- See Adam Smith's sponsored bills →Adam SmithDemocraticIncumbent✓ Verified$2.1M raised
- Douglas Michael BaslerRepublican✓ Verified$33K raised
Where they stand
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Where they differ: Adam Smith supports cutting housing costs by building affordable housing faster and cheaper and cracking down on Wall Street hedge funds, while voting yea on technology and financial protection bills but nay on capital access and privacy-related acts 13. He also supports protecting the right to abortion and co-sponsors legislation to ensure women’s reproductive freedom and improve access to family planning services 89. Douglas Michael Basler supports restoring an economy where hard work leads to opportunities like starting a business and buying a home for all, not just the wealthy or politically connected 4. He personally opposes abortion but would not support a federal abortion ban, and he supports access to IVF and contraception 10.
AI-written comparison of the sourced entries below. Generated Oct 17, 2026.
| Issue | Adam SmithDemocratic | Douglas Michael BaslerRepublican |
|---|---|---|
| Economy & Jobs | Smith supports cutting housing costs by building affordable housing faster and cheaper, cracking down on Wall Street hedge funds, and creating pathways to high-paying jobs. Smith supports growing the economy while creating equitable economic opportunities and promoting high quality jobs with good wages and benefits. Smith votes yea on technology and financial protection bills but nay on capital access and privacy-related acts. | Basler supports restoring an economy where hard work leads to opportunities like starting a business, buying a home, and advancing in a career for all, not just the wealthy or politically connected. |
| Where they differ on Economy & Jobs: Adam Smith supports cutting housing costs by building affordable housing faster and cheaper, cracking down on Wall Street hedge funds, and creating pathways to high-paying jobs 1. He also supports growing the economy while creating equitable economic opportunities and promoting high quality jobs with good wages and benefits 2. Smith votes yea on technology and financial protection bills but nay on capital access and privacy-related acts 3. Douglas Michael Basler supports restoring an economy where hard work leads to opportunities like starting a business, buying a home, and advancing in a career for all, not just the wealthy or politically connected 4. | ||
| Healthcare | Smith supports protecting healthcare subsidies, expanding access, creating a universal healthcare system, and blocking GOP efforts to slash healthcare and food assistance. Smith supports the Affordable Care Act to increase access to affordable health care and cosponsors Medicare for All to establish single-payer health care for all. Smith votes yea on rural care and patient support acts but nay on Medicaid harm and lowering premiums bills. | No public position found. Check their site ↗ |
| Immigration | Smith cosponsored the VISIBLE Act requiring immigration enforcement officers to display visible identification during public-facing enforcement actions. Smith supports comprehensive immigration reform to fix the legal immigration process, support immigrants, and improve the asylum process. Smith votes nay on multiple immigration enforcement and security bills but yea on a national emergency resolution. | No public position found. Check their site ↗ |
| Public Safety & Crime | Smith fights to restore accountability and protect democratic institutions from threats posed by Trump and MAGA extremists. Smith votes yea on the GUARD Act and bail reform but nay on privacy, veterans’ gun rights, violent offender, and law enforcement support bills. | Basler supports safe communities by showing compassion to people in crisis while holding individuals accountable for crime and addiction-fueled disorder to ensure families and businesses feel secure. |
| Where they differ on Public Safety & Crime: Adam Smith focuses on restoring accountability and protecting democratic institutions from threats posed by Trump and MAGA extremists 1. He voted yea on the GUARD Act and bail reform but nay on privacy, veterans’ gun rights, violent offender, and law enforcement support bills 2. Douglas Michael Basler supports safe communities by showing compassion to people in crisis while holding individuals accountable for crime and addiction-fueled disorder to ensure families and businesses feel secure 3. | ||
| Abortion | Smith supports protecting the right to abortion and co-sponsors legislation to ensure women’s reproductive freedom and push back on criminalizing interstate abortion travel. Smith supports protecting women’s right to choose and advocates for policies that improve access to family planning services. | Basler says he personally opposes abortion but would not support a federal abortion ban, while backing IVF and contraception access. |
| Where they differ on Abortion: Adam Smith supports protecting the right to abortion and co-sponsors legislation to ensure women’s reproductive freedom and oppose criminalizing interstate abortion travel 1. He also advocates for policies that improve access to family planning services 2. Douglas Michael Basler personally opposes abortion but would not support a federal abortion ban, and he supports access to IVF and contraception 3. | ||
| Taxes & Government Spending | Smith emphasizes the importance of growing the economy with equitable opportunities but does not explicitly state a stance on taxes or government spending. Smith votes yea on tax relief and military appropriations but nay on budget resolutions and other appropriations bills. | Basler believes taxes and regulations are piling up excessively, contributing to higher living costs and insecurity for families. Basler opposes creating new affordability subsidies, saying government should first target the policies that raised costs rather than subsidize prices. |
| Where they differ on Taxes & Government Spending: Adam Smith votes in favor of tax relief and military appropriations but against budget resolutions and other appropriations bills 2. Douglas Michael Basler believes taxes and regulations are excessively high, increasing living costs and insecurity for families 3, and opposes new affordability subsidies, advocating for addressing the policies that raised costs first 4. | ||
| Energy & Environment | Smith supports forcing polluters to pay for environmental cleanup and requires oil and gas companies to disclose toxic chemicals used in fracking. Smith votes yea on emissions reduction and conservation acts but nay on EPA rule disapproval and fuel retailer choice bills. | No public position found. Check their site ↗ |
| Foreign Policy & Defense | Smith leads oversight of the Department of Defense, cosponsored War Powers Resolutions to remove U.S. forces from Venezuela, and fights to protect democracy and American values abroad. Smith votes yea on resolutions to remove troops from hostilities and veterans’ clinic naming but nay on defense authorization and surveillance extension. | No public position found. Check their site ↗ |