New Jersey US House District 2 Choose 1
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What are the most important challenges facing our country, and how do you propose to address them?
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What policies would you support to ease the cost of living and strengthen long-term economic stability for families in this district?
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What changes would you support to make healthcare and mental health services more affordable, accessible, and easier to navigate?
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What is your position on immigration reform? What do you think the relationship between federal immigration enforcement and state or local government institutions should be?
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What is your stance on access to abortion and other reproductive healthcare? And what roles should the federal government and the states each play on reproductive healthcare?
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What actions would you support to strengthen climate resilience and protect infrastructure and neighborhoods from the impact of extreme weather?
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What measures do you support to expand voter access and restore trust in our elections?
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Biographical Information
What are the most important challenges facing our country, and how do you propose to address them?
Candidate has not yet responded.
What policies would you support to ease the cost of living and strengthen long-term economic stability for families in this district?
Candidate has not yet responded.
What changes would you support to make healthcare and mental health services more affordable, accessible, and easier to navigate?
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What is your position on immigration reform? What do you think the relationship between federal immigration enforcement and state or local government institutions should be?
Candidate has not yet responded.
What is your stance on access to abortion and other reproductive healthcare? And what roles should the federal government and the states each play on reproductive healthcare?
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What actions would you support to strengthen climate resilience and protect infrastructure and neighborhoods from the impact of extreme weather?
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What measures do you support to expand voter access and restore trust in our elections?
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terrireesefornjcd2@gmail.com
Campaign phone
(609) 241-9061
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@reese_terr84373
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What are the most important challenges facing our country, and how do you propose to address them?
There really are so many that I place them into three distinct "buckets": Purpose, People, and Planet.
"Purpose" is restoring the fundamental role of the government: to protect the people and make life better for them. That means Congress needs to take back its powers: the power of the purse, the power to declare war, and the power to oversee the Executive branch. If Congress cannot regain its Constitutionally given powers, then we will not be able to get anything done moving forward.
"People" encompasses the various affordability crises that we are currently experiencing across every aspect of our lives. We need to enact a federal minimum LIVING wage tied to inflation, restore the ACA subsidies for health care, and ban price gouging across industries (oil & gas, utilities, housing costs, groceries).
And "Planet" where we protect our natural resources, invest in infrastructure upgrades in both transportation and renewable energy, and pursue responsible corporate investment.
What policies would you support to ease the cost of living and strengthen long-term economic stability for families in this district?
Affordability is the central issue in this district, with wages that have not kept up with rising costs.
I support raising the federal minimum wage to a true living wage indexed to inflation, expanding affordable housing, including smaller homes and “missing middle” options, and providing low-interest, first-time owner programs that encourage home ownership.
We must remove the Social Security payroll tax cap and fully index benefits to inflation so seniors don;t get left behind or lose benefits. After a lifetime of work, no one should be forced into poverty on fixed incomes that don’t cover basic needs.
I support ending subsidies for corporations that don’t provide living wages and benefits, breaking up monopolies that drive price gouging, and incentivizing corporate investment that creates good-paying local jobs.
Finally, I support tax relief like eliminating federal income tax on the first $45,000 of income and expanding the child tax credit to put money back in people’s pockets.
What changes would you support to make healthcare and mental health services more affordable, accessible, and easier to navigate?
We need to start with Medicare for All as a pathway to a true universal healthcare system. That begins by expanding ACA subsidies and allowing anyone to buy into Medicare, broadening the risk pool while lowering costs.
Coverage must be comprehensive, including dental, vision, hearing, prescriptions, reproductive care, and long-term care, and equitable across gender, race, and culture.
We also need to prioritize preventative care, including mental health screenings as a standard part of annual checkups starting as early as age five, thereby moving away from the current structure of emergency care and crisis management.
Access will be improved by expanding community health centers, growing the mental health workforce, integrating mental health into primary care, and investing in telehealth and mobile clinics. We also need simpler systems that provide clear pricing, less paperwork, and easier navigation so people can actually understand and access their benefits and care.
What is your position on immigration reform? What do you think the relationship between federal immigration enforcement and state or local government institutions should be?
With the $170 billion allocated in the "One Big Beautiful Bill" to militarize our immigration systems, we could easily invest in compassionate immigration reform that is orderly, humane, and provides a path to citizenship.
