Survey of 2026 Senate campaign websites: on Social Security

Angie Craig: We need to keep Medicare and Social Security fully funded

Social Security and Medicare are a promise that we've made to America's seniors--if you work hard and play by the rules, affordable health care and the dignity of a secure retirement will be within your reach. In order to keep this promise, we need to keep Medicare and Social Security fully funded and combat any attempts to privatize or defund them. Source: 2026 Minnesota Senate campaign website craig.house.gov Jul 24, 2025

Josh Turek: Strengthen it by ensuring billionaires pay their fair share

Strengthen Social Security by ensuring billionaires pay their fair share.
Take on Big Pharma and pharmacy benefit managers to stop price gouging and ensure affordable prescription drugs for all.
Repeal cuts to SNAP, because every Iowan deserves access to food.
Crack down on monopolies that drive up prices for working class Iowans.
Lower costs for child care.

Source: 2026 Iowa Senate campaign website Turek4iowa.com Mar 11, 2026

Peggy Flanagan: Eliminate tax on Social Security; expand income cap

At a time of rising costs, seniors living on fixed incomes deserve every additional dollar they can get. Peggy supports eliminating the tax on Social Security to expand the personal budgets of seniors. Peggy will fight to protect Social Security now and for future retirees by ensuring that the wealthiest Americans pay their fair share into the system. By expanding the income cap and source for contributions, Social Security will continue to provide benefits seniors can count on for decades to come. Source: 2026 Minnesota Senate campaign website PeggyFlanagan.com Apr 5, 2026

Connor Burbridge: Expand Social Security and Disability Insurance

Both parties have violated the basic promise that American families are entitled to a decent standard of living. Where the market fails to provide for basic needs, we must provide a robust safety net to ensure Americans are properly housed, fed, and cared for. We're going to protect and expand programs like Social Security and Disability Insurance, invest in our public schools, ensure high-quality universal childcare, and provide nutritious food assistance for our neighbors in need. Source: 2026 Rhode Island Senate campaign website BurbridgeForRI.com Apr 12, 2026

Hallie Shoffner: Lift the contribution cap on the ultra-wealthy

Social Security and Medicare are benefits Americans earn. My parents paid in, worked hard, and helped build their community. No politician should be allowed to give that away to lobbyists. I will protect and strengthen Social Security and Medicare, lift the contribution cap on the ultra wealthy, reverse the cuts, and invest in a care economy that creates good-paying jobs and keeps seniors close to home. Source: 2026 Arkansas Senate campaign website HallieShoffner.com Apr 23, 2026

Zach Wahls: Scrap the cap on Social Security taxes; no benefit cuts

Scrap the cap. Right now, wealthy Americans stop paying Social Security taxes after their first $160,000 in earnings. Someone making $50,000 pays on every dollar. That's not fair. End that loophole and use the revenue to extend Social Security's solvency for generations.

No benefit cuts. No raising the retirement age. Iowans worked their whole lives to earn these benefits. We are not moving the finish line.

Source: 2026 Iowa Senate campaign website ZachWahls.com Apr 26, 2026

Graham Platner: Lift the payroll tax cap to make Social Security solvent

Social Security has been under steady assault by politicians for decades, and we are nearing a breaking point. Lifting the payroll tax cap would make Social Security solvent for decades to come, while allowing for COLA increases. It's long past time to protect Social Security for future generations. Source: 2026 Maine Senate campaign website GrahamForSenate.com Mar 30, 2026

Matt Dodson: Remove the cap on Social Security tax

Make Social Security solvent forever
Tax people on all their income, not just income below $176,100
Pay Social Security tax on Capital Gains over $100,000

Source: 2026 New Mexico Senate campaign website MattDodsonForNM.com Apr 7, 2026

The above quotations are from Survey of 2026 Senate campaign websites. Click here for definitions & background information on Social Security. Click here for other issues (main summary page). Click here for more quotes by Elizabeth Warren on Social Security. Click here for more quotes by Ted Cruz on Social Security.
*Senatorial candidates on Social Security:*
*Senate races 2026:* AK: Dan Sullivan(R,for re-election) AL: Tommy Tuberville(R,retiring) AR: Tom Cotton(R,for re-election) CO: John Hickenlooper(D,for re-election) DE: Chris Coons(D,for re-election) FL: Ashley Moody(R,appointee) GA: Jon Ossoff(D,for re-election) IA: Joni Ernst(R,retiring) ID: Jim Risch(R,for re-election) IL: Richard Durbin(D,retiring) KS: Roger Marshall(R,for re-election) KY: Mitch McConnell(R,retiring) LA: Bill Cassidy(R,for re-election) MA: Ed Markey(D,for re-election) ME: Susan Collins(R,for re-election) MI: Gary Peters(D,retiring)	*2026 races continued...* MN: Tina Smith(D,retiring) MS: Cindy Hyde-Smith(R,for re-election) MT: Steve Daines(R,for re-election) NC: Thom Tillis(R,retiring) NE: Peter Ricketts(R,for re-election) NH: Jeanne Shaheen(D,retiring) NJ: Cory Booker(D,for re-election) NM: Ben Ray Lujan(D,for re-election) OH: Jon Husted(R,appointee) OK: Markwayne Mullin(R,appointed to Cabinet) OR: Jeff Merkley(D,for re-election) RI: Jack Reed(D,for re-election) SC: Lindsey Graham(R,for re-election) SD: Mike Rounds(R,for re-election) TN: Bill Hagerty(R,for re-election) TX: John Cornyn(R,for re-election) VA: Mark Warner(D,for re-election) WV: Shelley Moore Capito(R,for re-election) WY: Cynthia Lummis(R,retiring)
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