Jessica Killin
Liberal
Democrat
N/A
Colorado
Current Position: Former Chief of Staff to Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff
Running For: House Representative - District 5
Policy Positions
Economic Policy
- Against tariffs; supports ending tariffs that raise prices and create economic uncertainty
- Against Medicaid cuts; supports repealing cuts that reduce healthcare access and supports protecting Medicare from further cuts
- Against tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans and corporate tax loopholes; supports making corporations and the wealthy pay more while cutting taxes for the middle class
Business & Labor
- Against price gouging by oil companies, grocery corporations, corporate landlords, hedge funds, and monopoly utility companies; supports holding them accountable
- For establishing regulatory guidelines and oversight for artificial intelligence and digital assets
- For keeping U.S. Space Command in Colorado Springs and protecting Colorado's aerospace and defense industry from politically motivated decisions
Health Care
- For restoring VA funding, increasing staffing at VA clinics, and restoring full funding for the Veterans Crisis Line
- For allowing Medicare to negotiate lower drug prices, capping insulin at $35 for all, and holding drug companies accountable for price gouging
Environment
- Against selling federal public lands; supports preserving National Parks, Forests, and open spaces
- For boosting wildland firefighter resources and modernizing wildfire strategies
Voting Rights & Democracy
- For banning stock trading by members of Congress to prevent use of insider information
- For ending Congressional pay during government shutdowns
- For creating an independent Congressional Ethics Office with expanded investigative and enforcement powers
- For overturning Citizens United and banning dark money in politics