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Books by and about 2020 presidential candidates |
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Crippled America,
by Donald J. Trump (2015) |
Fire and Fury,
by Michael Wolff (2018) |
Trump Revealed,
by Michael Kranish and Marc Fisher (2016) |
The Making of Donald Trump,
by David Cay Johnston (2016) |
Promise Me, Dad ,
by Joe Biden (2017) |
The Book of Joe ,
by Jeff Wilser (2019; biography of Joe Biden) |
The Truths We Hold,
by Kamala Harris (2019) |
Smart on Crime,
by Kamala Harris (2010) |
Guide to Political Revolution,
by Bernie Sanders (2017) |
Where We Go From Here,
by Bernie Sanders (2018) |
Our Revolution,
by Bernie Sanders (2016) |
This Fight Is Our Fight,
by Elizabeth Warren (2017) |
United,
by Cory Booker (2016) |
Conscience of a Conservative,
by Jeff Flake (2017) |
Two Paths,
by Gov. John Kasich (2017) |
Every Other Monday,
by Rep. John Kasich (2010) |
Courage is Contagious,
by John Kasich (1998) |
Shortest Way Home,
by Pete Buttigieg (2019) |
Becoming,
by Michelle Obama (2018) |
Higher Loyalty,
by James Comey (2018) |
The Making of Donald Trump,
by David Cay Johnston (2017) |
Trump vs. Hillary On The Issues ,
by Jesse Gordon (2016) |
Outsider in the White House,
by Bernie Sanders (2015) |
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Abortion
Allen Buckley: No regulations or funding regarding abortion.
Amanda Swafford: Human life doesn't begin at conception.
Brian Kemp: We need to protect the unborn and the born.
Brian Kemp: Supports "Heartbeat Bill" and tough abortion laws.
Brian Kemp: Signed fetal heartbeat bill, tax deductions for fetuses.
Casey Cagle: Every child is a gift from God; 100% pro-life.
Casey Cagle: Conservative values: pro-life & pro-second Amendment.
David Perdue: Human life begins at conception.
David Perdue: Backed ban on most abortions after six weeks.
Derrick Grayson: Life begins at conception.
Derrick Grayson: Will fight any taxpayer funding, let charity pay for it.
Doug Collins: Co-sponsored bill giving legal protections to unborn.
Drew Ferguson: Life beings at conception.
Ed Tarver: Government should not legislate women's health decisions.
Herschel Walker: Is "strongly pro-life" including conservative judges.
Herschel Walker: Supports a total abortion ban without any exceptions.
Jason Carter: Voted against restrictions on abortion rights.
Jon Ossoff: Will only vote to confirm judges who will uphold Roe v. Wade.
Jim Barksdale: Comprehensive reproductive health care services for women.
Jim Martin: I support Roe v. Wade.
Johnny Isakson: Government should not be funding Planned Parenthood.
Johnny Isakson: Returned from surgery to defund Planned Parenthood.
Jon Ossoff: Defend a woman's right to choose and Planned Parenthood.
Jon Ossoff: Will only confirm judges pledged to uphold Roe v. Wade.
Karen Handel: Endorsed by Susan B. Anthony List for pro-life women.
Karen Handel: Chaired Commission with abortion grants, but opposed them.
Karen Handel: I cut ties with Planned Parenthood because I was ordered to.
Kelly Loeffler: Fierce opponent of abortion.
Kelly Loeffler: Would support legislation to limit abortions.
Kelly Loeffler: Endorsed by Susan B. Anthony List; unapologetically pro-life.
Kelly Loeffler: Co-sponsored four bills to protect the unborn.
Latham Saddler: Will fight to protect the lives of all our unborn children.
Matt Lieberman: In campaign announcement, came out as pro-choice.
Michelle Nunn: Safe, legal, rare, and woman's personal decision.
Paul Broun: Human life begins at conception.
Raphael Warnock: Supports Roe and a woman's right to choose.
Raphael Warnock: Planned Parenthood endorsement: will fight new restrictions.
Raphael Warnock: Longtime supporter of contraceptive access & abortion rights.
Raphael Warnock: A decision between a woman and her doctor.
Raphael Warnock: Pro-choice: focused on infant and maternal mortality.
Rick Allen: Fight for the rights of the unborn.
Rick Allen: Human life begins at conception.
Shane Hazel: Government has helped execute over 70 million babies.
