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Ace Parsi

Candidate for U.S. Representative, 2nd Congressional District

Democratic

Background

Lives in
Morgantown
Campaign website
aceforcongress.com

Morgantown resident born in Iran whose family fled and immigrated to the U.S. when he was a child; his first job after college was as an AmeriCorps volunteer in a low-income school.

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Documented positions

Taxes & budget

  • Proposes a simpler tax code with fewer loopholes

    Ace's Platform

    Campaign website · Ace Parsi for Congress · aceforcongress.com

    “We need a simpler, more transparent tax system without as many loopholes so that everybody pays their share.”
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Education

  • Opposes vouchers; proposes redirecting funds to public schools

    Ace's Platform

    Campaign website · Ace Parsi for Congress · aceforcongress.com

    “redirect lost funds for vouchers back into public schools”
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Housing

  • Proposes tax incentives and zoning reform for housing

    Ace's Platform

    Campaign website · Ace Parsi for Congress · aceforcongress.com

    “Tax incentives and zoning reform to build more housing so West Virginians can afford to stay in West Virginia”
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Economy & jobs

  • Proposes congressional authority over tariffs

    Ace's Platform

    Campaign website · Ace Parsi for Congress · aceforcongress.com

    “Congress should exercise authority over tariffs so that people don’t pay more at the grocery stores”
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  • Proposes investing $2 per $1 of wages lost to closures

    Ace's Platform

    Campaign website · Ace Parsi for Congress · aceforcongress.com

    “For every $1 in wages lost when a factory closes or a mine shuts down, we will advocate to invest $2 back into that community.”
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Roads & infrastructure

  • Supports universal broadband as a public utility

    Ace's Platform

    Campaign website · Ace Parsi for Congress · aceforcongress.com

    “Broadband: Universal access as a public utility”
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Health & human services

  • Supports rural hospital funding and a single-payer public option

    Ace's Platform

    Campaign website · Ace Parsi for Congress · aceforcongress.com

    “Fund rural hospitals; pursue a single-payer public option”
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  • Supports reversing Big Beautiful Bill cuts to SNAP and Medicaid

    Ace's Platform

    Campaign website · Ace Parsi for Congress · aceforcongress.com

    “Reverse Big Beautiful Bill cuts to SNAP and Medicaid”
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Other issues in this race

Other candidates in this race addressed these topics. We found no documented position from Ace Parsi on them.

  • Public safetyNo documented position found.
  • Government & transparencyNo documented position found.

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