Gabriel Sanchez: Candidate For GA House District 42
Gabriel Sanchez: Candidate For GA House District 42
Election Date: May 19, 2026
Candidate Website: https://www.sanchezforgeorgia.com/
Candidate Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sanchezforgeorgia
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Question 1 Topic: Defending Constitutional Rights
Over the past year, federal officers within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) have detained individuals without cause and searched homes without a judicial warrant, which violates the Constitution’s Fourth Amendment protections against unreasonable search and seizure.
Will you support the Fourth Amendment right to privacy and demand an end to unlawful conduct by DHS and other government agencies?
Answer: Yes. I believe protecting our civil liberties is paramount to restoring confidence in our government. We, the People, have inalienable rights.
Explanation: Yes. I believe protecting our civil liberties is paramount to restoring confidence in our government. We, the People, have inalienable rights.
Question 2 Topic: Defending Constitutional Rights
Public reports estimate that since 2022, President Donald Trump has issued more than 100 threats to investigate, prosecute, imprison, or otherwise punish those who are critical of him, including news organizations and talk show hosts (such as Jimmy Kimmel). In September 2025, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi indicted former FBI director James Comey after Trump publicly called for his prosecution.
Do you agree that the president and other government officials should not attack political enemies or those exercising their First Amendment rights?
Answer: Yes
Explanation: Freedom to voice one’s opinion is one of the key pillars of any healthy democracy. Without it, we continue to march closer to authoritarianism. No one should be above the law, and no one should be prosecuted for having opinions.
Question 3 Topic: Defending Constitutional Rights
Videos, court statements, and internal communications show that officers of the Department of Homeland Security, including ICE agents, have knowingly and criminally acted outside of their authority. Since the killing of Renee Good by an ICE agent, the administration has prevented the state of Minnesota from conducting a proper criminal investigation of the perpetrator.
Do you agree that, subject to existing legal precedent, states have the right to prosecute crimes, and will you advocate for the investigation and prosecution of crimes committed by federal officers?
Answer: Yes
Explanation: I introduced HB 889, which bans the use of masks by ICE agents and requires they publicly identify themselves. No one should be above the law. If we have masked assailants coming into our communities and harming they should be prosecuted.
Question 4 Topic: Commitment To Democratic Process
A landmark 2004 Princeton study found that a small group of elites and corporations have the greatest influence on U.S. legislation. This issue was exacerbated in 2010, when SCOTUS’s Citizens United decision paved the way for the creation of SuperPACs, which to date have spent more than $5 billion in anonymous special interest dollars to influence US elections and policy.
In your role, will you work to ensure that corporations and PACs are not able to exert undue influence on the legislative process?
Answer: Yes
Explanation: We have to get money out of politics to ensure that we have a government that is representative of the people and not corporate elites. I do not take corporate money, and am the only candidate pledging to do so. We can win without it, and if we seek to be the change we want, it starts with us.
Question 5 Topic: Commitment To Democratic Process
The Heritage Foundation, the conservative think tank that authored Project 2025, has catalogued every instance of voter fraud in federal elections since 1982 and found that it occurred exceedingly rarely—about once for every million votes. Still, unfounded claims of fraud are frequently used to cast doubt on election results and to advocate for more restrictive laws. President Trump has even called for Republicans to “nationalize” the elections, and on March 31, 2026, he signed an executive order to restrict absentee ballots.
As an elected official, will you help protect free and fair elections, and refute unfounded claims of fraud that undermine faith in our electoral process?
Answer: Yes
Explanation: It should be easier for people to vote, not harder. As a member of the House Governmental Affairs committee, which covers elections, I fought against any voter suppression bills and advocated for expansion of voting. I want to restore the ease of using mail-in ballots to how it was in 2020, have same day voter registration, and make Election Day a holiday so that more people can participate.
Question 6 Topic: Commitment To Democratic Process
Though congressional district maps are usually only redrawn once a decade after the census, several states, including Texas and California, passed new laws in 2025 with the explicitly partisan purpose of gerrymandering to gain more seats in the House of Representatives. In Wisconsin and Illinois, gerrymandering has resulted in the winning party receiving about 25% more House seats than their vote share.
Do you agree that fair representation requires fair maps, and will you advocate for them?
Answer: Yes
Explanation: People should decide their elected officials, not the other way around. We need independent redistricting commissions now more than ever. Maps should be drawn in such a way that ensures that communities are not broken up arbitrarily to skew votes one way or the other.
