2020 Arkansas Senatorial race: debates and news coverage


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Corporations     Dan Whitfield: Close loopholes so corporations pay more than zero in taxes.

Crime     Dan Whitfield: End the corruption of private prisons.     Dan Whitfield: Greater firepower is not solution; deal with systemic racism.     Tom Cotton: Zero tolerance for destruction during protests.     Ricky Dale Harrington: Prisons shouldn't profit off of people.     Ricky Dale Harrington: Prisons shouldn't profit off of people.     Ricky Dale Harrington: Reduce prison population; impose sentencing caps.

Drugs     Dan Whitfield: Let voters in each state determine how to treat marijuana.     Tom Cotton: Stiffer penalties for deceptively trafficking in fentanyl.     Dan Whitfield: Marijuana should be federally decriminalized.

Education     Dan Whitfield: Free college for 2-year degrees; lower interest rates.     Dan Whitfield: Promote vocational training for those not going to college.     Dan Whitfield: Raise teacher's minimum salary to $40,000.     Dan Whitfield: Cap the interest rate on Federal Student Loans at 1-2%.     Dan Whitfield: Raise teachers' salaries from $33K to $40K.

Energy & Oil     Dan Whitfield: Climate change is real; make Arkansas leader in clean energy.     Dan Whitfield: Climate change exists even if we pretend it doesn't.     Josh Mahony: Climate change is man-made.

Foreign Policy     Ricky Dale Harrington: As missionary in China, saw lack of rights under Communism.     Tom Cotton: Buy strategically-important Greenland, to block China.

Free Trade     Asa Hutchinson: Supports high tariffs to eventually lead to low tariffs.

Government Reform     Dan Whitfield: Elected officials should give up financial privacy.     Dan Whitfield: All elected officials should liquidate their portfolios.     Dan Whitfield: Corporate spending is not speech; end Citizens United.     Dan Whitfield: Sued over signature requirement for ballot during pandemic.     Dan Whitfield: Elected officials should give up rights to financial privacy.

Gun Control     Dan Whitfield: Disarming citizens unconstitutional, but check backgrounds.     Dan Whitfield: Disarming citizens against everything America stands for.     Ricky Dale Harrington: Right of people to bear arms "shall not be infringed".     Ricky Dale Harrington: Right of people to bear arms shall not be infringed.     Josh Mahony: Mental health reform, but we need Congress to pass it.     Tom Cotton: Mental health reform to block access to firearms.     Josh Mahony: Mental health reform; but how do we do it?     Tom Cotton: Mental health reform; but how do we do it?

Health Care     Dan Whitfield: Medicare for All--human misery should never be monetized.     Dan Whitfield: Coronavirus: China is not the enemy; COVID-19 is.     Dan Whitfield: Universal healthcare, like every other industrialized nation.     Josh Mahony: Supports public option; preserve private health insurance.

Immigration     Dan Whitfield: End migrant child detention facilities: use foster care.

Jobs     Dan Whitfield: Large corporations required to pay $15 minimum wage.     Dan Whitfield: Regain workers' rights and protections through Unionism.

Principles & Values     Ricky Dale Harrington: Libertarian for those unhappy with Democrats AND Republicans.     Ricky Dale Harrington: Converted from Blue-Dog Democrat; married with three kids.

Tax Reform     Dan Whitfield: Close loopholes for wealthy; lower taxes for working class.

Technology     Dan Whitfield: Internet info should be personal property, not providers'.

War & Peace     Dan Whitfield: Bring troops home; stop destabilizing foreign governments.     Dan Whitfield: America has been in the business of war for far too long.     Ricky Dale Harrington: End costly wars and foreign entanglements.     Ricky Dale Harrington: Repeal the War Powers Act & Patriot Act.

Welfare & Poverty     Dan Whitfield: Require all homeless shelters to be handicap accessible.

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