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Jose Vega was born in New York, New York, and attended Bronx Community College. His career experience includes working as a barista, and he has been affiliated with the Schiller Institute and the LaRouche Organization. In his 2024 Ballotpedia survey response, he described himself as a political organizer and leader in the international youth movement for peace through development founded by Lyndon LaRouche and Helga Zepp-LaRouche.
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Jose Vega supports a universal Medicare for All-style health system while arguing that coverage alone is insufficient without rebuilding health-care capacity. His platform emphasizes more hospitals, doctors, nurses, medical schools, and upstream public-health investments tied to living standards and sanitation.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Vega supports a universal single-payer national health insurance system as part of what his campaign calls a real Medicare for All policy.
SourceVega lists a Medicare for All health-care policy among his top campaign priorities for New York's 15th Congressional District.
SourceVega says every person in America could access state-of-the-art health care and calls for more doctors, medical schools, and hospitals.
SourceIn a NY-15 debate, Vega agreed with Medicare for All proposals and said he does not want anyone to enter a doctor's office or hospital worrying about a bill.
SourceVega argues that public health begins before hospital treatment and supports addressing broader socioeconomic conditions, including sanitation, to prevent illness.
SourceJose Vega’s immigration stance is broadly pro-immigrant and economically focused: he opposes current deportation and ICE enforcement practices, calls the migrant crisis humanitarian and systemic, and supports residency pathways and temporary work visas tied to industrial development. He frames immigration reform as requiring both U.S. rebuilding and international economic development so migrants are not blamed for displacement caused by war and economic crisis.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Vega’s campaign platform supports a "robust immigration reform" agenda as a named policy priority on his official campaign site.
SourceVega says millions of long-term immigrants are threatened with forced deportation, criticizes ICE street enforcement and First Amendment concerns, and states that he abhors the current policy.
SourceVega supports new residency agreements to make it easier for incoming immigrants, including people from Mexico, to gain U.S. residency status and supports two-to-four-year temporary work visas for people seeking to support their families and learn skills.
SourceVega told NYC Votes that the immigration crisis is a humanitarian crisis and international scandal, that people fleeing war and pursuing peace should not be blamed, and that the problem reflects a systemic crisis.
SourceJose Vega’s climate and energy stance emphasizes large-scale industrial and infrastructure development rather than a conventional emissions-focused climate platform. He supports nuclear power expansion, high-speed rail, major water and urban infrastructure projects, and a fusion-oriented technology program.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Vega supports building hundreds of small and large-scale nuclear power plants across the United States as part of a broader infrastructure and productivity agenda.
SourceVega supports a 42,000-mile high-speed rail network and new sewer systems, levees, and waterway infrastructure to modernize the country’s physical economy.
SourceVega’s economic platform endorses LaRouche’s proposal to adopt a fusion-driver crash program as part of a national technology and productivity strategy.
SourceJose Vega’s education platform centers on reinstituting classical education, with a strong emphasis on science, mathematics, literature, languages, music, and the belief that every child can develop creative potential. He also supports youth training through a proposed Space CCC program combining basic education, literacy, vocational skills, engineering, science, trades, and classical arts.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Vega supports replacing what he calls an inadequate fact-and-testing-based curriculum with classical education focused on scientific discovery, literature, languages, music, and each child’s creative potential.
SourceVega supports a federally backed Space CCC program with an intensive educational component to teach literacy, basic subjects, vocational skills, engineering, science, and classical arts to young people.
SourceVega’s campaign biography highlights his work organizing science programs for young people ages 12–18 focused on figures such as Johannes Kepler, Albert Einstein, and Bernard Riemann.
SourceVega’s policy index presents "Genius Exists in Every Child—My Policy for Reinstituting Classical Education" as a formal campaign policy proposal.
SourceJose Vega frames public safety primarily through an anti-war and civil-liberties lens, arguing that domestic violence and insecurity are connected to U.S. militarism, surveillance powers, and foreign policy. His stated positions emphasize ending post-9/11 wars and NATO expansion, opposing current ICE enforcement practices, and pursuing peace-through-development approaches abroad rather than military escalation.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Vega states that domestic acts of violence are connected to aggressive U.S. foreign policy and an extensive international military presence.
SourceVega supports ending post-9/11 wars and replacing militarized foreign policy with partnerships among sovereign nations and economic development.
SourceVega calls for ending NATO and redirecting military spending toward global economic development and a new international security framework.
SourceVega says he abhors current immigration enforcement policy, criticizing ICE street arrests and denial of immigrants' First Amendment rights while proposing residency and work-visa reforms tied to economic development.
SourceVega supports an immediate ceasefire and endorses the Oasis Plan as a development-based approach to long-term peace in Gaza and the broader Middle East.
SourceNo sourced position is available for this topic yet.
FEC API
https://api.open.fec.gov/v1/candidate/H4NY15147/totals/Fetched: totalRaised, totalSpent, cashOnHand
FEC
https://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/H4NY15147/?cycle=2026&election_full=trueFetched: campaignFinance
NYC Votes
https://www.nycvotes.org/whats-on-the-ballot/2024-state-and-federal-general-election/representative-in-congress/profile/?bannerTitle=Jose+Vega&boroughCode=&candidateId=V1353&districtID=&electionCycle=2024+General+Election&geoAreaAbbr=15&officeType=10&officelevel=3&partyId=OTHFetched: issuePositions
Bronx Times
https://www.bxtimes.com/michael-blake-and-jose-vega-debate-housing-immigration-and-israel-in-ny-15-race/Fetched: issuePositions
Jose Vega for Congress - A Robust Immigration Reform
https://votevega.nyc/policy/robust-immigration-reform/Fetched: issuePositions
Jose Vega for Congress 2026 policy page
https://votevega.nyc/policy/space-ccc/Fetched: issuePositions
Branch candidate profile
https://www.branch.vote/races/2026-new-york-primary-election-ny-state-us-representative-ny-congressional-15-d/candidates/jose-vegaFetched: issuePositions
Jose Vega for Congress 2026 economics policy page
https://votevega.nyc/policy/economics/Fetched: issuePositions
Jose Vega for Congress 2026 - Classical Education Policy
https://votevega.nyc/policy/reconstituting-classical-education/Fetched: issuePositions
Jose Vega for Congress 2026 - Space CCC Policy
https://votevega.nyc/policy/space-ccc/Fetched: issuePositions
Jose Vega for Congress 2026 - Policy Proposals
https://www.votevega.nyc/policy/Fetched: issuePositions
Branch
https://www.branch.vote/races/2026-new-york-general-election-ny-state-us-representative-ny-congressional-15/candidates/jose-vegaFetched: issuePositions
Jose Vega for Congress
https://votevega.nyc/policy/new-security-development-architecture/Fetched: issuePositions