Hartzell Gray III
MO-04 Democratic nominee?
$18.9K
AUG 5, 2026Primary Election
Party selects its nominee.
Overview
Current rolePolitical activist
PartyDemocratic
Political ideologyProgressive Democrat
GenderMale
LocationMissouri
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BackgroundPolitical activist
Notable personal detailsHartzell Gray III is a Democratic candidate for the U.S. House in Missouri’s 4th Congressional District (2026). He is a Kansas City–based activist and community organizer associated with tenant organizing, and has worked in local media as a radio host and podcast/media personality.
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Positions
Economy & Taxes
The candidate supports policies to transfer economic power toward working families, including higher burdens on extreme wealth and a tax system that makes millionaires and billionaires pay their fair share. He backs expanded social programs and public investments such as Medicare for All, a $25 federal minimum wage, and large investments in housing and jobs. He rejects corporate PAC money and advocates government spending priorities that fund social programs over military/war spending.
Healthcare
Supports universal healthcare and positions healthcare as a right, advocating for expanded public healthcare access. Campaign materials and progressive endorsements list universal healthcare as a campaign priority. No sources found indicating support for market-based or conservative healthcare policies.
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Immigration & Border
Supports a humane immigration system that simplifies naturalization, creates a pathway to citizenship, codifies and expands DACA, upholds asylum rights, ends private detention, and abolishes ICE.
Abortion & Reproductive Rights
Supports codifying and protecting reproductive rights including access to abortion; participated in and helped organize rallies and petition drives aimed at placing a reproductive-rights/amendment (Amendment 3) on the Missouri ballot to enshrine abortion and other reproductive care up to fetal viability.
Climate & Energy
Supports an aggressive, government-led climate agenda including a nationwide 100% clean renewable energy target by 2035, ending fossil-fuel subsidies, major clean-energy investment and grid modernization, expanded public transit and EV infrastructure, funded climate resilience, and a just-transition for fossil-fuel workers.
Fundraising
Latest report: Cycle 20262026
LatestCycle 2026
Source: FEC
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