2018 Maryland Senate race: debates and news coverage

OnTheIssues.org excerpts:  (click on issues for details)

Abortion     Tony Campbell: Every life matters: against abortion and assisted suicide.     Arvin Vohra: Government has no business being involved in abortion.

Budget & Economy     Tony Campbell: Mandate a balanced national budget and lower taxes.     Arvin Vohra: Free market and real growth is the answer.     Arvin Vohra: Remove legal tender laws & stimulate the economy.     Chelsea Manning: Entire economy needs overhaul; human labor obsolete.     Sam Faddis: Liberate the free enterprise system & economy will flourish.

Civil Rights     Arvin Vohra: Same-sex marriage ok; or any number of consenting adults.     Chelsea Manning: No more asking for rights, we need to fight for them.     Arvin Vohra: Child molesting morally indistinguishable from homosexuality.     Libertarian Party: Right to intimacy for consenting adults regardless of gender.     Arvin Vohra: Abolish Patriot Act and redundant spy agencies.

Corporations     Arvin Vohra: End the Fed, to prevent irresponsible cash-negative business.

Crime     Arvin Vohra: Drug crime is fake crime; abolish the DEA.     Chelsea Manning: If you live in wrong neighborhood you are in a police state.

Drugs     Tony Campbell: States should make their own decisions on marijuana legality.     Arvin Vohra: Drugs should be as legal as tomatoes.     Arvin Vohra: Stop the war on drugs; end black market profits.

Education     Arvin Vohra: Vouchers are just food stamps for education.     Arvin Vohra: Stop the one-size-fits-none education programs.     Sam Faddis: Education system needs fixing to meet new job requirements.

Energy & Oil     Arvin Vohra: Green energy has advantages; but let market handle it.     Sam Faddis: Develop domestic coal, gas and oil.

Environment     Arvin Vohra: Fight EPA regulatory over-reach.     Arvin Vohra: Our biggest polluter is the American Government.     Sam Faddis: Protect environment without miring businesses in red tape.

Families & Children     Sam Faddis: Disappearing middle class families struggle to survive.

Foreign Policy     Tony Campbell: Secure our foreign interests but don't police the world.     Arvin Vohra: America should be the greatest country on earth.     Sam Faddis: Revamp our policies and approach on the Middle East.     Sam Faddis: Being the best military doesn't mean always being involved.     Arvin Vohra: Instead of foreign aid, sell sovereignty rights.

Free Trade     Arvin Vohra: Eliminate all tariffs, sanctions, & trade restrictions.     Arvin Vohra: Make trade with countries, not war.     Sam Faddis: Let's revise our trade deals and bring our jobs back home.

Government Reform     Arvin Vohra: Make voter registration easier for Libertarians.     Chelsea Manning: Government is not helping us; we need to help ourselves.     Sam Faddis: Stop passing the buck, take responsibility for our problems.

Gun Control     Tony Campbell: Strong supporter of 2nd Amendment; no reform needed.     Arvin Vohra: Purpose of guns are to keep government as our servant.     Arvin Vohra: Remove all gun ownership restrictions.

Health Care     Benjamin Cardin: Questions costs of new Army Futures Command.     Arvin Vohra: Lower medical costs come from price competition.     Arvin Vohra: Wants to eliminate the FDA and Medicare part D.     Sam Faddis: More than 50% of Marylanders are on brink of losing coverage.     Chelsea Manning: Expand healthcare to include prisoners & transgenders.

Homeland Security     Tony Campbell: Veterans should receive all the care they need and deserve.     Arvin Vohra: Shut down foreign military bases & withdraw from NATO.     Arvin Vohra: Cut military spending by 60% or more.     Sam Faddis: Educate the public how to prepare for civil defense.     Chelsea Manning: Stop sending soldiers overseas for nationalist fairy tales.     Chelsea Manning: Became whistleblower for patriotic opposition to wars.

Immigration     Tony Campbell: Against sanctuary cities and pathway to citizenship.     Arvin Vohra: Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens.     Chelsea Manning: Believes all immigrants should be allowed into the U.S.     Arvin Vohra: End restrictions on immigration; open our borders.

Jobs     Arvin Vohra: Eliminate all affirmative action laws & racial quotas.     Arvin Vohra: Eliminate the minimum wage entirely.     Chelsea Manning: Figure out what to do when jobs are replaced by robots.

Principles & Values     Arvin Vohra: Government out of matters of conscience & God.

Social Security     Arvin Vohra: Supports privatizing Social Security.     Arvin Vohra: Wants to shut down the Social Security system.

Tax Reform     Tony Campbell: Supports GOP tax cuts; they increases consumer take-home pay.     Arvin Vohra: End welfare & other programs, and then abolish income tax.     Arvin Vohra: UK should cut taxes and cut regulations.     Sam Faddis: Lower taxes and be pro-business.

Technology     Tony Campbell: Secure America's infrastructure against foreign actors.     Chelsea Manning: Business is collecting data on us, creating a life pattern.     Arvin Vohra: Technology can lower prices if barriers are gone.

War & Peace     Arvin Vohra: Stop creating enemies; withdraw from foreign entanglements.     Arvin Vohra: U.S. in foreign civil wars is wrong and dangerous.

Click for quotations from other sources by: Arvin Vohra Libertarian candidate for Maryland U. S. Senator Maryland Benjamin Cardin Democratic Jr Senator, previously Representative Maryland Chelsea Manning Democratic candidate for Maryland U.S. Senator Maryland Libertarian Party Sam Faddis Republican Candidate for Maryland U.S. Senator Maryland Tony Campbell Republican candidate for Maryland U. S. Senator Maryland