U.S. House · District 6 candidate · U.S. Congress · November 3, 2026
Andrea Salinas
Incumbent U.S. representative; former state legislator.
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As published in their pamphlet statement and campaign site.
In their words
Said: As the daughter of a Mexican immigrant whose father worked in the fields before serving in the military, Andrea knows that change can happen in a generation through hard work.
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 27 ↗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 wordsSupports lower prescription costs, broader mental-health access, housing investment and federal protection of abortion access.
- Expand Medicare drug-price negotiation and mental-health services.
- Increase housing supply and assistance.
- Combine border security with more efficient immigration courts and protections for established immigrant communities.
Our reading
Our interpretation, not their wordsFederal housing money, mental-health bills and drug-price caps are incremental and bipartisan by design; the reviewed pages show bills and grants, not which would come first under a tight budget.
Where they stand
Housing and homelessness
Two million homes- What
- Said: Would invest in affordable housing and emergency shelters, support legislation for two million affordable homes over a decade, and prioritize housing for unhoused people and unaccompanied homeless youth.
- How
- Said: Federal funding for affordable-housing projects (she cites Tigard and Newberg) and the Housing for the 21st Century Act, plus additional emergency-shelter funding for Oregon.
- Measured by
- Said: Two million affordable homes built nationally in the next decade under the legislation she supports.
Public safety and immigration
Fund police and services- What
- Said: Would fund first responders and social services, keep working with police on fentanyl including stiffer trafficker penalties, invest in smart border security, streamline immigration courts and protect communities from what she calls ICE's violent overreach.
- How
- Said: Federal grants for community service officers and rural fentanyl enforcement, a bill on firefighter mental health, and Border Security Task Force work pushing smart border investment and faster immigration courts.
- Measured by
- Not in their sources
Taxes, spending and your bills
Cap drug prices- What
- Said: Would cap prescription drug costs and let Medicare negotiate prices, seek middle-class tax relief instead of billionaire tax breaks, and bring living-wage jobs to Oregon.
- How
- Said: Medicare drug-price negotiation and hospital and insurer price transparency; three free behavioral-health visits a year for Medicare and Medicaid recipients under her HOPE and Mental Wellbeing Act.
- Measured by
- Not in their sources
Transportation, energy and climate
100% green energy- What
- Said: Would put Oregon on a path to 100% green energy, stand up to corporate polluters, and protect air and waterways; prioritizes public infrastructure over corporate-owned data centers.
- How
- Not in their sources
- Measured by
- Said: 100% green energy for Oregon; no date is given.
The choices this office faces
Every candidate in this race is asked the same 8 questions. Andrea Salinas is on record on 8. A question without an answer is a research gap, not a position.
On recordKeep H.R. 1’s Medicaid work rules, six-month renewals and SNAP cuts, or repeal them?
Said: Voted no on final House passage of H.R. 1 on July 3, 2025 (218–214), a vote on the whole package, including the Medicaid work rules, six-month renewals and SNAP cuts.
Restore the enhanced Affordable Care Act premium tax credits that expired December 31, 2025?
Said: Voted yes on January 8, 2026 on H.R. 1834, a three-year restoration of the enhanced premium tax credits; it passed 230–196 and awaits the Senate.
End the tariffs and take tariff power back from the president?
Said: Voted yes on February 11, 2026 on H.J.Res. 72 to end the national emergency behind the Canada tariffs; it passed 219–211.
Fund the $70 billion expansion of ICE and Border Patrol through 2029 (the Secure America Act)?
Said: Voted no on June 9, 2026 on the Secure America Act’s $70 billion for ICE and Border Patrol through 2029; it passed 214–212.
Direct the president to end U.S. military involvement in the war with Iran?
Said: Voted yes on July 23, 2026 on H.Con.Res. 89 directing the president to remove U.S. forces from hostilities with Iran (214–208), as on June 3.
Pass the Fix Our Forests Act: faster thinning and logging on federal forests with shorter windows to sue?
Said: Voted no on January 23, 2025 on the Fix Our Forests Act (H.R. 471), which passed 279–141.
Expand the federal role in housing, from the new ROAD to Housing law to more vouchers and tax credits?
Said: Voted yes on June 23, 2026 on final passage of the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act (358–32), now Public Law 119-101.
Should federal policy rein in data centers’ power, water and cost impacts, or keep fast-tracking them?
Said: Says she prioritized public infrastructure over corporate-owned data centers; her statement does not say what federal rule or funding choice that involved.
On the topic; the exact choice is unsaid.
Public record
Recorded actions, from the official recordVoted No on the final House motion accepting the Senate’s H.R. 1 amendment, July 3, 2025. It passed 218–214. This records a vote on the entire package, not a separate vote on each provision.
Federal record
Public record · July 3, 2025
House Clerk · roll call 190, final House action on H.R. 1 ↗A question the evidence leaves open
Which mental-health and housing measures would receive priority in a constrained budget?
Sources (5)
- Salinas · issuesCandidate statement · Undated page; reviewed September 18, 2026
- 2026 qualified filing · DemocratElection authority · Checked September 18, 2026
- 2026 qualified filing · IndependentElection authority · Checked September 18, 2026
- Oregon voters’ pamphlet candidate statement · PDF page 27Candidate 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.
- House Clerk · roll call 190, final House action on H.R. 1Public record · July 3, 2025