Georgette Gómez
Bio | Gómez serves as San Diego City Council President. She has made progressive strides in her role and took early action on coronavirus. |
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 CA-53 | CA-53 | Yes | Running | 24.0% |
Campaign Financing | The majority of Gomez's campaign financing comes from large individual contributions, 68%, whereas the next largest portion comes from PAC contributions, at 17%. source: https://www.opensecrets.org/races/summary?cycle=2020&id=CA53 |
Voting Rights | Gomez does not yet have a clear stance on voting rights. |
Opinions on Issues
Issues | Stance | Summary |
| Universal Healthcare | For | Gomez wants to extend enrollment periods for the Affordable Care Act and make Medicare for All more widely available. Gomez supports accessible, affordable, and universal healthcare.Gomez wants to increase coverage for my individuals especially given the COVID-19 pandemic. Source: https://georgettegomez.org/georgettes-bold-plan-for-america/ |
| Socialized Healthcare | Unknown | Gomez does not have a clear stance. |
| Private Healthcare | Unknown | Gomez has not made a statement on private healthcare. |
| LGBT Rights | For | Gomez is the first LGBTQ politician elected to San Diego City Council and she supports LGBT rights. Gomez believes in LGBT rights and equality for the entire community. Source: https://georgettegomez.org/ |
| Taxes | For | Gomez wants congress to repeal tax cuts for the wealthy and for big corporations. This is to prevent them from using tax loopholes for profit. Gomez supports taxes specifically for millionaires and big corporations. Source: https://georgettegomez.org/georgettes-bold-plan-for-america/ |
| Flat Tax Rate | Unknown | Gomez has made no statement. Gomez supports taxes specifically for millionaires and big corporations. Source: https://georgettegomez.org/georgettes-bold-plan-for-america/ |
| Abortion | Unknown | Gomez has not made a statement. |
| Gun Control | For | As a strong supporter of gun control, Gomez wants tougher universal background checks, banning military assault weapons and gun show loopholes.The NRA voted her 0%. As City Council President, she worked on passing a gun safety law that required trigger locks on guns.Source: https://jasoncrowforcongress.com/values/ Gomez is passionate about implementing gun control legislation and sees it as crucial to ensuring the safety of Americans. Source: https://jasoncrowforcongress.com/values/ |
| Assisted Suicide | Unknown | Gomez has not made a statement. Gomez is passionate about implementing gun control legislation and sees it as crucial to ensuring the safety of Americans. Source: https://jasoncrowforcongress.com/values/ |
| Government Interference | Unknown | Gomez has not made a statement. |
| Planned Parenthood | Unknown | Gomez has not made a statement. |
| Welfare | Unknown | Gomez has not made a statement. Gomez does support affordable housing, as well as protecting social security and medicare. Source: https://georgettegomez.org/issues/ |
| Welfare | Unknown | Gomez has not made a stance. |
| Death Penalty | Unknown | Gomez has not made a statement. |
| Mandatory Prison Sentence | Unknown | Gomez has not made a statement. |
| Military Spending | Unknown | Gomez has not made a statement. |
| War on Terrorism | Unknown | While Gomez has not made a firm statement on the specifically the War on terrorism, she supports the Muslim community against islamophobia. Source: https://timesofsandiego.com/opinion/2020/05/22/a-message-of-support-for-san-diegos-muslim-americans-during-ramadan/ |
| Foreign Policy International Interaction | Unknown | Gomez has not made a statement. |
| United Nations power | Unknown. | Gomez has not made a statement. |
| Nationalism | Unknown | Gomez has not made a statement. |
| Free Markets | Unknown | Gomez has not made a statement. |
| Brexit | Unknown | Gomez has not made a statement. |
| Affirmative Action | Unknown | Gomez has not made a statement. |
| Government Spending | Unknown | Gomez has not made a statement. |
| Charter Schools | Unknown | Gomez has not made a statement. |
| Common Core | Unknown | Gomez has not made a statement. |
| Clean Energy | For | Gomez supports the Green New Deal and pushes for full implementation of San Diego's landmark climate Action Plan. Gomez aims to create clean energy jobs and tackle the climate crisis. Source: https://georgettegomez.org/issues/ |
| Religious Freedom | Unknown | Gomez has not made a statement. |
| Separation of Church and State | Unknown | Gomez has not made a statement. |
| Slavery Reparations | Unknown | Gomez has not made a public stance yet. |
| Border Control | Against | Opposes increased border security, and has proposed a resolution that opposed Trump's plans to build a wall along the U.S-Mexico border. She wants to reinstate DACA and eliminate the travel ban directed to the Muslim community. Source: https://georgettegomez.org/issues/ She wants to reduce illegal and immoral deportations and defend immigrants and refugees, believing the immigration system to be broken and exploitative. |
| Passenger Profiling | Unknown | Gomez has not made a public stance yet. |
| DACA | For | Gomez wants to re-establish DACA. Source: https://georgettegomez.org/issues/ |
| Sanctuary Cities | For | Gomez has supported making San Diego a sanctuary city. Source: https://www.kpbs.org/news/2016/apr/27/san-diego-district-9-candidates-join-fairmount-deb/ |
| Legalizing Marijuana | For | Gomez supports federal legalization of marijuana. Source: https://georgettegomez.org/issues/ |