Chris Duncan, SD-36 candidate, 2026 primary election questionnaire

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

62% : California must lead on both innovation and regulation.
56% : And I support ensuring that state-funded healthcare institutions provide the full scope of care, including gender-affirming services, without religious or ideological exemptions that deny patients access.
55% : That said, the transition away from fossil fuels must be managed carefully to protect consumers.
54% : But any regulation must be carefully crafted to avoid cutting off young people, including LGBTQ+ youth, from online communities and resources that provide essential support.
53% : Cutting public education funding below the Proposition 98 guarantee is a non-starter.
47% : We should eliminate ineffective corporate tax credits that cost billions without delivering promised economic benefits.
45% : Funding should come from a combination of sources: closing corporate tax loopholes, implementing employer responsibility fees on large corporations whose workers rely on public healthcare programs, and, where necessary, asking the wealthiest Californians to contribute more.
44% : The state should ensure that gender-affirming care is available and free from discrimination.
43% : We should close loopholes that allow multinational corporations to shift California profits out of state to avoid taxes.
43% : We cannot let the clean energy transition become a cost burden on working families.
41% : The state should work to stop ICE from conducting mass, indiscriminate raids on non-criminals, separating children from their parents, and targeting people in hospitals, churches, and schools.
41% : Yet public concerns remain that there aren't enough regulations governing when or how AI should be used, and that the technology would replace jobs and leave too many Californians unemployed.
39% : Cutting school funding to close a deficit created in part by corporate tax loopholes would be unconscionable.
38% : Similarly, I will not support cuts to Medi-Cal or safety net programs at the exact moment the federal government is slashing Medicaid and shifting healthcare costs onto states.
38% : If the federal government cuts Medicaid funding through H.R. 1 or other measures, California must backfill those losses rather than abandoning patients.

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