Daniel H Crawford

[{"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>Daniel Crawford 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 Crawford'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-bio-401730-2026-03-03\" id=\"heading-bio-401730-2026-03-03\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse-bio-401730-2026-03-03\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse-bio-401730-2026-03-03\" role=\"button\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right pull-right\"></i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down pull-right\"></i>\t\t\t\tWho are you? Tell us about yourself.\t\t\t</a></p></div><div aria-labelledby=\"heading-bio-401730-2026-03-03\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse-bio-401730-2026-03-03\" 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 campaign is about justice.\r\n<p>We need justice for victims and survivors of crimes committed, and we must make declare how serious we are about justice by first ensuring that Jeffrey Epstein's clients are exposed, arrested, and tried for their heinous offenses.\r\n</p><p>We also need economic justice. The working class has been on the losing end of a class war for the better part of our nation's history, and it is time that we turn the tide. The people need a living wage of no less than $20 an hour, and we need to establish that this living wage standard will be forever attached to inflation so that we don't go another two decades without addressing it.\r\n</p><p>Economic justice also extends to protecting competition and ensuring that the right of workers to organize a union is treated as sacrosanct. We must pass the PRO Act, strengthen the Labor Department, and work together to break up the monopolies that are emerging in our economy. This economy must be made to work for all of us, not just the few.\r\n</p><p>There ought to likewise be an emphasis on environmental justice. It is imperative that we remember that we share this planet with one another, AND all other living things. Pass the Green New Deal and work on smart development for our communities to reduce waste and encourage conservation.\r\n</p><p>My campaign's theme of justice also includes our rights. These rights include: free speech, voting, healthcare, and housing (to name a few).\r\n</p>\nI have more to say on this.\t\t\t</span></div></div></div></div><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse-key-message-401730-2026-03-03\" id=\"heading-key-message-401730-2026-03-03\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse-key-message-401730-2026-03-03\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse-key-message-401730-2026-03-03\" 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-401730-2026-03-03\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse-key-message-401730-2026-03-03\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"panel-body\" style=\"max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;\"><div class=\"answers-container\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><ul><li>1. We must protect democracy and the Constitution: the fascists have run amok for far too long, and they are trying to decimate the Republic from within. We need to safeguard our democracy and establish stronger barriers shielding us from the whims of bad actors obsessed with power.\r\n<p>2. Accountability is a must: in order to protect the Republic, Congress must do its damn job to hold those accountable who thumb their nose at the rule of law. This should be universally applied, regardless of party.\r\n</p>\n3. Transparency: you can NOT have a functioning Democratic Republic without accountability, and you can not have accountability without transparency. Our job is to ensure that the secrecy and lies come to an end. Expose the truth!</li><li>My objective is to empower the people. Democracy is my religion, and the Constitution is my Bible. Is our founding document perfect? Of course not, and we can work on that together. However, we can NOT just let those in power cherry-pick the laws and foundational principles that they want to follow.\r\n\r\nIf you look at my public record of commentary, you will see that I am not blinded by political affiliation. I called for George W. Bush's impeachment for his numerous breaches of the Constitution, and did the same (to the chagrin of many within my party) for Obama after he presided over the drone strike which killed an American citizen accused of being a terrorist.\r\n\r\nUniversal application of the rule of law is the only way forward.</li><li>I only want to serve two terms in this office, at most. Yes, you hear many politicians make this or similar promises, but I want you to hold me to accountable here. While I do not intend to go back on my word, I want you to use my words here to attack me and politically bury me if I ever betray you.\r\n\r\nOur words have to mean something, and I was raised to mean what I say, say what I mean, and to speak loudly in favor of justice for all.\r\n\r\nMy mother passed in 2012 at the age of 49, and it is her memory that I honor with my devotion to the cause of justice and honesty. If you see me straying away from the cause of justice, use her memory and example against me. Shame me into compliance.\r\n\r\nIt is my primary objective to serve you to the fullest.