Alex's Background
Alex became the youngest and first openly gay mayor of this city when he was elected at age 22.
What is Holyoke, Massachusetts?
The healthcare platform Alex is running on.
What is Medicare for All?
Richard Neal is the chairman of this committee
What is the Ways and Means Committee?
This is the date of the democratic congressional primary in Massachusetts
What is September 1st, 2020?
This party has a majority in the House of Representatives.
What is the Democratic Party?
Alex and his siblings were raised in Holyoke after his parents met and fell in love where?
Holyoke Public Housing Project
In Congress, Alex will fight to raise the minimum wage to this.
What is $15?
How many years has Neal been an incumbent?
What is 30 years?
What is the biggest city in MA-01?
What is Springfield, MA?
This woman is the first female speaker of the House.
Who is Nancy Pelosi?
Since Alex took office in Holyoke, crime has decreased by what percent?
More than 40 percent
Alex will oppose these education policies that help create the school-to-prison pipeline and ultimately serve to harm students of color and LGBTQ+ students.
What are zero tolerance policies?
Neal opposes Medicare for All and the Green New Deal claiming that they are?
What is too expensive?
It’s safe to say that MA-01 is a safe Democratic seat; this is the last election a Republican was elected in MA-01
What is 1990?
What has the House done for Medicare For All?
What is “sat on it” (first introduced in 2003, but never passed)?
During his time as mayor, Alex implemented policies that helped increase graduation rates by what percent?
50 percent
Alex hopes to overturn this 2010 Supreme Court decision which led to an exponential increase in election spending by the world’s wealthiest people.
What is Citizens United?
What percent of Neals donations are less than $200 or from within his district?
What is less than 1%?
This is the median income for MA-01
What is $55,465?
This congressman collected the most corporate campaign money out of all U.S. representatives in 2020.
Who is Richie Neal?
Under Alex’s leadership in Holyoke, the city has transitioned to what percent of energy coming from clean energy sources.
92 percent
To help the fight against climate change, Alex will invest in this farming and grazing practice which rebuilds soil’s organic matter and restores biodiversity.
What is regenerative farming?
Neal used his power to halt this act, which would require pharmaceutical companies to disclose information about drug price hikes and stop surprise medical bills.
What is the Lower Health Care Costs Act?
When will voters receive vote by mail applications and when are they due?
What is July 15th and August 26th
The likely chair of Ways and Means when Neal is ousted.
Who is Lloyd Dogget?