2022 AR Senate race: on Jobs


Natalie James: Supports living wage starting with $15-an-hour minimum

Q: What is the most pressing issue facing your constituents and how would you address it?

A: A living wage that will help them thrive and not simply survive. Health care worries mixed with a 21st-century education and broadband access for our future. I would support legislation to increase our living wages to start federally at $15-an-hour along with those already at the minimum receiving raises to compensate for the current value.

Source: Arkansas Democrat-Gazette on 2022 Arkansas Senate race Apr 25, 2022

John Boozman: Pushed 16-hour trucker day; withdrew "sweatshop on wheels"

Boozman made a misstep in 2005 by sponsoring and then withdrawing a bill to increase the maximum workday for truckers to 16 hours--A move sought by Wal-Mart but that was lambasted as a "sweat shop on wheels" that would have jeopardized safety. He also backed the controversial 2008 bill to rescue the U.S. financial system--an issue that tea party supporters used against some Republican incumbents in GOP primaries.
Source: Almanac of American Politics on 2022 Arkansas Senate race Oct 5, 2015

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Candidates and political leaders on Jobs:

Democrats running for President:
Sen.Michael Bennet (D-CO)
V.P.Joe Biden (D-DE)
Mayor Mike Bloomberg (I-NYC)
Gov.Steve Bullock (D-MT)
Mayor Pete Buttigieg (D-IN)
Sen.Cory Booker (D-NJ)
Secy.Julian Castro (D-TX)
Rep.John Delaney (D-MD)
Rep.Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI)
Sen.Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
Mayor Wayne Messam (D-FL)
Gov.Deval Patrick (D-MA)
Sen.Bernie Sanders (I-VT)
CEO Tom Steyer (D-CA)
Sen.Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)
Marianne Williamson (D-CA)
CEO Andrew Yang (D-NY)

2020 Third Party Candidates:
Rep.Justin Amash (L-MI)
CEO Don Blankenship (C-WV)
Gov.Lincoln Chafee (L-RI)
Howie Hawkins (G-NY)
Gov.Gary Johnson(L-NM)
Howard Schultz(I-WA)
Gov.Jesse Ventura (I-MN) 		Republicans running for President:
Sen.Ted Cruz(R-TX)
Gov.Larry Hogan (R-MD)
Gov.John Kasich(R-OH)
V.P.Mike Pence(R-IN)
Gov.Mark Sanford (R-SC)
Pres.Donald Trump(R-NY)
Rep.Joe Walsh (R-IL)
Gov.Bill Weld(R-MA & L-NY)

2020 Withdrawn Democratic Candidates:
Sen.Stacey Abrams (D-GA)
Mayor Bill de Blasio (D-NYC)
Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)
Sen.Mike Gravel (D-AK)
Sen.Kamala Harris (D-CA)
Gov.John Hickenlooper (D-CO)
Gov.Jay Inslee (D-WA)
Rep.Seth Moulton (D-MA)
Rep.Beto O`Rourke (D-TX)
Rep.Tim Ryan (D-CA)
Adm.Joe Sestak (D-PA)
Rep.Eric Swalwell (D-CA)
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