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Candidate Name: David Russ
Office Candidate is running for: US Representative OR CD-6
Campaign Website: RussIsForUS.com
# ISSUE ANSWER
Please answer using the drop-down on the right of question. The optional explanations are limited to 120 characters and will not appear on comparison guides with other candidates.
1 Is it your pledge to represent the constitution in Oregon's best interest over party politics? Yes
 
2 Do you support limiting the number of terms that a person can serve in Congress? Yes
 
3 Do you believe the Second Amendment protects the rights of American citizens to keep and bear arms? Yes
 
4 Are you monitoring your campaign for compliance with Oregon Constitution Article 2 Section 22, limiting donations outside of Oregon to 10%? Yes
 
5 Do you support free market energy independence? Yes
 
6 Do you believe the U.S. should increase security on the nation's electrical grid to prevent an attack by an Electro-Magnetic Pulse (EMP)? Yes
 
7 Do you believe the government is prepared to counter cyber security threats? No
 
8 Do you support categorizing violent demonstrations as terrorists? Yes
 
9 How important is it to U.S. sovereignty to secure borders to prevent illegal aliens and illegal drugs from entering the U.S.? Very
 
10 Do you agree with terminating automatic birthright citizenship? Yes
 
11 Do you support restricting the sale of U.S. land to U.S. citizens only? Yes
 
12 Do you think the Green New Deal should remain a priority? No
 
13 Do you support reduction in livestock and the development of plant-based meat? No
 
14 Do you support the National Forest Service holding prescribed burns every 5 years to clear ground cover without harvesting the good lumber first? Decline
  Insufficient data. I support what the people who actually work the land recommend.
15 Should the federal government return land to the states it controls that is not for the purposes authorized by the Constitution? Yes
 
16 Do you support the federal government restoring constitutional elections? Decline
  Support, but do not trust the general public to understand the questions well enough.
17 Do you think it is constitutional for people to vote in more than one state? No
 
18 Do you think it is constitutional to allow non-citizens to vote? No
 
19 Do you think ‘Ranked Choice Voting’ is an equivalent and constitutional way to tally votes. No
 
20 Do you support using DEI policies in K-12 schools? No
 
21 Should biological males who identify as female be allowed to compete in female sports? No
 
22 Do you support the work of DOGE establishing anti-fraud measures? Yes
 
23 Do you support changing the IRS to external collection of tariffs and eliminating internal income taxation? Yes
 
24 Do you support work requirements to receive welfare benefits? Yes
 
25 Do you support the Women's Health Protection Act designating abortion as an essential health care service? No
 
26 Do you support giving control of the U.S. to the World Health Organization when they declare a world health emergency? No
 
27 Do you support changing health care putting patients and doctors back in control making it a competitive system? Yes
 
28 Do you support a national law legalizing recreational marijuana? No
  This should not be a Federal Issue. Federal involvement in this question violates the 10th Amendment
29 Do you support Israel's right to the West Bank for their security? Decline
  The question is unreasonably skewed. I support the nation's right to protect itself from unreasonable continued attacks.
30 Do you see the World Economic Forum as a threat to U.S. sovereignty? Yes
 
31 Do you support Governor Kotek and AG Rayfield using taxpayer funds to sue the federal government regarding the right to exercise constitutional powers? No
 
32 Do you think President Trump has improved U.S. standing in the world? Yes