2020 Colorado Senatorial race: debates and news coverage


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Abortion     John Hickenlooper: Planned Parenthood supports reproductive health.

Budget & Economy     Andrew Romanoff: Targeted investments good, but crazy to go deeper in debt.

Civil Rights     Cory Gardner: Against same-sex marriage but now law of the land.     Dan Baer: I'm lucky to have grown up gay, but there's still work to do.

Drugs     Cory Gardner: After seeing legal pot in CO, supports it for all states.     Mike Johnston: Focus on treatment for addiction, not criminalization.

Education     Cory Gardner: Filed brief for tax dollars for private religious schools.     Cory Gardner: Let employers donate tax free to employees' student loans.     John Hickenlooper: Opposes vouchers for private or religious schools.     John Hickenlooper: Expanded student loan repayment and forgiveness programs.     Angela Williams: Student loan debt is ball and chain on young people's lives.     Alice Madden: Drive more money into K-12 and higher education.     Dan Baer: Education is a social benefit & an investment in our country.     Ellen Burnes: Grads struggling with student debt deserve better.

Energy & Oil     John Hickenlooper: 100% renewable energy economy by 2050.     Cory Gardner: Pushed for clean-tech investments.     John Hickenlooper: Calls for 100% renewable energy by 2050.     John Hickenlooper: Climate change a threat, green energy means new jobs.     Cory Gardner: Opposes ending coal use; would kill jobs.     Alice Madden: Dire need to forge solutions to the climate crisis.     Alice Madden: Sense of urgency to act on addressing climate change.     Dan Baer: Address climate change, but not the Green New Deal.

Environment     Cory Gardner: Voted to repeal EPA rules regulating methane emissions.     John Hickenlooper: Adopted low-emission vehicle standards, methane standards.     Alice Madden: Sense of urgency to act on saving the environment.

Families & Children     Ellen Burnes: Worked with youth organizations such as 4-H and FFA.     Cory Gardner: Correct family policies that promote divisions.

Foreign Policy     Cory Gardner: Voted against blocking arms sales to Saudi Arabia.     John Hickenlooper: Supports cutting off military support to Saudi Arabia.     John Hickenlooper: Realign foreign policy to reflect American leadership.     Dan Baer: Served as US ambassador to OSCE & multilateral organizations.     Cory Gardner: Led bipartisan opposition to China's election interference.

Government Reform     Cory Gardner: Require Senate candidates to e-file campaign finance reports.     Cory Gardner: Overturn Colorado being in National Popular Vote Compact.     John Hickenlooper: Reinstate Voting Rights Act provisions struck down by Court.     John Hickenlooper: Pass the electoral reforms of the For the People Act.     John Hickenlooper: End partisan gerrymandering, support Fair Maps Act.     Dan Baer: Tackle corruption and role of big money in politics.

Gun Control     Cory Gardner: Opposed background checks gun show and online sales.     Alice Madden: Gun safety in the wake of school shootings.

Health Care     Cory Gardner: COVID: government containing, stabilizing supply-chain.     John Hickenlooper: COVID: Need capacity test or vaccinate every American.     Cory Gardner: Supported efforts to repeal Affordable Care Act.     John Hickenlooper: ACA led to successful state marketplace & Medicaid expansion.     John Hickenlooper: COVID: Trump ignored the risk, that was negligent.     John Hickenlooper: We need to get to universal coverage, won't break the bank.     Cory Gardner: I want to fight against Medicare for All.     Cory Gardner: Prevent Big Pharma from denying generic status to some drugs.     John Hickenlooper: Allow Medicare to negotiate with drug companies.     John Hickenlooper: Investigate anticompetitive practices by drug companies.     John Hickenlooper: I will always stand up for Medicaid.     Alice Madden: Grow toward a public option.     Dan Baer: Address insurance non-coverage, but no single-payer system.

Immigration     Cory Gardner: Voted against protecting DREAMers from deportation.     John Hickenlooper: Border wall "ineffective" and a waste of billions.     Cory Gardner: Opposed 2013 bipartisan bill; later co-wrote DACA bill.

Jobs     Cory Gardner: Co-sponsored the National Right to Work Act.     Cory Gardner: People will lose their jobs from minimum-wage increase.     John Hickenlooper: Reverse ruling government workers needn't pay union dues.     Cory Gardner: COVID: Rehire America plan would help pay people.     John Hickenlooper: Strengthen protections against age discrimination.

Principles & Values     Alice Madden: Withdrew from race when former governor declared candidacy.     Angela Williams: Attacking progressive ideas as "socialist" is a scare tactic.     Ellen Burnes: We need leaders who don't just dispense red tape.     Mike Johnston: Reached out to local church after S.C. shootings.

Social Security     Cory Gardner: Social Security one of the most important social safety nets.     John Hickenlooper: Protect Social Security; oppose attempts to reduce benefits.     John Hickenlooper: Protect and bolster Social Security, Medicare.     Andrew Romanoff: Optional personal retirement accounts, but no privatization.     Michael Bennet: Optional personal retirement accounts ARE privatization.     Andrew Romanoff: Raise cap on income subject to Social Security tax.

Tax Reform     Cory Gardner: Voted for President Trump's 2017 tax cut.     John Hickenlooper: Don't pass on $1.5 trillion new debt to future generations.

Technology     John Hickenlooper: Provide ample funding for scientific research.     John Hickenlooper: NASA's Earth Science program may help on climate crisis.     John Hickenlooper: Bolster cybersecurity defense of our voting systems.     Ellen Burnes: Navigate billions in infrastructure updates.

War & Peace     John Hickenlooper: Veterans deserve priority in help to re-enter civilian life.

Welfare & Poverty     Andrew Romanoff: Advised group on free market solutions to poverty.

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