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Abortion
Vernon Jones: Abortions should always be legal.
Vernon Jones: Supports embryonic stem cell research.
Jim Martin: I support Roe v. Wade.
Zell Miller: Promote and fund sexual abstinence programs.
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Budget & Economy
Josh Lanier: Congress is out of control on spending.
Vernon Jones: Lead the way to protect home ownership.
Vernon Jones: Record of balancing budgets and not raising taxes.
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Civil Rights
Vernon Jones: Constitutional amendment defining marriage.
Alan Keyes: Public display of the Ten Commandments is a state’s right.
Jim Martin: Support affirmative action consistent with federal law.
Jim Martin: Civil unions ok; but not same-sex marriage.
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Corporations
Jim Martin: Work with Delta Air but also respond to middle class needs.
Rand Knight: Invest in our communities, not in corporate subsidies.
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Crime
Nathan Deal: Accountability courts to avoid 5,000 prison beds.
Nathan Deal: Accountability courts to avoid 5,000 prison beds.
Doug Collins: Supports capital punishment.
Rand Knight: Provide inmates with job skills and drug treatment.
Rand Knight: Support the federal death penalty.
Vernon Jones: Support the federal death penalty.
Alan Keyes: Failing to revere God results in violence and crime.
Jim Martin: Supports lethal injection as the method of execution.
Jim Martin: Supports alternative sentencing for non-violent offenders.
Zell Miller: Drunk drivers are criminals and deserve tough punishment.
Zell Miller: Two-strikes law got 1,710 ciminals behind bars.
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Drugs
Nathan Deal: BUI: Boating Under the Influence: if blood alcohol over .10%.
Nathan Deal: BUI: Boating Under the Influence: if blood alcohol over .10%.
Vernon Jones: Mandatory jail sentences for selling illegal drugs.
Zell Miller: Allow people harmed by drugs to sue drug dealers.
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Education
Nathan Deal: $15M for science/tech charter schools.
Sonny Perdue: Tie teacher pay to student achievement.
Rand Knight: Federal funding for charter schools.
Vernon Jones: Vouchers for any public school.
Rand Knight: Raise teacher salaries; build more schools.
Roy Barnes: End social promotion.
Zell Miller: All children should have the opportunity to attend pre-K.
Zell Miller: Good schools mean money for teachers, books, reading.
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Energy & Oil
Doug Collins: Human activity is not contributing to climate change.
Rand Knight: Biofuels & clean green jobs.
Vernon Jones: Supports cap-and-trade, but also domestic oil.
Dale Cardwell: End our dependence on foreign oil with wind & solar.
Dale Cardwell: Invest billions to help clean energy entrepreneurs.
Jim Martin: Supports cap and trade system to reduce carbon emissions.
Rand Knight: Tackle energy dependence to reduce terrorist support.
Vernon Jones: Unaddressed, global warming will be catastrophic.
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Environment
Vernon Jones: Supports CWA, CAA, CAFE but also nukes.
Josh Lanier: Help cities with mass transit and farmers in small towns too.
Vernon Jones: Capture methane gas from landfills for electricity.
Zell Miller: Protection of 100,000 Georgia acres is great achievement.
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Families & Children
Alan Keyes: We have suffered because of our abandonment of His name.
Roy Barnes: More restrictions on teenage driving.
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Free Trade
Zell Miller: The key to economic success is new markets & competition.
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Government Reform
Nathan Deal: Fulfill true purposes of government then get out of the way.
Doug Collins: Increased transparency about campaign contributions.
Sonny Perdue: Make government more responsive, efficient, & value-driven.
Vernon Jones: Increasing individuals donation limits for federal campaigns.
Alan Keyes: Congress should have the last word, not the Supreme Court.
Alan Keyes: Obeying the dictate of federal judges means no Constitution.
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Gun Control
Rand Knight: Allow individuals to carry concealed guns.
Vernon Jones: Allow individuals to carry concealed guns.
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Health Care
Nathan Deal: ObamaCare will cost Georgia $2.5B over next ten years.
Sonny Perdue: $70M for moral obligation to serve those with disabilities.
Jim Martin: All children must have access to health care.
Jim Martin: Part of team that created the PeachCare Act.
Vernon Jones: Part of team that created the PeachCare Act.
Vernon Jones: Put quality of life over profit margins.
Zell Miller: Providing insurance for children is a top priority.
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Homeland Security
Doug Collins: Protect citizenry from terrorists while respecting rights.
Vernon Jones: Military tribunals ok; domestic spying not ok.
Vernon Jones: Supports missile shield & pre-emptive military strikes.
Vernon Jones: Find the terrorists no matter where they are.
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Immigration
Rand Knight: Pathway to citizenship but with official English language.
Vernon Jones: Supports comprehensive immigration reform & work visas.
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Jobs
Nathan Deal: Employment is primary goal of education: more HOPE Grants.
Nathan Deal: Employment is primary goal of education: more HOPE Grants.
Vernon Jones: Include gender identity in federal anti-discrimination laws.
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Local Issues
Nathan Deal: $50 million bond package for the Port of Savannah.
Nathan Deal: $50 million bond package for the Port of Savannah.
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Principles & Values
Alan Keyes: Separation of church and state is phony and is a weapon.
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Social Security
Vernon Jones: Reform & improve Social Security as we know it today.
Vernon Jones: Fight hard as the Dickens for our seniors.
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Tax Reform
Vernon Jones: Permanent repeal of the federal estate tax.
Josh Lanier: Opposes $1 trillion tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans.
Zell Miller: Tax cuts of $334M in 1999.
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War & Peace
Doug Collins: Afghan withdrawal when commanders say, on secret timetable.
Doug Collins: Iran is an imminent threat to the US.
Rand Knight: Get out of Iraq within 12-18 months.
Vernon Jones: Shift responsibility of Iraq to Iraqi people & government.
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Welfare & Poverty
Vernon Jones: Supports federal block grants and local welfare control.
Jim Martin: Supports workfare, but expand TANF for state services.
Zell Miller: Supports welfare reform and welfare to work.
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