Some steps we can take are:
• Creating a clear pathway to legal status and citizenship for long-term residents
• Fixing asylum processing so it is fair, timely, and functional
• Aligning immigration policy with labor needs while preventing exploitation
Immigration law is federal law, but local governments should not be turned into extensions of federal immigration enforcement in a way that undermines public trust. When local institutions become an extension of federal enforcement that is rooted in punishment and cruelty, people stop reporting crimes, seeking healthcare, or engaging with schools, making communities less safe.
Ultimately, we need to come to grips as a nation and address our actions over the last 100 years that lie at the root of mass migration.
What is your stance on access to abortion and other reproductive healthcare? And what roles should the federal government and the states each play on reproductive healthcare?
Abortion is healthcare. Period. Full stop.
Reproductive healthcare decisions belong to patients in consultation with their doctors, not politicians. There are no laws regulating healthcare for men and their bodies, which are potentially a matter of life and death. Women require the same respect and autonomy over their own bodies and decisions.
I fully support and will fight for:
• Protecting access to abortion nationwide by
codifying protections at the federal level so rights are not dependent on geography
• Ensuring access to contraception, prenatal care, and reproductive health services
• Protecting the doctor-patient relationship from political interference
States do play a role in healthcare delivery, but fundamental rights should not vary from state to state. As I have mentioned to relatives who are "pro-life", we are all Americans, and there are some inalienable rights that apply to us all, and reproductive health care is one of those rights.
What actions would you support to strengthen climate resilience and protect infrastructure and neighborhoods from the impact of extreme weather?
Our district is surrounded by water on three sides, with low-lying areas and high water tables, so we feel the impacts of flooding, storms, and climate change directly.
I support major investment in beach replenishment, resilient infrastructure, including stormwater systems, flood mitigation, and grid upgrades. We must work with the Army Corps of Engineers and climate scientists to implement real protections for coastal and flood-prone communities facing sea level rise and extreme weather.
We also need to speed-up out transition to renewable energy while creating local union jobs to manufacture components here at home, and update building codes so new development is climate resilient by default.
Additionally, we need strong federal, state, and local partnerships for disaster preparedness and recovery that actually reach impacted communities quickly. Investing in prevention and resilience saves more than its initial costs.
What measures do you support to expand voter access and restore trust in our elections?
We need to be making it easier for people to vote, not harder, and every vote should be counted transparently and fairly.
I support passing the John Lewis Voting Rights Act, expanding vote-by-mail at a national level, promoting early voting, and implementing automatic and same-day voter registration. We should also restore voting rights for people who have completed their sentences and enact strong protections against partisan gerrymandering.
We must also address the influence of money in politics by moving toward a publicly funded campaign finance system, removing the power of Super PACs and dark money, and ensuring equitable media access for all candidates. That includes revisiting standards like the Fairness Doctrine.
We need to promote stronger civic, government, and media literacy education so people can fully engage in our democracy with understanding and knowledge.
Biographical Information
What are the most important challenges facing our country, and how do you propose to address them?
Candidate has not yet responded.
What policies would you support to ease the cost of living and strengthen long-term economic stability for families in this district?
Candidate has not yet responded.
What changes would you support to make healthcare and mental health services more affordable, accessible, and easier to navigate?
Candidate has not yet responded.
What is your position on immigration reform? What do you think the relationship between federal immigration enforcement and state or local government institutions should be?
Candidate has not yet responded.
What is your stance on access to abortion and other reproductive healthcare? And what roles should the federal government and the states each play on reproductive healthcare?
Candidate has not yet responded.
What actions would you support to strengthen climate resilience and protect infrastructure and neighborhoods from the impact of extreme weather?
Candidate has not yet responded.
What measures do you support to expand voter access and restore trust in our elections?
Candidate has not yet responded.
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info@winderforcongress.com
Campaign phone
(609) 947-0285
Facebook Page
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@Winder4Congress
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What are the most important challenges facing our country, and how do you propose to address them?
Right now our most important issues are corruption in our government, the affordability crisis, and how we tackle questions regarding AI. Donald Trump and his cronies have presided over the most corrupt administration in our nation's history that has led to an affordability emergency, with tariffs that are crippling our economy making everyday costs skyrocket for our families. His war has done the same, bringing the price of gas at the pump perilously close to $5/gallon! And he’s allowed the big tech oligarchs to rush full steam ahead, with sweetheart deals that allow them to offset the cost of their data centers right into the utility bills of hardworking Americans.
