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U.S. Representative, 16th Congressional District
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Justin Wagner

Candidate for U.S. Representative, 16th Congressional District

Democratic

Background

Occupation
Senior automation engineer
Lives in
Greenville, Mercer County
Campaign website
justinwagnerforcongress.com

Senior automation engineer and U.S. Army veteran who deployed to Iraq in 2006 and later served in the Army Reserves with the 377th Engineer Company in Butler. He is a past member of the UAW and IBEW.

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Photo: Campaign photo — Justin Wagner for Congress

Documented positions

Taxes & budget

  • Calls for closing 2017 tax law loopholes and taxing wealth like wages to fund district infrastructure and jobs.

    Platform - Justin Wagner For Congress

    Campaign website · Justin Wagner For Congress · Make Taxation Fair Again · justinwagnerforcongress.com

    “We need to close the 2017 loopholes, tax wealth like we tax hard work, and reinvest that money into PA-16 infrastructure and jobs. … I will vote to pass tax policy that does not allow working-class families to pay a higher tax rate than billionaires.”
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Public safety

  • Supports universal background checks and federal red flag laws with judicial due process protections.

    Wagner says law-abiding citizens have a right to bear arms and calls for prosecuting straw purchasers and gun traffickers.

    Platform - Justin Wagner For Congress

    Campaign website · Justin Wagner For Congress · You have a right to bear arms · justinwagnerforcongress.com

    “If you buy a firearm, you should pass a background check—plain and simple. … Any federal framework must include strict judicial due process protections”
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Education

  • Opposes school vouchers that reduce public school funding; supports fully funding Title I and special education.

    Platform - Justin Wagner For Congress

    Campaign website · Justin Wagner For Congress · World-Class Education · justinwagnerforcongress.com

    “I do not support school vouchers that take away from public school funding. … I will sponsor and champion legislation to fully fund Title I schools, special education, and preschool programs.”
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Housing

  • Supports banning hedge funds and private equity firms from buying single-family homes, and the ROAD to Housing Act.

    Platform - Justin Wagner For Congress

    Campaign website · Justin Wagner For Congress · Decisive Action on the Housing Crisis · justinwagnerforcongress.com

    “we need to ban hedge funds and private equity firms from buying single-family homes. … I support the passage of The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act”
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Economy & jobs

  • Supports raising the federal minimum wage and tying it to inflation.

    Wagner also says he would support the PRO Act and expanded apprenticeship and training programs.

    Platform - Justin Wagner For Congress

    Campaign website · Justin Wagner For Congress · Guarantee a Living Income … Stand with Unions · justinwagnerforcongress.com

    “It’s long past time to raise the federal minimum wage — and tie it to inflation … In Congress, I’ll support the PRO Act to protect the right to organize and put real penalties on union-busters.”
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Environment & parks

  • Supports a moratorium on building data centers until they can be made sustainable and safe.

    Wagner also says he would push to cut emissions, invest in clean energy jobs, and strengthen the Clean Air and Clean Water Acts.

    Platform - Justin Wagner For Congress

    Campaign website · Justin Wagner For Congress · Data Centers … Defend Our Air, Water, Land, and Climate · justinwagnerforcongress.com

    “Until the technology is readily available to make these facilities sustainable and safe, I will vote for a moratorium on building them. … I'll also fight to protect and strengthen the Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act.”
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Health & human services

  • Opposes raising the Social Security retirement age or cutting benefits; supports lifting the payroll tax cap.

    Wagner says he would co-sponsor the Social Security Expansion Act (S. 770 / H.R. 1700).

    Platform - Justin Wagner For Congress

    Campaign website · Justin Wagner For Congress · Protect and Expand Social Security · justinwagnerforcongress.com

    “I will flatly oppose any effort to cut benefits, raise the retirement age, or privatize the system. … lift the payroll tax cap so the wealthiest Americans pay into the system at the same rate as everyone else”
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  • Supports the Medicare for All Act and opposes cuts to Medicare and Medicaid.

    Wagner also says he would sponsor legislation to protect ACA coverage-denial rules, cap out-of-pocket costs and have Medicare negotiate drug prices.

    Platform - Justin Wagner For Congress

    Campaign website · Justin Wagner For Congress · Expand Medicare. Defend Medicaid. · justinwagnerforcongress.com

    “I will co-sponsor and vote to pass The Medicare For All Act (H.R. 3069). … I will oppose any cuts to Medicare or Medicaid and fight to strengthen both programs.”
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    “Eventually, we do want to move towards a Medicare-for-all system.”
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Government & transparency

  • Pledges to hold at least one in-person town hall in the district every month if elected.

    Platform - Justin Wagner For Congress

    Campaign website · Justin Wagner For Congress · Townhall promise · justinwagnerforcongress.com

    “I will hold at least one in-person Townhall in our district every month.”
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  • Supports 12-year congressional term limits and a ban on members of Congress trading individual stocks.

    Wagner says he signed a pledge that also includes a five-year lobbying moratorium for former members, overturning Citizens United, an enforceable Supreme Court ethics code, and refusing corporate PAC money.

    Platform - Justin Wagner For Congress

    Campaign website · Justin Wagner For Congress · Defend Democracy … Defend Democracy · justinwagnerforcongress.com

    “I will vote to limit service to a maximum of 12 years total—6 terms in the House and 2 terms in the Senate. … Ban Members of Congress from Trading Stocks”
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Other issues in this race

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

  • Roads & infrastructureNo documented position found.

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