Donavan McKinney

Progressive

Democrat

N/A

Michigan

Current Position: State House Representative MI-11

Running For: House Representative - District 13

Policy Positions

For raising taxes on billionaires and corporations
For universal basic income
For expanding public transit investment in metro Detroit
For a national homes guarantee including building public housing units, funding affordable housing projects, and repealing the Faircloth Amendment
For nationwide rent control, just-cause eviction protections, federal right to counsel for renters facing eviction, and strengthening tenant unions

For union rights, including the right for every worker to form a union and earn a living wage

For Medicare for All, including coverage for dental, vision, mental health, reproductive health, abortion care, and community-based long-term support services

For federal investment in public schools, including universal free school lunches, universal free pre-kindergarten, higher teacher wages, and full funding of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
For tuition-free public colleges, universities, and trade schools, and cancellation of all existing student loan debt

For abortion rights; supports codifying abortion rights at the federal level, protecting access to medication abortion nationwide, passing the EACH Act to repeal the Hyde Amendment, and ensuring abortion care access for low-income and marginalized communities

Against Citizens United; for campaign finance reform including banning monopoly utility corporations and government contractors from making political donations

Against unconditional military funding and weapons exports; supports diplomacy-first foreign policy and redirecting Pentagon spending to domestic needs
Against mass deportations and for-profit immigration detention centers; supports a pathway to citizenship for all immigrants, asylum process reform, shutting down for-profit detention centers, and protecting refugees
For ending U.S. military aid and arms to Israel; supports the Block the Bombs Act, resuming UNRWA funding, and characterizes Israeli actions in Gaza as genocide

For ending cash bail, ending qualified immunity for police, reforming sentencing guidelines, reallocating funding to social and rehabilitation services, and ending the school-to-prison pipeline