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Jess King

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Quick Facts
Personal Details

Education

  • Attended, Eastern Mennonite University
  • MBA, Bard College

Professional Experience

  • Attended, Eastern Mennonite University
  • MBA, Bard College
  • Executive Director, ASSETS
  • Executive Director, Union Project

Political Experience

  • Attended, Eastern Mennonite University
  • MBA, Bard College
  • Executive Director, ASSETS
  • Executive Director, Union Project
  • Candidate, United States House of Representatives, Pennsylvania, District 11, 2018

Other Info

— Awards:

  • Lancaster's Ethics in Business Award
  • Red Rose Award
  • Friend of Workforce Award

Policy Positions

2021

Abortion

Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation?
- Pro-choice

Budget

1. In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket?
- Yes

2. In order to balance the budget, do you support reducing defense spending?
- Unknown Position

Campaign Finance

Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions?
- Yes

Economy

1. Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth?
- Yes

2. Do you support lowering corporate taxes as a means of promoting economic growth?
- Yes

Education

Do you support requiring states to adopt federal education standards?
- Yes

Energy & Environment

1. Do you support government funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, thermal)?
- Yes

2. Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions?
- Yes

Guns

Do you generally support gun-control legislation?
- Yes

Health Care

Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")?
- No

Immigration

1. Do you support the construction of a wall along the Mexican border?
- No

2. Do you support requiring immigrants who are unlawfully present to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship?
- No

Marijuana

Do you support the legalization of marijuana for recreational purposes?
- Unknown Position

National Security

1. Should the United States use military force in order to prevent governments hostile to the U.S. from possessing a nuclear weapon?
- Unknown Position

2. Do you support increased American intervention in Middle Eastern conflicts beyond air support?
- Unknown Position

Speeches

Doing Politics Differently

Oct. 18, 2018Statement
Events

2019

Jan. 26
2019 Kickoff Mass Meeting: Our Strategy Moving Forward

Sat 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM EST

Brightside Oppurtunity Lancaster, PA

Jan. 13
2019 Kickoff York Mass Meeting

Sun 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM EST

Goodwill FC #1 of Jacobus Jacobus, PA

Nov. 17
Post-Election Mass Meeting—with Jess King

Sat 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM EST

Bright Side Opportunities Center, 515 Hershey Ave. Lancaster, PA.