Damon Galdo

[{"question": "Ballotpedia survey responses", "answer_html": "<p>See also: <a href=\"/Ballotpedia%27s_Candidate_Connection\">Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection</a></p>\n<div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-xs-10 col-md-6 col-xs-offset-1 col-md-offset-3\"><p><a href=\"https://ballotpedia.org/Ballotpedia%27s_Candidate_Connection\"><img align=\"middle\" alt=\"Candidate Connection\" src=\"https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/8/88/Candidate_Connection_Logo.png\" width=\"90%\"/></a></p></div></div>\n<p>Damon Galdo completed <a href=\"/Ballotpedia%27s_Candidate_Connection\">Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection</a> survey in 2025. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Galdo's responses.</p>\n<p><span class=\"expand-all\">Expand all</span> | <span class=\"collapse-all\">Collapse all</span></p>\n<div aria-multiselectable=\"true\" class=\"panel-group\" id=\"accordion\" role=\"tablist\"><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse-key-message-393472-2025-12-24\" id=\"heading-key-message-393472-2025-12-24\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse-key-message-393472-2025-12-24\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse-key-message-393472-2025-12-24\" role=\"button\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right pull-right\"></i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down pull-right\"></i>\t\t\t\tPlease list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?\t\t\t</a></p></div><div aria-labelledby=\"heading-key-message-393472-2025-12-24\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse-key-message-393472-2025-12-24\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"panel-body\" style=\"max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;\"><div class=\"answers-container\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><ul><li>Built by working hands, fighting for working families: I'm a constrruction superintendent, small business owner, husband, and fatherwho knows what it means to work hard and make payroll. I'm running to bring real world experience to Congress and to stand up for families who feel ignored by career polititions.</li><li>Putting America first and restoring accountability in government:\r\nI will fight to maintain secure borders, election integrity, a strong national defense, and an end to reckless spending that fuels inflation.</li><li>Defending freedom, faith, and the constitution:\r\nI believe in protecting free speech, parental rights, and the values that built our Country. In Congress, I will uphold the constitution, push back against federal overreach, and work to preserve opportunity for for future generations.</li></ul></span></div></div></div></div><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse1-393472-2025-12-24\" id=\"heading1-393472-2025-12-24\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse1-393472-2025-12-24\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse1-393472-2025-12-24\" role=\"button\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right pull-right\"></i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down pull-right\"></i>\t\t\t\tWhat areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?\t\t\t</a></p></div><div aria-labelledby=\"heading1-393472-2025-12-24\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse1-393472-2025-12-24\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"panel-body\" style=\"max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;\"><div class=\"answers-container\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\t\t\t\tI am passionate about keeping our border secure and enforcing the rule of law, restoring election integrity, reducing inflation by cutting wasteful federal spending, and protecting working families from the rising cost of living. I strongly support parental rights in education, free speech, and defending our constitutional freedoms. As a construction superintendent and small business owner, I am also focused on job creation, energy independence, rebuilding American manufacturing, and supporting law enforcement and veterans. My goal is a government that is accountable, limited, and focused on serving the people, not special interests.\t\t\t</span></div></div></div></div></div>\n<div class=\"small\" data-nosnippet=\"\"><p><i><b>Note:</b> Ballotpedia reserves the right to edit Candidate Connection survey responses. Any edits made by Ballotpedia will be clearly marked with [brackets] for the public. If the candidate disagrees with an edit, he or she may request the full removal of the survey response from Ballotpedia.org. Ballotpedia does not edit or correct typographical errors unless the candidate's campaign requests it.</i></p></div>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"></div>\n<p>Damon Galdo did not complete <a href=\"/Ballotpedia%27s_Candidate_Connection\">Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection</a> survey.\n</p>", "answer_text": "See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection\n\nDamon Galdo completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Galdo's responses.