California — 44th District

Nanette Barragán

Supports raising minimum wage and worker protections

Barragán focuses on strengthening the middle class by increasing the federal minimum wage, guaranteeing equal pay for equal work, and creating good-paying jobs with benefits. She supports job training programs and clean energy economic investments, while voting for targeted tax relief measures for working families.

• Advocates raising the federal minimum wage above $7.25 per hour
• Pushes for equal pay legislation for women and workforce protections
• Voted for the Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act of 2024
• Voted against Republican reconciliation and debt-limit bills

“In Congress, Nanette is fighting for working people. That means protecting American jobs, bringing more good-paying jobs with benefits to our community, raising the minimum wage, and guaranteeing equal pay for equal work.”

Genevieve Angel

Supports lower costs, tax relief, and business deregulation

Angel emphasizes reducing inflation, lowering the cost of living, and stopping tax increases for District 44 families facing high housing, food, and fuel expenses. She advocates deregulation for small businesses to expand economic opportunity and restore financial stability.

• Highlights median home prices of $713,000 and 26 percent 5-year grocery inflation in District 44
• Opposes gasoline excise tax increases compounding pressure on working families
• Pushes deregulation for small businesses and fiscal responsibility to reduce inflation

“Affordability is essential because it determines basic quality of life, financial stability, and access to necessities like housing, food and healthcare.”

Nanette Barragán

Supports Medicare expansion and prescription drug price reduction

Barragán advocates strengthening Medicare and Social Security against benefit cuts while working to lower out-of-pocket prescription drug costs. As a member of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, she supported enabling Medicare to negotiate drug prices under the Inflation Reduction Act.

• Serves on the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health
• Supported the Inflation Reduction Act to allow Medicare drug price negotiations
• Opposes cutting or privatizing Medicare and Social Security programs
• Voted for the Social Security Fairness Act of 2023

“Whether it’s through Medicare or Social Security, hardworking seniors who’ve paid in their entire lives deserve the security of knowing these programs will be there when they need them.”

Genevieve Angel

Supports system efficiency and reducing out-of-pocket costs

Drawing on her background as a Family Nurse Practitioner and healthcare executive, Angel advocates healthcare reform focused on lowering out-of-pocket expenses and improving system efficiency. She highlights risks to District 44 residents facing coverage losses and premium spikes.

• Brings 30 years of local clinical experience as a Family Nurse Practitioner and healthcare executive
• Focuses on preventing loss of health coverage for 47,222 District 44 residents
• Aims to reduce out-of-pocket medical and prescription drug expenses
• Advocates better care delivery for seniors and veterans

“Increased out-of-pocket costs often lead individuals to delay or forgo necessary medical services, including prescription drugs and behavioral health care.”

Nanette Barragán

Supports comprehensive immigration reform and legal pathways

The daughter of Mexican immigrants, Barragán advocates comprehensive immigration reform with a pathway to citizenship and protections for Dreamers. She consistently opposes physical border walls, mass deportations, and restrictive enforcement legislation.

• Supports the DREAM Act and comprehensive immigration reform with citizenship pathways
• Opposes border wall construction and mass deportation policies
• Voted NO on the Secure the Border Act of 2023 (H.R. 2)
• Voted NO on the Laken Riley Act and DUI-based deportation legislation

“We need to focus on solutions like the comprehensive Immigration Reform bill that already passed the U.S. Senate with bipartisan support.”

Genevieve Angel

Supports border security and fair legal pathways

Angel advocates border security alongside fair, practical legal pathways tailored to District 44's 32 percent foreign-born population. She calls for pragmatic immigration policies that balance enforcement with local community realities.

• Prioritizes securing borders while maintaining fair legal pathways
• Emphasizes practical policies tailored to a district where over 15 percent of residents are non-citizens
• Supports real-world immigration reform balancing security with community integration

“Secure borders, Fair legal pathways, Policies that work in the real world”

Nanette Barragán

Supports school discipline reform and justice equity

Barragán emphasizes addressing civil rights disparities in criminal justice, advocating reforms to dismantle the school-to-prison pipeline affecting youth of color. She opposes Republican enforcement bills that expand mandatory federal detentions or deportations.

• Advocates creative discipline alternatives to eliminate the school-to-prison pipeline
• Voted YES on federal marijuana decriminalization under the MORE Act
• Voted NO on mandatory immigration detention and deportation bills

“Addressing the school-to-prison pipeline created by the disparity in school discipline that disproportionately impacts children of color.”

Genevieve Angel

Supports law enforcement accountability and addressing crime trends

Angel emphasizes strengthening community safety and law enforcement accountability to address local crime increases, including elevated rates of aggravated assault and retail shoplifting in Los Angeles County. She advocates effective enforcement to protect residents and businesses.

• Highlights a 23.1 percent increase in aggravated assault and a 48 percent increase in shoplifting since 2019
• Advocates community safety protocols, effective enforcement, and accountability
• Focuses on property crime, auto theft, and arson trends in District 44

“Public safety is primarily impacted by violent crime and property crime, which have shown significant shifts.”

