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Minnesota US House District 2

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    Matt Little
    (DFL)

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    Eric Pratt
    (Rep)

Biographical Information

If elected, what will your top three priorities be and why? (750 characters)

What will you do to support a vibrant economy across the United States, and to address inflation? (500 characters)

What, if any, actions would you take to address threats facing the United States due to climate change? (500 characters)

What, if anything, should our country do to ensure a secure social safety net for all, including access to food, housing, education and medical care? (500 characters)

What measures do you support to improve and secure elections, and to ensure voting access in our country? (500 characters)

How do you view your responsibilities as a congressperson and what will you do to fulfill them? (500 characters)

What if anything do you think should be done to reform our federal court system? (500 characters)

Campaign Twitter Handle @LittleCongress
Campaign Email BOB@LITTLEFORCONGRESS.COM
Affordability, health care, and fighting corruption.

The American dream is slipping away. Housing, child care, college, and groceries have risen faster than income for decades – not from a lack of resources, but from an excessive concentration of wealth and power. I’ll build more housing, expand the Child Tax Credit, and make the wealthiest pay their fair share.

Healthcare can’t be fixed by tinkering. We need Medicare for All – a system that rewards good outcomes rather than insurance company stock prices. The 250 million Americans facing 2026 premium hikes can’t wait..

And we need the strongest anti-corruption laws in American history: no stock trading in Congress, no trading Qatari jets for political favors, no dark money.
We need a new social contract for what we owe each other. I’ll build more housing of all types to close the home shortage, expand the Child Tax Credit and childcare subsidies, establish universal pre-K, cap student loan interest at 2%, and close loopholes used exclusively by the ultra-wealthy. I’ll defend the right to organize – strong unions raise wages for union and non-union workers alike. And I’ll reject reckless tariffs that hurt farmers and manufacturers while raising consumer prices.
Climate change is the existential issue of our time, and it's already here – damaging our farms, ski resorts, and snowmobile industry. I’ll work to rejoin the Paris Agreement, restore tax incentives for renewable energy, EVs, and grid modernization. I’ll hold the richest companies int the world accountable as they try to build data centers in Minnesota, requiring environmental guardrails so they must use clean energy, cooling, and construction.
I’ll oppose cuts to Medicaid and SNAP and work toward Medicare for All as a right, not a privilege. I’ll raise the cap on Social Security taxation to stabilize the trust fund, oppose raising the retirement age, and restore the SSA staffing DOGE gutted. 73 million Americans depend on those checks, and they earned them. I’ll also defend and expand ACA subsidies, fight corporate price-gouging, let Medicare negotiate drug prices, and build housing at the scale the shortage demands.
I support the Freedom to Vote Act, the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, and the Voter Empowerment Act – automatic, same-day, and online registration, adequate early and absentee voting, an end to voter caging and intimidation, and restored voting rights after a sentence is served. I support the DISCLOSE and Honest Ads Acts, small-dollar matching funds, banning super PAC-candidate coordination, FEC reform, and a constitutional amendment overturning Citizens United. (477 characters)
Congress has ceded far too much power to the executive branch. My first responsibility is taking it back: closing oversight loopholes, clarifying budget and spending rules, protecting the independence of inspectors general, and setting clear limits on domestic military deployment. My second is accountability to constituents, not donors – so I’ll reject corporate PAC and AIPAC money, host town halls, make my official schedule public, and refuse to trade individual stocks while in office.
I support the Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency Act: a binding code of conduct, disclosure standards for gifts and income, mandatory recusal when a party lobbied for a justice's confirmation or gave gifts to their family, and disclosure of who funds amicus briefs. I’ll work to advance qualified, diverse judicial nominees who reflect the public – including lawyers with backgrounds protecting workers’ rights – and oppose clearly unqualified nominees.
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