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Karen Ortiz

Independent

Ensuring Health Care for All

Ortiz supports Medicare for All to ensure universal access to affordable, quality healthcare including gender-affirming care, abortion, fertility treatments, vaccinations, and full-service dental care. She believes healthcare should not be tied to employment and that politicians should not interfere in personal healthcare decisions.

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Protecting Immigrants and Defending Civil Rights

Ortiz argues that ICE has repeatedly violated the Constitution and due process, with over 30 deaths in custody in 2025. She believes ICE cannot be rehabilitated and must be dismantled and abolished, and that Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem should be held accountable.

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Strengthening Rights and Protections for the LGBTQ+ Community

Ortiz pledges to introduce legislation that fully protects the rights of LGBTQIA+ people, homeless people, incarcerated people, and non-citizens. She wants to codify case law such as Bostock v. Clayton County and disparate treatment analysis to shore up civil rights protections.

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Fighting Back Against Trumpism

Karen Ortiz believes it is Congress's duty to impeach, convict, and remove Donald Trump for unconstitutional actions and violations of his oath. She vows to introduce Articles of Impeachment on Day One if elected.

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Arms embargo on Israel

Ortiz calls for an arms embargo on Israel and an end to U.S. tax dollars funding what she describes as genocide of Palestinians and attacks on civilians. She advocates drastically reducing the military budget and redirecting funds to domestic needs.

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No public position yet on Improving Public Safety and Quality of Life, Tackling Affordability, Holding Big Tech Corporations Accountable and Putting Safeguards on AI, Strengthening our Public Schools and Colleges, Energy Production, Stopping Corruption, Restoring a Principled, Lawful, and Effective Foreign Policy, Housing Affordability, Championing Reproductive Health and Freedom, Tax and Spending, Leading on Climate Change and Environmental Protection, End Legal Loan-Sharking, Economic Growth and Opportunity, Economic Empowerment, Combating Hate Crimes and Antisemitism, University Accountability: Defund the Bloat, Clean Streets Block Grants, Crisis Beds and Smart Relocation, A Real War on Waste, Zero Fees for Small Businesses, Make the MTA Work & Demand Accountability for Congestion Pricing

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