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Books by and about 2020 presidential candidates |
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Crippled America,
by Donald J. Trump (2015) |
Fire and Fury,
by Michael Wolff (2018) |
Trump Revealed,
by Michael Kranish and Marc Fisher (2016) |
The Making of Donald Trump,
by David Cay Johnston (2016) |
Promise Me, Dad ,
by Joe Biden (2017) |
The Book of Joe ,
by Jeff Wilser (2019; biography of Joe Biden) |
The Truths We Hold,
by Kamala Harris (2019) |
Smart on Crime,
by Kamala Harris (2010) |
Guide to Political Revolution,
by Bernie Sanders (2017) |
Where We Go From Here,
by Bernie Sanders (2018) |
Our Revolution,
by Bernie Sanders (2016) |
This Fight Is Our Fight,
by Elizabeth Warren (2017) |
United,
by Cory Booker (2016) |
Conscience of a Conservative,
by Jeff Flake (2017) |
Two Paths,
by Gov. John Kasich (2017) |
Every Other Monday,
by Rep. John Kasich (2010) |
Courage is Contagious,
by John Kasich (1998) |
Shortest Way Home,
by Pete Buttigieg (2019) |
Becoming,
by Michelle Obama (2018) |
Higher Loyalty,
by James Comey (2018) |
The Making of Donald Trump,
by David Cay Johnston (2017) |
Trump vs. Hillary On The Issues ,
by Jesse Gordon (2016) |
Outsider in the White House,
by Bernie Sanders (2015) |
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Book Reviews |
(from Amazon.com) |
(click a book cover for a review or other books by or about the presidency from Amazon.com)
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| OnTheIssues.org excerpts: (click on issues for details)
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Abortion
Al Pisano: Abortion is not a woman's unrestricted right.
Cal Cunningham: Politicians have no place between woman and her doctor.
Dan Forest: I believe in the sanctity of human life.
Dan Forest: Urged vote for Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act.
Dan Forest: Claims Planned Parenthood was created to destroy black race.
Deborah Ross: Allow ObamaCare state exchanges to provide abortion services.
Deborah Ross: All employers should cover contraceptives (no RFRA).
Erica Smith: State "born alive" abortion law criminalizes women & doctors.
Holly Grange: Highlights anti-abortion stance in campaign announcement.
Marjorie K. Eastman: I'm pro-life; I'm pro-Second Amendment.
Mark Walker: Protect the sanctity of human life.
Mark Walker: Human life begins at conception.
Pat McCrory: Promote sanctity of life, religious freedom.
Rett Newton: States would need to enact legislation if Roe overturned.
Roy Cooper: No politicians in medical room telling doctor what to say.
Sean Haugh: No state nor federal government role in abortion.
Sean Haugh: No role for government in regulating abortion.
Ted Budd: Obey God rather than man: I am 100% pro-life.
Thom Tillis: Require 24-hour information period before abortion.
Thom Tillis: Human life begins at conception.
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Budget & Economy
Al Pisano: Market-led recovery better than stimulus.
Chris Rey: As mayor, revitalized downtown & turned around economy.
Erica Smith: Targeted investments to revitalize rural economies.
Erica Smith: Tax cuts, fiscal policy should prioritize job creation.
Mark Walker: Reduce government regulations that smother American business.
Mark Walker: Free enterprise instead of assuring livable income.
Pat McCrory: Creating jobs, cutting taxes, spending smarter.
Sean Haugh: Scrap the Federal Reserve.
Ted Budd: Fiscal responsibility needed for U.S. to lead the world.
Thom Tillis: Free enterprise is the key to national prosperity.
Thom Tillis: Continue to hold the line on spending.
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Civil Rights
Cal Cunningham: Restore Voting Rights Act; for automatic voter registration.
Cal Cunningham: Will stand with the LGBTQI community against discrimination.
Cheri Beasley: Acknowledged enduring racial inequalities in judicial system.
Dan Bishop: Authored "bathroom bill": no trans-gendered public restrooms.
Dan Forest: Supreme Court gay marriage ruling a "power grab".
Dan Forest: Opponents of voter ID law racist and stand for fraud.
Dan Forest: Opposed repeal of transgender "bathroom bill".
Deborah Ross: Voted NO on a constitutional amendment to define marriage.
Deborah Ross: Introduced gender pay equity bill in state legislature.