</li></ul></span></div></div></div></div><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse1-401730-2026-03-03\" id=\"heading1-401730-2026-03-03\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse1-401730-2026-03-03\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse1-401730-2026-03-03\" 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=\"heading1-401730-2026-03-03\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse1-401730-2026-03-03\" 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 passions are pretty broad, and you can always reach out and ask me directly to be more specific. Yet, I will touch on the things which matter the most to me.<br/><br/>\n<p>If elected, I will fight for the following:<br/>\r\n1. A constitutional amendment which clarifies that money isn't speech, corporations aren't people, and which establishes universal term limits for all elected officials at no more than two terms, as well as establishing that no judge or justice may serve more than 10 years.<br/><br/>\r\n2. A living wage of no less than $20 an hour (attached to inflation, and including tipped workers)<br/><br/>\r\n3. The Green New Deal<br/><br/>\r\n4. Passing the PRO Act<br/><br/>\r\n5. Universal Healthcare (a.k.a. \"Medicare for All\")<br/><br/>\n</p>\n6. Codify Roe v. Wade\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><div style=\"margin-bottom:1.5rem\"><h4>Campaign website</h4><p>Crawford's campaign website stated the following:</p><div style=\"max-height:400px;overflow-y:auto;border:1px solid #ccc;padding:10px;margin:20px\"><blockquote style=\"margin:0px\"><p><strong>My platform?</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong style=\"background-color: initial;\">TRANSPARENCY * ACCOUNTABILITY * LIBERTY</strong><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>1. Medicare for All/Universal Healthcare, because Healthcare is a human right</p><p><strong style=\"background-color: initial;\">​</strong></p><p><strong>2. Establish a living wage standard of at least $20 an hour and attach it to inflation</strong></p><p><strong style=\"background-color: initial;\">​</strong></p><p><strong>3. Ban Congress from Trading and pay them based on the same living wage standard that we all have to live on and establish a lifetime prohibition for any member of Congress or their staff from being able to become a lobbyist</strong></p><p><strong style=\"background-color: initial;\">​</strong></p><p><strong>4. Get Money out of Politics (more on this later) and establish public financing for campaigns</strong></p><p><strong style=\"background-color: initial;\">​</strong></p><p><strong>5. Pass the PRO Act to strengthen the right to organize</strong></p><p><strong style=\"background-color: initial;\">​</strong></p><p><strong>6. Repeal the Trump 2017 and 2025 Tax Cuts for the Wealthy, and go further by gradually raising taxes on the top margin back to pre-Reagan levels (billionaires should not exist)</strong></p><p><strong style=\"background-color: initial;\">​</strong></p><p><strong>7. Restore Glass-Steagall to strengthen the regulations created in the wake of the Great Depression</strong></p><p><strong style=\"background-color: initial;\">​</strong></p><p><strong>8. Codify Roe v. Wade</strong></p><p><strong style=\"background-color: initial;\">​</strong></p><p><strong>9. Establish public funding for colleges and universities to create tuition-free options</strong></p><p><strong style=\"background-color: initial;\">​</strong></p><p><strong>10. Pass the Green New Deal and work to get the rest of the world on board with addressing climate change</strong></p><p><strong style=\"background-color: initial;\">​</strong></p><p><strong>11. Legalize, regulate, and tax marijuana at the Federal level while exonerating all nonviolent federal marijuana offenders</strong></p><p><strong style=\"background-color: initial;\">​</strong></p><p><strong>12. Permanent extension of the child tax credit</strong></p><p><strong style=\"background-color: initial;\">​</strong></p><p><strong>13. Explore options for UBI (I am open to adopting this, but just need convincing that it won't create runaway inflation)</strong></p><p><strong style=\"background-color: initial;\">​</strong></p><p><strong>14. Fully funding public education and eliminating standardized testing</strong></p><p><strong style=\"background-color: initial;\">​</strong></p><p><strong>15. Defunding any aggressive nation-state, including Israel, and pushing for a two-state solution, as well as the prosecution of war crimes committed</strong></p><p><strong style=\"background-color: initial;\">​</strong></p><p><strong>16. Abolishing ICE, granting conditional amnesty to productive undocumented migrants, complete with a fee and an expedited/modernized path to citizenship (full amnesty to all undocumented children)</strong></p><p><strong style=\"background-color: initial;\">​</strong></p><p><strong>17. A bipartisan audit of every federal department to ensure that our tax dollars are spent effectively and efficiently, complete with a thorough report with recommendations to Congress and the American people for how to improve government functions</strong></p><p><strong style=\"background-color: initial;\">​</strong></p><p><strong>18. Eliminating the cap for payroll taxes to fully fund Social Security and work to make the program solvent for generations to come</strong></p><p><strong style=\"background-color: initial;\">​</strong></p><p><strong>19. Improving programs like SSI to ensure that the disabled are not barely holding on, including making sure that the impoverished are not punished for having additional income (I can explain further, if you want)</strong></p><p><strong style=\"background-color: initial;\">​</strong></p><p><strong>20. Comprehensive action to address gun violence with at least the bare minimum of truly universal background checks and adopting federal red flag laws (I know there's far more to this issue, but these two are literally the least we can do, with proven effectiveness)</strong></p><p><strong style=\"background-color: initial;\">​</strong></p><p><strong>Back to the issue of money out of politics, it is clear that we need a constitutional amendment, and I have a compromise.