Bob Brooks

Where they stand.

The issues

• End the affordability crisis

  Wants to increase market-rate housing, ban private equity firms from buying up houses and pass the HELPER Act for home loans.

  “Increase the amount of market-rate housing, ban private equity companies from buying up tons of houses and driving up costs, and pass the HELPER Act to extend VA-style home loans to teachers, nurses and first responders.”

  Source for End the affordability crisis, on Bob Brooks’s campaign site (opens in a new tab) ↗

• Build a fair and sustainable healthcare system

  Supports Medicare for All and says he will work to lower drug prices like insulin and expand coverage.

  “I’ll also go to bat to bring down drug prices like insulin and beta-blockers, expand coverage, and make sure every town has the doctors and clinics people actually need.”

  Source for Build a fair and sustainable healthcare system, on Bob Brooks’s campaign site (opens in a new tab) ↗

• Make the rich pay their taxes

  Wants a billionaire minimum tax and repeal of the 2017 tax law's breaks for billionaires and big corporations.

  “We need to pass a billionaire minimum tax: a baseline tax rate the ultra-wealthy can’t dodge.”

  Source for Make the rich pay their taxes, on Bob Brooks’s campaign site (opens in a new tab) ↗

• Raise the minimum wage

  Wants to raise the federal minimum wage and tie it to inflation.

  “We need to raise it, and tie it to inflation.”

  Source for Raise the minimum wage, on Bob Brooks’s campaign site (opens in a new tab) ↗

• End and expose government corruption

  Wants a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United and a ban on stock trading by members of Congress.

  “I’ll fight in Congress to hold people accountable, pass a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United, ban members of Congress from trading stocks, and make sure our government is working for us.”

  Source for End and expose government corruption, on Bob Brooks’s campaign site (opens in a new tab) ↗

• Protect local control over the data center industry

  Wants federal law protecting communities' ability to veto data center proposals and opposes limits on local control.

  “We must pass national legislation that makes these protections federal law, and in Congress, that is what I'll fight for.”

  Source for Protect local control over the data center industry, on Bob Brooks’s campaign site (opens in a new tab) ↗

From Bob Brooks’s campaign website. Summaries are ours; anything in quotation marks is copied word for word from the linked page. Read the full platform (opens in a new tab) ↗

The promises

• HealthClock is ticking

  Support Medicare for All and restore Medicaid funding cuts

  “Restore the cuts to Medicaid and provide Medicare for All”

  Campaign website, Platform page (End the affordability crisis), 2026 campaign · source (opens in a new tab) ↗

• Cost of livingClock is ticking

  Cosponsor the HELPER Act on day one to extend VA-style home loans to teachers, nurses and first responders

  “I mentioned the HELPER Act earlier – it would be a game changer and help millions get low interest VA-style mortgages. I will be a day 1 cosponsor.”

  Campaign website, Platform page (Bring housing costs down in the Lehigh Valley), 2026 campaign · source (opens in a new tab) ↗

• TaxesClock is ticking

  Cosponsor the Medicare and Social Security Fair Share Act, which removes the cap on Social Security payroll taxes

  “I’ll always defend Social Security and will sign on to the Medicare and Social Security Fair Share Act, which removes the cap on Social Security Payroll taxes and increases the net investment income tax by 1.2%.”

  Campaign website, Platform page (Protect social security and retirement benefits), 2026 campaign · source (opens in a new tab) ↗

• OtherClock is ticking

  Pass the PRO Act to make it easier to join a union

  “I’ll make it easier to join a union by passing the PRO Act, crack down on bosses who punish workers, and make sure every worker can fight for a better future.”

  Campaign website, Platform page (Strengthen unions), 2026 campaign · source (opens in a new tab) ↗