Christian Martin
Democrat | Alabama
Candidate Profile
Leans Liberal
BIOGRAPHY
EDUCATION
University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, B.A. History, 2022-2026
Tuscaloosa County High School, Northport, High School Diploma, 2018-2022
WORK & MILITARY
Candidate did not provide
AFFILIATIONS
University of Alabama College Democrats, President, 2026-2026
Social Democrats, of the United States of America, Commiteeman, 2023-2026
POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
Candidate did not provide
POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
Alabama State House District 16, 2026-
ENDORSEMENTS
REPORTED BY CANDIDATE (1)
SDUSA
SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS
LIBERAL
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (1)
Judith Taylor (2026)
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (2)
Judith Taylor (2026)
Toni Kornegay Vaughn (2026)
OTHER INFORMATION
Candidate's responses to the 2026 Freedom Voter Guide survey.
Christian Martin completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2026.
QUESTIONNAIRE
RIGHT TO LIFE
Abortion providers, including Planned Parenthood, should not receive taxpayer funds from federal, state, or local governments (including Title X grants).
Strongly Agree
Under what circumstances should an elective abortion be allowed?
In case of Maternal Health or Life being in danger, or in cases of Rape and Incest.
Human life deserves legal protection from conception until natural death.
Strongly Agree
The lives of human embryos created through artificial methods ought to be protected from purposeful destruction.
Strongly Agree
The Comstock Act, which bans interstate transportation of abortion-inducing drugs, should be enforced.
Strongly Agree
ECONOMY
What is your position on the minimum wage?
It ought to be raised to 10 dollars in Alabama, with 5 for tipped workers.
Free enterprise and the right to private property are essential elements of a productive economic system.
Agree
List your top 3-5 priorities to eliminate government waste.
Ending cronyism in infrastructure construction. Ending kickbacks to companies that lobby the state government and the big mules that have captured Montgomery. Ending sweetheart contracts.
RELIGIOUS LIBERTY
What does "separation of church and state" mean to you?
It means that people have the right to worship as they please without the government telling them what to do. It also means my tax dollars don’t have to go to support religious actions I don’t support or actions that go against my belief and vice versa.
Individuals and businesses should be required to provide services even if it would violate their moral and/or religious beliefs.
Disagree
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, I believe in taxpayer funded free universal healthcare, but with an option to purchase private insurance for all who so choose.
The government should keep a database of people with various ongoing medical illnesses to assess the economic burden of treatment.
Disagree
That would be a grave violation of privacy. Very likely the Hippocratic Oath as well.
NATIONAL SECURITY
The Chinese Communist Party poses serious military, cyber security, intellectual property, and global economic threats to the United States.
Strongly Agree
We ought return to trade embargo’s against all Communist nations. The recognition by the Nixon and Carter administrations of the Red Chinese is one of our gravest foreign policy mistakes.
Is the United States' relationship with Israel important, and if so why?
I believe in Israel’s right to exist but condemn violence against Christians perpetrated by the Israeli government, and the ongoing war crimes and ethnic cleansing in Gaza. A safe, sane, Democratic government based on universal human rights, which is not what Israel currently has, would be and has in the past been a great ally of America.
IMMIGRATION
I support the existence of sanctuary cities to protect undocumented persons.
Neutral
I believe in sanctuary city policies for folks like Dreamers, but believe we ought deport illegal aliens who have committed felony or misdemeanor acts and we ought not have sanctuary cities for them.
EDUCATION
I support eliminating the U.S. Department of Education and giving control back to states and communities.
Strongly Disagree
I believe this will lead to a decline in education and education standards in poorer states such as Alabama and Mississippi.
Foreign governments should be prohibited from funding American education.
Strongly Agree
VALUES
Government should recognize and support the fundamental right and essential duty of parents to direct their child's health and educational well-being.
Strongly Agree
Attempts to physically or socially transition a child to the opposite sex constitute child abuse.
Disagree
I believe if a parent and a doctor believe it best for a child and the child consents, that non-surgical medical treatments in order to treat gender dysphoria ought be legal.
Marriage is a God-ordained, sacred and legal union of one man and one woman. No government has the authority to alter this definition.
Disagree
I believe the Good Lord is fine with monogamous marriage between two men, two women, or a man and a woman.
I support the expansion of gambling in my state.
Strongly Agree
Every state around Alabama already has gambling, and folks do it illegally here or travel to those states, just about every county has an illegal gambling hall disguised as a bingo hall, we ought to regulate gambling to rein in predatory practices, and to tax it.
Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
I am a life-long Christian and a proud follower of Christ. I was raised Independent Fundamentalist Baptist and am now an Episcopalian.
ELECTIONS AND VOTING
People should be able to vote without photo identification.
Disagree
EQUALITY
Reparations should be given to people on the basis of race.
Disagree
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.
Neutral
I think with women’s sports it depends on hormone levels, many trans women have hormone and bone density levels of cisgender women, and if we make it so ftm trans men play in women’s sports as that’s their birth gender, they’d end up making it much more unfair than trans women, on account of their high testosterone levels.
ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT
Man-made climate change is a global threat and requires urgent political action.
Agree
What do you believe is the most reliable energy source that will supply the growing demand for electricity?
Clean burning coal, and nuclear power.
ABOUT YOU
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?
Lean Liberal
Moderate to lean-liberal, I’m fiscally progressive and a social moderate, I would identify with the Blue Dog Conservative Democratic tradition of people like Senators Howell Heflin and Joe Manchin and the Populist traditions of Govenors Big Jim Folsom and George C Wallace
Have you ever been penalized for sexual misconduct in either civil or criminal court? If so, please explain.
I have not.
Have you ever been convicted of a felony? If so, please explain.
I have not.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE & PUBLIC SAFETY
What should be the goal of the criminal justice system?
To reform criminals who are reformable, and to help them become functioning and useful contributing members of society; and to keep the public safe by keeping people like rapists off the streets.
Government has a responsibility to protect children from sexual exploitation during online activities.
Strongly Agree
Sharia law should not be accepted or incorporated in any form within the legal framework of the United States.
Agree
2ND AMENDMENT
What restrictions on gun ownership are needed to protect public safety?
I believe that our current system of restrictions works well. I would even be interested in possible amendments to the NFA to allow more forms of firearms to be purchasable. We need to make background checks more comprehensive however. We also need mandatory gun safety education in our schools to end the epidemic of gun accidents among children, and to encourage our young people to be safe practitioners of their Second Amendment Rights when they grow up.