Deborah Ross: Transgender individuals use public bathrooms of their choice.
Erica Smith: Supports Equal Rights amendment to Constitution.
Erica Smith: Universal, automatic voter registration.
Erica Smith: We don't have an agenda for addressing minority concerns.
Holly Grange: Courts will decide if LGBT people are a protected class.
Ken Spaulding: End state-based acceptance of the Confederate banner.
Mark Walker: Marriage is a union of one man and one woman.
Pat McCrory: Terminate license plates noting Sons of Confederate Veterans.
Pat McCrory: Transgendered people must use bathroom based on birth gender.
Pat McCrory: Let states decide on same-sex marriage.
Pat McCrory: Signed anti-transgender "bathroom bill" into law.
Pat McCrory: Identity politics has gone too far, especially on the left.
Richard Burr: Let same-sex marriage be decided by the states.
Roy Cooper: Women deserve equal pay.
Roy Cooper: Repeal law requiring bathroom use based on birth gender.
Roy Cooper: Repeal the "Bathroom Bill"; it's a dark cloud over NC.
Roy Cooper: Workplace discrimination "bathroom bill" is unacceptable.
Sean Haugh: Government has no say over whom consenting adults love.
Ted Budd: Defend marriage and protect religious freedom.
Ted Budd: Racist policies due to Democrats; GOP brings people together.
Thom Tillis: Constitutionally define marriage as one man and one woman.
Thom Tillis: Government shouldn't redefine marriage.
Thom Tillis: OpEd: Supported tax cuts over help for students and women.
Thom Tillis: Defend the N.C. gay marriage ban.
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Corporations
Bev Perdue: Tax relief for corporations from highest rate in southeast.
Cal Cunningham: Encourage investment in minority businesses.
Cal Cunningham: Early backer of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
Dan Forest: Small businesses create jobs; repeal excessive regulations.
Deborah Ross: Corporations and wealthiest should pay their fair share.
Roy Cooper: Pushed to pass first U.S. anti-predatory lending law.
Thom Tillis: AdWatch: began working at 15; postponed college until later.
Thom Tillis: Voted to roll back Dodd-Frank banking regulations.
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Crime
Holly Grange: Second Chance Act: expunge misdemeanors & under-age crimes.
Jeff Jackson: Second Chance Act: expunge misdemeanors & under-age crimes.
Jeff Jackson: Second Chance Act: expunge misdemeanors & under-age crimes.
Valerie Foushee: Second Chance Act: expunge misdemeanors & under-age crimes.
Don Davis: Second Chance Act: expunge misdemeanors & under-age crimes.
Chuck Edwards: Second Chance Act: expunge misdemeanors & under-age crimes.
Roy Cooper: Second Chance Act: expunge misdemeanors & under-age crimes.
Valerie Foushee: Shield police death investigation records from public.
Don Davis: Shield police death investigation records from public.
Chuck Edwards: Shield police death investigation records from public.
Al Pisano: No opinion on crime & punishment.
Cal Cunningham: End mandatory minimum sentences for non-violent offenders.
Cheri Beasley: Bail reform shows promising results in pilot programs.
Chris Rey: Started workforce development program for released prisoners.
Dan Forest: Restore law and order, violent criminals roam free.
Deborah Ross: Allow statistical race evidence in death penalty cases.
Deborah Ross: No incarceration for nonviolent misdemeanors.
Erica Smith: No money bonds for misdemeanors, low lever felonies.
Erica Smith: Focus on domestic terrorism, allow capital punishment.
Greg Murphy: Constitutional amendment to strengthen victims' rights.
Holly Grange: Let ex-cons to apply for certain jobs without disclosure.
Holly Grange: Let ex-cons to apply for certain jobs without disclosure.
Ken Spaulding: Retry police officer who shot to death a young black man.
Mark Walker: Support law enforcement, criminal justice reform.
Pat McCrory: No sanctuary cities, support police, election security.
Pat McCrory: Disturbing thing about protests is anarchists in the crowd.
Pat McCrory: We're always going to have some imperfect police officers.
Roy Cooper: Created task force on racial equity in criminal justice.
Ted Budd: That whole defund the police thing is crazy.
Thom Tillis: Limit use of racial statistics in death penalty cases.
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Drugs
Al Pisano: Marijuana is a gateway drug.
Cal Cunningham: Let states regulate and tax cannabis.
