Ballotpedia, Michael Kripchak

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Believes sector-wide unions and government-backed programs will benefit businesses.

Supports strong worker's unions and collective bargaining. 

Supports establishing a minimum wage that is "indexed to a 40hr work week" to address underemployment.

Plans to change the hourly wage standards that enforce an hourly minimum wage that is indexed to a 40-hour work week to address underemployment.

Plans to direct the Department of Agriculture to invest in scientific innovations for sustainable farming practices, particularly to reduce fertilizer use, which he says is "one of the biggest contributors to greenhouse emissions."

Plans to have the Department of Agriculture invest in scientific innovations for sustainable farming practices, especially fertilizer use. 

Plans to create "new collar" manufacturing jobs that are safe, well-paid, and require advanced skills but not advanced degrees.

Wants to create well-paying manufacturing jobs that require having advanced skills, not an advanced degree. 

Believes the loss of manufacturing jobs to countries like China is irreversible without drastically lowering American wages.

Believes manufacturing jobs of "our grandparents" had moved "off to China and...the Far East."

Believes the tech sector boom benefits only California and New York, while the Heartland's manufacturing suffers due to GOP obstruction. Plans to legislate programs that bring federal dollars into the 6th district to ensure local prosperity.

Believes the technology sector disproportionately "helps tech companies and venture capitalists in California and financial institutions and private equity firms in New York" and harms the Midwest. 

Supports creating an advanced materials manufacturing hub in the Ohio River Valley to foster high-tech manufacturing small businesses.

Wants to develop an advanced materials manufacturing hub in the Ohio River Valley to help create small businesses in that industry. 

Plans to revitalize the mining and steel industries in the 6th district.

Plans to revitalize the mining and steel industries in the 6th District.

- Supports strong worker's unions and collective bargaining. 
- Plans to change the hourly wage standards that enforce an hourly minimum wage that is indexed to a 40-hour work week to address underemployment.
- Plans to have the Department of Agriculture invest in scientific innovations for sustainable farming practices, especially fertilizer use. 
- Wants to create well-paying manufacturing jobs that require having advanced skills, not an advanced degree. 
- Believes manufacturing jobs of "our grandparents" had moved "off to China and...the Far East."
- Believes the technology sector disproportionately "helps tech companies and venture capitalists in California and financial institutions and private equity firms in New York" and harms the Midwest. 
- Wants to develop an advanced materials manufacturing hub in the Ohio River Valley to help create small businesses in that industry. 
- Plans to revitalize the mining and steel industries in the 6th District.

Economy

Supports Medicare for All, saying "Your health and well-being should not be tied to your employment status."

Plans to work with Democrat colleagues to expand Medicare coverage to reduce medical costs.

Believes that "a woman's body is NOT the domain of the Government," and supports access to abortion.

Believes "guaranteeing your healthcare is the bare minimum the federal government can do. Americans should live, not merely survive."

Supports legislation that protects the right to life for women and maintains the life of a viable fetus, with medical exemptions for maternal health even post-viability.

Supports legislation prioritizing a women's health during their pregnancy over the fetus, but supports protecting the fetus once outside the womb. 

- Supports Medicare for All, saying "Your health and well-being should not be tied to your employment status."
- Plans to work with Democrat colleagues to expand Medicare coverage to reduce medical costs.
- Suppots access to abortion.
- Believes "guaranteeing your healthcare is the bare minimum the federal government can do. Americans should live, not merely survive."
- Supports legislation prioritizing a women's health during their pregnancy over the fetus, but supports protecting the fetus once outside the womb. 

Healthcare

Believes Republicans in the State Legislature have "slashed government subsidies for essential services like police, EMT, and administrative functions."

Believes landowners have the freedom to act as they wish on their property, but also have a responsibility for their actions and that officials must inform them of risks and protect them from fraud.

Believes landowners have the freedom to act as they wish on their property, but are held accountable for anything that happens there. 

Believes in prioritizing civic engagement and listening to constituents to understand their concerns.

Supports civic engagement and listening to constituent's questions. 

Supports elevating the standard of judicial review for sex discrimination cases to "strict scrutiny" by reviving the Equal Rights Amendment.

Supports reviving and advancing the Equal Rights Amendment, believing that it will help reform women's rights and sex discrimination. 

