Val Almonord
Bio | Val Almonord ran for the U.S. House to represent Georgia’s 3rd Congressional District in 2020. |
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 GA-03 | GA-03 | Yes | Running | N/A |
Campaign Financing | The majority of Almonord's financing comes from individual contributions and self-financing, with no contributions coming from PACs. Source: https://www.opensecrets.org/races/candidates?cycle=2020&id=GA03&spec=N |
Voting Rights | Almonord actively supports a just voting system, advocating for accessible voting for all regardless of their various identities and advocating against any form of disenfranchisement. Source: https://almonordforcongress.com/equality/ |
Opinions on Issues
Issues | Stance | Summary |
| Universal Healthcare | Nuance | Almonord has not explicitly endorsed universal health coverage, however he is a strong proponent of expanding healthcare coverage and making it more affordable and accessible. Source: https://almonordforcongress.com/healthcare/ To expand healthcare coverage, Almonord advocates for upholding and strengthening the ACA, protecting individuals with pre-existing conditions, expanding Medicare and Medicaid, and ensuring affordable and quality care for the elderly and poor and rural areas. Source: https://almonordforcongress.com/healthcare/ |
| Socialized Healthcare | For | Almonord favors several policy decisions that would expand healthcare coverage by allocating government funds towards vulnerable and marginalized individuals and communities. This includes supporting the ACA, expanding Medicare and Medicaid, ensuring the elderly and those living in poor and rural areas get quality health coverage, and focusing on mental health and women's health issues. Source: https://almonordforcongress.com/healthcare/ |
| Private Healthcare | Nuance | While Almonord has not expressed support for doing away with private healthcare insurance altogether, he does express concern over the inaccessibility and high cost of care under the current healthcare system and wishes to instate a more expansive, inclusive system. Source: https://almonordforcongress.com/healthcare/ |
| LGBT Rights | For | Almonord favors legislation and reform efforts to protect and support the LGBT community, particularly trans women of color. Source: https://almonordforcongress.com/equality/ Almonord's goals in protecting the LGBT community include protecting LGBT individuals from violence and harassment, making healthcare more accessible, ensuring fair treatment within the criminal justice system, and supporting the fight for LGBT rights globally as well as nationally and regionally. Source: https://almonordforcongress.com/equality/ |
| Taxes | Nuance | Almonord favors a more progressive system of taxation that lifts the burden of high tax rates off of working-class families. Source: https://almonordforcongress.com/economy/ Almonord does not support tax cuts for the wealthy. Instead, he advocates for tax cuts for the working-class and higher tax rates for those with higher incomes. Source: https://almonordforcongress.com/economy/ |
| Flat Tax Rate | Against | Almonord supports higher taxation on the wealthy and tax cuts for working-class folks and families. Source: https://thegoodparty.org/elections/candidate/house/valbrun-almonord/1206 Almonord does not support tax cuts for the wealthy. Instead, he advocates for tax cuts for the working-class and higher tax rates for those with higher incomes. Source: https://almonordforcongress.com/economy/ |
| Abortion | For | Almonord supports women's health issues and believes women have a right to make their own healthcare decisions. Source: https://almonordforcongress.com/equality/ Almonord is endorsed by Vote Pro-Choice and has expressed support for women's autonomy in making their own healthcare decisions outside of government interference. Source: https://almonordforcongress.com/endorsements/, https://almonordforcongress.com/equality/ |
| Gun Control | For | Almonord has not elaborated on his vision for gun control legislation, however he has expressed concern over violence towards vulnerable groups and abuse of violence by public defenders and advocates a weapon-free learning environment for students. Source: https://almonordforcongress.com/justice/, https://almonordforcongress.com/equality/. https://almonordforcongress.com/education/ Almonord supports monitoring of the public defender system to protect against potential abuses of power, and wants to prevent hate crime, violence, and harassment towards vulnerable groups, especially LGBT folks and people of color. Source: Source: https://almonordforcongress.com/justice/, https://almonordforcongress.com/equality/ |
| Assisted Suicide | Unknown | No clear stance on issue. Almonord supports monitoring of the public defender system to protect against potential abuses of power, and wants to prevent hate crime, violence, and harassment towards vulnerable groups, especially LGBT folks and people of color. Source: Source: https://almonordforcongress.com/justice/, https://almonordforcongress.com/equality/ |