Cheri Beasley: Drug treatment courts part of solution to substance abuse.
Deborah Ross: Supports medical marijuana.
Erica Smith: Legalize marijuana; reduce or commute prison sentences.
Jeff Jackson: Drug courts give leverage to helping addicts get clean.
Jeff Jackson: Sky doesn't fall when taking regulatory approach on cannabis.
Pat McCrory: Coordinated effort against cartel drug rings.
Rett Newton: For medical marijuana, addiction an issue for legalization.
Richard Burr: Marijuana has no value that you can't get thru other things.
Roy Cooper: Eliminate stigma & encourage opioid addicts to get treatment.
Roy Cooper: Launched state's first Opioid Action Plan in 2017.
Sean Haugh: End the Drug War.
Sean Haugh: War on drugs is a war on our own people.
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Education
Al Pisano: Vouchers for school choice.
Bev Perdue: $400M federal funds for Ready Set Go! Initiative.
Cal Cunningham: Public education should be an engine of opportunity for all.
Cal Cunningham: Lower cost of college; expand access; reduce burden of debt.
Cal Cunningham: Expand Pell Grants; allow refinancing of student loans.
Cal Cunningham: Phase out school vouchers to pay for private school.
Chris Rey: Read with the Mayor: volunteer program at grade schools.
Dan Forest: Support school choice and competition in education.
Dan Forest: A leader in the school choice movement.
Dan Forest: Expand voucher program for every family.
Dan Forest: Every public school needs strong principal & armed guard.
Dan Forest: Provide students with options: Opportunity Scholarships.
Deborah Ross: Make first two years of community college free.
Eric Mansfield: Focus education on employment and economy.
Erica Smith: Stop cuts to education; compensate our teachers.
Erica Smith: Strengthen public schools, emphasis on future workers.
Erica Smith: Make Community Colleges as affordable as possible.
Garland Tucker: Criticized Congress for not cutting Education Dept. budget.
George Bush Sr.: Churches & private schools provide 93% of education funding.
Holly Grange: Wants teacher pay to be tops in the region.
Kay Hagan: Repeatedly stressed support for public schools.
Ken Spaulding: Private school vouchers will re-segregate our public schools.
Pat McCrory: 2015: For budget cuts, tuition increases at state schools.
Mark Walker: Oppose Common Core; empower families through vouchers.
Mark Walker: Has championed school choice; empower parents and students.
Pat McCrory: Expand school choice, charter schools and home schools.
Roy Cooper: 4,700 additional Pre-K slots for at-risk 4-year olds.
Roy Cooper: NC GROW: Getting Ready for Opportunities in the Workforce.
Roy Cooper: $8 billion in building or renovating schools.
Roy Cooper: Increased teacher pay before tax cuts for the 1%.
Roy Cooper: Proposed 9.1% pay increase for teachers, 8.5% compromise.
Sean Haugh: Scrap the Common Core curriculum standards.
Ted Budd: Parents choose what's best: public, private, or homeschool.
Ted Budd: Member of the Home School Legal Defense Association.
Thom Tillis: Oppose Common Core; eliminate U.S. Department of Education.
Thom Tillis: Department of Education is 5,000 overpaid bureaucrats.
Thom Tillis: More loan relief to students during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Thom Tillis: Supports vouchers for students to attend private schools.
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Energy & Oil
Al Pisano: Don't prioritize green energy.
Cal Cunningham: Invest in clean energy economy for jobs & reducing pollution.
Cal Cunningham: 100% renewable energy by 2050; rejoin Paris Agreement.
Dan Forest: Climate change is the religion of the left.
Deborah Ross: Voted NO on horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracking.
Erica Smith: Supports solar & wind; reduce emissions & carbon.
Erica Smith: Opposed state moratorium on wind farms.
Holly Grange: Climate change exists; not sure if it's all manmade.
Holly Grange: Offshore oil exploration can be done safely.
Holly Grange: Make strides in renewable energy, be stewards of resources.
Kay Hagan: Advocate for Keystone XL pipeline.
Mark Walker: Much "so-called" science of climate change is contested.
Mark Walker: No federal subsidies for wind & solar.
Pat McCrory: Supported offshore drilling off North Carolina's coast.
Roy Cooper: Supports Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard.
Roy Cooper: Reducing greenhouse gas means green jobs.