\nExpand all | Collapse all\nPlease list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office? Built by working hands, fighting for working families: I'm a constrruction superintendent, small business owner, husband, and fatherwho knows what it means to work hard and make payroll. I'm running to bring real world experience to Congress and to stand up for families who feel ignored by career polititions. Putting America first and restoring accountability in government:\r\nI will fight to maintain secure borders, election integrity, a strong national defense, and an end to reckless spending that fuels inflation. Defending freedom, faith, and the constitution:\r\nI believe in protecting free speech, parental rights, and the values that built our Country. In Congress, I will uphold the constitution, push back against federal overreach, and work to preserve opportunity for for future generations. What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? I am passionate about keeping our border secure and enforcing the rule of law, restoring election integrity, reducing inflation by cutting wasteful federal spending, and protecting working families from the rising cost of living. I strongly support parental rights in education, free speech, and defending our constitutional freedoms. As a construction superintendent and small business owner, I am also focused on job creation, energy independence, rebuilding American manufacturing, and supporting law enforcement and veterans. My goal is a government that is accountable, limited, and focused on serving the people, not special interests.\nNote: Ballotpedia reserves the right to edit Candidate Connection survey responses. Any edits made by Ballotpedia will be clearly marked with [brackets] for the public. If the candidate disagrees with an edit, he or she may request the full removal of the survey response from Ballotpedia.org. Ballotpedia does not edit or correct typographical errors unless the candidate's campaign requests it.\n\nDamon Galdo did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey."}, {"question": "Campaign website", "answer_html": "<p>Gado’s campaign website stated the following:\n</p>\n<div style=\"height:400px;overflow:scroll;border:1px solid gray;margin:20px;padding:10px;\">\n<table data-nosnippet=\"\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; border: none;background-color: transparent; auto; ;\">\n<tbody><tr>\n<td style=\"border:none; color:#B2B7F2;font-size:35px;font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: left; padding: 10px 3px;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"20\">“\n</td>\n<td style=\"border: none; padding: 4px 10px;\" valign=\"top\">\n<p><b>End the Biden/Norcross Spending Catastrophe</b><br/>\nJoe Biden, Donald Norcross, and the rest of the Democrats in the federal government have destroyed our economy. Soaring gas and food prices have forced working-class families to choose between a full tank of gas or a full plate of food for themselves and their families. They're using your hard-earned tax dollars to fund their radical climate agenda, to house illegal immigrants, and to fund wars overseas while they leave us broke and wondering how we are going to afford to get by.\n</p><p>When I'm in Congress, I will put a stop to Biden's tax-and-spend nightmare. I will vote against any and all legislation that increases your taxes or causes the inflation rate to go up. I will propose legislation that creates new jobs and restores old jobs that were lost due to Biden's recklessness and I will help to create an economy where the people of America make more money and keep more of the money that they make.<br/>\n</p><p><b>Restore our Energy Independence</b><br/>\nImmediately after he took office in 2021, Joe Biden ended construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, banned off-shore drilling, and pulled all of the federal drilling and fracking permits. Not only did this cause energy prices to skyrocket, but it cost tens-of-thousands of union workers their jobs. As a union worker myself, I took this personally, and I don't intend to let Joe Biden or Donald Norcross cost another worker their career.\n</p><p>In 2019, we were not only energy independent, but energy dominant. When I'm in Congress, I will propose and support legislation that will allow us to drill for oil, mine for coal, frack, and invest in nuclear energy research. We will once again be both energy independent and energy dominant.<br/>\n</p><p><b>Bring Down the Crime Rate and Restore Law and Order</b><br/>\nIt's no secret that our major cities, all of which are Democrat-run, are infested with crime. Murder, rape, and gang violence are just a few of the things that Joe Biden and the Democrats have allowed to get out of hand in our nation. When you walk out your front door, you have to wonder if that's the day you will lose your life to the senseless crime that Joe Biden and Donald Norcross have allowed to go on for the past 3 years.\n</p><p>As your congressman, I will help to restore law and order to our society. I will propose and support tough-on-crime legislation. We will end the crime spree and put the real criminals behind bars, once and for all. <br/>\n</p><p><b>Seal Up the Border and End the Illegal Immigration Crisis</b><br/>\nEvery day, when I turn on the news, I see videos of a wide-open border with thousands of illegal immigrants pouring across it daily. I see ICE agents standing to the side and letting them come through because Joe Biden and the Democrats have threatened their careers if they even try to stop the illegals from coming in. When the state of Texas took control of its section of the border, Joe Biden sued the state of Texas and forced them to unsecured their border, allowing more illegals to pour in.\n</p><p>Human and drug trafficking is at its highest rate in modern history, and it has all been made possible due to Joe Biden and Donald Norcross' open-border policies. Deadly fentanyl is flooding into out country across the US-Mexico border. It's killing our children and poisoning our communities.