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Old Dominion University—B.A. in political science
Data last updated 10/27/2026
Patrick Halpin is a Democrat running for U.S. House in New York's 2nd Congressional District in 2026. He previously served in the Suffolk County Legislature, the New York State Assembly, and as Suffolk County Executive from 1988 to 1991, and he later chaired the Suffolk County Water Authority. His professional background also includes private-sector/public-affairs roles, including managing director at Mercury and owner/president of Halpin Public Affairs LLC.
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Patrick Halpin frames healthcare as a right and says he would work to lower costs, protect coverage, and reverse cuts to Medicaid, ACA subsidies, and New York healthcare funding. His platform emphasizes expanding Medicare, lowering prescription drug prices, taking on pharmaceutical middlemen and healthcare monopolies, and protecting Long Island hospitals and community health centers.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Halpin says he would fight to restore federal Medicaid funding and protect coverage and access to care for seniors, people with disabilities, children, and working families who depend on the program.
SourceHalpin supports restoring enhanced ACA premium tax credits so families buying their own insurance do not face higher monthly premiums.
SourceHalpin says he would lower healthcare premiums and prescription drug costs by expanding Medicare and taking on pharmaceutical middlemen.
SourceHalpin supports putting patients and doctors back in charge by cracking down on prior authorization, corporate steering, and similar practices by insurers and vertically integrated healthcare corporations.
SourceHalpin says he would reverse healthcare cuts that shift costs onto New York's healthcare system and threaten hospitals, community health centers, providers, and patients.
SourcePatrick Halpin's Economy & Jobs platform emphasizes lowering everyday costs for Long Island working families, opposing broad consumer tariffs, expanding middle-class tax credits, cracking down on corporate price gouging and monopolies, and supporting small businesses, farms, housing, and union jobs.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Halpin says he supports making the economy work for paycheck earners by lowering costs, expanding opportunity, and standing up to corporations that rig markets against consumers.
SourceHalpin supports expanding tax credits for middle-class families, including the Child Tax Credit and Earned Income Tax Credit, to offset family costs and reward work.
SourceHalpin opposes broad tariffs as a blanket tax on consumers, while saying tariffs should be used strategically to address unfair trade practices without raising costs for working families.
SourceHalpin supports cracking down on price gouging and junk fees, enforcing antitrust laws, and blocking grocery and food-processing mergers that reduce competition and raise prices.
SourceHalpin supports small businesses and farms that create jobs and says his public-service record included work through the Babylon Industrial Development Agency focused on bringing strong union jobs to Babylon.
SourcePatrick Halpin frames immigration as tied to public safety: he supports secure borders, stopping trafficking and illegal crossings, and comprehensive modernization of legal immigration. He also says enforcement should focus on violent criminals and traffickers rather than hardworking families, and that local police should not serve as federal immigration agents.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Halpin says America needs secure borders and an immigration system that works, including modernization of legal immigration so it is orderly, fair, and efficient.
SourceHalpin says immigration enforcement should target violent criminals, traffickers, and people who threaten public safety rather than hardworking families living peacefully in local communities.
SourceHalpin argues local police should focus on fighting crime rather than serving as federal immigration agents, citing the need to preserve trust between law enforcement and communities.
SourceHalpin says he would fight to secure the border, combat fentanyl and human trafficking, and pursue common-sense immigration solutions that keep Long Island families safe.
SourcePatrick Halpin’s Climate & Energy platform emphasizes protecting Long Island’s environment, strengthening climate resilience, improving drinking-water and wastewater infrastructure, and holding polluters accountable. He also supports lowering energy and utility costs through an all-of-the-above energy strategy that increases supply while maintaining environmental protections.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Halpin says he would fight for federal investments to restore the Great South Bay, strengthen coastal resilience, reduce flooding, modernize drinking-water infrastructure, and protect communities from stronger storms and rising seas.
SourceHalpin supports lowering energy and utility bills by pursuing an all-of-the-above energy strategy that increases supply and lowers costs.
SourcePatrick Halpin frames education largely through affordability, youth support, and his record in Suffolk County, emphasizing lower family costs such as childcare and school-linked prevention programs. His publicly available campaign materials provide only limited education-specific platform detail, with no congressional bill record because he is not a sitting member of Congress.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Halpin says childcare is out of reach for too many families and includes lowering family costs as part of his affordability agenda for Congress.
SourceHalpin highlights his record as Suffolk County Executive partnering with schools to bring drug education and prevention programs directly into classrooms.
SourceHalpin argues that too many young people and graduates cannot afford to stay on Long Island and says he will fight to make everyday life more affordable for working families.
SourcePatrick Halpin frames public safety around support for law enforcement, community-based policing, domestic-violence enforcement, safer neighborhoods, border security, and anti-trafficking and anti-fentanyl efforts. He pairs a pro-police public-safety stance with a call for immigration enforcement focused on violent criminals and traffickers rather than local police serving as federal immigration agents.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Halpin says he will support police and has emphasized officer training, equipment, and resources for safe and professional policing.
SourceHalpin highlights his county executive order requiring arrests when there was clear evidence of domestic violence, saying it increased arrests and protected victims.
SourceHalpin supports working with law enforcement, towns, villages, residents, and businesses to reduce crime, reclaim problem properties, and improve neighborhood quality of life.
SourceHalpin says he will fight to secure borders, combat fentanyl and human trafficking, and prioritize enforcement against violent criminals, traffickers, gangs, and people who threaten public safety.
SourceHalpin argues local police should focus on fighting crime, not serving as federal immigration agents, because community trust helps solve crimes and keep neighborhoods safe.
SourceWest Babylon Alumni Foundation
https://westbabylonalumni.org/halloffame/2014-hall-of-fame-patrick-halpin/Fetched: biography
Newsday
https://newsday.atexcloud.io/long-island/politics/elections/patrick-halpin-congress-uhplobvoFetched: biography
FEC API
https://api.open.fec.gov/v1/candidate/H6NY02140/totals/Fetched: totalRaised, totalSpent, cashOnHand
Elections in USA
https://electionsinusa.com/2026/candidates/patrick-halpin-ny-2/Fetched: campaignFinance
Vote Smart
https://j.futurefacts.votesmart.io/candidate/evaluations/238751/patrick-halpinFetched: endorsements, ratings
Planned Parenthood Action Fund
https://www.plannedparenthoodaction.org/endorsementsFetched: endorsements
Halpin for Congress - Affordability Crisis
https://www.halpinforcongress.com/affordability-crisisFetched: issuePositions
Halpin for Congress - Agenda
https://www.halpinforcongress.com/building-a-better-long-islandFetched: issuePositions
Civic Align
https://www.civic-align.com/races/new-york/2nd-congressional-district/2026Fetched: issuePositions
News 12 Long Island
https://longisland.news12.com/power-politics-long-island-congressional-candidates-discuss-affordability-immigration-and-key-issues-ahead-of-election-dayFetched: issuePositions
Halpin for Congress - Environment
https://www.halpinforcongress.com/environmentFetched: issuePositions
Halpin for Congress - Safety & Immigration
https://www.halpinforcongress.com/safety-immigrationFetched: issuePositions
Halpin for Congress - Building a Better Long Island
https://www.halpinforcongress.com/building-a-better-long-islandFetched: issuePositions
BallotReady - Patrick "Pat" Halpin
https://www.ballotready.org/people/patrick-halpinFetched: issuePositions