Adrian Boafo

Progressive

Democrat

N/A

Maryland

Current Position: State House Delegate MD-23

Running For: House Representative - District 5

Policy Positions

For cutting taxes for working and middle-class families while closing loopholes for corporations and the ultra-wealthy
For expanding and protecting the Child Tax Credit and Earned Income Tax Credit
For universal childcare
For safeguarding Social Security benefits
Against Republican cuts to Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act
For preventing hedge funds and large institutional investors from buying up single-family homes, and expanding the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit
For eliminating federal taxes on military retirement pay and veterans' benefits

For raising the federal minimum wage from $7.25 to $15 an hour and tying it to inflation; also introduced a Maryland bill to raise the state minimum wage from $15 to $25 an hour and eliminate all subminimum wages
For setting federal standards on data centers including clean energy requirements and increased transparency in permitting
For protecting workers' rights, passing the PRO Act to strengthen unions, expanding collective bargaining, and cracking down on wage theft and worker misclassification
For commonsense standards and consumer protections for cryptocurrencies and emerging financial technologies

For Medicare for All with a public option, universal health coverage, expanding Medicaid, and empowering Medicare to negotiate prescription drug prices
For defending and strengthening public health agencies and vaccine programs guided by science
For building on the PACT Act to ensure veterans exposed to toxic burn pits receive care

For increasing teacher pay, investing in K-12 public schools, increasing Title I funding, and expanding student loan forgiveness
For restricting student use of personal electronic devices and banning social media use during school hours (Maryland Phone-Free Schools Act)
For clean energy expansion including solar and offshore wind, holding fossil fuel polluters accountable, protecting the Chesapeake Bay, and creating a Climate Superfund requiring major fossil fuel companies to pay for climate damage
For protecting federal employees from political retaliation and attacks on merit-based hiring

For the Equality Act to prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity in housing, employment, and public spaces
For restoring civil rights and DEI protections dismantled by the Trump Administration
For abortion rights; supports protecting a woman's right to choose and reproductive freedom, and co-sponsored legislation to establish the Public Health Abortion Grant Program to expand access to abortion care services

For overturning Citizens United v. FEC to reduce corporate money in elections
For banning members of Congress from trading individual stocks
For the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act to prohibit discriminatory voting practices
For expanding voting access through automatic registration, early voting, and other protections
For redrawing Maryland's congressional districts to be more favorable to Democrats

For strengthening NATO, supporting Ukraine's defense against Russia, and confronting authoritarian threats from Russia, China, and Iran
For enforcing the War Powers Resolution to require congressional approval before prolonged military conflict
For strengthening the U.S.–Israel alliance and ensuring Israel has security assistance to defend itself against Hamas and other terrorist threats; also supports increasing humanitarian aid to Palestinian civilians
For abolishing ICE and passing comprehensive immigration reform; also sponsored legislation barring Trump-era ICE officers who engaged in abusive enforcement from joining Maryland law enforcement
For securing the border through advanced detection technology and modernizing ports of entry, while prioritizing enforcement against violent offenders and traffickers rather than law-abiding families

For common-sense gun safety reforms to protect schools and children from gun violence
For smart sentencing reform including eliminating mandatory minimums for nonviolent offenses, reducing mass incarceration, strengthening police accountability through national use-of-force standards, and investing in restorative justice programs
For banning masked intimidation, citing use of face coverings by anti-Israel protesters