Chris Janicek
Bio | Chris Janicek is a small business owner from Omaha. He has a background in agriculture. |
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 Senate Election Nebraska 1 | Nebraska 1 | Yes | Running | 0.0% |
Campaign Financing | Janicek has been out-raised by incumbent Sasse by over 5 million dollars. |
Voting Rights | Has not made a specific statement on voting rights, but is supportive of fixing problems by voting. |
Opinions on Issues
Issues | Stance | Summary |
| Universal Healthcare | For | Janicek has shown support for a universal healthcare plan. Supports a universal healthcare plan that involves everyone paying a percentage of their income. Believes that people can have private insurance if they want. |
| Socialized Healthcare | For | Janicek supports a single payer system that provides affordable and accessible healthcare. |
| Private Healthcare | For | He believes that people can have private insurance, but that there needs to be universal healthcare as well. |
| LGBT Rights | For | Janicek has shown support for the LGBT community. Janicek supports legalization of same sex marriage and gay couple adoption rights. He believes in equal rights for all without discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender. |
| Taxes | For | Does not support tax cuts. Says he would support a higher corporate tax rate with small cuts of 1% to individual rates. Is very against tax cuts that go to benefit the wealthy population. |
| Flat Tax Rate | Unknown | Has not made a clear statement on flat tax rates Says he would support a higher corporate tax rate with small cuts of 1% to individual rates. Is very against tax cuts that go to benefit the wealthy population. |
| Abortion | For | Janicek is pro-choice He believes it is the woman's right to choose. He proposed providing free or low cost birth control as well as educating children about sex. |
| Gun Control | For | Janicek supports the second amendment but thinks semi-automatic weapons should be confined to shooting ranges and gun storage. Janicek is a gun owner and does not want to take away the right to have a gun. However, he thinks there needs to be registration, background checks, training and licensing. He believes you should have to show you are responsible to own a gun. |
| Assisted Suicide | Unknown | Janicek has not made a clear statement about his stance on assisted suicide. Janicek is a gun owner and does not want to take away the right to have a gun. However, he thinks there needs to be registration, background checks, training and licensing. He believes you should have to show you are responsible to own a gun. |
| Government Interference | For | Supports federal involvement in healthcare and gun reform. |
| Planned Parenthood | For | He has been endorsed by Planned Parenthood. |
| Welfare | Unknown | Janicek advocates for healthcare reform but does not make any specific statements about welfare N/A |
| Welfare | Unknown | He has not made a statement on stem cell research. |
| Death Penalty | Unknown | He has not made a statement regarding his stance on the death penalty. N/A |
| Mandatory Prison Sentence | Unknown | He has not made a statement regarding his stance on the issue. |
| Military Spending | For | Janicek says it is important to have a strong military in order to keep people and their liberties safe. He supports increasing defense spending. |
| War on Terrorism | Unknown | Janicek has not made a clear statement about the war on terrorism |
| Foreign Policy International Interaction | For | Supports working with foreign trade partners. He wants to initiate more trade negotiations internationally. Many tariffs are harmful to farmers so he wants to open up the trade markets. |
| United Nations power | Unknown | Janicek has not made a statement about the UN. |
| Nationalism | Unknown | He has not made a clear statement on his stance on nationalism. |
| Free Markets | For | Supports opening up the markets. Janicek believes that tariffs are harmful to the agriculture industry. He wants to end tariffs and work out deals with trading partners. |
| Brexit | Unknown | Janicek has not made a statement about Brexit. |
| Affirmative Action | Unknown | Has not made a clear statement about Affirmative Action |
| Government Spending | Against | He believes that government spending is out of control. |
| Charter Schools | Nuance | He is a strong supporter of public schools and believes in funding public education. However, he says that if funding started going to charter schools it would not take any away from the public school system. |
| Common Core | Unknown | Janicek has not made a statement on the issue. N/A |
| Clean Energy | For | Supports investing in clean energy. He wants to invest in clean energy and end reliance on fossil fuels. He is a strong believer in climate change and wants to ensure the people have a planet to live on. |
| Religious Freedom | Against | Opposes protecting people, churches, charities and businesses from discrimination due to religion. Janicek opposes these protections because he believes Human Rights will prevail as a democracy. |
| Separation of Church and State | Unknown | He has not taken a clear stance on the issue. |
| Slavery Reparations | Unknown | Janicek has not made a statement on the issue. |
| Border Control | Against | Supports immigrants and believes we need reform. Janicek opposes collaboration with ICE. He says that immigrants are necessary to work and contribute to the economy. He is against the current system and says it violates human rights. |
| Passenger Profiling | Unknown | Janicek has not made a statement on the issue. |
| DACA | For | Janicek supports strengthening DACA. |
| Sanctuary Cities | Unknown | Janicek has not made a statement on sanctuary cities. |
| Legalizing Marijuana | Unknown | He has not taken a clear stance on the issue. |