2024 California (CA-13) US House of Representatives Voters Guide
John Duarte (R) vs Adam Gray (D)
The Candidates
Mostly ban. Legal for first three months, then ban. Opposes federal-level abortion laws; “It’s a state issue.” Voted against blocking anti-abortion pregnancy centers from receiving funding. Opposed a measure denying military members payments for abortion.
Legal. “Congress should guarantee the right to access abortion and contraception nationwide.” Supports “a woman’s right to control her own body and make her own medical decision with her doctor.” Voted for an amendment to the California Constitution protecting abortion rights.
Yes. “Investing in our future is how we solve climate change.” Supports renewable energy and carbon capture. Would have voted for the climate provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act. Supported funding carbon-negative bioenergy projects. Voted to extend life of the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant. Opposed setting aggressive greenhouse gas emission cut targets.
Voted to repeal Wash. DC police reforms such as limits on deadly force and required training on de-escalation. “I’ll fight against the ‘Defund the Police’ crowd.” Sponsored a bipartisan program supporting police safety and wellness, and creating public support for police.
Voted to expand investigations into—and accountability for—police misconduct. Voted to prevent local departments from hiring officers with a history of serious misconduct. But opposed allowing state officials to permanently ban officers who have abused their powers.
Decrease. Supports “reducing unnecessary regulations.” Voted to reduce federal agencies’ power establishing economic regulations. Will “vote to stop the federal binge spending that is causing inflation.” Supports suspending the federal gas tax “until we get domestic energy policy to produce affordable gas.”
Increase. “I support public infrastructure…. This country, in some of its most prosperous and successful decades, was because of our investment in public infrastructure.” Voted for an energy project bill providing job training and investments in public infrastructure. Voted to create a regional economic program to bring new business and jobs.
Yes. “We need to teach our students that the USA is a great country.” Voted to require teachers to notify parents before changing a child’s gender markers. Voted to prohibit “gender ideology” books in school libraries.
No. Voted to make ethnic studies a required class for high school graduation. Voted to develop teacher training and resources to support LGBTQ students.
Loosen. Voted to limit the EPA’s permitting authority under the Clean Water Act. Opposes putting environmental policies over “human health.” Voted to prevent the departments of Interior and Commerce from taking any action that would reduce someone’s water supply.
Mixed. Opposes a federal assault weapons ban: “You can’t correlate access to firearms with gun death. “We need to look at background checks and…mental health” and age restrictions.
Mixed. Would base health care on “free-market planning and budgeting,” with “Health Savings Accounts.” Supports “honoring our Medicare commitments.” Voted to permanently extend required Medicaid coverage on medication for substance use patients. Supported reauthorizing grants to state medical services for children.
Increase. Supports “additional premium assistance to bring down costs” and allowing “the federal government to negotiate drug prices in bulk.” Voted to expand Medi-Cal eligibility to low-income adults 50 or older, regardless of immigration status.
Supports “a secure border” and improved technology for border security. Sponsored bills providing long-term residency and paths to legal status. Opposed a bill resuming the building of a border wall. Sponsored a bill to increase the immigrant agricultural labor force with a path to legal status and E-Verify. “We need a DACA fix right now.”
Calls for “a secure border.” “Go after the criminals and leave law-abiding immigrants alone.” “I will fight to protect DREAMers by reauthorizing and expanding DACA.” Calls for “more border patrol agents to go after human trafficking rings and cracking down on the cartels running drugs like fentanyl into our country.”
No position found.
Mostly easier. Voted to protect university faculty bargaining rights. In 2019, voted to give family childcare providers the right to unionize. Opposed a bill giving farmworkers more ways to vote in union elections.
Mixed. Voted to ban transgender women from women’s sports at schools. Opposed an amendment denying provisions to service members for transgender surgeries. Sponsored a bill to reverse dishonorable military discharges that were based on sexual orientation.
No position found.
Mixed. Voted to eliminate a cannabis cultivation tax. In 2019, opposed a bill allowing parents to administer medical cannabis at schools. In 2017, introduced a bill expanding regulations of recreational marijuana for minors and voted for new rules for marijuana businesses.
Opposes loan forgiveness. “Student loan forgiveness was a giant giveaway to an elite class of folks.” Voted to oppose extending a student loan payment pause and loan cancellation program. Supports helping “the students and graduates refinance their loans at lower interest.”
Supports loan forgiveness. Voted in favor of a California resolution urging the president to forgive up to $50,000 per student loan borrower. Supported a resolution to bring better awareness and access to debt relief for California student loan borrowers.
Lower. Sponsored a bill making permanent the 2017 Republican-approved tax cuts, which lowered capital gains and corporate tax rates; some cuts expire in 2025. Voted to rescind $45.6 billion from the IRS, funds meant to enforce tax codes for $400,000+ earners.
Raise. “Reducing the debt means closing loopholes, forcing billionaires and large corporations to pay their fair share.” In 2019, voted to reduce business tax write-offs in order to expand tax credits for the working poor.
No position found. Voted to repeal a Wash. DC law that allowed noncitizens to vote in local elections.
Easier. Voted to make mail-in ballots a permanent California law.
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