| Government Interference | For | Almonord supports government interference on a variety of issues, such as medical aid, unemployment relief, protections for LGBT folks and women, and environmental protections and regulations, just to name a few. Source: https://almonordforcongress.com/issues/ |
| Planned Parenthood | For | Almonord supports the right of women to make their own healthcare decisions and is endorsed by Vote Pro-Choice as an active proponent of women's reproductive rights. Source: https://almonordforcongress.com/equality/. https://almonordforcongress.com/endorsements/ |
| Welfare | For | Almonord favors welfare measures for a variety of issues such as healthcare, economic relief, women and gender equality, and labor rights. Source: https://almonordforcongress.com/issues/ Welfare measures supported by Almonord include the expansion of Medicare and Medicaid, the strengthening of the Affordable Care Act, widespread unemployment relief and the creation of green jobs, and tuition-free and reduced-cost tuition for individuals and families who are in need of economic assistance. Source: https://almonordforcongress.com/issues/ |
| Welfare | Unknown | No clear stance on issue. |
| Death Penalty | Unknown | No clear stance on issue. |
| Mandatory Prison Sentence | Nuance | Almonord hasn't disclosed much on his views on mandatory sentencing, however he is in favor of increasing the criminal penalties for hate crimes and harassment aimed towards individuals based on their race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, religion, or disability. Source: https://almonordforcongress.com/justice/ |
| Military Spending | Unknown | No clear stance on issue. |
| War on Terrorism | Unknown | No clear stance on issue. |
| Foreign Policy International Interaction | Unknown | No clear stance on issue. |
| United Nations power | Unknown | No clear stance on issue. |
| Nationalism | Unknown | No clear stance on issue. |
| Free Markets | Nuance | Almonord supports government interference in the economy to the extent that it stimulates economic growth and prosperity without completely overhauling the capitalist system. Source: https://almonordforcongress.com/economy/ A few economic interventions Almonord favors are more unemployment relief, economic aid to working families, workplace and consumer protections, and the strengthening and support of labor unions. Source: https://almonordforcongress.com/economy/ |
| Brexit | Unknown | , |
| Affirmative Action | Nuance | Although Almonord has not directly addressed the issue of Affirmative Action, he has very adamantly supported racial justice measures and the expansion of economic opportunities. Source: https://almonordforcongress.com/issues/ |
| Government Spending | For | Almonord supports government spending on initiatives related to the expansion of healthcare coverage, labor protections and regulations, the stimulation of the economy through the creation of jobs and unemployment relief, reduced cost of education, environmental protections, the creation of green jobs, and renewable/clean energy. Source: https://almonordforcongress.com/issues/ |
| Charter Schools | Unknown | No clear stance on issue. |
| Common Core | Unknown | No clear stance on issue. |
| Clean Energy | For | Almonord supports clean energy advancements and environmental regulations to protect the environment and vulnerable communities. Source: https://almonordforcongress.com/environment/ Almonord is for clean energy advancements, environmental equality for marginalized communities, and protective legislation and against offshore drilling and coal ash pollution. Source: https://almonordforcongress.com/environment/ |
| Religious Freedom | For | Almonord has voiced support for equality and justice under the law regardless of beliefs, background, or identity, and has expressed concern over discrimination and injustice due to these factors. Source: https://almonordforcongress.com/justice/ Almonord seeks to increase punishments for anyone who discriminates against or harasses anyone based on their beliefs or background, seeing it as a fundamental human right and individual liberty. Source: https://almonordforcongress.com/justice/ |
| Separation of Church and State | Unknown | No clear stance on issue. |
| Slavery Reparations | Nuance | Although Almonord has not directly addressed the issue of slavery reparations, he is committed to a closer monitoring of law enforcement, defending marginalized groups from discrimination and harassment, and opposing disenfranchisement. Source: https://almonordforcongress.com/justice/ |
| Border Control | Unknown | No clear stance on issue. |
| Passenger Profiling | Against | Almonord is committed to racial justice and against any act that discriminates against and oppresses individuals based on their race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, disability, or religion. He also advocates for a closer monitoring of public defenders and law enforcement to ensure that justice and equality are being upheld. Source: https://almonordforcongress.com/justice/ |
| DACA | Unknown | No clear stance on issue. |
| Sanctuary Cities | Unknown | No clear stance on issue. |
| Legalizing Marijuana | Unknown | No clear stance on issue. |