Survey of Gubernatorial campaign websites, 2001-2009: on Principles & Values
Chris Christie:
Children attend parochial school
Mary Pat and I have been blessed with four beautiful children and like many New Jersey parents, we have worked hard to instill strong values in each of them. Our children attend parochial school where we hope their studies
will help guide them in their faith and reinforce the values we teach them at home. Experiences in my life, along with my faith, have led me to believe in the sanctity, dignity and inherent value of all human life.
Source: 2009 Gubernatorial campaign website, christiefornj.com
Jul 21, 2009
Jon Corzine:
Came to Trenton to put NJ's fiscal house in order
Governor Corzine came to Trenton in 2006 to put New Jersey's fiscal house in order; alleviate our citizens' property tax burden; broaden access to quality, affordable health care; and strengthen our state's education system.
Governor Corzine reshaped and resized state government. He eliminated and consolidated departments, sold state cars, tore up gas cards and closed office buildings. He reduced the state workforce by
7,000 employees and achieved additional savings by increasing the retirement age from 55 to 62, capping pensions, and asking state workers to contribute for the first time toward the cost of their health care. This year, he even negotiated a
7.5% wage cut for public employees.
Though there is still much work to be done, over the last four years, we have accomplished a great deal, even as we've had to confront the longest, deepest economic crisis since the Great Depression.
Source: 2009 Gubernatorial website, joncorzine09.com, "Real Results"
Jul 21, 2009
Bruce Lunsford:
Capitol on the Corner: direct local access to governor
Bruce and Greg will travel to all 120 counties in their first term in office to meet with citizens where they live. They will bring the Capitol to rural areas of the state and hold town hall meetings to better understand and solve issues of local concern
Too often, people in remote parts feel disconnected from the State Capitol and out of the loop from the decision-making process.
Through the Capitol on the Corner program, local citizens will have direct access to the governor, lieutenant governor, top state leaders, cabinet heads and legislative leaders.
Bruce and Greg want to hear directly from citizens, and want to be accountable to them. Instead of sitting in an office in the State Capitol, Bruce and Greg will bring the capitol to every corner of the state.
Source: 2007 Gubernatorial campaign website, lunsfordstumbo2007.com
Nov 1, 2007
Bruce Lunsford:
One Kentucky Plan: Leave No Region Behind
Bruce and Greg have a four-point plan called One Kentucky to bridge the economic and infrastructure gap between regions and ensure that no region and no citizen is left behind.- Capitol on the Corner: to meet with citizens where they live.
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Invest in Infrastructure. Quality infrastructure is necessary for Kentucky to succeed in the 21st century.
- Strengthen rural education. Rural schools, from pre-Kindergarten to college, have barriers that schools in urban areas do not face.
Bruce and Greg will expand distance learning and other innovative educational opportunities so that students can learn without leaving their communities. Bruce and Greg will develop and expand four-year learning opportunities in Eastern Kentucky and
Western Kentucky.
- Expand economic capacity. Kentucky’s rural areas have great economic potential. We will open economic development offices to dedicate immediate attention and resources to growing the economy in Western and Eastern Kentucky.
Source: 2007 Gubernatorial campaign website, lunsfordstumbo2007.com
Nov 1, 2007
Grace Ross:
Corporate parties offer only empty promises & band-aids
Every four years in Massachusetts we are faced with the duty of who our leaders should be, and every four years from the corporate parties we hear the same empty promises, the same band-aid solutions to problems that would require surgery, and the same
hollow proposals that aren’t followed-up on and don’t speak to real people.We are facing ecological, economic, and social dilemmas in our lifetimes that the world has never before seen, and we need a new kind of leadership that isn’t interested
in making the change later, but making the change NOW.
Grace Ross and Wendy Van Horne are those kind of leaders. Isn’t it time that we elect leaders who respect and work to include ALL people, regardless of where, when, or how they were born?
Isn’t it time we elect leaders who admit that we are in a global environmental crisis and whom are already taking steps to reverse the damage humans have done? Isn’t time we make the change right now? Help us make the change!