Sonny Perdue: Require information session 24 hours before abortion.
Sonny Perdue: Establish a stem cell tissue bank from fetal sources.
Stacey Abrams: Expand reproductive freedom to under-served areas.
Stacey Abrams: Don't jeopardize access to birth control.
Teresa Tomlinson: A woman is the sole fiduciary of her body and any pregnancy.
Tom Price: Would allow firing workers for birth control, abortion.
Tom Price: Co-sponsored Right to Life Act, protecting zygotes.
Tom Price: For Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act.
Tom Price: Opposed to free birth control on religious grounds.
Vernon Jones: Abortions should always be legal.
Vernon Jones: Supports embryonic stem cell research.
Vernon Jones: Opposed anti-abortion "heartbeat" bill enacted in Georgia.
Zell Miller: Promote and fund sexual abstinence programs.
Shane Hazel: Supports bodily autonomy & right to health privacy.
Stacey Abrams: Georgia law would investigate women for miscarriage.
Stacey Abrams: Rights should be sacrosanct regardless of state lines.
Stacey Abrams: Politicians are not scientists, don't set arbitrary limits.
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Budget & Economy
Amanda Swafford: TARP manipulates the free enterprise system.
Amanda Swafford: End the Federal Reserve; explore alternative currency.
Brian Kemp: Georgians First Commission: more diverse economy.
Casey Cagle: Expect state government to balance budget & reduce waste.
Casey Cagle: JOBS: hire unemployed Georgians & incentivizes new business.
David Perdue: Free enterprise is the key to national prosperity.
David Perdue: Endorsed by Georgia Chamber of Commerce.
David Perdue: Supported Opportunity Zones to incentivize investment.
David Perdue: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau a "rogue agency".
David Perdue: For Paycheck Protection Program, pro-market solutions.
Derrick Grayson: End ever-increasing spending to keep system from imploding.
Ed Tarver: End fraud, waste, and abuse in all departments of government.
Herschel Walker: Best way to help people succeed: don't give them a handout.
Jim Barksdale: Audit the federal government to weed out double-spending.
Jon Ossoff: Upgraded infrastructure foundation for decades of prosperity.
Jon Ossoff: Investment in infrastructure is overdue.
Jon Ossoff: More regulation of banks, reinstate Glass-Steagall Act.
Jon Ossoff: COVID: we need more direct relief from federal government.
Jon Ossoff: For stricter government oversight; cut duplicate programs.
Jon Ossoff: Fund public media, guarantee editorial independence.
Jon Ossoff: COVID: Put families & small business ahead on relief.
Jon Ossoff: Republican Senate will mean paralysis and gridlock.
Jon Ossoff: COVID: Another round of $1,200 stimulus checks.
Kelly Loeffler: COVID: We need to reopen our economy.
Josh Lanier: Congress is out of control on spending.
Karen Handel: Cut spending and reduce regulations.
Kelly Loeffler: Support record economic growth, job creation under Trump.
Kelly Loeffler: COVID: No bailout to "blue states" for socialist policies.
Kelly Loeffler: Cut regulations; encourage investment; lower taxes.
Kelly Loeffler: COVID: Brought $47 billion to help Georgia jobs, businesses.
Latham Saddler: Stimulus has too much wasteful spending.
Michelle Nunn: Sequestration is absolute wrong way of making cuts.
Nathan Deal: We survived Great Recession, and reformed state government.
Nathan Deal: Mandated spending is shrinking discretionary budget.
Paul Broun: Free enterprise is the key to national prosperity.
Raphael Warnock: A stimulus package must help working people, not just rich.
Raphael Warnock: All Americans deserve prosperity.
Raphael Warnock: Social safety net is unique work of government.
Raphael Warnock: Need to invest in infrastructure, green energy jobs.
Rick Allen: Washington's spending-addicted politicians are the problem.
Shane Hazel: Government has no Constitutional authority for stimulus.
Stacey Abrams: Invest in community businesses.
Teresa Tomlinson: Invest in infrastructure for rural farmers.
Tom Price: Deficits created by stimulus threatens economic stability.
Tom Price: Stimulus package favors Democratic projects.
Tony Evers: $40 million for Rural Innovation Fund.
Vernon Jones: Lead the way to protect home ownership.
Vernon Jones: Record of balancing budgets and not raising taxes.