</strong></p><p><strong style=\"background-color: initial;\">​</strong></p><p><strong>For decades, I have adamantly opposed term limits, because I see them as inherently undemocratic. Moreover, term limits alone do not address the issue of corruption. Corruption is found by tracing the money back to the wealthy interests and their financing of campaigns and lobbyists.</strong></p><p><strong style=\"background-color: initial;\">​</strong></p><p><strong>So, my proposal is that an amendment be adopted establishing universal lifetime two-term limits for EVERY elected official in the country, effective immediately, a ten year term limit for every judicial appointee, and an overturn of the 2010 Citizens United ruling which clearly states that \"money is not speech\" and that \"corporations are not legal persons\".</strong></p><p><strong>I have other ideas to strengthen our democracy, but this is a start.</strong></p><p><strong style=\"background-color: initial;\">​</strong></p><p><strong>This is NOT a complete list of everything that I want to be able to do when you send me to DC. Feel free to ask me about anything that you want to know!</strong></p><p><br/></p></blockquote><div style=\"text-align: right; font-size: 0.9em; color: #555; margin-top: 0.5em;\"><p style=\"font-size:0.9em;color:#555\">— Daniel Crawford's <a href=\"https://www.danielhcrawfordthe3rd.com/the-issues-cksq\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">campaign website</a> (April 23, 2026)</p></div></div></div><div style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0.5em;\"><i>Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.</i></div></div>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"></div>\n<p>Daniel Crawford did not complete <a href=\"/Ballotpedia%27s_Candidate_Connection\">Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection</a> survey.\n</p>", "answer_text": "See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection\n\nDaniel Crawford completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2026. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Crawford's responses.\nExpand all | Collapse all\nWho are you? Tell us about yourself. My campaign is about justice. We need justice for victims and survivors of crimes committed, and we must make declare how serious we are about justice by first ensuring that Jeffrey Epstein's clients are exposed, arrested, and tried for their heinous offenses. We also need economic justice. The working class has been on the losing end of a class war for the better part of our nation's history, and it is time that we turn the tide. The people need a living wage of no less than $20 an hour, and we need to establish that this living wage standard will be forever attached to inflation so that we don't go another two decades without addressing it. Economic justice also extends to protecting competition and ensuring that the right of workers to organize a union is treated as sacrosanct. We must pass the PRO Act, strengthen the Labor Department, and work together to break up the monopolies that are emerging in our economy. This economy must be made to work for all of us, not just the few. There ought to likewise be an emphasis on environmental justice. It is imperative that we remember that we share this planet with one another, AND all other living things. Pass the Green New Deal and work on smart development for our communities to reduce waste and encourage conservation. My campaign's theme of justice also includes our rights. These rights include: free speech, voting, healthcare, and housing (to name a few). I have more to say on this. Please 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? 1. We must protect democracy and the Constitution: the fascists have run amok for far too long, and they are trying to decimate the Republic from within. We need to safeguard our democracy and establish stronger barriers shielding us from the whims of bad actors obsessed with power. 2. Accountability is a must: in order to protect the Republic, Congress must do its damn job to hold those accountable who thumb their nose at the rule of law. This should be universally applied, regardless of party. 3. Transparency: you can NOT have a functioning Democratic Republic without accountability, and you can not have accountability without transparency. Our job is to ensure that the secrecy and lies come to an end. Expose the truth! My objective is to empower the people. Democracy is my religion, and the Constitution is my Bible. Is our founding document perfect? Of course not, and we can work on that together. However, we can NOT just let those in power cherry-pick the laws and foundational principles that they want to follow.\r\n\r\nIf you look at my public record of commentary, you will see that I am not blinded by political affiliation. I called for George W. Bush's impeachment for his numerous breaches of the Constitution, and did the same (to the chagrin of many within my party) for Obama after he presided over the drone strike which killed an American citizen accused of being a terrorist.