Source: 2006 gubernatorial campaign website, www.graceandwendy.org
Jun 3, 2006
Grace Ross:
Life-long activist working with diverse, low-income leaders
Grace Ross has been a life-long activist working with diverse, low-income leaders to abolish poverty and on progressive causes from nonviolence, the environment, and international solidarity to anti-racist struggles, women’s rights, union organizing
and gay/lesbian civil rights. She grew up in New York, came to Harvard for college and graduate work and found her home in the streets and primarily low-income communities’ struggle for survival and justice. She is a white lesbian living in Worcester.
Source: 2006 gubernatorial campaign website, www.graceandwendy.org
Jun 3, 2006
Tom Reilly:
Born and raised in Springfield
Tom Reilly was born and raised in Springfield , Massachusetts. Tom learned the values of hard work and responsibility from his parents, who immigrated to this country from Ireland. His mother worked as a maid. His father was a laborer for the city of
Springfield who worked his way up to foreman. As a boy working alongside his father on summer road crews, Tom gained an early appreciation for what it means to be a part of a team and what it takes to get a job done right.
Source: 2006 Gubernatorial campaign website, www.tomreilly.org
Jan 8, 2006
Tom Reilly:
Worked for CIA and Ford Motors
Tom’s early career included brief stints as an analyst for the Central Intelligence Agency in Virginia and then in labor relations with Ford Motor Company in Detroit before he returned to Massachusetts to pursue a career as a lawyer.
He earned his law degree in 1970 from Boston College Law School. Tom has spent his career fighting against injustice, speaking for those without a voice, and working to make things better for the people and families of Massachusetts.
Source: 2006 Gubernatorial campaign website, www.tomreilly.org
Jan 8, 2006
Tom Reilly:
Served as prosecutor and Middlesex District Attorney
Reilly served as a prosecutor for the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office and a civil rights lawyer for the Attorney General’s Office before going into private practice.
In 1983, Tom returned to public service as the First Assistant District Attorney in Middlesex County. When the position of Middlesex DA opened up in 1990, Tom ran for the job and won.
Source: 2006 Gubernatorial campaign website, www.tomreilly.org
Jan 8, 2006
Tom Reilly:
A leader on issues that matter to the people
As Attorney General, Tom quickly established himself as a leader on issues that matter to the people of Massachusetts: protecting children and elders; preserving access to quality, affordable health care; ensuring a competitive economy
for businesses and safety and fairness for workers; making our schools better; keeping up the fight against tobacco companies; and standing up to national efforts to weaken environmental laws.
Source: 2006 Gubernatorial campaign website, www.tomreilly.org
Jan 8, 2006
Tom Reilly:
Married for 40 years; three kids; six grandkids
Tom and his wife, Ruth, whom he met when both were college students in Western Massachusetts , were married in 1966. They have three daughters, five granddaughters and a grandson.
Source: 2006 Gubernatorial campaign website, www.tomreilly.org
Jan 8, 2006
Tim Kaine:
Parents taught him the importance of family and faith
I was raised in a family where life revolved around church, school, friends, sports, and hard work. My brothers and I all grew up working in Dad’s small ironworking business. My parents taught me lasting life lessons
the importance of family and faith, the value of hard work, that actions matter more than words, and that people should be treated fairly and honestly. I was taught to be tight with a dollar, and to watch the bottom line.
Source: 2005 Gubernatorial campaign website kaine2005.org, “Issues”
Nov 8, 2005
Arnold Schwarzenegger:
California government is failing the people
When I first came to California 35 years ago, California was a place of dreams. This great state said to the people everywhere: Come here, work hard, play by the rules, and your dreams can come true.
But today, the dream - and the optimism that California represented to this nation and the world - has been shattered. I believe we can restore that optimism and the dreams that were once fulfilled here.
Our people are good people-they work hard, they pay their taxes, they raise their families, and they’re doing everything they can to provide their children with the tools to succeed. We have everything we need here in California-except leadership.
California government is failing the people. The state government is not providing the leadership necessary to put people first-to put their hopes and dreams ahead of the special interests that have entrenched themselves in Sacramento.
Source: 2003 Gubernatorial campaign website, JoinArnold.com
Aug 29, 2003
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