Kat Cammack
Bio |
Kat Cammack graduated from the Metropolitan State University of Denver and began her career in politics. She worked as congressman Ted Yoho as his deputy chief of staff before running in the 2020 election. |
Status and Position |
Current US House of Representatives of Florida |
Political Party and Jurisdiction |
Republican, Florida |
Elections |
Election Jurisdiction |
Started Campaign |
Campaign Status |
Poll Rankings (of the vote) |
| 2020 House of Representatives Election FL-03 | FL-03 | Yes | Running | N/A |
Campaign Financing |
63.21% of Cammack's funding comes from large individual contributions, and another portion (23.86%) comes from PAC contributions. Source: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1sFC3Ilr_ER44bsj6Dns9Jh4YvlzmAKnc5wh4C_hvSeE/edit?usp=sharing |
Voting Rights |
Unknown |
Opinions on Issues
Issues |
Stance |
Summary |
| Universal Healthcare | Against | Cammack does not support universal healthcare. Cammack does not support the Affordable Care Act and believes that it acts a barrier to individualized amd high quality healthcare. Source:https://usafacts.org/voter-center/state/florida/contest/house_rep?issueId=HEALTHCARE&contestId=3af02708-56cc-319c-8c0c-daa4d8da55da |
| Socialized Healthcare | Against | Cammack views socialized healthcare as not beneficial to Americans. Source: https://usafacts.org/voter-center/state/florida/contest/house_rep?issueId=HEALTHCARE&contestId=3af02708-56cc-319c-8c0c-daa4d8da55da |
| Private Healthcare | For | Cammack supports private healthcare especially for individualized needs of Americans. Source: https://usafacts.org/voter-center/state/florida/contest/house_rep?issueId=HEALTHCARE&contestId=3af02708-56cc-319c-8c0c-daa4d8da55da |
| LGBT Rights | Unknown | Cammack's stance is unclear. |
| Taxes | Against | Cammack believes in lowering taxes. Cammack supports increasing corporate taxes as she views it as promoting growth in the economy. In addition, Cammack has signed the Taxpayer Protection Pledge, which promises opposition to income tax hikes for Floridians. Source: https://www.atr.org/kat-cammack-makes-no-new-taxes-commitment-fl-03-race?page=8 |
| Flat Tax Rate | Unknown | Cammack's stance is unclear. Cammack supports increasing corporate taxes as she views it as promoting growth in the economy. In addition, Cammack has signed the Taxpayer Protection Pledge, which promises opposition to income tax hikes for Floridians. Source: https://www.atr.org/kat-cammack-makes-no-new-taxes-commitment-fl-03-race?page=8 |
| Abortion | Against | Cammack is strongly pro-life. Cammack has spoken repeatedly against abortion and has stated that a strong reason is that her mother chose life. Source: https://davidharrisjr.com/caitlin/gop-rep-elect-dedicates-her-term-to-pro-life-cause-my-mom-chose-life/ |
| Gun Control | Against | Cammack does not support gun control. Cammack supports defending the Second Amendment and has received an A rating from the National Rifle Association. Source: https://thecapitolist.com/kat-cammack-outlines-her-support-for-the-second-amendment/ |
| Assisted Suicide | Unknown | Cammack's stance is unclear. Cammack supports defending the Second Amendment and has received an A rating from the National Rifle Association. Source: https://thecapitolist.com/kat-cammack-outlines-her-support-for-the-second-amendment/ |
| Government Interference | Unknown | Cammack's stance is unclear. |
| Planned Parenthood | Unknown | Cammack's stance is unclear. |
| Welfare | Unknown | Cammack's stance is unclear. |
| Welfare | Unknown | Cammack's stance is unclear. |
| Death Penalty | Unknown | Cammack's stance is unclear. |
| Mandatory Prison Sentence | Unknown | Cammack's stance is unclear. |
| Military Spending | For | Cammack supports military spending and investments in order to increase preparedness. Source: https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/political-courage-test/191306/kat-cammack |
| War on Terrorism | Against | Cammack supports reducing military intervention in the Middle East. |
| Foreign Policy International Interaction | Nuance | Cammack does not believe in maintaining military presence in the Middle East. Cammack does believe in defense against threats to America and a deterrence strategy for nations aiming to obtain weapons of mass destruction; however, Cammack does not supports Middle East presence. Source: https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/political-courage-test/191306/kat-cammack |
| United Nations power | Unknown | Cammack's stance is unclear. |
| Nationalism | For | Cammack supports nationalism. Source: https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/political-courage-test/191306/kat-cammack |
| Free Markets | For | Cammack supports free markets. Cammack has stated that for energy sources, for example, they must be chosen based on the free market rather than big government. Source: https://usafacts.org/voter-center/candidate/kat-cammack/e1d3d366-be96-321f-803b-9015e55893de?issueId=DEFENSE_AND_VETS |
| Brexit | Unknown | Cammack's stance is unclear. |
| Affirmative Action | Unknown | Cammack's stance is unclear. |
| Government Spending | Against | Cammack aims to reduce government spending. Source: https://www.katforcongress.com/home |
| Charter Schools | Unknown | Cammack's stance is unclear |
| Common Core | Unknown | Cammack's stance is unclear. |
| Clean Energy | Nuance | Cammack's stance is unclear. Cammack believes that the transition to clean energy should be dictated by the free market instead of the Federal Government. Source: https://usafacts.org/voter-center/candidate/kat-cammack/e1d3d366-be96-321f-803b-9015e55893de?issueId=DEFENSE_AND_VETS |
| Religious Freedom | For | Cammack believes in religious freedom. A large part of Cammack's platform is religious freedom, as she herself is quite religious, as is her voter base. Source: https://www.katforcongress.com/post/kat-cammack-announces-faith-pro-life-coalition |
| Separation of Church and State | Against | Cammack does not practice the Separation of Church and State. Source: https://www.katforcongress.com/post/kat-cammack-announces-faith-pro-life-coalition |
| Slavery Reparations | Unknown | Cammack's stance is unclear. |
| Border Control | For | Cammack supports border control. |
| Passenger Profiling | Unknown | Cammack's stance is unclear. |
| DACA | Unknown | Cammack's stance is unclear. |
| Sanctuary Cities | Unknown | Cammack's stance is unclear. |
| Legalizing Marijuana | Unknown | Cammack's stance un |