government should answer to people, not the corporations or the biggest checks.
Candidate positionErik is running because we can do better. He is running a campaign funded by individual donors, not corporate PAC money. That’s not just a talking point. It’s the standard he will bring to Congress.
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Erik is running because we can do better. He is running a campaign funded by individual donors, not corporate PAC money. That’s not just a talking point. It’s the standard he will bring to Congress.
Overturn Citizens United
Candidate positionErik supports a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United and restore the ability to set real limits on money in politics.
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Erik supports a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United and restore the ability to set real limits on money in politics.
Ban Congressional Stock Trading
Candidate positionMembers of Congress should not be able to use their positions to profit from the industries they regulate, fund, or oversee.
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Members of Congress should not be able to use their positions to profit from the industries they regulate, fund, or oversee.
Close the Revolving Door
Candidate positionThat creates a dangerous incentive: vote the right way now, get rewarded later.
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That creates a dangerous incentive: vote the right way now, get rewarded later.
Require Real Transparency
Candidate positionVoters have a right to know who is trying to influence their elections.
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Voters have a right to know who is trying to influence their elections.
Erik’s Priorities
Candidate positionDefend the freedoms guaranteed by the Constitution
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Defend the freedoms guaranteed by the Constitution
Article I, Section 8: Powers of Congress
Candidate positionTariffs, spending, and major policy decisions should go through the people’s representatives — not be decided unilaterally without meaningful oversight.
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Tariffs, spending, and major policy decisions should go through the people’s representatives — not be decided unilaterally without meaningful oversight.
Fourth Amendment: Protection from Unreasonable Search and Seizure
Candidate positionErik believes Americans should not have to choose between safety and their constitutional right to be free from unreasonable government intrusion.
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Erik believes Americans should not have to choose between safety and their constitutional right to be free from unreasonable government intrusion.
Fifteenth Amendment: Right to Vote Regardless of Race
Candidate positionErik will oppose voter suppression tactics that make it harder for eligible citizens to cast a ballot and have that ballot counted.
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Erik will oppose voter suppression tactics that make it harder for eligible citizens to cast a ballot and have that ballot counted.
Nineteenth Amendment: Women’s Right to Vote
Candidate positionErik believes election laws should protect access for every eligible voter, including voters whose names or documents may have changed because of marriage, divorce, adoption, or other life circumstances.
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Erik believes election laws should protect access for every eligible voter, including voters whose names or documents may have changed because of marriage, divorce, adoption, or other life circumstances.
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Candidate positionWorkers’ Rights & Union Protections
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Workers’ Rights & Union Protections
Ban Congressional Stock Trading
Candidate positionErik supports banning members of Congress from trading individual stocks while in office. Public service should be about serving the public, not building a personal portfolio.
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Erik supports banning members of Congress from trading individual stocks while in office. Public service should be about serving the public, not building a personal portfolio.
Close the Revolving Door
Candidate positionErik supports strong restrictions on former members of Congress lobbying the federal government after they leave office, including a lifetime ban on lobbying Congress.
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Erik supports strong restrictions on former members of Congress lobbying the federal government after they leave office, including a lifetime ban on lobbying Congress.
Require Real Transparency
Candidate positionErik supports stronger disclosure rules so voters can see who is spending money to influence their vote.
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Erik supports stronger disclosure rules so voters can see who is spending money to influence their vote.
Erik’s Priorities
Candidate positionProtect due process and equal protection under the law
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Protect due process and equal protection under the law
First Amendment: Speech, Press, Religion, Assembly & Petition
Candidate positionThe right to speak. The right to worship freely. The right to a free press. The right to assemble peacefully. The right to petition the government. These rights are not optional. A free press helps hold the powerful accountable. Peaceful protest lets people make their voices heard. Religious liberty protects every person’s right to practice their faith without government interference. Erik will defend these freedoms no matter who is in power.
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The right to speak. The right to worship freely. The right to a free press. The right to assemble peacefully. The right to petition the government. These rights are not optional. A free press helps hold the powerful accountable. Peaceful protest lets people make their voices heard. Religious liberty protects every person’s right to practice their faith without government interference. Erik will defend these freedoms no matter who is in power.
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Candidate positionProtecting Our Seniors
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Protecting Our Seniors
Erik’s Priorities
Candidate positionProtect fair elections and the right of every eligible citizen to vote
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Protect fair elections and the right of every eligible citizen to vote
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Candidate positionEqual Rights. No Exceptions.
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Equal Rights. No Exceptions.
Erik’s Priorities
Candidate positionOppose efforts by any branch, party, or president to concentrate power beyond what the Constitution allows
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Oppose efforts by any branch, party, or president to concentrate power beyond what the Constitution allows
Erik’s Priorities
Candidate position…by sending a representative to Washington who respects the Constitution, understands the job Congress is supposed to do, and will fight to restore checks and balances so no president, no party, and no special interest can govern without accountability to the people.
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…by sending a representative to Washington who respects the Constitution, understands the job Congress is supposed to do, and will fight to restore checks and balances so no president, no party, and no special interest can govern without accountability to the people.
Erik’s Priorities
Candidate positionSupport a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United
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Support a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United
Erik’s Priorities
Candidate positionBan members of Congress from trading individual stocks
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Ban members of Congress from trading individual stocks
Erik’s Priorities
Candidate positionProtect our political system from undisclosed, unaccountable, and foreign money
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Protect our political system from undisclosed, unaccountable, and foreign money
Erik’s Priorities
Candidate positionRestore trust by making government answer to the people again
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Restore trust by making government answer to the people again
Erik’s Priorities
Candidate position…by sending a representative to Washington who does not take corporate PAC money, does not answer to dark money groups, and will fight to make sure ordinary people have a stronger voice than the special interests writing the biggest checks.
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…by sending a representative to Washington who does not take corporate PAC money, does not answer to dark money groups, and will fight to make sure ordinary people have a stronger voice than the special interests writing the biggest checks.