Roy Cooper: Cut greenhouse gas emissions 40% by 2025, 70% by 2030.
Ted Budd: Infrastructure bill is Trojan horse for Green New Deal.
Thom Tillis: Use hydraulic fracturing (fracking) for oil & gas extraction.
Thom Tillis: No subsidies for wind and solar.
Thom Tillis: Climate change is not an established fact.
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Environment
Jeff Jackson: Opposed weakening environmental/health regulation.
Wiley Nickel: Opposed weakening environmental/health regulation.
Valerie Foushee: Opposed weakening environmental/health regulation.
Don Davis: Opposed weakening environmental/health regulation.
Chuck Edwards: Opposed weakening environmental/health regulation.
Al Pisano: Fight EPA regulatory over-reach.
Cal Cunningham: Supported state Clean Smokestacks Act.
Dan Forest: Protect environment, no to "apocalyptic alarmism".
Erica Smith: Opposed weakening environmental/health regulations.
Holly Grange: Opposed weakening environmental/health regulations.
Jeff Jackson: Opposed weakening environmental/health regulations.
Noam Chomsky: Unfair for emerging economies to bear environmental burden.
Pat McCrory: Remove regulations on Environmental and Natural Resources.
Pat McCrory: Oversaw decline of Department of Environmental Quality.
Roy Cooper: Vetoed weakening environmental/health regulations.
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Families & Children
Al Pisano: Opposes same-sex marriage.
Cal Cunningham: Supports Equality Act, and overdue Equal Rights Amendment.
Chris Rey: AdWatch: Faith, family, and service give my life meaning.
Greg Murphy: $2.7M for additional screening tests for newborns.
Thom Tillis: Defend the institution of the traditional family.
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Foreign Policy
Al Pisano: No opinion on American Exceptionalism.
Cal Cunningham: Protect US with smart diplomacy & working with allies.
Deborah Ross: Approach threats in multilateral way, like Iran nuclear deal.
Deborah Ross: Work with Iran on nukes; work with allies on ISIS.
Garland Tucker: Wouldn't think twice about cutting foreign aid.
Mark Walker: End foreign aid to nations that abhor our heritage.
Richard Burr: 13% on Livable World scorecard; opposed Iran nuke deal.
Sean Haugh: No global policeman; no foreign entanglements.
Ted Budd: When America is strong, the world is safer.
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Free Trade
Al Pisano: No opinion on free trade.
Bev Perdue: Visited China to see N.C.'s competition.
Deborah Ross: Always against the TPP; we need to stop trade agreements.
Phil Scott: Opposed tariffs on Canadian products.
Sean Haugh: We need to completely change to free trade.
Thom Tillis: Supports USMCA trade agreement to replace NAFTA.
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Government Reform
Jeff Jackson: Keep governor's strong non-political elections board.
Don Davis: Keep governor's strong non-political elections board.
Valerie Foushee: Keep governor's strong non-political elections board.
Al Pisano: Opposes making voter registration easier.
Bev Perdue: Consolidate 14 state agencies into 8; cut $2.2B from budget.
Cal Cunningham: For campaign finance reform & independent redistricting.
Dan Bishop: Weaken governor's appointment powers over elections board.
Deborah Ross: Voted NO on shortening early voting period.
Deborah Ross: Establish one-stop registration and voting sites.
Erica Smith: All federal candidates should release tax returns.
Erica Smith: Sustain veto keeping strong non-political elections board.
Erica Smith: Voted for shielding death investigation records from public.
Greg Brannon: I believe in a constitutionally limited government.
Greg Murphy: Weaken governor's appointment powers over elections board.
Holly Grange: Weaken governor's appointment powers over elections board.
Holly Grange: Voted for shielding death investigation records from public.
Jeff Jackson: Voted for shielding death investigation records from public.
Jeff Jackson: Sustain veto keeping strong non-political elections board.
Marjorie K. Eastman: I believe in term limits; two terms and I'm out.
Marjorie K. Eastman: Signed US Term Limits Congressional Pledge.
Mark Walker: Require photo ID for voting.
Pat McCrory: Blamed election loss on massive voter fraud without proof.
Phil Scott: Vote-by-mail bill became law without his signature.
Richard Hudson: Eliminate 527s and force full disclosure.
Roy Cooper: Voter ID is a solution for no problem.
Roy Cooper: Veto weakening appointment powers over elections board.
