MA-09 Democratic nominee?
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SEP 16, 2026Primary Election
Party selects its nominee.
Overview
Current roleCandidate for U.S. Congress
PartyDemocratic
Political ideologyProgressive Democrat
GenderOther
LocationMassachusetts
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BackgroundCandidate for U.S. Congress
EducationBristol Community College
Notable personal detailsCraig M. Swallow is a Democratic candidate for the U.S. House in Massachusetts' 9th Congressional District (2026). Raised in New Bedford, Massachusetts, he attended New Bedford Public Schools and studied at Bristol Community College and Bridgewater State University. He has worked in hospitality management and in education, including teaching U.S. history and government in New York City. He has also been involved with Indivisible through a local chapter on the South Coast.
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Positions
Economy & Taxes
The candidate supports substantially higher taxes on the ultra-wealthy and corporations, closing capital-gains loopholes, a financial transactions tax, stronger IRS enforcement, and repeal of corporate tax breaks; he also supports targeted taxes on excessive CEO pay and annual taxation of large unrealized wealth. He couples these tax positions with major public investments (e.g., Medicare for All, affordability measures) funded by those revenue changes and by holding corporations accountable for environmental and monopoly harms.
Healthcare
Supports establishing universal healthcare via Medicare for All and describes healthcare as a right. Prioritizes affordability and access as a core campaign issue.
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Immigration & Border
Supports comprehensive pro-immigrant reforms including a pathway to citizenship, protections for DREAMers, ending family and private detention, abolishing ICE, and other measures to limit deportations and expand humane asylum/immigration processes.
Abortion & Reproductive Rights
Supports reproductive rights and federal policies that expand access to abortion services, including repealing the Hyde Amendment and protections for reproductive health and data privacy related to reproductive care.
Climate & Energy
Supports an aggressive climate agenda including a Green New Deal-style approach, 100% clean energy by 2035, banning new fossil-fuel leases on federal lands and waters, opposing new fossil-fuel pipelines, phasing out sales of gasoline/diesel vehicles by 2035, and holding fossil fuel companies financially accountable through fees or a ‘Climate Superfund.’
Public Safety & Guns
The candidate supports reinstating a federal assault weapons ban, banning high-capacity magazines, requiring a license to purchase guns, limiting purchases to one gun per month, repealing the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, and restoring federal research on gun violence. The candidate also supports creation of a Division on Community Safety within HHS to fund non-carceral, health-centered public-safety investments and several police-reform measures (e.g., prohibiting no-knock warrants, restricting civil asset forfeiture, reforming qualified immunity).
Endorsements
Endorsers of Craig Swallow for MA-09 Democratic nominee?
Massachusetts Peace Action
Public figure
Massachusetts Peace Action endorsed Craig Swallow for Congress in Congressional District 9.
Indivisible Upper Cape
Elected official
Indivisible Upper Cape endorsed Craig Swallow for U.S. Representative for Massachusetts District 9.
Progressive Mass
Public figure
Progressive Mass endorsed Craig Swallow in its 2026 U.S. Congress endorsement process.
Fundraising
Latest report: Cycle 20262026
LatestCycle 2026
Source: FEC
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