CT-03 Democratic nominee?
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AUG 12, 2026Primary Election
Party selects its nominee.
Overview
Current roleScientist
PartyDemocratic
Political ideologyDemocratic Socialist
GenderMale
LocationConnecticut
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BackgroundScientist
Notable personal detailsAndrew James Rice is a Democratic candidate for the U.S. House in Connecticut’s 3rd Congressional District in the 2026 election cycle. He describes himself as a scientist with a background in cellular and molecular biology and has lived and worked in CT-03 for about 15 years. His campaign materials emphasize affordability and fairness for working- and middle-class families, as well as healthcare and human rights issues.
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Positions
Economy & Taxes
Supports closing tax loopholes and ensuring billionaires and corporations pay their fair share, imposing taxes on investment firms that buy residential properties, removing the Social Security payroll tax cap to fund Social Security, and using savings from cutting military/overseas spending and closing corporate tax loopholes to fund expanded social programs and public investment.
Healthcare
Supports universal access to healthcare and emphasizes that medical advances should benefit everyone, not only those with insurance. Campaign messaging calls for affordability and healthcare for all as a central issue of the platform.
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Immigration & Border
Supports abolition of ICE and replacing it with the Immigration and Naturalization Service, calls for increased funding for immigration judges, and advocates non‑interventionist foreign policy to reduce migrant crises. Participated in and led chants at a 2025 march in Hartford calling for stronger protections for immigrant communities.
Abortion & Reproductive Rights
Supports codifying Roe v. Wade and ensuring nationwide access to reproductive health care, framing abortion and related care as part of critical health services.
Climate & Energy
Supports aggressive action on climate including pursuing net-zero carbon emissions, strengthening pollution laws, prioritizing frontline communities for environmental restoration and mitigation, and investing in clean infrastructure and grid resilience.
Public Safety & Guns
Supports an assault-weapons ban and other gun reform measures, advocates ending the federal ban on gun research, and calls for robust mental-health services in schools; also supports police reforms such as preventing military-style equipment purchases, ending qualified immunity, and deploying trained crisis counselors for nonviolent situations.
Fundraising
Latest report: Cycle 20262026
LatestCycle 2026
Source: FEC
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