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Jonathan De Barros
House · CT-05 · Challenger

Jonathan De Barros

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Primary: Aug 11, 2026 · 15d
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About Jonathan De Barros

Jonathan De Barros (Republican Party) is running for election to the U.S. House to represent Connecticut's 5th Congressional District. He declared candidacy for the Republican primary scheduled on August 11, 2026. De

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Data Bill of Rights
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War-Crime Accountability
Mandatory review, reporting and support restrictions when credible evidence indicates war crimes.
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Congressional Stock Trading Ban
No trading on the people's trust.
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Citizens United Reform
Reduce corporate/election-money distortion after Citizens United.
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Universal Healthcare
Care without medical bankruptcy.
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Section 224 — U.S.–Israel Military Integration (FY27 NDAA)
Section 224 of the FY27 NDAA embeds U.S. forces into Israeli military command structures. Voters deserve to kn…
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[{"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>Jonathan De Barros 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 De Barros' 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-336049-2025-12-26\" id=\"heading-key-message-336049-2025-12-26\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse-key-message-336049-2025-12-26\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse-key-message-336049-2025-12-26\" 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-336049-2025-12-26\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse-key-message-336049-2025-12-26\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"panel-body\" style=\"max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;\"><div class=\"answers-container\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><ul><li>I’m a Proud United States Republican Congressional Candidate who supports America first policies and our United States Constitutional Republic and I look forward to fighting for the people of Connecticut in Washington D.C. \r\n For far too long the radical left has destroyed our economy with outrageous policies which includes proxy wars around the globe to money launder our tax dollars through the military industrial complex, corruption through USAID, and their open border policies which allowed our Nation to be invaded by over 20 million illegal migrants costing the American taxpayers over $150 billion dollars and counting. I plan to go to Congress to help Make America Great Again with common sense policies of putting America first.</li><li>I want to bring respect and honor back to our law enforcement community and our veterans because they are our bedrock of our Nation. The Constitutional Republic is intact because of the sacrifices of those who fought to defend it both here at home and overseas and in order for us to continue preserving our Nation we will first have to honor and protect our veterans who are in need of our support. Our local law enforcement agencies have to be allowed to perform their duties without fear of being targeted by frivolous lawsuits or other acts against them for doing their jobs of serving and protecting the public. Our veterans and law enforcement agencies will be given all of the resources they need to be supported in the 5th district.</li><li>It’s time to end the welfare State I believe that anyone who is able bodied to work that is enrolled in any Federally funded entitlement programs should be required to be enrolled into a job training program to help them to become self sufficient and no longer dependent on the Government. By providing financial literacy training opportunities and vocational training opportunities to people currently unemployed on government entitlement programs we can help them to transition off of these services which will help reduce the tax burden on the rest of us allowing our State to become more competitive in attracting new business investment opportunities for the American citizens of Connecticut.</li></ul></span></div></div></div></div><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse1-336049-2025-12-26\" id=\"heading1-336049-2025-12-26\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse1-336049-2025-12-26\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse1-336049-2025-12-26\" 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=\"heading1-336049-2025-12-26\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse1-336049-2025-12-26\" 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’m personally passionate about putting the American people first and doing whatever I can in Congress to reduce our National Debt to reduce the cost of living for the American citizens who entrusted me with their votes. I plan to keep our Nation dependent on our own oil reserves and investing in clean nuclear power and coal production. I will fight to keep us out of endless foreign wars while at the same time making sure that our Military has all of the resources needed to defend our Nation.\t\t\t</span></div></div></div></div><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse2-336049-2025-12-26\" id=\"heading2-336049-2025-12-26\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse2-336049-2025-12-26\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse2-336049-2025-12-26\" role=\"button\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right pull-right\"></i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down pull-right\"></i>\t\t\t\tWhat organizations or individuals have endorsed your campaign?\t\t\t</a></p></div><div aria-labelledby=\"heading2-336049-2025-12-26\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse2-336049-2025-12-26\" 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 have not received any Organizational endorsements other than the overwhelming support of the people in the 5th Congressional District.\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\nJonathan De Barros completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by De Barros' 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? I’m a Proud United States Republican Congressional Candidate who supports America first policies and our United States Constitutional Republic and I look forward to fighting for the people of Connecticut in Washington D.C. \r\n For far too long the radical left has destroyed our economy with outrageous policies which includes proxy wars around the globe to money launder our tax dollars through the military industrial complex, corruption through USAID, and their open border policies which allowed our Nation to be invaded by over 20 million illegal migrants costing the American taxpayers over $150 billion dollars and counting. I plan to go to Congress to help Make America Great Again with common sense policies of putting America first. I want to bring respect and honor back to our law enforcement community and our veterans because they are our bedrock of our Nation. The Constitutional Republic is intact because of the sacrifices of those who fought to defend it both here at home and overseas and in order for us to continue preserving our Nation we will first have to honor and protect our veterans who are in need of our support. Our local law enforcement agencies have to be allowed to perform their duties without fear of being targeted by frivolous lawsuits or other acts against them for doing their jobs of serving and protecting the public. Our veterans and law enforcement agencies will be given all of the resources they need to be supported in the 5th district. It’s time to end the welfare State I believe that anyone who is able bodied to work that is enrolled in any Federally funded entitlement programs should be required to be enrolled into a job training program to help them to become self sufficient and no longer dependent on the Government. By providing financial literacy training opportunities and vocational training opportunities to people currently unemployed on government entitlement programs we can help them to transition off of these services which will help reduce the tax burden on the rest of us allowing our State to become more competitive in attracting new business investment opportunities for the American citizens of Connecticut. What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? I’m personally passionate about putting the American people first and doing whatever I can in Congress to reduce our National Debt to reduce the cost of living for the American citizens who entrusted me with their votes. I plan to keep our Nation dependent on our own oil reserves and investing in clean nuclear power and coal production. I will fight to keep us out of endless foreign wars while at the same time making sure that our Military has all of the resources needed to defend our Nation. What organizations or individuals have endorsed your campaign? I have not received any Organizational endorsements other than the overwhelming support of the people in the 5th Congressional District.\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."}]

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PrimaryAug 11, 2026
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$18,211 total receipts
Individual donors$18K99%
Self-funded$147<1%
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Total receipts · $6,948 cash on hand
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