Past and present Senate candidates from Mississippi: on Government Reform


Roger Wicker: Opposes limiting campaign donations, and opposes disclosure

Q: Campaign Finance: Require political ads & contributions to disclose their largest funders? Limit political donations from corporations & unions?

David Baria (D): Has offered numerous bills to increase more campaign finance disclosure from lobbyists & candidates. Would limit political donations.

Roger Wicker (R): No. Voted against 2012 DISCLOSE Act. Also against limiting political donations.

Source: 2018 CampusElect.org Issue Guide on Mississippi Senate race Oct 9, 2018

Jensen Bohren: Prohibit all campaign donations from corporations

Corporations should not be able to donate money to a campaign, and any donations must be limited to the legal maximum limit of $2,700 without exception.
Source: 2018 Mississippi Senate campaign website vote4jensen.com Jan 1, 2018

Chris McDaniel: Photo ID for voting

Question topic: People should be able to vote without photo identification.

McDaniel: Disagree

Source: Faith2Action iVoterGuide on 2014 Mississippi Senate race Jul 2, 2014

Thad Cochran: OpEd: Earmarked spending brings federal funds to Mississippi

Chris McDaniel has sought to seize on the new antispending fervor, casting Cochran--who has delivered billions of dollars in federal spending projects to his impoverished state--as an avatar of a bygone political culture.

After Cochran announced his re-election bid Friday, the Club for Growth, who have endorsed McDaniel, put out a statement that criticized the senator for his support of earmarked spending projects, for bailing out Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and for raising the federal debt limit.

But Cochran is a formidable figure in a state that has long relied on federal largess and that rarely turns over its Senate seats. He will have the support of Mississippi's political and business establishment, which are deeply worried about what losing Cochran would mean to a state that, without him, would have little seniority in its congressional delegation.

Source: New York Times on 2014 Mississippi Senate race Dec 6, 2013

Chris McDaniel: Require photo ID to vote

Chris McDaniel voted Yea on Passage of HB 921: Requiring Photo Identification to Vote (Bill Passed Senate 34-14).
Source: VoteSmart summary of Mississippi State Senate voting records Apr 10, 2012

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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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