2024 Maine Senatorial race: debates and news coverage


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Abortion     David Costello: Protect the reproductive rights of women.     David Costello: Support efforts to protect the reproductive rights of women.     Demi Kouzounas: The Maine GOP is fighting to protect the lives of the unborn.     Angus King: Overturning Roe robs millions of women of fundamental right.     Demi Kouzounas: No national ban; abortion should come back to the states.

Budget & Economy     Demi Kouzounas: ARPA is a $2 trillion tax hike proposal.     David Costello: Boost investments in transportation, energy infrastructure.     Demi Kouzounas: End inflationary spending punishing hardworking Mainers.

Civil Rights     David Costello: Protect reproductive and LGBTQ+ rights and freedoms.     Demi Kouzounas: Wants state party to be a little more inclusive and diverse.     Demi Kouzounas: Adults can be with whoever they want.     David Costello: Will support efforts to approve the Equal Rights Amendment.

Corporations     Angus King: Close corporate tax loopholes: 15% corporate tax minimum.

Crime     David Costello: Focus increased resources on violent offenses.     David Costello: Focus increased prosecutorial resources on violent offenses.     Angus King: Defund localities that defund police .     Demi Kouzounas: We've lost respect for those that protect us.

Drugs     Angus King: Rated A- by NORML: legalize recreational marijuana.     David Costello: Increase funding for substance abuse, mental health services.     Demi Kouzounas: We need someone concerned about drugs, fentanyl addiction.

Education     David Costello: Provide universal pre-kindergarten and aftercare.     Demi Kouzounas: Concerned about transgender identity video for children.     Demi Kouzounas: Forgiving student loans costs money & inflation.     Demi Kouzounas: Oversaw platform that would effectively end sex education.

Energy & Oil     David Costello: An aggressive national, science-based climate action plan.     David Costello: Reallocate fossil fuel subsidies to clean energy initiatives.     David Costello: Funding to mitigate the growing impacts of climate change.     Angus King: We are fiddling while the planet burns.     Demi Kouzounas: Opposes wind energy; opposes carbon reduction.     Demi Kouzounas: Radical Democrats support the Green New Deal.

Environment     David Costello: Enact more stringent air and water quality regulations.     David Costello: Enact more stringent air and water quality regulations.     Angus King: Phase out single-use plastic and foam .

Families & Children     David Costello: Provide universal pre-kindergarten and aftercare.     Demi Kouzounas: It's child sexual abuse to teach kids multiple genders.

Foreign Policy     David Costello: Expand military and intelligence gathering alliances.     David Costello: Engage more fully and responsibly in world affairs.     Demi Kouzounas: China planned pandemic to harm Trump's re-election.

Free Trade     David Costello: Strengthen trade and foreign policy agencies and agreements.     Demi Kouzounas: Bring jobs back by adding a little bit more tariffs.

Government Reform     David Costello: Mandate automatic voter registration, early and mail voting.     David Costello: Automatic voter registration; abolish Electoral College.     David Costello: U.S. Senate is obscenely undemocratic.     Demi Kouzounas: Deeply concerned about possibility of election fraud.     David Costello: Substantial reforms to overcome partisan gridlock.     David Costello: 24-year term limits for Congress; retirement age for judges.     Demi Kouzounas: Declare electronic voting machines unconstitutional.

Gun Control     David Costello: Strengthen our nation's gun safety laws and regulations.     David Costello: Strengthen our nation's gun safety laws and regulations.     Angus King: Implement red flag laws; expand background checks.     Demi Kouzounas: Very concerned with gun rights.

Health Care     David Costello: Offer expanded Medicare to all who want it.     David Costello: Offer Medicare, including dental/vision, to all who want it.     Angus King: Resources to LGBTQ youth for mental health/ prevent suicide.     Demi Kouzounas: ObamaCare will bring rationing of healthcare.

Homeland Security     David Costello: Expand military and intelligence gathering alliances.

Immigration     David Costello: Comprehensive reform, resolve nation's worker shortages.     David Costello: Facilitate legal immigration, resolve worker shortages.     Demi Kouzounas: Illegal immigrants, drugs, and guns are crossing our border.     Demi Kouzounas: DACA is unconstitutional executive action (oppose DREAMers).

Jobs     David Costello: Increase federal Child and Earned Income Tax Credits.     Demi Kouzounas: Keep bureaucrats off our lobster boats & fishing waters.     Demi Kouzounas: Supports right-to-work laws.

Principles & Values     Demi Kouzounas: Donated time for dental care for children, needy, elderly.     Demi Kouzounas: Former chair of Maine GOP.

Social Security     David Costello: Raise FICA tax cap, increase benefits to low-income retirees.     David Costello: Raise payroll tax cap; increase benefits for low-income .

Tax Reform     David Costello: Ensure tax fairness via progressive tax reforms.     David Costello: Establish a global minimum corporate tax.     Demi Kouzounas: Inflationary spending that is punishing taxpayers.

Technology     David Costello: Require social media to adhere to strict privacy rules.

War & Peace     Demi Kouzounas: Israel is our greatest ally in the Middle East.

Welfare & Poverty     Angus King: increase government investment in the economy.

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