MD-07 Democratic nominee?
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JUN 24, 2026Primary Election
Party selects its nominee.
Overview
Current rolePolitical candidate
PartyDemocratic
Political ideologyProgressive Democrat
GenderOther
LocationMaryland
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BackgroundPolitical candidate
EducationUniversity of Maryland Global Campus — Bachelor's (Business), 2012
Notable personal detailsTheo R. Gillespie is a Democratic candidate for U.S. House representing Maryland’s 7th Congressional District in the 2026 election cycle. He has described himself as a transgender activist, musician, and entrepreneur from Baltimore. His professional experience includes leadership roles in media and travel businesses and work as a video editor. He earned a bachelor’s degree in business from the University of Maryland Global Campus.
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Positions
Economy & Taxes
Supports funding expanded social programs (including a phased path to universal healthcare and large-scale affordable housing programs) and lists revenue options that include taxes on high-income earners and large corporations. Proposes tax incentives for affordable housing development, anti-speculation taxes, and revenue-sharing mechanisms tied to community benefits from development projects.
Healthcare
Supports a phased path to universal healthcare that preserves existing coverage while expanding access, starting with a nationwide public option and gradually lowering Medicare eligibility and expanding Medicaid. Proposes cost controls (allowing Medicare negotiation of drug prices, capping hospital price growth), system simplification, and investments in the health workforce and underserved communities.
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Immigration & Border
Supports comprehensive, humane immigration reform including a clear, earned pathway to citizenship for long-term undocumented residents (including Dreamers, TPS holders, farmworkers, and essential workers). Emphasizes protecting asylum access, due process, family unity, legal counsel, labor rights, and reducing punitive enforcement practices and detention of children. Calls for addressing court backlogs and resourcing asylum processing rather than expanding punitive enforcement.
Climate & Energy
Supports expanding renewable energy (onshore and offshore wind), investing in enhanced geothermal, modernizing the grid to use excess wind power, and setting water-efficient cooling standards for large facilities; endorses co-locating high-energy uses with clean generation and treating large AI compute facilities as critical infrastructure while maintaining environmental review.
Public Safety & Guns
Supports universal background checks (including private sales), national licensing and training standards, red flag (extreme risk protection) laws with due-process safeguards, and safe-storage requirements alongside investments in mental-health and community violence-prevention programs.
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