- See Michael Turner's sponsored bills →Michael TurnerRepublicanIncumbent✓ Verified$1.2M raised
- Kristina KnickerbockerDemocratic✓ Verified$883K raised
- Thomas McMastersLibertarian✓ Verified
Where they stand
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| Issue | Michael TurnerRepublican | Kristina KnickerbockerDemocratic | Thomas McMastersLibertarian |
|---|---|---|---|
| Economy & Jobs | Turner supports growing and retaining manufacturing, defense, and high-tech jobs to drive the local and national economy. Turner is committed to job creation and economic growth, supporting manufacturing, defense, and high-tech jobs, and has helped add thousands of jobs in his district. Turner votes yea on bills supporting technology use in regulation, capital access, privacy in purchases, terrorism risk insurance, child welfare, and financial exploitation prevention. | Knickerbocker supports cutting taxes for working families, helping small businesses, and raising wages to build a robust economy and workforce. Knickerbocker wants to end tariffs that she says are raising costs for families. | No public position found. |
| Healthcare | Turner fights to secure greater access to quality healthcare and housing for veterans. Turner supports access to healthcare, has led efforts to combat COVID-19 and the opioid crisis, and backed bipartisan relief packages and legislation to aid healthcare providers and addiction treatment. Turner votes yea on acts reauthorizing early childhood programs, rural care, Medicaid protections, lowering premiums, and patient support. | Knickerbocker supports universal healthcare coverage, protecting Medicaid, Medicare, CHIP, and the ACA, and investing in mental health and public health infrastructure. Knickerbocker opposes 2025 federal cuts to Medicaid and ACA subsidies, warning they will cost patients access to treatment. | No public position found. |
| Immigration | Turner supports securing borders and stopping illegal immigration with no amnesty for those who entered illegally, promoting reform that protects legal immigrants and national security. Turner votes yea on multiple immigration enforcement and security bills, including Secure America Act and deporting fraudsters, but nay on a national emergency resolution. | Knickerbocker condemns ICE immigration enforcement activity in Springfield, Ohio. | No public position found. |
| Where they differ on Immigration: Michael Turner supports securing borders and stopping illegal immigration without amnesty, while promoting reform that protects legal immigrants and national security 1. He voted in favor of multiple immigration enforcement and security bills, including the Secure America Act and measures to deport fraudsters, but voted against a national emergency resolution 2. Kristina Knickerbocker condemns ICE immigration enforcement activity in Springfield, Ohio 3. | |||
| Public Safety & Crime | Turner supports law enforcement and formed the Downtown Dayton Working Group to prioritize community safety. Turner leads efforts to combat military sexual assault through bipartisan legislation improving prevention, victim protection, and prosecution tools. Turner votes yea on bills enhancing prison staff safety, gun rights for veterans, cashless bail reporting, and keeping violent offenders off streets. | Knickerbocker supports investing in law enforcement, fire departments, and prevention strategies to strengthen safety and build trust in communities. | No public position found. |
| Abortion | Turner is pro-life and will continue to fight to protect the rights of the unborn. | No public position found. Check their site ↗ | No public position found. |
| Taxes & Government Spending | Turner fights to restore pensions for Delphi retirees and stopped proposals reducing federal worker pensions. Turner votes yea on tax relief for fraud victims, budget resolutions, continuing appropriations, and multiple appropriations acts. | Knickerbocker supports cutting taxes for working families and making billionaires pay their fair share to lower costs for families. | McMasters wants Congress to return to passing annual budgets through regular order instead of continuing resolutions. |
| Energy & Environment | Turner supports an all-of-the-above energy approach, promoting domestic production, increasing natural gas exports, and reducing dependence on unstable foreign oil sources. Turner votes yea on disapproving EPA rule, diesel emissions reduction, marine conservation, battlefield protection, consumer fuel choice, and HEATS Act. | No public position found. Check their site ↗ | No public position found. |
| Foreign Policy & Defense | Turner opposes cuts to the military and works to ensure armed forces have necessary tools and support. Turner votes nay on resolutions to remove US forces from Iran and Lebanon, and yea on defense authorization, veterans clinic naming, and Ukraine support. | Knickerbocker supports fully funding and protecting the VA, defending and growing Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, and supporting military families and veterans. Knickerbocker supports ending the war in Iran. | No public position found. |