Tom O’Halleran
Bio | Tom O’Halleran served with the Chicago Police Department and became a member of the Chicago Board of Trade. He also served as a member of the Arizona Senate and as a member of the House of Representatives from Arizona. |
Status and Position | Current US House of Representatives of Arizona |
Political Party and Jurisdiction | Democrat, Arizona |
Elections | Election Jurisdiction | Started Campaign | Campaign Status | Poll Rankings (of the vote) |
| 2020 House of Representatives Election AZ-01 | AZ-01 | Yes | Running | N/A |
Campaign Financing | In his 2018 campaign he raised $2,748,953 in campaign contributions. |
Voting Rights | He co-sponsored the Voting Rights Advancment Act of 2019, which provides a criteria to determine which states should get preclearance before they make changes for the voting practices in their area. |
Opinions on Issues
Issues | Stance | Summary |
| Universal Healthcare | For | He supports the Affordable Care Act. He stated that hundres of Arizonan's rely on the Affordable Care Act for their health care, including families with pre-existing conditions. The Affordable Care Act would allow individuals with pre-existing conditions to get access to treatment. Source: https://ohalleran.house.gov/newsroom/press-releases/o-halleran-reacts-supreme-court-ruling-favor-aca |
| Socialized Healthcare | Unknown | No known stance. |
| Private Healthcare | Against | He supports the Affordable Care Act. Source: https://ohalleran.house.gov/newsroom/press-releases/o-halleran-reacts-supreme-court-ruling-favor-aca |
| LGBT Rights | For | He supports LGBT rights. He voted in favor of making June 26 as LGBT equality day. Source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-resolution/499?s=4&r=6 |
| Taxes | Against | He voted in favor of Coronavirus Assisstance for American Families Act. This bill allows individual tax payers an additional 2020 recovery rebate in the amount of $1000. Source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/8893?s=8&r=8 |
| Flat Tax Rate | Unknown | No known stance. This bill allows individual tax payers an additional 2020 recovery rebate in the amount of $1000. Source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/8893?s=8&r=8 |
| Abortion | Against | He is pro-life. He voted in favor of a ban on abortion after 20 weeks. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_O%27Halleran |
| Gun Control | For | He supports stricter gun control laws. He supports expanded background checks for purchasing of firearms by individuals. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_O%27Halleran |
| Assisted Suicide | Unknown | No known stance. He supports expanded background checks for purchasing of firearms by individuals. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_O%27Halleran |
| Government Interference | For | He voted in favor of government intervention in helping individual tax payers during the pandemic. Source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/8893?s=8&r=8 |
| Planned Parenthood | Unknown | No known stance. |
| Welfare | For | He supports government efforts in helping the veterans. He introduced a legislation to secure housing for homeless veterans, and to create job opportunities for returned servicemembers in the solar industry. Source: https://www.tomohalleran.com/issues/veterans |
| Welfare | Unknown | No known stance. |
| Death Penalty | Unknown | No known stance. |
| Mandatory Prison Sentence | Unknown | No known stance. |
| Military Spending | For | He voted to give troops a pay raise. Source: https://ohalleran.house.gov/newsroom/press-releases/o-halleran-votes-give-troops-pay-raise |
| War on Terrorism | Unknown | No known stance. |
| Foreign Policy International Interaction | For | He supports the United States in playing an active global role. In 2017, he signed two-tate solution despite Israeli settelments in the West Bank. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_O%27Halleran |
| United Nations power | Unknown | No known stance. |
| Nationalism | Unknown | No known stance. |
| Free Markets | Unknown | No known stance. |
| Brexit | Unknown | No known stance. |
| Affirmative Action | Unknown | No known stance. |
| Government Spending | For | In 2018, he criticized the Trump administration for seeking to cut funding for agencies and programs including the Economic Development Administration. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_O%27Halleran |
| Charter Schools | For | He supports funding teacher salaries and he worked to maintain funding for new schools and school maintenance. Source: https://www.tomohalleran.com/issues/children-and-education |
| Common Core | Unknown | No known stance. |
| Clean Energy | For | He supports businesses that use renewable energy. In 2008, he called for a property tax incentive for businesses that use renewable energy. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_O%27Halleran |
| Religious Freedom | For | He supports the rights protected by the first amendment including religious freedom. Source: https://www.tomohalleran.com |
| Separation of Church and State | Unknown | No known stance. |
| Slavery Reparations | Unknown | No known stance. |
| Border Control | Against | He opposes the deportation of illegal immigrants especially those who have American children. In 2017, he criticized Attorney Jeff Sessions's tougher new guidelines on expelling illegal immigrants who belong to criminal gangs. He stated that he is not against deporting the felons, but some of the people who are getting deported do not have criminal convictions. Furthermore, some of them have American children. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_O%27Halleran |
| Passenger Profiling | Unknown | No known stance. |
| DACA | Unknown | No known stance. |
| Sanctuary Cities | Unknown | No known stance. |
| Legalizing Marijuana | For | He supports legalizing cannabis on a federal level. Source: https://www.cannabisvoter.info/state-news/arizona/ |