Raphael Warnock: Opposes federal spending in Inflation Reduction Act.
Brian Kemp: Partner with local governments on workforce housing.
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Civil Rights
Alan Keyes: Public display of the Ten Commandments is a state’s right.
Amanda Swafford: Government has authority to redefine marriage.
Amanda Swafford: Marriage equality is an individual freedom.
Brian Kemp: Against bigotry, but monuments are history.
Brian Kemp: OpEd: refuses to process thousands of voter registrations.
Brian Kemp: Allow rejecting gay customers on religious grounds.
Casey Cagle: Confederate monuments are a great cultural attraction.
David Perdue: Uphold Georgia's constitutional ban on same-sex marriage.
David Perdue: AdWatch: Perdue's company sued for gender pay discrimination.
David Perdue: Government shouldn't redefine marriage.
David Perdue: OpEd: avoids voter suppression questions.
David Perdue: Supreme Court overstepped in legalizing same-sex marriage.
Derrick Grayson: Government ain't got no business being involved in marriage.
Derrick Grayson: Government should be involved in marriage, civil unions.
Derrick Grayson: America is not a racist country; laws address racists.
Doug Collins: Against Equality Act (discrimination by sexual orientation).
Ed Tarver: Racism is a threat to domestic security.
Herschel Walker: Against reparations; it's pandering for votes.
Herschel Walker: Son is openly gay and led a Gays for Trump march.
Hunter Hill: Supports Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
Hunter Hill: Removing Confederate monuments is not the solution.
Hunter Hill: Apply "religious liberty" to same-sex marriage.
Jason Carter: Civil marriage equality, but don't tell churches what to do.
Jim Barksdale: The gender wage gap is a real economic crisis.
Jim Barksdale: Eradicate anti-LGBTQ discrimination codified in legal code.
Jim Martin: Support affirmative action consistent with federal law.
Jim Martin: Civil unions ok; but not same-sex marriage.
John James: Trump policies good for African-Americans & elevate everyone.
Jon Ossoff: Supports LGBTQ rights & Equality Act.
Jon Ossoff: Fight discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.
Jon Ossoff: For Equality Act, opposes any military ban.
Jon Ossoff: Can no longer go down a path of racism.
Jon Ossoff: Endorsed by Human Rights Campaign.
Jon Ossoff: We need a new Civil Rights Act to deal with systemic bias.
Kelly Loeffler: Supports religious liberty policy seen as discriminatory.
Kelly Loeffler: Anger over Floyd murder justifiable; destruction is not.
Kelly Loeffler: Black Lives Matter is "anti-Semitic" and anti-family.
Kelly Loeffler: Allow discrimination against LGBTQ for religious reasons.
Matt Lieberman: Concerned with "problems" in voting.
Matt Lieberman: We need a Voting Rights Act for the 21st century.
Matt Lieberman: Supports same-day voter registration & Election Day holiday.
Michelle Nunn: Support equal pay, and do it now.
Michelle Nunn: Equality, ending gender-based violence can transform world.
Nathan Deal: Welcome everyone, instead of "religious liberty".
Paul Broun: Government shouldn't redefine marriage.
Rick Allen: Marriage is a union of one man and one woman.
Raphael Warnock: No such thing as equal rights for some; yes to Equality Act.
Raphael Warnock: Nexus of taken a wrecking ball to African Americans.
Raphael Warnock: Protesters calling for change, believes change is possible.
Raphael Warnock: Fraud almost nonexistent; really about voter suppression.
Raphael Warnock: Protect LGBTQ+ from housing, financial, job discrimination.
Raphael Warnock: Endorsed by Human Rights Campaign.
Rick Allen: Support traditional marriage between a man and woman.
Shane Hazel: Let gay couples defend pot farms with machine guns.
Sonny Perdue: Activist judges should let people define marriage.
Stacey Abrams: No discrimination, including against LGBTQ.
Stacey Abrams: Reflect on terrible Confederacy in museums, not monuments.
Stacey Abrams: No discrimination, including against LGBTQ.
Stacey Abrams: Welcome everyone, instead of "religious liberty".
Stacey Abrams: Basic fairness: we must ensure that every vote is counted.
Stacey Abrams: Voter suppression is an existential crisis in the US.
Stacey Abrams: Those who paid debt to society should be re-enfranchised.
Stacey Abrams: Upholding military transgender ban is an abomination.
