
Doug Smith
No Party Preference | California
Candidate Profile
Liberal
BIOGRAPHY
Name
Doug Smith
Party
No Party Preference
Election Year
2026
Election
Primary
Race
U.S. Rep., Dist. 32
Incumbent
No
EDUCATION
Otis Parsons UCLA, Los Angeles, BA, 1982-1984
WORK & MILITARY
Freelance TV Stage Manager, Stage Manager, 1984-2024
AFFILIATIONS
Reseda Neighborhood Council, Board Member, 2024-2026
POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
Reseada Neighborhood Council Member, 2024-2026
POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
2024 U.S. Congressional 32nd District, 2023-2024
OTHER INFORMATION
QUESTIONNAIRE
RIGHT TO LIFE
Human life deserves legal protection from conception until natural death.
Disagree
The lives of human embryos created through artificial methods ought to be protected from purposeful destruction.
Disagree
Under what circumstances should an elective abortion be allowed?
Whenever the mother decides with ot wothout doctor and family support.
Abortion providers, including Planned Parenthood, should receive taxpayer funds from federal, state, or local governments (including Title X grants).
Strongly Agree
The Comstock Act, which bans interstate transportation of abortion-inducing drugs, should be enforced.
Disagree
ECONOMY
Free enterprise and the right to private property are essential elements of a productive economic system.
Agree
People who can afford to pay more taxes should do so in order to provide relief for working families.
Agree
The government should cut spending in order to reduce the national debt.
Agree
List your top 3-5 priorities to eliminate government waste.
I'm not so sure I prioritize government waste as much as I do corruption, campaign finance reform, and the need for term limits...along with prohibiting congressional insider stock trading.
RELIGIOUS LIBERTY
Individuals and businesses should be required to provide services even if it would violate their moral and/or religious beliefs.
Agree
What does "separation of church and state" mean to you?
It means that government should not interfere or pass laws that infringe on first amendment rights.
HEALTHCARE
What most closely matches your view on healthcare: A) Healthcare for all should be guaranteed and funded by the government with no private healthcare option. (includes "universal healthcare," "medicare for all," etc.) B) Healthcare insurance funded by the government should be available for all who want it, along with private healthcare options. C) Medicaid and Medicare should remain available, but no other taxpayer-funded programs are necessary. D) Taxpayer funded health care should be abolished in all forms, and Medicaid and Medicare should be defunded.
B) Healthcare insurance funded by the government should be available for all who want it, along with private healthcare options.
The government should keep a database of people with various ongoing medical illnesses to assess the economic burden of treatment.
Disagree
NATIONAL SECURITY
With regard to America's foreign policy, which view most closely resembles yours: A) The United States should intervene whenever freedom is threatened. B) The United States should selectively help countries trying to grow democracy and fight tyranny. C) The United States has become too involved in others' policies and should remain focused on issues regarding our own sovereignty unless in imminent danger. D) The United States should stay out of foreign conflicts completely.
B) The United States should selectively help countries trying to grow democracy and fight tyranny.
The Chinese Communist Party poses serious military, cyber security, intellectual property, and global economic threats to the United States.
Agree
Is the United States' relationship with Israel important, and if so why?
All of the Gulf states relationships are important in keeping balance to the region. However America's relationship with and military support to Israel should not be unconditional. Israel and America should do everything possible to create Palestinian sovereignty of their own land, and promote democracy in the region as well, in a two state solution.
Islamic terrorism is a threat to the United States' national security.
Agree
However, as I understand it, domestic terrorism poses more of a threat than others do to America.
IMMIGRATION
Who should be allowed to immigrate to the U.S. and under what circumstances?
Everyone who will contribute to society and who believes in America's principles, and are willing to do so legally.
I support the existence of sanctuary cities to protect undocumented persons.
Strongly Agree
EDUCATION
I support eliminating the U.S. Department of Education and giving control back to states and communities.
Strongly Disagree
Foreign governments should be prohibited from funding American education.
Disagree
VALUES
Attempts to physically or socially transition a child to the opposite sex constitute child abuse.
Disagree
Marriage is a God-ordained, sacred and legal union of one man and one woman. No government has the authority to alter this definition.
Strongly Disagree
Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
I sincerely approach my spirituality with the quest to not too strongly believe in, or impose my beliefs on anyone. The tighter you attempt to hold onto truth, the weaker your grip on reality and tolerance becomes.
ELECTIONS AND VOTING
People should be able to vote without photo identification.
Agree
Voter fraud in America is negligible.
EQUALITY
Biological males should not be allowed to participate in women's sports or occupy biological women's spaces whether it be bathrooms, locker rooms, sorority houses, women's shelters, or prison.
Agree
ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT
What do you believe is the most reliable energy source that will supply the growing demand for electricity?
Solar and Wind
ABOUT YOU
Have you ever been penalized for sexual misconduct in either civil or criminal court? If so, please explain.
No
Have you ever been convicted of a felony? If so, please explain.
No
When you consider your views on a wide range of issues from economic and social matters to foreign policy and religious liberty, which of the following best describes you overall?
Very Liberal
CRIMINAL JUSTICE & PUBLIC SAFETY
Government has a responsibility to protect children from sexual exploitation during online activities.
Agree
Yes, but I believe the responsibility to protect children with parental controls and surgeon general-like warnings lie more with the internet, social media, and AI company's responsibility, in partnership and coordination with the government's laws.
2ND AMENDMENT
What restrictions on gun ownership are needed to protect public safety?
We need stricter gun laws in general. Our country is gun sick! Our country is addicted to violence! Key gun policies are background checks, bans on assault-style weapons, high capacity magazines, along with gun-show loopholes, circumventing waiting periods, and raising purchasing age to 21 years old. The reluctance and inability to address all of this have made Republicans, and others who do nothing after mass school shootings accomplices to murder.
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