\r\n\r\nUniversal application of the rule of law is the only way forward. I only want to serve two terms in this office, at most. Yes, you hear many politicians make this or similar promises, but I want you to hold me to accountable here. While I do not intend to go back on my word, I want you to use my words here to attack me and politically bury me if I ever betray you.\r\n\r\nOur words have to mean something, and I was raised to mean what I say, say what I mean, and to speak loudly in favor of justice for all.\r\n\r\nMy mother passed in 2012 at the age of 49, and it is her memory that I honor with my devotion to the cause of justice and honesty. If you see me straying away from the cause of justice, use her memory and example against me. Shame me into compliance.\r\n\r\nIt is my primary objective to serve you to the fullest. What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? My passions are pretty broad, and you can always reach out and ask me directly to be more specific. Yet, I will touch on the things which matter the most to me. If elected, I will fight for the following: 1. A constitutional amendment which clarifies that money isn't speech, corporations aren't people, and which establishes universal term limits for all elected officials at no more than two terms, as well as establishing that no judge or justice may serve more than 10 years. 2. A living wage of no less than $20 an hour (attached to inflation, and including tipped workers) 3. The Green New Deal 4. Passing the PRO Act 5. Universal Healthcare (a.k.a. \"Medicare for All\") 6. Codify Roe v. Wade\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.\nCampaign website Crawford's campaign website stated the following: My platform? TRANSPARENCY * ACCOUNTABILITY * LIBERTY 1. Medicare for All/Universal Healthcare, because Healthcare is a human right ​ 2. Establish a living wage standard of at least $20 an hour and attach it to inflation ​ 3. Ban Congress from Trading and pay them based on the same living wage standard that we all have to live on and establish a lifetime prohibition for any member of Congress or their staff from being able to become a lobbyist ​ 4. Get Money out of Politics (more on this later) and establish public financing for campaigns ​ 5. Pass the PRO Act to strengthen the right to organize ​ 6. Repeal the Trump 2017 and 2025 Tax Cuts for the Wealthy, and go further by gradually raising taxes on the top margin back to pre-Reagan levels (billionaires should not exist) ​ 7. Restore Glass-Steagall to strengthen the regulations created in the wake of the Great Depression ​ 8. Codify Roe v. Wade ​ 9. Establish public funding for colleges and universities to create tuition-free options ​ 10. Pass the Green New Deal and work to get the rest of the world on board with addressing climate change ​ 11. Legalize, regulate, and tax marijuana at the Federal level while exonerating all nonviolent federal marijuana offenders ​ 12. Permanent extension of the child tax credit ​ 13. Explore options for UBI (I am open to adopting this, but just need convincing that it won't create runaway inflation) ​ 14. Fully funding public education and eliminating standardized testing ​ 15. Defunding any aggressive nation-state, including Israel, and pushing for a two-state solution, as well as the prosecution of war crimes committed ​ 16. Abolishing ICE, granting conditional amnesty to productive undocumented migrants, complete with a fee and an expedited/modernized path to citizenship (full amnesty to all undocumented children) ​ 17. A bipartisan audit of every federal department to ensure that our tax dollars are spent effectively and efficiently, complete with a thorough report with recommendations to Congress and the American people for how to improve government functions ​ 18. Eliminating the cap for payroll taxes to fully fund Social Security and work to make the program solvent for generations to come ​ 19. Improving programs like SSI to ensure that the disabled are not barely holding on, including making sure that the impoverished are not punished for having additional income (I can explain further, if you want) ​ 20. Comprehensive action to address gun violence with at least the bare minimum of truly universal background checks and adopting federal red flag laws (I know there's far more to this issue, but these two are literally the least we can do, with proven effectiveness) ​ Back to the issue of money out of politics, it is clear that we need a constitutional amendment, and I have a compromise. ​ For decades, I have adamantly opposed term limits, because I see them as inherently undemocratic. Moreover, term limits alone do not address the issue of corruption. Corruption is found by tracing the money back to the wealthy interests and their financing of campaigns and lobbyists. ​ So, my proposal is that an amendment be adopted establishing universal lifetime two-term limits for EVERY elected official in the country, effective immediately, a ten year term limit for every judicial appointee, and an overturn of the 2010 Citizens United ruling which clearly states that \"money is not speech\" and that \"corporations are not legal persons\". I have other ideas to strengthen our democracy, but this is a start. ​ This is NOT a complete list of everything that I want to be able to do when you send me to DC. Feel free to ask me about anything that you want to know! — Daniel Crawford's campaign website (April 23, 2026) Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.\n\nDaniel Crawford did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey."}]