2018 WA Senate race: on Government Reform


Susan Hutchison: Term limits on elected officials, to stop the corruption

Most Americans express approval for term limits on elected officials. The beauty of democracy is that we are governed by citizen representatives. From across America, they bring their diverse experiences to the law-making Congress as "public servants", and after a number of years, should return to their states. But the current culture in Washington, D.C. is corrupted by lobbyists and special interests.ÿ
Source: 2018 Washington Senate campaign website Susan4Senate.com Aug 14, 2018

Dave Strider: Proper ID for voter registration

Q: Do you support or oppose the statement, "Make voter registration easier"?

A: YES with proper ID

Source: OnTheIssues interview of 2018 Washington Senate candidate Apr 27, 2018

Mike Luke: No surveillance of people; but surveillance of government ok

Government seems exempted from so many of the laws and standards it subjects the people to directly and indirectly. I believe all levels of government entities (federal, state and local) should be subject to the same laws and standards it imposes on the people.

Government agencies that illegally conduct surveillance on individuals should be considered for termination and its employees that participated in the act prosecuted. Although we have laws protecting whistle blowers, those laws are not being upheld or respected by too many in our court system. It appears it's time to examine and strengthen laws protecting whistle blowers.

It should further be enacted that it is allowable to record the actions of any government servant (not just cops) while interacting with the people or being observed conducting official and public acts. A law should be passed that consent of the government servant or notice to the servant is not required to record them while doing their job.

Source: 2018 Washington Senatorial campaign website Luke4Senate.com Mar 31, 2018

Mike Luke: All levels of government should practice what they preach

I believe all levels of government entities (federal, state and local) should be subject to the same laws and standards it imposes on the people. Government agencies at all levels such as the IRS and state child support enforcement agencies should be required to go through the same civil and criminal court system others have to endure to prosecute or levy penalties on individuals and businesses by showing a court probable cause for their actions.
Source: 2018 Washington Senatorial campaign website Luke4senate.com Feb 22, 2018

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Candidates and political leaders on Government 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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