Oppose all efforts to defund police and prosecutors.

Tom Barrett · Michigan · Republican

policy impact 0.82 specificity 0.77 extraction confidence 96%

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I also sponsored the largest state police budget in history and will oppose all efforts to defund our police and prosecutors.

Commits to fighting any attempts to cut police or prosecutor funding.

Issues — Tom Barrett for Congress
campaign · campaign_site · model gpt-5.4-mini

Evidence

Latest News includes a May 15, 2026 article titled "Honoring Mid-Michigan’s Finest" and a May 13, 2026 press release titled "House Approves Barrett-Backed Bill to Target Organized Retail Theft."

Barrett’s official site shows recent public-facing content celebrating police and backing a crime-fighting bill, which is consistent with opposition to defunding police but does not explicitly address prosecutors or any anti-defund pledge in the lookback window.

unresolved same_term

Representative Tom Barrett |
primary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 59%

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The recent votes list shows Barrett voted Yea on H.R. 8029, the "Pay Our Homeland Defenders Act," and Yea on H.R. 5103, the "Make the District of Columbia Safe and Beautiful Act," along with a Yea on H.R. 7147, the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026.

Recent recorded votes show Barrett supporting funding and authority for law-enforcement-related functions, but the page does not show a direct statement or vote on defunding police or prosecutors specifically.

partial same_term A for effort

Votes and Legislation | Representative Tom Barrett
secondary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 67%

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Assessments

partial same_term A for effort

Barrett has taken same-term actions consistent with opposing police defunding, including recorded votes for law-enforcement-related funding and authority and public support for crime-fighting legislation. However, the evidence does not show a direct vote, bill, or formal action specifically opposing all efforts to defund both police and prosecutors, so the promise is not fully delivered on the record provided.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 66%