My plan is to roll back Trump's tariffs and bring them back under the control of the Congress and end his war on the American consumer, introduce legislation that will end stock trading by members of congress and prevent the president from self-enrichment, and implement common sense regulations on AI data centers.
What policies would you support to ease the cost of living and strengthen long-term economic stability for families in this district?
We must lower costs for working families and end Trump’s war on the American consumer. I’ll fight to crack down on corporate landlords and private equity driving up housing costs, cut utility bills by stopping monopoly rate hikes, and require large AI and energy users to pay their fair share. I support a moratorium on data center development until ratepayer protections are in place. We need to invest in South Jersey farmers to lower grocery prices, restore Congress’s tariff authority to stop reckless price hikes, protect Social Security, strengthen Medicare and Medicaid, and pass paid family leave so no one has to choose between a paycheck and caring for family.
What changes would you support to make healthcare and mental health services more affordable, accessible, and easier to navigate?
Our healthcare system is broken. We need to pass reforms to ensure healthcare is affordable, accessible, and focused on delivering for working-class Americans and not on corporate profit margins. I will reverse harmful Medicaid cuts, restore ACA tax credits, and support legislation to protect coverage and lower costs so families don’t skip care or fall into medical debt. We must take on the corporate greed driving our outrageous healthcare costs by expanding Medicare’s ability to negotiate drug costs and passing reforms to make prescriptions more affordable. I will protect and strengthen Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security, expand Medicare to include dental, vision, and hearing, and invest in local clinics to reach South Jersey communities that have long been underfunded and overlooked. Integrating mental health into primary care and simplifying access will ensure every American can get the care they need.
What is your position on immigration reform? What do you think the relationship between federal immigration enforcement and state or local government institutions should be?
I believe in common sense immigration reform. What that means is that we need a safe and secure border that keeps drugs from getting trafficked in and ensures that only those with a non-violent record are eligible to cross as well as a pathway to citizenship for those who have been here for over 10-years and have no violent, criminal record. At the same time, what we are seeing from the Trump administration doesn’t represent who we are. We need to reign in ICE who are increasingly acting as the personal enforcement arm of the Trump admin and are making the jobs of local law enforcement exponentially more difficult. Having “officers” who only have 47-days of training is irresponsible. I believe that we should be deporting undocumented peoples who have violent criminal records, but that process should be done while respecting all peoples rights and by allowing local law enforcement, who know their communities best, to take the lead, with their jurisdictions respected.
What is your stance on access to abortion and other reproductive healthcare? And what roles should the federal government and the states each play on reproductive healthcare?
Simply put, politicians should not stand between women and their healthcare choices. I support a woman’s right to an abortion and believe that the government shouldn’t be an impediment to a woman’s access to her reproductive healthcare. Roe v. Wade needs to be codified nationally. Access to IVF needs to be strengthened as well.
What actions would you support to strengthen climate resilience and protect infrastructure and neighborhoods from the impact of extreme weather?
South Jersey communities are some of the most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change and have the most to lose if we don’t invest in our communities. Encroaching seas are threatening our shores. Droughts are threatening our farmers and making our Pinelands more vulnerable to wildfires. We must invest in infrastructure and protections that keep South Jersey’s communities safe from extreme weather. That means increasing funding for resilient coastal and municipal infrastructure, defending the Pinelands, waterways, and open spaces from overdevelopment, and ensuring no major energy or construction projects move forward without meaningful local consultation. I will fight to provide federal grants to municipalities and law enforcement to combat illegal dumping and pollution. By taking a proactive, community-focused approach, we can safeguard our neighborhoods, preserve our natural resources, and reduce the long-term risks climate change poses to our communities.
What measures do you support to expand voter access and restore trust in our elections?
American democracy is under assault. Restoring trust starts with making every vote count and ensuring leaders serve the people, not special interests. I support passing the Freedom to Vote Act to protect ballot access, end partisan gerrymandering, and strengthen election security so elections outcomes reflect the will of the American people and not our politicians. To rebuild trust in government, we must pass the Protect Our Democracy Act to reinforce Congressional oversight, protect whistleblowers, close bribery loopholes, and require transparency from senior officials. I also back the Restore Trust in Congress Act to ban stock trading by members and their families, and I’ve taken the American Promise pledge to overturn Citizens United, ensuring elections can never be bought.