Roy Cooper: Vetoed shielding death investigation records from public.
Ted Budd: It's time to take on the Establishment.
Ted Budd: Deregulate small businesses strangled by big government.
Ted Budd: Falsely claimed bill would allow minors to vote.
Thom Tillis: No new restrictions on independent campaign expenditures.
Thom Tillis: Helped engineer voter ID legislation.
Thom Tillis: Photo ID for voting.
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Gun Control
Al Pisano: Absolute right to gun ownership.
Cal Cunningham: Supports background checks & ban on high capacity magazines.
Cal Cunningham: Endorsed by Everytown for Gun Safety for gun-sense majority.
Dan Forest: Deeply skeptical of laws that undermine 2nd Amendment rights.
Deborah Ross: Voted NO on concealed carry in restaurants and state parks.
Deborah Ross: Tried to block legislation that would allow concealed carry.
Deborah Ross: Supports commonsense gun safety and background checks.
Erica Smith: For universal background checks, ban on assault rifles.
Holly Grange: Okay with local background check & training program.
Jeff Jackson: NRA is a morally, financially bankrupt organization.
Mark Walker: Strong believer in the Second Amendment.
Mark Walker: Additional restrictive gun control laws are unneeded.
Ted Budd: Eliminating our gun rights is a wrongheaded idea.
Ted Budd: Lifetime NRA member; owns gun range and store.
Thom Tillis: Opposes more gun restrictions.
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Health Care
Al Pisano: Oppose ObamaCare.
Cal Cunningham: Add public option to ObamaCare; support Medicaid expansion.
Cal Cunningham: Strengthen Affordable Care Act; create public option.
Cal Cunningham: Extended Medicaid can catch people as they're knocked down.
Chris Rey: Expand Medicaid despite North Carolina's state legislature.
Dan Forest: Against Medicaid expansion under Affordable Care Act.
Dan Forest: Opt out of the national healthcare plan.
Dan Forest: Criticized governor's closure of restaurants for coronavirus.
Dan Forest: Coverage is just a piece of plastic--drive down costs.
Deborah Ross: Expand state Medicaid under ObamaCare.
Eric Mansfield: Supports tort reform & free market competition.
Erica Smith: Affordable health care for all, Medicaid expansion.
Erica Smith: Expand ObamaCare but would not vote against Medicare for All.
George Bush Sr.: Let people buy into Medicaid; no mandated insurance.
Holly Grange: Against Medicaid expansion, favors work requirements.
Jeff Jackson: More funding for mental health including in schools.
Kay Hagan: AdWatch: Voted against consumers keeping pre-ObamaCare plans.
Kay Hagan: AdWatch: Targeted by RNC robocalls for support of ObamaCare.
Kay Hagan: I'd vote for ObamaCare again, but do "sensible fixes".
Kay Hagan: AdWatch: Hagan promised wrongly that all can keep insurance.
Mark Walker: Repeal ObamaCare; implement market-based solutions.
Mark Walker: Repeal ObamaCare.
Roy Cooper: Accept Federal dollars to expand Medicaid.
Ted Budd: ObamaCare is wreaking havoc on our economy.
Thom Tillis: Do everything in our power to undo ObamaCare.
Thom Tillis: AdWatch: TV PAC attack on ObamaCare is a "badge of honor".
Thom Tillis: AdWatch: ObamaCare is a disaster.
Thom Tillis: Repeal ObamaCare; it's not a government responsibility.
Thom Tillis: Voting for ObamaCare is a fire-able offense.
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Homeland Security
Al Pisano: No opinion on expanding the military.
Bev Perdue: N.C. is most military-friendly state in America.
Cal Cunningham: Fight for military project funding in NC; support veterans.
Chris Rey: Organized bipartisan "Save the 440th Airlift Wing" coalition.
Chris Rey: Improve support for military veterans.
Dan Forest: $2500 bonus to business hiring, training veterans.
Deborah Ross: Maintain a strong military & care for veterans.
Holly Grange: US Army veteran: duty, honor, country.
Mark Walker: We need the strongest, most capable military in the world.
Mark Walker: Maintain a numerically superior nuclear arsenal.
Mark Walker: Improve care and service to veterans.
Pat McCrory: For our heroes, retain troop bases & defense manufacturing.
Pat McCrory: Invest in military, protect veterans, defend rights.