Question 7 Topic: Belief In System of Law
In the case of J.G.G. v. Trump, the administration disobeyed a federal court’s explicit order on March 15, 2025, to stop a deportation flight of Venezualan immigrants and to return any flights that were already in the air. The following year, on February 26, 2026, Federal Court Judge Patrick Schiltz issued an opinion detailing the Trump administration’s failure to comply with hundreds
of court orders pertaining to Habeas petitions.
In your position, will you follow court orders and hold other officials accountable for failing to do so?
Answer: Yes
Explanation: We have a lot of work to do if we are going to build back the people’s trust in the government. The only way we do this is by holding officials accountable and ensuring that laws remain responsive to the needs of the people and not the few.
Question 8 Topic: Belief In System of Law
Donald Trump has personally profited an estimated $1.2 billion from cryptocurrency in the second term of his presidency while simultaneously acting to deregulate the industry.
Do you believe that a president and other government officials should be required to divest from conflicts of interest during their term in office, and will you commit to doing the same?
Answer: Yes
Explanation: Corruption and money in politics are the root cause of many of our struggles. We must end that corruption. Elected officials should not be able to profit from their position. We are not elected to enrich ourselves and our families. We are elected to advocate and improve the lives of all members of our respective communities.
Question 9 Topic: Countering Authoritarianism
On February 20, 2026, the Supreme Court struck down $175 billion of tariffs instituted by President Trump, determining that imposing these tariffs overstepped the bounds of his authority. The administration has also illegally withheld congressionally-appropriated funds from states and government agencies through executive action, per the Government Accountability Office.
Will you commit to supporting Congress’s power of the purse and demand an end to this form of executive overreach?
Answer: Yes
Explanation: I will push for our government to work as intended, with checks and balances. Our Congress has ceded power to the executive branch. This is not representative of the people they were sworn to represent.
Question 10 Topic: Countering Authoritarianism
In 2024, the Supreme Court ruled that the president is immune from criminal liability for “official acts,” making impeachment the only reliable check on presidential power.
Do you believe that Congress has the responsibility to conduct impeachment proceedings, as it did by investigating alleged corruption by President Biden, in order to prevent corruption, abuse of power, and unconstitutional acts for which the president is otherwise unaccountable?
Answer: Yes
Explanation: I believe the president should be held accountable for “official acts” that harm the citizens of our country. Personal enrichment for the president, his family, and close allies should be grounds for prosecution. “Official Acts” should be scrutinized.
Question 11 Topic: Countering Authoritarianism
During his second term in office, Donald Trump has fired seventeen independent inspectors general and defunded or removed key staff from independent government watchdogs including the Office of Professional Responsibility, the Office of Government Ethics, and the Office of Special Counsel. The administration has also failed to keep adequate records, blocked the release of records (such as the Epstein Files), and claimed ownership of presidential records in violation of legal precedent and ethical standards.
In your role, will you work to ensure transparency and accountability through adequate record keeping and independent inspectors, and will you hold those who do not meet these standards accountable?
Answer: Yes
Explanation: We need to ensure transparency, and one way to do that is by keeping inspectors independent and ensuring that information is not biased. The president and the majority political party should be scrutinized just as much as the minority party.
Question 12 Topic: Truth in Public Discourse and Decision-Making
Despite overwhelming scientific consensus on the benefits and risks of vaccines, some high-profile critics continue to make claims about vaccines that have been debunked.
Do you believe that RFK Jr.’s choice to staff the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices with people who push easily-refuted pseudoscientific theories is harmful to Americans’ health, and will you advocate for science-based decision-making?
Answer: Yes
Explanation: We need decisions based on fact and evidence. We have set the health of the country back decades. We have to restore the people’s faith in science and detract from the unsubstantiated claims made by conspiracy theorists.
Question 13 Topic: Truth in Public Discourse and Decision-Making
Many public officials make false assertions when they believe it is politically useful. Vice President J.D. Vance defended this practice after claiming Haitians were eating cats and dogs, saying “If I have to create stories so that the American media actually pays attention to the suffering of the American people, then that’s what I’m going to do.”
Do you agree that lying about the facts voters use to make decisions distracts from the actual issues, and will you commit to accurately representing established facts?
Answer: Yes
Explanation: There is enough suffering going around that we do not need to make stories for the media. We need to be addressing the suffering that Americans are experiencing by being honest with the facts and rooting solutions in their experiences.