U.S. House · District 4 candidate · U.S. Congress · November 3, 2026
Justin Filip
Pacific Green and Progressive nominee.
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As published in their pamphlet statement and campaign site.
In their words
Said: I will be a voice in Congress for those whose interests are often neglected by our government.
Voters’ pamphlet
Candidate statement · Filed for the November 2026 pamphlet; posted by the Secretary of State September 9, 2026; extracted September 21, 2026
Oregon voters’ pamphlet candidate statement · PDF page 21 ↗Verbatim opening of the candidate's own statement; publication by the state does not verify the claims. Nothing was skipped before it.
The verbatim opening of their voters’ pamphlet statement, the same rule for every candidate. We chose nothing.
What they say they would do
Our summary of their platform, in our wordsProposes universal public services, expanded worker protections and substantial redistribution of resources away from military spending.
- Establish a $25 minimum wage, a federal job guarantee and stronger paid-leave rights.
- Provide Medicare for All and move toward public ownership of healthcare and pharmaceutical systems.
- Reduce military spending by 50–75% and nationalize energy and rail systems.
Our reading
Our interpretation, not their wordsNationalizing energy and rail, Medicare for All and a $25 minimum wage are financed in his plan by cutting the military budget by half or more; each is a major bill with no sequencing in the reviewed pages.
Where they stand
Housing and homelessness
Federal housing dollars- What
- Said: Wants federal dollars brought back to the district for the housing and unhoused crisis, and involuntary homelessness abolished.
- How
- Not in their sources
- Measured by
- Not in their sources
Public safety and immigration
Abolish ICE- What
- Said: Would abolish ICE and replace it with an Office of Citizenship, Refugees and Immigration Services, grant amnesty with a path to citizenship, ban private prisons, end qualified immunity and put policing under community oversight boards.
- How
- Said: Replace ICE with an Office of Citizenship, Refugees and Immigration Services; fully staff immigration courts and hire asylum officers; independent oversight boards for police; halt “cop city” expansion.
- Measured by
- Not in their sources
Taxes, spending and your bills
Cut military 50–75%- What
- Said: Would cut tax burdens for families under $75,000, lift the Social Security contribution cap and extend it to capital gains, raise taxes on the ultra-wealthy, set a $25 minimum wage and cut military spending 50 to 75 percent.
- How
- Said: Remove the cap on Social Security contributions for high earners and extend the tax to capital gains and dividends; break up monopolies and ban stock buybacks.
- Measured by
- Said: A $25 minimum wage indexed to inflation and productivity; military spending down 50 to 75 percent.
Transportation, energy and climate
Nationalize energy, rail- What
- Said: Would declare a national climate emergency, pass a Green New Deal, ban fracking and fossil-fuel subsidies, nationalize energy and rail for renewable power and high-speed rail, and ban privately built data centers.
- How
- Said: Redirect 50 to 75 percent of the military budget to climate resilience; public ownership of energy and railroads to drive renewable power and coast-to-coast high-speed rail; climate reparations for frontline communities.
- Measured by
- Not in their sources
The choices this office faces
Every candidate in this race is asked the same 8 questions. Justin Filip is on record on 6, with 2 still open. A question without an answer is a research gap, not a position.
No answer we could findKeep H.R. 1’s Medicaid work rules, six-month renewals and SNAP cuts, or repeal them?
Nothing on this exact choice in the sources we reviewed.
Direct the president to end U.S. military involvement in the war with Iran?
Nothing on this exact choice in the sources we reviewed.
Restore the enhanced Affordable Care Act premium tax credits that expired December 31, 2025?
Said: Would implement a national improved Medicare for All program guaranteeing universal access; he does not say whether he would restore the expired premium tax credits in the meantime.
On the topic; the exact choice is unsaid.
End the tariffs and take tariff power back from the president?
Said: Would establish global fair-trade agreements to protect workers and communities; he does not say whether the current tariffs should end.
On the topic; the exact choice is unsaid.
Fund the $70 billion expansion of ICE and Border Patrol through 2029 (the Secure America Act)?
Said: Would abolish ICE and replace it with an Office of Citizenship, Refugees and Immigration Services, with amnesty and a path to citizenship.
Pass the Fix Our Forests Act: faster thinning and logging on federal forests with shorter windows to sue?
Said: Calls the Fix Our Forests Act a trojan horse for gutting bedrock environmental laws under the guise of wildfire management, and asks the Senate to reject it.
Expand the federal role in housing, from the new ROAD to Housing law to more vouchers and tax credits?
Said: Wants federal dollars brought back to the district for the housing and unhoused crisis and involuntary homelessness abolished; he does not address the ROAD Act, vouchers or tax credits.
On the topic; the exact choice is unsaid.
Should federal policy rein in data centers’ power, water and cost impacts, or keep fast-tracking them?
Said: Would ban privately built data centers, saying they strain the grid, drive up rates and consume massive amounts of water, and calls for public ownership of such infrastructure.
A question the evidence leaves open
How would the transition to public ownership work, what would it cost, and which measures would you pursue first?
Sources (6)
- Filip · platformCandidate statement · Undated page; reviewed September 18, 2026
- 2026 qualified filing · Pacific GreenElection authority · Checked September 18, 2026
- 2026 qualified filing · ProgressiveElection authority · Checked September 18, 2026
- Oregon voters’ pamphlet candidate statement · PDF page 21Candidate statement · Filed for the November 2026 pamphlet; posted by the Secretary of State September 9, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified.
- Filip · Meet JustinCandidate statement · Website reviewed September 21, 2026Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified.
- Filip · home page (data centers, homelessness)Candidate statement · Website reviewed September 21, 2026Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified.