Boris Velasquez
MD-08 Democratic nominee?
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JUN 24, 2026Primary Election
Party selects its nominee.
Overview
Current roleNational security analyst
PartyDemocratic
Political ideologyProgressive Democrat
GenderMale
LocationMaryland
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BackgroundNational security analyst
Notable personal detailsBoris Kabel Velasquez is a Democratic candidate running for the U.S. House in Maryland’s 8th Congressional District in the 2026 election cycle. He has been described publicly as a national security analyst. He is challenging incumbent Rep. Jamie Raskin in the Democratic primary.
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Positions
Economy & Taxes
The candidate advocates sharply higher taxes on the wealthy and large corporations, including a progressive corporate tax up to 80% on profits over $1 billion and a 90% top individual rate on income over $4 million, and supports taxing capital gains as ordinary income and unrealized gains to fund expanded social programs and large public investments.
Healthcare
Supports universal healthcare with a stated goal of moving toward single-payer and endorses expanded public programs such as universal childcare to broaden access to care and support families.
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Immigration & Border
Supports a humane, legal, and orderly immigration system that creates paths to citizenship for Dreamers, TPS holders, farmworkers, and long-term undocumented residents; seeks to end family separation and indefinite detention, abolish ICE in its current form and rebuild immigration enforcement under civilian, due-process-respecting authority; and expand asylum capacity with humane processing and special protections for at-risk journalists and dissidents.
Abortion & Reproductive Rights
The candidate supports codifying bodily autonomy into federal law and pursuing a constitutional amendment to protect full body autonomy. This position indicates support for federal protections for reproductive choice and against governmental interference in personal medical decisions.
Climate & Energy
Endorses an ambitious climate and environmental agenda tied to a broader ‘ambitious good’ platform, including federal jobs focused on climate adaptation, expanded public lands (‘Half‑Earth’), and other climate and environment planks. Describes climate and adaptation work as part of a federal jobs guarantee and centers environmental action within a progressive economic justice framework.
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