2018 AR Governor's race: on Tax Reform


Jared Henderson: Fight against raising grocery tax, to protect families

I'm glad to hear Gov. Hutchinson finally broke his silence on this as the Republican-controlled General Assembly has tossed around the idea of increasing the grocery tax for the past month. Raising the grocery tax should never even be up for discussion and you can bet I'd fight any attempt, from day one, to raise this tax that hits our working families the hardest. Henderson had issued a press release slamming Hutchinson for failing to speak out against the possibility of raising the grocery tax.
Source: Arkansas Times on 2018 Arkansas Gubernatorial race May 4, 2018

Mark West: Lower taxes on everyone

Q: Do you support or oppose the statement, "Higher taxes on the wealthy"?

A: Oppose because we need lower taxes on everyone and the accompanying spending cuts. Government can and should be voluntarily funded.

Source: OnTheIssues interview of 2018 Arkansas governor candidate Apr 28, 2018

Jared Henderson: Supports the Republican low and middle class income tax cuts

Henderson said he supports the state's hybrid Medicaid expansion, which uses federal funds to purchase private insurance for low-income residents. But he stopped short of saying whether he supports the restrictions Gov. Hutchinson has asked the federal government to impose that would move 60K off the program and impose a work requirement on some. He also said he supports the low- and middle-income tax cuts Hutchinson advocated for and signed into law, but said he'd be cautious about any further cuts.
Source: Times-Record on 2018 Arkansas Governor race Dec 12, 2017

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Candidates and political leaders on Tax Reform:

Retired Senate as of Jan. 2015:
GA:Chambliss(R)
IA:Harkin(D)
MI:Levin(D)
MT:Baucus(D)
NE:Johanns(R)
OK:Coburn(R)
SD:Johnson(D)
WV:Rockefeller(D)

Resigned from 113th House:
AL-1:Jo Bonner(R)
FL-19:Trey Radel(R)
LA-5:Rod Alexander(R)
MA-5:Ed Markey(D)
MO-9:Jo Ann Emerson(R)
NC-12:Melvin Watt(D)
SC-1:Tim Scott(R) 		Retired House to run for Senate or Governor:
AR-4:Tom Cotton(R)
GA-1:Jack Kingston(R)
GA-10:Paul Broun(R)
GA-11:Phil Gingrey(R)
HI-1:Colleen Hanabusa(D)
IA-1:Bruce Braley(D)
LA-6:Bill Cassidy(R)
ME-2:Mike Michaud(D)
MI-14:Gary Peters(D)
MT-0:Steve Daines(R)
OK-5:James Lankford(R)
PA-13:Allyson Schwartz(D)
TX-36:Steve Stockman(R)
WV-2:Shelley Capito(R) 		Retired House as of Jan. 2015:
AL-6:Spencer Bachus(R)
AR-2:Tim Griffin(R)
CA-11:George Miller(D)
CA-25:Howard McKeon(R)
CA-33:Henry Waxman(D)
CA-45:John Campbell(R)
IA-3:Tom Latham(R)
MN-6:Michele Bachmann(R)
NC-6:Howard Coble(R)
NC-7:Mike McIntyre(D)
NJ-3:Jon Runyan(R)
NY-4:Carolyn McCarthy(D)
NY-21:Bill Owens(D)
PA-6:Jim Gerlach(R)
UT-4:Jim Matheson(D)
VA-8:Jim Moran(D)
VA-10:Frank Wolf(R)
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