Marcy Winograd

Marcy Winograd was a Democratic candidate in the 2008 congressional elections for the 36th Congressional District (map) of California. She was challenging incumbent Rep. Jane Harman (D-Calif.) in the Democratic primary.

Education
Supports universal pre-school.

Supports increased funding for technologies in schools.

Supports constructing additional schools in inner-city areas.

Opposes No Child Left Behind Act's provisions to submit student contact information to military recruiters.

Election Law
Supports Fair Elections Now Act (H.R. 1826 &amp; S. 752) and the The California Fair Elections Act.

Energy
Supports tax incentives for corporations to develop alternative energy.

Supports a windfall profit tax on oil companies, with revenues to be used to finance public transportation, energy subsidies for the impoverished, and a national gas reserve.

Supports raising fuel economy standards in cars.

Supports income-tax credits for users of public transportation and energy efficient vehicles.

Opposes mountain-top mining operations.

Opposes the development of new nuclear power plants and government subsidies for nuclear power. Supports government subsidies for wind energy.

Environmental Law
Supprots enforcement of the current Clean Air Act to reduce pollution.

Supports enforcement of the Clean Water Act to protect water purity.

Supports the Endangered Species Act.

Supports companies that produce pollutants to pay for the cost of cleaning abandoned Superfund sites.

Reproductive Rights
Supports the legality of birth control, emergency contraception, and abortion. Opposes on restrictions on the provision of reproductive healthcare services.

Employment Law
Supports a constitutional amendment to include sex, race, sexual orientation, marital status, ethnicity, national origin, color and poverty as protected classes. Supports analysis of age and disability as classes to be included as protected classes.

Supports affirmative action.

Supports the Employee Free Choice Act.

Supports repealing or revising free trade agreements that cause wage depression.

Civil Rights
Supports same-sex marriage and opposes discrimination based on sexual orientation in employment, housing, public accommodations, health services, child custody and military policies.

Women's Rights
Supports a public education campaign to dispell harmful cultural beliefs that lead to violence against women. Supports stronger laws against domestic violence.

Jobs
Supports the establishment of a new federal agency to employ Americans in building infrastructure.

Supports incentives to businesses to lower energy consumption.

Taxes
Supports closing corporate tax loopholes.

Financial Reform
Supports reinstatement of the Glass-Steagall Act.

Supports the creation of a Loan Officer Corps to act as intermediaries between banks and homeowners facing foreclosure.

Foreign Policy
Supports the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan.

Healthcare Reform
Supports a Medicare-for-all style single-payer system. Supports legislation to enable states to enact single-payer systems.

2006 elections
Winograd challenged Rep. Jane Harman (D-Calif.) in the June 6th 2007 California primary. Harman won the nomination.

2008 elections
Winograd was challenging incumbent Rep. Jane Harman (D-Calif.) in the Democratic primary.

Money in politics
As of December 31, 2009, Winograd raised $115,317, with 99% of contributions coming from individuals.

Committees
Winograd will be assigned committees if and when she is elected to Congress.

External resources

 * Winograd's FEC filings
 * 2008 Race Tracker page on California's 36th Congressional District
 * Official Marcy Winograd for Congress website