Alan Cohn
This photo belongs to the Peabody Awards and is licensed for use under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license. Bio | Alan Cohn in a news journalist who has worked for ABC, NBC, WGGB-TV and other well known news stations. He first ran for Congress in 2014 and is running in the 2020 congressional election as well. |
Status and Position | Former Candidate of N/A |
Political Party and Jurisdiction | Democrat, N/A |
Elections | Election Jurisdiction | Started Campaign | Campaign Status | Poll Rankings (of the vote) |
| 2020 House of Representatives Election FL-15 | FL-15 | Yes | Running | 41.0% |
Campaign Financing | Alans top donors are Teamsters union, Plumbers/pipefitters union, Chasbro investments, and Renaissance Technologies. |
Voting Rights | Alan supports restoring the voting rights act, making election day a national holiday, initiating automatic voter registration. |
Opinions on Issues
Issues | Stance | Summary |
| Universal Healthcare | Nuance | Alan supports a Healthcare reform. Alan stated he believes in healthcare for all, but proposes reforming the affordable care act for states to expand medicaid coverage. |
| Socialized Healthcare | Against | Alan wants to give the public an option on their healthcare. |
| Private Healthcare | Against | Alan wants to create a public option to compete with private healthcare and bring down costs for the public. |
| LGBT Rights | For | Alan supports LGBTQ rights Alan is supported by the HRC and endorsed by the Florida LGBTQ democratic caucus. |
| Taxes | For | Alan does not support tax cuts. Alan plans to rollback Trump's 2018 tax bill that taxed middle class citizens and cut taxes for corporations and the wealthy. |
| Flat Tax Rate | Unknown | Alan has made no clear stance on this issue Alan plans to rollback Trump's 2018 tax bill that taxed middle class citizens and cut taxes for corporations and the wealthy. |
| Abortion | For | Alan supports all women's reproductive rights Alan wants to pass federal legislation that would prevent states from trying to regulate women's bodies and interfering with their healthcare. |
| Gun Control | For | Alan supports gun control Alan stated "kids should never be afraid to go to school we are passed due for gun regulations" |
| Assisted Suicide | Unknown | Alan has made no clear stance on this issue Alan stated "kids should never be afraid to go to school we are passed due for gun regulations" |
| Government Interference | Unknown | Alan does not have a clear stance on this issue |
| Planned Parenthood | For | Alan was endorsed by planned parenthood action fund and has stated his support for planned parenthood and women's reproductive rights. |
| Welfare | Nuance | Alan supports welfare to an extent Alan supports raising minimum wage so welfare isn't used to bail out corporations that don't pay a living wage, but can still be there for citizen that need it. |
| Welfare | Unknown | Alan has made no clear stance on this issue |
| Death Penalty | Against | Alan does not support the death penalty. He stated in his criminal justice reform that he will push abolishing the death penalty. |
| Mandatory Prison Sentence | Against | Alan has stated ending mandatory prison sentences and ending mandatory minimum prison sentences. |
| Military Spending | Unknown | Alan has no clear stance on this issue. |
| War on Terrorism | Unknown | Alan has made no clear stance on this issue. |
| Foreign Policy International Interaction | Unknown | Alan Has made no clear stance on this issue N/A |
| United Nations power | Unknown | Alan has made no clear stance on this issue |
| Nationalism | Unknown | Alan has made no clear stance on this issue. |
| Free Markets | For | Alan supports a free market Alan stated a "free market sparks innovative and economic growth" |
| Brexit | Unknown | Alan has no clear stance on this issue |
| Affirmative Action | Unknown | Alan has made no clear stance on this issue |
| Government Spending | Against | Alan stated he wanted accountability in government and fight to reduce wasteful spending |
| Charter Schools | Unknown | Alan has made no clear stance on this issue |
| Common Core | Unknown | N/A Alan has made no clear stance on this issue. |
| Clean Energy | For | Alan supports clean energy initiatives Alan proposes a plan to have 100% clean energy by 2035 |
| Religious Freedom | Unknown | N/A Has made no clear stance on this issue. |
| Separation of Church and State | Unknown | Alan has made no clear stance on this issue |
| Slavery Reparations | Unknown | Alan has made no clear stance on this issue |
| Border Control | Unknown | N/A Alan has made no clear stance on this issue |
| Passenger Profiling | Unknown | Alan has made no clear stance on this issue |
| DACA | Unknown | Alan has no clear stance on this issue |
| Sanctuary Cities | Unknown | Alan has no clear stance on this issue |
| Legalizing Marijuana | Against | Alan stated " cannabis is still classified as a schedule 1 drug" |
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