Richard Burr: OpEd: Quashed release of report about CIA torture.
Richard Hudson: I do not support Obama's proposal to cut $1T from Defense.
Sean Haugh: Repeal the abomination of the Patriot Act.
Sean Haugh: Stop drone warfare.
Thom Tillis: Maintain a superior nuclear arsenal.
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Immigration
Valerie Foushee: Voted NO on requiring sheriffs to cooperate with ICE.
Valerie Foushee: Voted NO on requiring sheriffs to cooperate with ICE.
Wiley Nickel: Voted NO on requiring sheriffs to cooperate with ICE.
Al Pisano: No opinion on pathway to citizenship.
Cal Cunningham: Comprehensive immigration reform, protect DREAMers.
Chris Rey: Support giving illegal immigrants a path to citizenship.
Dan Forest: Secure our borders against illegal immigration.
Dan Forest: No nation has ever survived diversity and multiculturalism.
Dan Forest: Require students to pass US citizenship exam.
Dan Forest: Claims thousands of children attacked by foreign criminals.
Deborah Ross: Support giving illegal immigrants a path to citizenship.
Deborah Ross: Support the DREAM Act.
Erica Smith: Supports DREAM Act for route to citizenship.
Erica Smith: Voted NO on requiring sheriffs to cooperate with ICE.
Erskine Bowles: More border security.
Garland Tucker: Biggest issues are immigration & government spending.
Garland Tucker: Agree with Trump on "emergency declaration" to fund wall.
Holly Grange: Mandate that sheriffs comply with ICE requests.
Holly Grange: Voted YES on requiring sheriffs to cooperate with ICE.
Jeff Jackson: No blanket amnesty, but bring people out of shadows.
Kay Hagan: Inaction is not an option; comprehensive reform is best.
Mark Walker: Opposed to all forms of amnesty; close porous borders.
Mark Walker: Protect the border and prevent illegal entry.
Richard Hudson: End "birth right citizenship".
Roy Cooper: Supports "pause" in Syrian refugee immigration to NC.
Roy Cooper: Vetoed bill requiring sheriffs to cooperate with ICE.
Sean Haugh: Free movement across borders instead of curbs on immigration.
Sean Haugh: I believe in open borders.
Thom Tillis: Protect the borders; prevent illegal entry.
Thom Tillis: Bipartian failure to secure the border.
Thom Tillis: Amnesty shouldn't be on the table.
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Jobs
Al Pisano: Don't legally require hiring more women/minorities.
Cal Cunningham: Raise the minimum wage; support equal pay for equal work.
Cal Cunningham: For workplace protections, supports NC's right to work laws.
Dan Forest: Train guidance counselors to help students enter trades.
Dan Forest: Assistance for veterans joining state law enforcement.
Dan Forest: State should look to the future in attracting companies.
Dan Forest: 2012: minimum wage laws unfair intrusion into labor market.
Eric Mansfield: Highly skilled work force drives sustained prosperity.
Erica Smith: Raise minimum wage to $15/hour by 2024.
Erica Smith: Supports labor movement & collective bargaining.
Holly Grange: Recruit American companies bringing good, high paying jobs.
Holly Grange: Companies getting incentives must bring new local jobs.
Pat McCrory: Recruit and retain N.C. jobs, in RTP and in small towns.
Phil Scott: Supported right-to-work, vetoed family medical leave.
Phil Scott: Vetoed bill that raised minimum wage.
Roy Cooper: Grow out Unemployment Trust Fund to more than $2 billion.
Roy Cooper: NC Job Ready: state helps train students, handle expenses.
Roy Cooper: $15 "admirable goal" for minimum wage.
Thom Tillis: Opposes federal minimum wage; but let states decide.
Thom Tillis: Co-sponsored National Right to Work Act.
Tim Scott: $1,000 tax credit for job-training apprenticeships.
Tom Cotton: Yes on minimum wage of $8.25, but no minimum-wage-economy.
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Principles & Values
Al Pisano: Keep God in the public sphere.
Cheri Beasley: Washington responding only to well-connected needs to end.
Cheri Beasley: First black female chief justice of state Supreme Court.
Dan Forest: Country has kicked God out schools, courts, nation.
Dan Forest: Nation founded on the principles of Jesus Christ.
Dan Forest: Freedom of religion--not freedom from religion.