\n</p><p>When I'm in Congress, I will propse that we reinstate the \"Remain-In-Mexico\" policy. I will propose a ban on sanctuary for illegals. I will support ending DACA, DAPA, Catch-and-Release, and all other programs that facilitate illegal immigration and benefit illegal immigrants, and I will support rebuilding the wall. \n</p><p>This crisis has become the top issue threatening our nation next to the poor economy and the skyrocketing crime rate. I will do everything in my power to stop it.<br/>\n</p><p><b>End the Radical Indoctrination of Our Children in School</b><br/>\nOur children are being indoctrinated by their teachers and other school officials, and the Democrats are facilitating it. Sexually-explicit reading and learning materials have been discovered in public school classrooms across the nation. Teachers are pushing radical, woke race and gender theories on our children behind closed doors. School officials are threatening the education of children whose parents raise concerns regarding these woke teaching standards and are blocking parents from having a say in their childrens' education. When I look at my children, I am reminded of these heinous, disgusting acts, and I fear for their future.\n</p><p>This cannot go on, and when I'm in congress, I will make sure it doesn't. I will help to restore parental rights, ban sexually-explicit reading and learning materials from the classroom, hold teachers and other school officials accountable who indoctrinate our children, and otherwise end the radical-left's assault of our children.\n</p><p><b>End the Mental Health Crisis in America</b><br/>\nOur nation is going through a serious mental health crisis, and the Democrats are not only turning a blind eye to it, but helping to make it worse. When children say they are confused about their gender, instead of getting them the psychological help that they need, the Democrats push the medical society to recommend that these children take hormone blockers and go through a gender-transition surgery. Many of these children grow up in regret of having their bodies mutilated. This is a sad and disgusting practice, and we must put a stop to it.\n</p><p>When I'm in congress, I will propose a ban on hormone blockers and gender-transition surgery for anyone under the age of 18. I will push for the government and the medical society to officially recognize transgenderism (aka gender dysphoria) as a mental illness, and I will expand access to mental healthcare programs for anyone who is suffering from gender dysphoria or any other mental illness.\n</p><p><b>End Big Tech's Assault on Free Speech</b><br/>\nInstagram, Facebook, TikTok, and many other social media platforms have a bad habit of banning accounts that they personally disagree with, even if that account did not violate their community guidelines. This has all been made possible by Section 230, a measure that allows Big Tech companies to censor and ban any content that they deem as inappropriate. Because they have abused this power time and time again, it's time we take this power away from them.\n</p><p>When I'm in congress, I will propose legislation to repeal section 230 and restore the rights of the people to speak freely on social media, even if the Big Tech giants disagree with it. You are protected by the First Amendement and therefore have the inalienable right to speak freely.\n<sup class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-quotedisclaimer_3-0\"><a href=\"#cite_note-quotedisclaimer-3\">[3]</a></sup>\n</p>\n</td>\n<td style=\"border: none; color: #B2B7F2; font-size: 35px; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: right; padding: 10px 1px;\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"20\">”\n</td></tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"cquotecite\" colspan=\"3\" style=\"border: none; padding-right: 4%\"><cite style=\"font-style: normal;font-size: smaller; float: right;\">—Damon Galdo’s campaign website (2024)<sup class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-4\"><a href=\"#cite_note-4\">[4]</a></sup></cite>\n</td></tr></tbody></table>\n</div>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"></div>\n<p>Damon Galdo did not complete <a href=\"/Ballotpedia%27s_Candidate_Connection\">Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection</a> survey.\n</p>", "answer_text": "Gado’s campaign website stated the following:\n“ End the Biden/Norcross Spending Catastrophe Joe Biden, Donald Norcross, and the rest of the Democrats in the federal government have destroyed our economy. Soaring gas and food prices have forced working-class families to choose between a full tank of gas or a full plate of food for themselves and their families. They're using your hard-earned tax dollars to fund their radical climate agenda, to house illegal immigrants, and to fund wars overseas while they leave us broke and wondering how we are going to afford to get by. When I'm in Congress, I will put a stop to Biden's tax-and-spend nightmare. I will vote against any and all legislation that increases your taxes or causes the inflation rate to go up. I will propose legislation that creates new jobs and restores old jobs that were lost due to Biden's recklessness and I will help to create an economy where the people of America make more money and keep more of the money that they make. Restore our Energy Independence Immediately after he took office in 2021, Joe Biden ended construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, banned