Nanette Barragán

Supports renewable energy transition and fighting pollution

Barragán serves on the House Energy and Commerce Committee and actively fights climate change by advocating a transition to clean, renewable energy. She led local efforts against offshore oil drilling in Santa Monica Bay and opposes subsidies for toxic polluters.

• Serves on the House Energy and Commerce Committee
• Led opposition to Measure O to prevent oil drilling in Santa Monica Bay
• Pushes to eliminate corporate polluter tax breaks to fund clean energy jobs
• Voted NO on the Lower Energy Costs Act (H.R. 1)

“She will fight to combat climate change and work to transition us to clean, renewable energy.”

Genevieve Angel

Focuses on energy price affordability

Angel addresses energy policy primarily through household economic affordability, opposing fuel tax increases that compound financial pressure on local families. She focuses on lowering utility and gasoline costs rather than federal environmental mandates.

• Opposes rising gasoline excise taxes compounding family financial strain
• Frames energy issues around household cost of living and inflation reduction

“Food prices rose 3.1%, while energy prices increased 0.2%. Over five years, California grocery costs have risen 26%, and gasoline excise taxes are expected to increase further, compounding the pressure on families.”

Nanette Barragán

Supports early education funding and college affordability

Barragán views public education as a vital equalizer, advocating expanded funding for early childhood education in low-income communities of color. She supports making college affordable or free-to-low-cost, relieving student loan debt, and expanding vocational trade schools.

• Advocates early childhood education funding for low-income communities of color
• Supports free-to-low-cost college tuition and student debt relief
• Pushes for expanded access to vocational training and trade skills
• Provided pro bono legal advocacy for children with special education needs

“Education is the foundation of our nation. It’s a right — not just a privilege afforded to America’s wealthy.”

Genevieve Angel

Supports educational freedom and focus on academics

Angel advocates educational freedom and a primary focus on core academic instruction in schools. She lists educational choice and academic focus among her key personal policy passions to strengthen families.

• Supports educational freedom and parental choice in schooling options
• Advocates prioritizing core academic subjects in public education
• Identifies educational choice as essential for strengthening the nuclear family

“Focus on Academics.”

Nanette Barragán

Supports federal abortion rights and reproductive care funding

Barragán is a staunch defender of abortion rights and reproductive freedom. She advocates protecting federal healthcare funding for family planning services and defends constitutional protections for reproductive choices.

• Pledges to defend a woman's right to choose abortion
• Opposes federal funding cuts to reproductive health and family planning programs
• Endorsed by Equality California and progressive advocacy groups

“We must defend a woman’s right to choose.”

Genevieve Angel

Supports pro-life policy principles

Angel lists the right to life among the core policy areas she is personally passionate about in her candidate survey responses. She aligns with conservative organizations on pro-life policy values.

• Lists Right to Life as a core policy passion in candidate survey disclosures
• Endorsed by conservative voter groups including Reform California and LA GOP

“Right to Life”

Nanette Barragán

Supports expanding VA benefits and veteran mental health

Having family members who served overseas, Barragán prioritizes high-quality VA healthcare and comprehensive benefits for veterans. She focuses on addressing PTSD, service-connected disability rehabilitation, civilian job placement, and combatting veteran homelessness.

• Advocates streamlined VA benefit access and improved healthcare delivery
• Focuses on PTSD treatment, disability rehabilitation, and mental health funding
• Pushes federal funding for affordable housing to combat veteran homelessness

“In Congress, Nanette will be a champion for our veterans to ensure they are treated with dignity and she advocate for them to receive high quality service and comprehensive benefits to address their daily challenges.”

Genevieve Angel

Supports improved care for seniors and veterans

Angel includes better care for seniors and veterans among her top policy passions. She connects healthcare system efficiency directly to serving veteran healthcare needs.

• Identifies care for seniors and veterans as a key policy commitment
• Advocates healthcare system reform to improve veteran service delivery

“Better Care for our Seniors and Veterans”

Nanette Barragán

Supports diplomacy and restricting military force

Barragán favors a foreign policy anchored in international diplomacy and restricting the unnecessary use of military force to save lives and taxpayer dollars. At the same time, she supports maintaining international leadership and backing democratic allies like Israel.

• Advocates diplomacy and restricting military intervention to avoid foreign conflicts
• Supports democratic allies abroad, including Israel
• Voted NO on the NDAA for Fiscal Years 2024 and 2025 in the House

“Congress needs to pledge to uphold America’s presence internationally, while striving for diplomacy and peace by restricting the use of military force in order to save American lives and taxpayer dollars.”

Genevieve Angel

Supports peace through strength

Angel advocates a national defense philosophy based on peace through strength. She lists a strong international defense posture among her key policy interests.

• Identifies Peace Through Strength as a primary foreign policy commitment
• Supports maintaining robust defense capabilities to deter international threats

“Peace Through Strength”