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Abortion     Darryl Glenn: Supports fetal personhood; opposes Planned Parenthood.     Deborah Ross: All employers should cover contraceptives (no RFRA).     Evan Bayh: Supports public funding for Planned Parenthood.     Jason Kander: Supports public funding for Planned Parenthood.     John McCain: Defund Planned Parenthood.     Katie McGinty: Supports public funding for Planned Parenthood.     Mark Kirk: Fund Planned Parenthood for non-abortion health services.     Michael Bennet: Classify contraception as preventive care & no moral issue.     Pat Toomey: Great news that employer can withhold contraceptive coverage.     Patty Judge: Supports public funding for Planned Parenthood.     Ron Johnson: Roe v Wade decision was a tragedy.     Russell Feingold: Supports public funding for Planned Parenthood.     Ted Strickland: Supports some restrictions but Planned Parenthood ok.

Budget & Economy     Gary Johnson: Veto any legislation that will result in deficit spending.     Jason Kander: Supports federal spending to promote economic growth.

Civil Rights     Deborah Ross: Transgender individuals use public bathrooms of their choice.     Joe Heck: Accepts Supreme Court ruling on transgendered bathrooms.     Maggie Hassan: Ban discrimination against transgender individuals.     Marco Rubio: Men's bathrooms are for men & women's bathrooms for women.     Richard Burr: Let same-sex marriage be decided by the states.

Corporations     Deborah Ross: Corporations and wealthiest should pay their fair share.

Crime     Deborah Ross: No incarceration for nonviolent misdemeanors.     Jason Kander: End school-to-prison pipeline.

Drugs     Catherine Cortez Masto: Legalize medical marijuana, and eventually recreational use.     Deborah Ross: Supports medical marijuana.     Jason Kander: Supports medical marijuana.     Joe Heck: Legalize medical marijuana, but not recreational use.     Marco Rubio: Prove medical benefits to FDA before legalizing marijuana.     Mark Kirk: Decriminalize and/or legalize marijuana.     Patrick Murphy: Let states decide marijuana legalization.     Patty Judge: Legalize medical marijuana, but not recreational use.     Richard Burr: Marijuana has no value that you can't get thru other things.     Rob Portman: No legalization; focus instead on drug prevention.     Ron Johnson: No federal legalization; but let's see how states do.     Roy Blunt: Don't decriminalize marijuana federally, but let states try.     Ted Strickland: Decriminalize and/or legalize marijuana.

Education     Deborah Ross: Make first two years of community college free.     Jill Stein: Guarantee tuition-free education pre-school thru university.     Kelly Ayotte: Cut Pell Grants; use private student loan financing.

Energy & Oil     Ann Kirkpatrick: Some government action for climate change.     Darryl Glenn: I do not believe that man is contributing to climate change.     Evan Bayh: Climate science is unequivocal, but don't hurt business.     Jill Stein: Halt any investment in fossil fuel infrastructure.     John McCain: Dramatic Arctic changes might be man-made; might be natural.     Mark Kirk: Climate change is real, but no carbon tax.     Rob Portman: Human activity contributes to climate change; but no laws.     Tammy Duckworth: Human activity is the major factor driving climate change.

Foreign Policy     Catherine Cortez Masto: Supports US-Iran nuclear treaty.     Deborah Ross: Work with Iran on nukes; work with allies on ISIS.     Jason Kander: Supports Iranian nuclear deal.     Jill Stein: Support Iranian nuclear deal as part of nuclear-free Mideast.     Joe Heck: Opposes US-Iran nuclear treaty.     Katie McGinty: Supports Iran nuclear deal.     Russell Feingold: Supports Iran nuclear deal.     Ted Strickland: Support Iran nuke treaty; opposes ground troops against ISIS.

Government Reform     Ann Kirkpatrick: Joined lawsuit challenging AZ voting restrictions.     Ann Kirkpatrick: Overturn Citizens United with constitutional amendment.     Darryl Glenn: Supports unlimited contributions by individuals.     Gary Johnson: Citizens United decision protects First Amendment.     John McCain: Citizens United was worst decision ever, but don't overturn.     Katie McGinty: Constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United.     Michael Bennet: Federal review voting of discriminatory state voting changes.     Pat Toomey: Voter ID law protects integrity of the system.     Ted Strickland: Overturn Citizens United with constitutional amendment.

Gun Control     Kelly Ayotte: No gun restrictions except terrorist watch lists.     Mark Kirk: Both major-party Senate candidates support gun restrictions.     Pat Toomey: Expand background checks and apply terrorist watch lists.     Patrick Murphy: Expand background checks; bar people on watch lists.     Patty Judge: Supports banning assault rifles.

Health Care     Mark Kirk: For 2013 shutdown over ObamaCare, but then for compromise.

Homeland Security     Ann Kirkpatrick: Supports Iranian nuclear deal & Congressional debate on war.

Immigration     Deborah Ross: Support the DREAM Act.     Joe Heck: No blanket amnesty but earned citizenship ok.     Katie McGinty: Support DREAM Act plus earned path to citizenship.     Mark Kirk: First secure the border; then path to citizenship.     Ron Johnson: Address comprehensive reform after border is secure.

Jobs     Darryl Glenn: Repeal the federal minimum wage.

Social Security     Evan Bayh: Raise Social Security age.     Michael Bennet: Eliminate income cap for payroll taxes.     Rob Portman: Supported Bush's privatization, but no longer supports it.     Ted Strickland: No Social Security privatization.     Todd Young: Strong support for privatization.

Tax Reform     Maggie Hassan: Wealthy should pay their fair share.

War & Peace     Chuck Grassley: Signed letter opposing Iranian nuclear deal.     Gary Johnson: Boots on ground, bombs, & drones make things worse.     Katie McGinty: No ground troops against ISIS.     Mark Kirk: Ground troops against ISIS only with long-term exit strategy.     Patrick Murphy: Air strikes against ISIS but no ground troops.     Patty Judge: Supports Iranian nuclear deal.     Ron Johnson: 25,000 US combat troops to fight ISIS in Iraq.

Click for quotations from other sources by: Ann Kirkpatrick Democratic Senate candidate Arizona Catherine Cortez Masto Democratic Senate candidate Nevada Chuck Grassley Republican Sr Senator Iowa Darryl Glenn Republican Senate candidate Colorado Deborah Ross Democratic Senate candidate North Carolina Evan Bayh Democrat Gary Johnson New Mexico Libertarian Gubernatorial Challenger Jason Kander Democratic Senate candidate Missouri Jill Stein Green Challenger Joe Heck Republican Challenger Nevada John McCain Republican Katie McGinty Democratic Senate candidate Pennsylvania Kelly Ayotte Republican Jr Senator New Hampshire Maggie Hassan New Hampshire Democratic Governor Marco Rubio FL Senator; Republican Presidential candidate Mark Kirk Republican Jr Senator Illinois Michael Bennet Democratic Jr Senator Colorado Pat Toomey Republican Jr Senator Pennsylvania Patrick Murphy Democratic Senate candidate Florida Patty Judge Democratic candidate for Senate Iowa Richard Burr Republican Sr Senator; previously Representative North Carolina Rob Portman Republican 2016 Primary Challenger Ron Johnson Republican Sr Senator Wisconsin Roy Blunt Republican Jr Senator Missouri Russell Feingold Democrat Tammy Duckworth Democratic Senate candidate Illinois Ted Strickland Ohio Former Democratic Governor (2006-2010) Todd Young Republican Senate Challenger Indiana