2026 Congressional Candidate Policy Positions
New York
House Candidates District 4
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Women’s Reproductive Rights
Reproductive freedom: endorsed by Emily’s List, she has been public about having had a medically necessary abortion after a rare and heartbreaking fetal death. Gillen recounts the trauma of the medical nightmare and the ensuing harassment by anti-choice activists as motivating factors in her fight to defend the right to abortion in the face of Republicans’ war on women’s reproductive freedom.Gun Control Laws
believes in background checks and wants to see gun violence treated as a public health crisis.Veterans
Proposed and passed legislation to give veteran-owned businesses a competitive edge in bidding for government contracts. She continues to fight for veterans as a member of Congress. -
Jeanine Driscoll is a champion for Nassau County taxpayers. As Hempstead Town Receiver of Taxes, Jeanine has helped local homeowners save millions on their property tax bills through exemptions on their county, town, and school district taxes and helped them lower their assessments.
Jeanine received her Bachelor’s Degree in American Politics from The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., and earned a Juris Doctor from Fordham University School of Law.
Jeanine is an active member of the community who was president of both the Junior Women’s Club of Bellerose and the Floral Park Memorial PTSA. She also served on the Budget Advisory Committee and the Strategic Planning Committee of the Floral Park-Bellerose School District. Jeanine is active in her parish, Our Lady of Victory, where she taught young children in the Faith Formation Program for 20 years, is a member of the Parish Council, and also serves as a Eucharistic Minister on the weekends.
Jeanine’s number one priority is to continue to enhance the quality of life of Nassau County residents. In Congress, she will fight for lower taxes, a secure southern border, and the safety of our communities.
House Candidates District 19
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Economy
Cut taxes for the middle class so working families keep more of their own money, require the wealthy and big corporations to pay their fair share to reduce the deficit and invest in necessary public services, close the carried interest loophole which allows Wall Street to pay lower tax rates than Main St., Create a wealth surtax on incomes over $5 million and trusts/estates valued at more than $25 million and expand strengthen the Earned Income Tax Credit to reward work, not wealth and lift kids from poverty Create job opportunities for people with disabilities Supports the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act, protect labor agreements to ensure that local projects are built by local workers at fair wages and increase enforcement of labor laws.Foreign Affairs
Confront threats posed by adversaries like Iran, Russia, China and North Korea, Combat terrorism and states that sponsor it, secure America’s borders and use defense funds wisely and efficiently always promoting American job creation first.Women's Rights
Will sponsor the Women’s Health Protection Act on day 1 to restore Roe v Wade into federal law, will always stand up to extremists trying to take away reproductive rights, including those attempting to restrict access to birth control, IVF or mifepristone and supports a Constitutional amendment to put reproductive rights in the constitution so even the Supreme Court can’t take them away again.Environment
Hold polluters accountable for harm they cause the environment and stop them from causing that harm, ensure clean drinking water in every community, preserve our natural treasures, create jobs building American made products that we need to fight climate change, establish independence including ending our reliance on fossil fuels over long term and restore the EPA’s ability to fight climate change.Gun Control
Supports stronger background checks, keeping weapons out of school and off the streets through appropriate legislation, protecting survivors of domestic violence by prohibiting domestic abusers from accessing weapons.Immigration
Hire new border agents and ensure law enforcement has the resources needed to secure the border and deter illegal immigration, hire more immigration judges so asylum claims are process quickly, fairly, accurate, halt the flow of fetanyl by making long overdue technical improvements at our ports and expand the number for fetanyl detection machines, update visa programs to ensure farmers and trades unions have access to labor and reflect America’s values including our tradition as a nation of immigrants.LGBTQ Policy
Will prohibit discrimination against the LGBTQ+ community through the Equality Act and ban dangerous conversion therapies Guarantee marriage equality, including the Respect for Marriage Act, prohibit discrimination against the LGBTQ+ community including the Equality Act.Background and Experience
Josh served as a policy analyst at the U.S. Department of Labor, focused on helping communities that had been sold out by bad trade deals. After law school, Josh represented children from low-income families in a landmark civil rights case to improve access to affordable healthcare. Josh went on to serve as counsel on the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, where he took on big corporations that exploited workers and consumers and brought together Democrats and Republicans to expand addiction treatment programs and combat the opioid epidemic. -
Background and Experience
Oberacker was first elected to the 51st state Senate District in 2020. He is currently the ranking member of the state Senate Transportation Committee and Substance Use Disorders Committee, while also a member of the Agriculture, Labor, Finance and Higher Education committees.