Alexis Goldstein
DemocraticQ1 Maryland residents are facing sharply rising electricity bills driven by a combination of power plant retirements, surging market prices, and rapidly growing demand (including from the proliferation of data centers across the region). If elected, what specific steps will you take to address the causes of high energy costs for Maryland residents and businesses, including data centers?
“I would work to ban AI data centers.”
Q2 Since early 2025, Maryland has lost nearly 25,000 federal jobs (more than any other state) as funding cuts to federal agencies including the NIH, NASA, and NIST take effect. How would you approach strengthening Maryland’s economy, and what steps would you take to ensure that workers across different roles and education levels benefit from those efforts?
“Restore lost federal worker jobs and federally enshrine the right for all workers to collectively bargain.”
Q3 Maryland faces public health challenges ranging from stark socioeconomic health disparities, a behavioral health and opioid crisis that disproportionately impacts communities of color, gaps in rural mental health access, and a strained public health infrastructure. What evidence-based policies do you support to improve community health for your constituents?
“Medicare for all and housing first.”
Q4 Across the state of Maryland, science and STEM education cultivate interest at a lower rate than intended, too few community-college students successfully transfer and complete bachelor’s degrees, and college affordability remains vulnerable to shifts in federal student aid and support. What evidence-based policies do you support to build a strong science and STEM pipeline from public schools and K-12 programs through colleges and universities for the next generation of Marylanders?
“MD-06 has some of the most significant STEM-related agencies in government, and we need to ensure our young people are gaining the knowledge needed at these key agencies. I would support funding at every stage of education; incentives for teachers in STEM; funding continuing education; and more funding for Title I schools.”
Q5 What policies, if any, do you support or envision for managing land-based resources in your district (i.e. water, open-space preserves, parks)?
“More parks and open-spaces preserves.”
Q6 What advisory mechanisms will you implement to ensure that evidence and scientific findings play a crucial role in your policymaking process?
“I am a former federal worker, a member of the federal unionists network, and part of an extensive community of current and past federal workers working in scientific fields, such as NASA and CDC. I would look to my network for advice on which orgs and coalitions are best to consult with to assist my policy making process.”
Q7 What initiatives will you take to support investment in innovation via federal science funding?
“Work to restore all scientific research cuts in the last decade.”