John Parker
John Parker
CA-37 primary: first place
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JUN 6, 2026
Primary Election
Party selects its nominee.
Overview
Current roleUnion organizer
Political ideologyDemocratic Socialist
LocationCalifornia
BackgroundUnion organizer
EducationNew York University (attendance; years reported 1979–1980)
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Notable personal detailsJohn Thompson Parker is a Peace and Freedom Party candidate and activist who has run in multiple California statewide and federal races, including for U.S. Senate and U.S. House. He has described his work background as including union organizing and community organizing, and has been affiliated with organizations such as the Harriet Tubman Center for Social Justice. In 2026, he is listed as a candidate for U.S. House of Representatives in California’s 37th Congressional District.
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Positions
Economy & Taxes
Advocates socialist economic changes including public control of production and finance and systemic redistribution of wealth; supports policies that transfer economic power from corporations/wealthy to working people.
Healthcare
Supports government-funded universal healthcare (Medicare-for-All style), endorsing healthcare for all guaranteed with no private-only alternative.
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Immigration & Border
The candidate opposes deportations and actions by ICE, supports protections for migrant workers and immigrant communities, and links immigrant rights to broader anti-imperialist and pro-worker policies.
Abortion & Reproductive Rights
Supports access to abortion and describes denial of abortion care as a health-care and equality issue; calls for fighting restrictions such as Texas-style bans. Advocates that health care (including abortion) should be a right and opposes restricting access.
Public Safety & Guns
Supports defunding and replacing police departments with community-organized self-policing and self-defense; calls for reallocating funds from the military and police to social programs. Platform emphasizes stopping police violence in Black and Brown communities and empowering communities to remove local police. No explicit contemporary statement on specific gun laws (e.g., assault weapons bans or background checks) was found in the cited campaign materials.
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