Believes in encouraging community involvement by connecting youth with local volunteer organizations for leadership and mentorship opportunities.

Wants youth to be involved in the community by connecting them with local volunteer organizations for leadership and mentorship opportunities.

- Believes Republicans in the State Legislature have "slashed government subsidies for essential services like police, EMT, and administrative functions."
- Believes landowners have the freedom to act as they wish on their property, but are held accountable for anything that happens there. 
- Supports civic engagement and listening to constituent's questions. 
- Supports reviving and advancing the Equal Rights Amendment, believing that it will help reform women's rights and sex discrimination. 
- Wants youth to be involved in the community by connecting them with local volunteer organizations for leadership and mentorship opportunities.

Public Safety

Believes in strengthening the Diplomatic Corps, expanding international aid, and leading in global organizations.

Wants to strengthen the Diplomatic Corps, expand international aid, and recommit to being leaders of international organizations. 

Believes in restoring U.S. military strength by revitalizing Ohio factories.

Wants to restore U.S. "military might depleted...by Republican leadership" by revitalizing Ohio factories.

Believes in restoring the diplomatic corps and expanding international aid to counter "Communist Chinese influence."

Watns to expand international aid to counter "Communist Chinese influence."

Supports America being a "reliable partner and friend to all Free Peoples of the World" and believes in helping both ourselves and our allies "bathe in the Light of Liberty."

Wants the US to "live up to our own standards and be an example of the world...".  

- Wants to strengthen the Diplomatic Corps, expand international aid, and recommit to being leaders of international organizations. 
- Wants to restore U.S. "military might depleted...by Republican leadership" by revitalizing Ohio factories.
- Watns to expand international aid to counter "Communist Chinese influence."
- Wants the US to "live up to our own standards and be an example of the world...".  

Foreign Policy and Immigration

Believes fossil fuels are a major security threat and opposes the idea that energy independence through fracking is possible.

Believes fossil fuels are "the single greatest security threat to our Nation."

Believes state land should be protected for all Ohioans and opposes selling it to "foreign agents."

Believes state land should be protected "to the benefit of all Ohioans" and opposes selling it to other countries.

Supports initiating the "MARIETTA PROJECT" to commercialize fusion energy, believing it will spur economic growth and benefit Ohio's industries.

Wants to establish the "MARIETTA PROJECT," which would use federal funds to commercialize fusion energy. 

Believes investments in infrastructure will create "a robust and resilient America."

Believes investing in infrastructure will create "a robust and resilient America."

Plans to instruct the Department of Interior to create a water resource management plan that includes building aqueducts to prevent flooding and alleviate droughts.

Plans to have the Department of Interior create a water resource management plan that includes building aqueducts to prevent flooding and drought worries for farmers. 

Plans to advocate for Congress to mandate the Department of Housing and Urban Development or other cabinet agencies to set minimum standards for municipalities to provide essential utilities such as electricity, heat, water, sewage, and broadband.

Plans to advocate for Congress to mandate the Department of Housing and Urban Development or other cabinet agencies to set minimum standards for municipalities to provide essential utilities such as electricity, heat, water, sewage, and internet access.

Believes all people deserve "clean water, clean air, access to food, electricity, sewage, good roads, public transport, and fast internet."

Believes all people deserve basic necessities, essential infrastructure, and public services. 

Believes rural broadband infrastructure is essential for farmers to use modern agricultural technology and is committed to ensuring its rollout.

- Believes fossil fuels are "the single greatest security threat to our Nation."
- Believes state land should be protected "to the benefit of all Ohioans" and opposes selling it to other countries.
- Wants to establish the "MARIETTA PROJECT," which would use federal funds to commercialize fusion energy. 
- Believes investing in infrastructure will create "a robust and resilient America."
- Plans to have the Department of Interior create a water resource management plan that includes building aqueducts to prevent flooding and drought worries for farmers. 
- Plans to advocate for Congress to mandate the Department of Housing and Urban Development or other cabinet agencies to set minimum standards for municipalities to provide essential utilities such as electricity, heat, water, sewage, and internet access.
- Believes all people deserve basic necessities, essential infrastructure, and public services. 
- Believes rural broadband infrastructure is essential for farmers to use modern agricultural technology and is committed to ensuring its rollout.

