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Establish a single-payer Medicare for All system that replaces most private health insurance.
unclear: universal coverage = P01 unclear (pkg33 precedent)
Official campaign positionLong term, we should move toward universal, affordable coverage that guarantees access while ensuring fiscal responsibility and sustainability.
Create a public health-insurance option that competes with private plans.
Research found no documented position. This is not opposition.
Raise the federal minimum wage to at least $15 an hour.
Research found no documented position. This is not opposition.
Expand the Child Tax Credit beyond current law, in amount or refundability.
Research found no documented position. This is not opposition.
Impose or expand rent regulation (rent caps, rent control or rent stabilization), at any level of government.
Research found no documented position. This is not opposition.
Use federal policy to loosen local zoning and land-use rules so more housing gets built.
Pledges to cut red tape that blocks new homes and cites restrictive regulations in some communities; no zoning or land-use mechanism.
Official campaign positionCut unnecessary red tape that blocks new homes.
Enact legal protections for workers against replacement or displacement by AI, such as notice, bargaining rights or limits on replacement.
support: protect Americans' jobs from AI; government must act if AI threatens jobs (rule 12, no mechanism needed; new question Q33-G)
If AI threatens American jobs, our privacy, our security, or the well-being of our communities, then government has a responsibility to act.
US weapons to Israel: support or oppose
Says he could not support sending further military aid to Israel.
But after witnessing what we’ve seen, I could not support sending further military aid to Israel.
Increase federal funding for border security and enforcement (CBP, barriers, technology, personnel).
support: border technology and sufficient personnel (Chapin reading, item 51)
We need a secure border, modern technology, sufficient personnel, and an immigration system that is organized, efficient, and fair.
Limit new data-centre construction, including AI data centres, or make operators pay the full cost of the power, water and grid upgrades they use.
support: campaign site calls for limits on new data-centre construction, local power to reject projects, or operators paying their own power/water/grid costs
Official campaign positionEnd taxpayer subsidies for data centers.
None documented yet.
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Candidate statement
But after witnessing what we’ve seen, I could not support sending further military aid to Israel.
AMA with Colby Watson, Democratic candidate for U.S. House District 8 (r/Charlotte), reply by u/ColbyWatsonNC · 2026-09-24 · Evidence grade A
Five questions, each answered only from the candidate’s own words, their campaign’s published position, a joint statement they issued, or a recorded House vote. Any condition or limit they attached is shown with the quote. “No public position found” means a reviewed search of their campaign site and official statements found nothing; it is not a position. This section is not scored against any group and does not feed the DSA Scare-O-Meter.
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