off-shore drilling, and pulled all of the federal drilling and fracking permits. Not only did this cause energy prices to skyrocket, but it cost tens-of-thousands of union workers their jobs. As a union worker myself, I took this personally, and I don't intend to let Joe Biden or Donald Norcross cost another worker their career. In 2019, we were not only energy independent, but energy dominant. When I'm in Congress, I will propose and support legislation that will allow us to drill for oil, mine for coal, frack, and invest in nuclear energy research. We will once again be both energy independent and energy dominant. Bring Down the Crime Rate and Restore Law and Order It's no secret that our major cities, all of which are Democrat-run, are infested with crime. Murder, rape, and gang violence are just a few of the things that Joe Biden and the Democrats have allowed to get out of hand in our nation. When you walk out your front door, you have to wonder if that's the day you will lose your life to the senseless crime that Joe Biden and Donald Norcross have allowed to go on for the past 3 years. As your congressman, I will help to restore law and order to our society. I will propose and support tough-on-crime legislation. We will end the crime spree and put the real criminals behind bars, once and for all. Seal Up the Border and End the Illegal Immigration Crisis Every day, when I turn on the news, I see videos of a wide-open border with thousands of illegal immigrants pouring across it daily. I see ICE agents standing to the side and letting them come through because Joe Biden and the Democrats have threatened their careers if they even try to stop the illegals from coming in. When the state of Texas took control of its section of the border, Joe Biden sued the state of Texas and forced them to unsecured their border, allowing more illegals to pour in. Human and drug trafficking is at its highest rate in modern history, and it has all been made possible due to Joe Biden and Donald Norcross' open-border policies. Deadly fentanyl is flooding into out country across the US-Mexico border. It's killing our children and poisoning our communities. When I'm in Congress, I will propse that we reinstate the \"Remain-In-Mexico\" policy. I will propose a ban on sanctuary for illegals. I will support ending DACA, DAPA, Catch-and-Release, and all other programs that facilitate illegal immigration and benefit illegal immigrants, and I will support rebuilding the wall. This crisis has become the top issue threatening our nation next to the poor economy and the skyrocketing crime rate. I will do everything in my power to stop it. End the Radical Indoctrination of Our Children in School Our children are being indoctrinated by their teachers and other school officials, and the Democrats are facilitating it. Sexually-explicit reading and learning materials have been discovered in public school classrooms across the nation. Teachers are pushing radical, woke race and gender theories on our children behind closed doors. School officials are threatening the education of children whose parents raise concerns regarding these woke teaching standards and are blocking parents from having a say in their childrens' education. When I look at my children, I am reminded of these heinous, disgusting acts, and I fear for their future. This cannot go on, and when I'm in congress, I will make sure it doesn't. I will help to restore parental rights, ban sexually-explicit reading and learning materials from the classroom, hold teachers and other school officials accountable who indoctrinate our children, and otherwise end the radical-left's assault of our children. End the Mental Health Crisis in America Our nation is going through a serious mental health crisis, and the Democrats are not only turning a blind eye to it, but helping to make it worse. When children say they are confused about their gender, instead of getting them the psychological help that they need, the Democrats push the medical society to recommend that these children take hormone blockers and go through a gender-transition surgery. Many of these children grow up in regret of having their bodies mutilated. This is a sad and disgusting practice, and we must put a stop to it. When I'm in congress, I will propose a ban on hormone blockers and gender-transition surgery for anyone under the age of 18. I will push for the government and the medical society to officially recognize transgenderism (aka gender dysphoria) as a mental illness, and I will expand access to mental healthcare programs for anyone who is suffering from gender dysphoria or any other mental illness. End Big Tech's Assault on Free Speech Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, and many other social media platforms have a bad habit of banning accounts that they personally disagree with, even if that account did not violate their community guidelines. This has all been made possible by Section 230, a measure that allows Big Tech companies to censor and ban any content that they deem as inappropriate. Because they have abused this power time and time again, it's time we take this power away from them. When I'm in congress, I will propose legislation to repeal section 230 and restore the rights of the people to speak freely on social media, even if the Big Tech giants disagree with it. You are protected by the First Amendement and therefore have the inalienable right to speak freely. [3] ” —Damon Galdo’s campaign website (2024) [4]\n\nDamon Galdo did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey."}]