Energy & the Environment

Supports ending gerrymandering and plans to legislate that citizens, not politicians, determine district lines.

Wants to end gerrymandering and for citizens to determine district lines, not politicians. 

Supports overturning Citizens United, passing the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, and changing Federal Election Commission voting access standards to be per capita.

Wants to overturn Citizens United by passing the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act and changing the Federal Election Commission's access standards to be on a per capita, not an administrative basis. 

Believes in strengthening voting rights and expanding voting access.

Plans to work to strengthen voting rights and expand voting access.

Believes claims of stolen or insecure elections are false and spread by "Republican politicians backed by Russian money."

- Wants to end gerrymandering and for citizens to determine district lines, not politicians. 
- Wants to overturn Citizens United by passing the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act and changing the Federal Election Commission's access standards to be on a per capita, not an administrative basis. 
- Plans to work to strengthen voting rights and expand voting access.
- Believes claims of stolen or insecure elections are false and spread by "Republican politicians backed by Russian money."

Voting & Elections

Opposes school vouchers, believing they divert funds from local public schools.

Opposes school vouchers and diverting funds from public schools to other educational institutions. 

Supports vocational training for students who want to enter the workforce directly.

Believes in moving away from "teaching to the test" and instead focusing on practical life skills and community-based civics education.

Wants to move away from focusing on testing and prioritize practical life skills and community-based civics education.

Supports free school lunches made from locally grown foods and free afternoon school programs focusing on liberal arts, music, art, and physical fitness.

Supports free school lunches made from locally grown foods and free afternoon school programs that focus on liberal arts, music, art, and physical fitness.

Believes the First Amendment does not require absolute separation of church and state. Supports accommodating religious activities in public schools.

Supports allowing religious expression in public schools. 

Believes the current funding method for public schools in Ohio, which relies on property taxes, is illegal according to the State Constitution, and criticizes their opponent for worsening the issue and failing to address it.

Believes the current funding method for public schools in Ohio, which relies on property taxes, is "illegal according to the State Constitution."

Believes the district's aging demographics and the trend of young citizens leaving for other states after college graduation indicate a need for improvement in local education.

Believes the district's aging demographics and trends of young adults leaving for other states after college indicate a need to improve local education.

Opposes legislation that enforces strict separation of church and state.

Opposes enforcing a strict separation of church and state.

Believes all American children deserve equal educational opportunities regardless of location.

Believes all American children deserve equal educational opportunities regardless of where they live. 

- Opposes school vouchers and diverting funds from public schools to other educational institutions. 
- Supports vocational training for students who want to enter the workforce directly.
- Wants to move away from focusing on testing and prioritize practical life skills and community-based civics education.
- Supports free school lunches made from locally grown foods and free afternoon school programs that focus on liberal arts, music, art, and physical fitness.
- Supports allowing religious expression in public schools. 
- Believes the current funding method for public schools in Ohio, which relies on property taxes, is "illegal according to the State Constitution."
- Believes the district's aging demographics and trends of young adults leaving for other states after college indicate a need to improve local education.
- Opposes enforcing a strict separation of church and state.
- Believes all American children deserve equal educational opportunities regardless of where they live. 
- Believes teachers need more resources.

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Believes the "economy is about to collapse because Washington DC got addicted to spending, debt, and market manipulation."

- Supports small businesses.
- Believes the "economy is about to collapse because Washington DC got addicted to spending, debt, and market manipulation."

Said, "Islam is not a religion of peace. It’s a cult of conquest and death."

- Opposes gun control.
- Said, "Islam is not a religion of peace. It’s a cult of conquest and death."

Believes the Israel and Palestine conflicts are not "America’s problem."

- Believes the Israel and Palestine conflicts are not "America’s problem."

Opposes allowing non-citizens to vote in US elections.

- Supports election integrity.
- Opposes allowing non-citizens to vote in US elections.

Michael A. Rulli

- Your US Representative represents the interests of your district in the US House of Representatives, the lower house of Congress. Ohio currently has 15 US Representatives.
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- Representatives are elected to two-year terms. To hold this office, a candidate must be a legal resident of Ohio, and have been a citizen of the United States for 7 years. US Representatives are paid a salary of $174,000/year.