Jamil Ahmad
Jamil Ahmad
OR-01 Democratic nominee?
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MAY 20, 2026Primary Election
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Overview
Current roleEngineer
PartyDemocratic
Political ideologyProgressive Democrat
LocationOregon
BackgroundEngineer
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Notable personal detailsJamil O. Chaudhry-Ahmad is a Democratic candidate for the U.S. House in Oregon’s 1st Congressional District. He has worked as an engineer at Intel Corporation and has been based in Hillsboro, Oregon. He has filed with the FEC for OR-01 and is running as a challenger.
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Positions
Economy & Taxes
The candidate expresses support for simplifying the tax code and reducing taxes and government spending, including consideration of eliminating the alternative minimum tax or taxation of Social Security benefits. The campaign emphasizes pro-growth measures such as investing in education and infrastructure while seeking a simpler, smaller-taxing government approach.
Immigration & Border
The candidate’s campaign materials propose changes to the student visa program (calling for adjustments to how student visas are allocated) but do not present a clear overall stance on border enforcement, asylum policy, pathways to citizenship, or broad immigration enforcement. Publicly available campaign pages and the voter pamphlet include limited immigration-related detail, making the candidate’s broader immigration and border policy orientation unclear.
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Abortion & Reproductive Rights
Supports federal protections for abortion access consistent with the original Roe v. Wade framework (access when health is at risk and until fetal viability), seeks to repeal the Comstock Act, and supports beginning a constitutional amendment process to protect abortion rights nationwide.
Climate & Energy
Supports investment in clean energy technologies (solar panels, battery storage, and a more efficient grid) as part of infrastructure and industrial policy and frames U.S. clean-energy leadership as an economic priority; accepts a market/technology-focused approach rather than explicitly endorsing more aggressive Green New Deal–style phaseouts.
Public Safety & Guns
The candidate supports significant federal limits on private firearm ownership, including a nationwide firearm licensing system with annual renewals and registration of each firearm, mandatory high-liability insurance for firearms, and a birthdate-based phase-out preventing people born on or after January 1, 2010 from ever buying firearms. Penalties he proposes include fines, jail time, and confiscation for unlicensed or uninsured firearms; he also says constitutional amendment may be needed if courts reject these measures.
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