Trevor Merrell

[{"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>Trevor Merrell completed <a href=\"/Ballotpedia%27s_Candidate_Connection\">Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection</a> survey in 2026. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Merrell'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-393482-2026-01-05\" id=\"heading-key-message-393482-2026-01-05\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse-key-message-393482-2026-01-05\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse-key-message-393482-2026-01-05\" 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-393482-2026-01-05\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse-key-message-393482-2026-01-05\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"panel-body\" style=\"max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;\"><div class=\"answers-container\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><ul><li>Time is running out for us to protect our water, our workers, and our way of life from the effects of AI. In a district like ours, we need to act immediately. We will establish a national moratorium on these data centers to protect our communities from unparalleled job losses, the depletion of our natural resources, and the untold risks that AI poses to our culture and our children. \r\n<p>These massive complexes generate billions of dollars in profits for Silicon Valley billionaires and the politicians they have paid off. In exchange, they offer us tap water filled with toxic chemicals, power bills dramatically higher than the already-absurd ones we currently pay, and the rapid automation of our jobs. \r\n</p>\nI will refuse that offer on your behalf.</li><li>As both a former nursing assistant and a Case Manager for adults with disabilities, I have worked many long nights on hospital floors. I’ve watched our broken healthcare system reduce human beings to numbers on a balance sheet in the most vulnerable moments of their entire lives. We need to move to a single-payer system where patients and providers come first, not shareholders. \r\n\r\nI strongly support Medicare for All, including coverage for dental, hearing, vision, mental health, and in-home care. Our seniors deserve to retire in dignity, and in the company of the people they love.\r\n\r\nLastly, I support a national mobilization to combat chronic disease by investing in preventative care and banning toxic chemicals from our food.</li><li>I have lived here my entire life. I know the pain of fleeing your home in the middle of the night to escape a fire caused by PG&amp;E. I know the fear that grips you when you step outside and smell smoke in the air. It is unacceptable to me that our current leaders have taken their bribes and allowed their executives to get away with paying fines and settlements instead of serving time behind bars. We need to criminally charge PG&amp;E executives and bring their infrastructure into public ownership.\r\n\r\nI will also demand that the next governor of our state appoints members to the CPUC who will freeze utility rates and return them to pre-2020 levels.</li></ul></span></div></div></div></div><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse1-393482-2026-01-05\" id=\"heading1-393482-2026-01-05\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse1-393482-2026-01-05\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse1-393482-2026-01-05\" 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=\"heading1-393482-2026-01-05\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse1-393482-2026-01-05\" 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 served in the Marine Corps. I love our country and the people who live here. I believe it’s hard to enjoy the freedoms our country offers when corruption and the cost of living are constantly in your way. I am most passionate about making life affordable again and combatting corruption in our government.<br/><br/>\n<p>If you elect me to Congress, I will fight to:<br/><br/>\r\n1. Ban Wall Street investors from buying up single-family homes.<br/>\r\n2. Cap credit card interest rates at 10%. <br/>\r\n3. Ban members of Congress and their families from trading stocks and crypto for life.<br/>\r\n4. Repeal Citizens United and create a public campaign finance system.<br/>\r\n5. Cap overdraft fees at $3.<br/>\n</p>\n6. Implement paid family and medical leave nationwide.\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>", "answer_text": "See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection\n\nTrevor Merrell completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2026. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Merrell'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? Time is running out for us to protect our water, our workers, and our way of life from the effects of AI. In a district like ours, we need to act immediately. We will establish a national moratorium on these data centers to protect our communities from unparalleled job losses, the depletion of our natural resources, and the untold risks that AI poses to our culture and our children. These massive complexes generate billions of dollars in profits for Silicon Valley billionaires and the politicians they have paid off. In exchange, they offer us tap water filled with toxic chemicals, power bills dramatically higher than the already-absurd ones we currently pay, and the rapid automation of our jobs. I will refuse that offer on your behalf. As both a former nursing assistant and a Case Manager for adults with disabilities, I have worked many long nights on hospital floors. I’ve watched our broken healthcare system reduce human beings to numbers on a balance sheet in the most vulnerable moments of their entire lives. We need to move to a single-payer system where patients and providers come first, not shareholders. \r\n\r\nI strongly support Medicare for All, including coverage for dental, hearing, vision, mental health, and in-home care. Our seniors deserve to retire in dignity, and in the company of the people they love.\r\n\r\nLastly, I support a national mobilization to combat chronic disease by investing in preventative care and banning toxic chemicals from our food. I have lived here my entire life. I know the pain of fleeing your home in the middle of the night to escape a fire caused by PG&E. I know the fear that grips you when you step outside and smell smoke in the air. It is unacceptable to me that our current leaders have taken their bribes and allowed their executives to get away with paying fines and settlements instead of serving time behind bars. We need to criminally charge PG&E executives and bring their infrastructure into public ownership.\r\n\r\nI will also demand that the next governor of our state appoints members to the CPUC who will freeze utility rates and return them to pre-2020 levels. What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? I served in the Marine Corps. I love our country and the people who live here. I believe it’s hard to enjoy the freedoms our country offers when corruption and the cost of living are constantly in your way. I am most passionate about making life affordable again and combatting corruption in our government. If you elect me to Congress, I will fight to: 1. Ban Wall Street investors from buying up single-family homes. 2. Cap credit card interest rates at 10%. 3. Ban members of Congress and their families from trading stocks and crypto for life. 4. Repeal Citizens United and create a public campaign finance system. 5. Cap overdraft fees at $3. 6. Implement paid family and medical leave nationwide.\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."}]