Ballotpedia, Randy Cravens

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Randy was born in Paducah and lives in Richmond with his family. He earned a degree in business management from Western Governors University.

Randy works as a major incident manager at American Airlines.

Randy Cravens ran for the U.S. House in 2022, but did not win.

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Believes in modifying the federal tax code to discourage "flipping" single-family homes and hoarding multiple units for short-term rentals.

Supports modifying the federal tax code to discourage "flipping" single-family homes and hoarding multiple units for short-term rentals.

Believes normalizing pricing and inventory for domestic single-family homes will help more people achieve home ownership, "the first step of the American Dream."

Believes Washington officials should focus more on "regular folks" struggling financially, rather than on banks posting record profits.

Prioritizes focusing more on "regular folks" struggling financially, rather than on banks posting record profits.

Believes in finding bipartisan agreement on agriculture policy.

Supports taxing corporate stock buybacks and "windfall taxation of excessive corporate profits."

Wants to increase the federal minimum wage to $18 an hour.

Supports enhancing protections for workers who join unions and participate in collective bargaining.

- Supports modifying the federal tax code to discourage "flipping" single-family homes and hoarding multiple units for short-term rentals.
- Believes normalizing pricing and inventory for domestic single-family homes will help more people achieve home ownership, "the first step of the American Dream."
- Prioritizes focusing more on "regular folks" struggling financially, rather than on banks posting record profits.
- Believes in finding bipartisan agreement on agriculture policy.
- Supports taxing corporate stock buybacks and "windfall taxation of excessive corporate profits."
- Wants to increase the federal minimum wage to $18 an hour.
- Supports enhancing protections for workers who join unions and participate in collective bargaining.

Economy

Supports opening Medicare as a public option for all Americans, funded by pre-tax dollars for wage earners.

Supports abortion and wants to "restore Roe v. Wade as the law of the land" and supports suspending the Senate filibuster to achieve this goal.

Wants to "restore Roe v. Wade as the law of the land" and supports suspending the Senate filibuster to achieve this goal.

Believes in funding and establishing a free online resource to provide real-time pharmaceutical stock levels and pricing information at commercial pharmacies.

Supports funding and establishing a free online resource to provide real-time pharmaceutical stock levels and pricing information at commercial pharmacies.

Believes in reforming pharmaceutical patent law and establishing a government agency under the FDA to manufacture medications that are in chronic shortage or have been abandoned by private industry.

Said, "Private healthcare has no business taking American tax dollars and Medicare contributions to add another layer of cost and bureaucracy to the provision of our healthcare services."

- Supports opening Medicare as a public option for all Americans, funded by pre-tax dollars for wage earners.
- Wants to "restore Roe v. Wade as the law of the land" and supports suspending the Senate filibuster to achieve this goal.
- Supports funding and establishing a free online resource to provide real-time pharmaceutical stock levels and pricing information at commercial pharmacies.
- Believes in reforming pharmaceutical patent law and establishing a government agency under the FDA to manufacture medications that are in chronic shortage or have been abandoned by private industry.
- Promises to fight for IVF protections.
- Said, "Private healthcare has no business taking American tax dollars and Medicare contributions to add another layer of cost and bureaucracy to the provision of our healthcare services."

Healthcare

Believes in expanding the Supreme Court to one Justice for each of the 13 federal Circuit Courts to "restore balance to an extremist Court in its current composition."

Supports codifying the protections of Obergefell v. Hodges to guarantee the right to civil marriage for all consenting adults, regardless of sexual orientation.

- Believes in expanding the Supreme Court to one Justice for each of the 13 federal Circuit Courts to "restore balance to an extremist Court in its current composition."
- Supports codifying the protections of Obergefell v. Hodges to guarantee the right to civil marriage for all consenting adults, regardless of sexual orientation.

Public Safety

Said, "We must walk this diplomatic tightrope [of geopolitical instability] in a unified manner on all levels of government, and with clarity of the stakes and reality of the situation, unclouded by the influence of foreign propaganda."

- Said, "We must walk this diplomatic tightrope [of geopolitical instability] in a unified manner on all levels of government, and with clarity of the stakes and reality of the situation, unclouded by the influence of foreign propaganda."

Foreign Policy and Immigration

Supports supplemental funding for the Department of Energy to identify sites and rapidly construct new nuclear power generation facilities, including in historic coal regions like Kentucky, to decarbonize power generation and support next-generation technologies such as carbon capture, AI data centers, and climate control.

Supports nuclear energy and believes that with the right people in Washington, D.C., federal red tape for nuclear permitting will be reduced.

- Supports supplemental funding for the Department of Energy to identify sites and rapidly construct new nuclear power generation facilities, including in historic coal regions like Kentucky, to decarbonize power generation and support next-generation technologies such as carbon capture, AI data centers, and climate control.
- Supports nuclear energy and believes that with the right people in Washington, D.C., federal red tape for nuclear permitting will be reduced.

Energy & the Environment

Supports a 15-year term for judges on the supreme or inferior courts, with the option for voluntary resignation or removal under specific terms.

Advocates term limits for all elected federal officials.

- Supports a 15-year term for judges on the supreme or inferior courts, with the option for voluntary resignation or removal under specific terms.
- Advocates term limits for all elected federal officials.

Voting & Elections

Supports providing biannual grants to public school teachers based on the Federal Poverty Level to ensure no teacher earns a "poverty wage."

Prioritizes allowing teachers to collectively bargain and providing them competitive salaries.

Supports prohibiting the allocation of federal funds to private schools.

Wants to support small and family-owned farms in contributing towards school lunches.

- Supports providing biannual grants to public school teachers based on the Federal Poverty Level to ensure no teacher earns a "poverty wage."
- Prioritizes allowing teachers to collectively bargain and providing them competitive salaries.
- Supports prohibiting the allocation of federal funds to private schools.
- Wants to support small and family-owned farms in contributing towards school lunches.

Education

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As of September 4, 2024, Randy Cravens’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Supports amending the Constitution to change the length of judicial service.

Wants to address legislative backlogs to ensure future success for the next generation.

Believes the current moment in history is marked by significant threats to democracy, climate change, housing affordability, global tensions, and loss of privacy and medical autonomy.

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