Jean-Louis Cauvin

[{"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>J-L Cauvin 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 Cauvin'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-389301-2025-12-16\" id=\"heading-key-message-389301-2025-12-16\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse-key-message-389301-2025-12-16\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse-key-message-389301-2025-12-16\" 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-389301-2025-12-16\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse-key-message-389301-2025-12-16\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"panel-body\" style=\"max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;\"><div class=\"answers-container\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><ul><li>As a community advocate, lawyer, and comedian, I am running because what’s happening right now in Washington is far from funny. Democrats must send representatives to Congress who are ready for the fight we are in today. Political machines and party hacks just won't cut it anymore.</li><li>My agenda is not what polling firms and focus groups told me to say. It's based on what I see and hear every day in NJ-11: We need to make life affordable again. We need better elder care for our senior citizens. And we need to ban gerrymandering, congressional stock trading and enact term limits so members of Congress can focus on your livelihood, not their own.</li><li>I have been a state prosecutor, and I am now an eviction prevention lawyer. I know what it is to defend those who feel defenseless before an uncaring government. And I know what it takes to win.\r\nI take on MAGA every day on social media, and I’ve built a national audience to prove it.</li></ul></span></div></div></div></div><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse1-389301-2025-12-16\" id=\"heading1-389301-2025-12-16\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse1-389301-2025-12-16\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse1-389301-2025-12-16\" 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=\"heading1-389301-2025-12-16\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse1-389301-2025-12-16\" 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\tMy agenda for NJ-11 reflects my experience with neighbors, clients, friends and family: An elder care program that will help our seniors age with dignity and not impoverish their children. A plan to lower energy costs that reverses Trump’s idiotic war on the climate. A plan to help lower rents, including banning the obscene practice of algorithm-based rent fixing. I will push for term limits, ban stock trading and end partisan gerrymandering because Congress should be about public service, not public enrichment. And I will defend our democracy — to stand up to wanna-be autocrats, protect the rule of law, rein in a rogue Supreme Court and make sure every vote - and every voter - is counted.\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\nJ-L Cauvin completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Cauvin'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? As a community advocate, lawyer, and comedian, I am running because what’s happening right now in Washington is far from funny. Democrats must send representatives to Congress who are ready for the fight we are in today. Political machines and party hacks just won't cut it anymore. My agenda is not what polling firms and focus groups told me to say. It's based on what I see and hear every day in NJ-11: We need to make life affordable again. We need better elder care for our senior citizens. And we need to ban gerrymandering, congressional stock trading and enact term limits so members of Congress can focus on your livelihood, not their own. I have been a state prosecutor, and I am now an eviction prevention lawyer. I know what it is to defend those who feel defenseless before an uncaring government. And I know what it takes to win.\r\nI take on MAGA every day on social media, and I’ve built a national audience to prove it. What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? My agenda for NJ-11 reflects my experience with neighbors, clients, friends and family: An elder care program that will help our seniors age with dignity and not impoverish their children. A plan to lower energy costs that reverses Trump’s idiotic war on the climate. A plan to help lower rents, including banning the obscene practice of algorithm-based rent fixing. I will push for term limits, ban stock trading and end partisan gerrymandering because Congress should be about public service, not public enrichment. And I will defend our democracy — to stand up to wanna-be autocrats, protect the rule of law, rein in a rogue Supreme Court and make sure every vote - and every voter - is counted.\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."}]