Erica Smith: I earned my stripes; paid my dues; played by the rules.
Erica Smith: Black women come from hard work; should have more value.
Garland Tucker: Was less pro-Trump than anti-Clinton.
Garland Tucker: Delighted and amazed at Trump's commitment to conservatives.
Greg Brannon: Tea Party supporter of constitutional conservative fighters.
Holly Grange: Leaders bring people together to get things done.
Ken Spaulding: Land development lawyer; served six years in the state House.
Marjorie K. Eastman: Endorsed by Republican women's VIEWPAC.
Mark Walker: Judeo-Christian framework is moral; Shariah is a threat.
Mark Walker: A record of being both a conservative and a bridge builder.
Pat McCrory: When you try to appease everyone, you satisfy no one.
Pat McCrory: How do we leave this place better than when we arrived?
Pat McCrory: Impeachment: would have voted against convicting Trump.
Roy Cooper: Common Ground Solutions instead of either/or choices.
Roy Cooper: Cast aside notions of red counties or blue counties.
Sean Haugh: YouTube-based campaign as Libertarian party nominee.
Sean Haugh: The spoiler argument is bogus on every level.
Ted Budd: Running to stop US from becoming woke, socialist wasteland.
Thom Tillis: Moral Mondays are for whining losers who oppose GOP agenda.
Thom Tillis: Served on town commission; ousted sitting State House Rep.
Thom Tillis: A self-made man who grew up in a trailer park.
Thom Tillis: Judeo-Christian values established our government framework.
Thom Tillis: Outspoken in my defense of our freedom of religion.
Ted Budd: Biden is president, but "constitutional concerns" about 2020.
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Social Security
Al Pisano: No opinion on Social Security privatization.
Cal Cunningham: Endorsed by National Committee to Preserve Social Security.
Deborah Ross: Government shouldn't cut nor privatize Social Security.
Richard Hudson: Reform the system for those my age and younger.
Thom Tillis: Keep the promises we've already made.
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Tax Reform
Al Pisano: Oppose higher taxes on the wealthy.
Cal Cunningham: Tax cuts for wealthy & corporations fuel income inequality .
Cheri Beasley: Make Child Tax Credit permanent.
Dan Forest: Lower taxes, smaller government, & personal responsibility.
Dan Forest: Eliminate state tax on out-of-state military pay.
Dan Forest: Best business incentive is tax relief.
Erica Smith: Supports a Service Worker's Tax Act.
Mark Walker: Replace broken tax code with flat tax and FairTax models.
Mark Walker: Cut taxes for middle income families, for balanced budget.
Ted Budd: Endorsed by Club for Growth; against tax increases.
Thom Tillis: 2017 tax cuts were "historic tax reform".
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Technology
Bev Perdue: 46,000 students in NC Virtual Public High School.
Cal Cunningham: Invest in high-speed broadband, other infrastructure.
Jeff Jackson: Broadband internet access is most important infrastructure.
Roy Cooper: Rural high-speed broadband access, and technical training.
Roy Cooper: Public/private team up for rural internet access.
Ted Budd: Co-sponsored bill to make websites and apps ADA compliant.
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War & Peace
Al Pisano: Avoid foreign entanglements.
Cal Cunningham: Congress must reassert role over military operations.
Deborah Ross: Committed to defeating ISIS, with our international partners.
Holly Grange: Worked with Democrats on taking care of veterans.
Kay Hagan: US should have more quickly armed the moderate Syrian rebels.
Kay Hagan: Supports Obama's anti-ISIS strategy.
Richard Burr: We have effective oversight of CIA and drone strikes.
Richard Hudson: No timetable for withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Richard Hudson: Military force OK to prevent Iranian nukes.
Sean Haugh: Opposes US military intervention abroad.
Sean Haugh: Stay out of the Russia-Ukraine imbroglio.
Sean Haugh: Iraq exit plan is to find a door and exit.
Thom Tillis: Too little is known about Syrian rebels to arm them.
Thom Tillis: US should have more quickly armed the moderate Syrian rebels.
Thom Tillis: Withdrawing too quickly from Iraq left vacuum for ISIS.
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Welfare & Poverty
Elizabeth Dole: Flexibility in welfare programs via federal block grants.
Roy Cooper: Create affordable, available housing for disaster recovery.
Thom Tillis: No government assistance for those who can help themselves.
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