Ted Terry: Made Election Day a city holiday.
Ted Terry: Registered 8000 new Americans as voters over six years.
Ted Terry: Prioritize Equality Act; overturn transgender military ban.
Teresa Tomlinson: Expand Voting Rights Act; end voter suppression.
Teresa Tomlinson: Add sexual orientation & gender identity to Civil Rights Act.
Tom Price: Against LGBT rights, same-sex marriage.
Tom Price: Would allow LGBT discrimination under civil rights laws.
Tom Price: Supports football coaches proselytizing at high school.
Valencia Stovall: Welcome everyone, instead of "religious liberty".
Valencia Stovall: Racism is a threat to domestic security.
Vernon Jones: Constitutional amendment defining marriage.
Vernon Jones: Lawsuit: he wanted a "darker administration" as county CEO.
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Corporations
Amanda Swafford: FairTax avoids taxation of overseas corporate profit.
Andrew Hunt: Eliminate employment penalty taxes.
Brian Kemp: Invest Georgia Exemption: first business $1M in exempt IPO.
Brian Kemp: Cut government regulations to help small business owners.
Casey Cagle: Keep taxes on business that create jobs low.
David Perdue: Only about 10 Senators have any real business experience.
David Perdue: End tax breaks & deals that outsource our jobs.
Jim Martin: Work with Delta Air but also respond to middle class needs.
Jon Ossoff: Reinstate Glass-Steagall; end speculative trading.
Rand Knight: Invest in our communities, not in corporate subsidies.
Rick Allen: Free enterprise is the fairest system.
Stacey Abrams: Invest in community businesses.
Valencia Stovall: Lower corporate taxes; and COVD bailout for businesses.
Valencia Stovall: Include micro-businesses in SBA grants.
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Crime
Alan Keyes: Failing to revere God results in violence and crime.
Andrew Hunt: Community rehab programs instead of incarceration.
Brian Kemp: Collaborate with cities and sheriff's departments.
Brian Kemp: Address the growing threat of gang activity.
Brian Kemp: Give non-violent offenders a second chance at life.
Brian Kemp: Launched Anti-Gang Task Force to keep neighborhoods safe.
Brian Kemp: We must end modern-day slavery in our state.
David Perdue: Supported First Step Act with restrictions.
David Perdue: Supports expanding rights of crime victims.
David Perdue: Opposed Sentencing Reform Act as too lenient.
David Perdue: Need police reform, but vast majority of cops are honorable.
Doug Collins: Supports capital punishment.
Doug Collins: Opposes defunding or "wholesale condemnation" of police.
Drew Ferguson: Thank a law enforcement officer in your community.
Ed Tarver: Tough on violent drug dealers and fraudsters.
Herschel Walker: FactCheck: Claimed Capitol rioters distracted from fraud.
Herschel Walker: Any mom should be able to go to grocery store and feel safe.
Herschel Walker: Ex-wife & other women accuse him of making threats.
Herschel Walker: Defunding the police is a ridiculous idea.
Hunter Hill: Death penalty, but also alternatives to incarceration.
Jared Polis: As long as I'm Governor, Georgia will always back the blue!
Jason Carter: No ban on the death penalty.
Jim Barksdale: Better training for police, to avoid confrontations.
Jim Martin: Supports lethal injection as the method of execution.
Jim Martin: Supports alternative sentencing for non-violent offenders.
Jon Ossoff: Task forces to fight organized crime & political corruption.
Jon Ossoff: Reverse militarization of police; ban private prisons.
Jon Ossoff: Don't defund the police; answer is to reform the police.
Jon Ossoff: Establish national standards for use of force by police.
Jon Ossoff: Crimes under Trump: act prudently, but accountability.
Jon Ossoff: Demilitarize the police; ban private prisons.
Kandiss Taylor: Understand frustration of black men with racial stereotyping.
Kelly Loeffler: Cut highway dollars to any state reducing police funding.
Kelly Loeffler: Got to address lawlessness overtaking America's streets.
Kelly Loeffler: Co-sponsored "Back the Blue" resolutions, opposes defunding.
Kelly Loeffler: No place for racism, but fighting for well-funded police.
Nathan Deal: Accountability courts to avoid 5,000 prison beds.
Nathan Deal: 20% pay raise for state-level law enforcement.
Nathan Deal: Accountability courts fight recidivism.
Rand Knight: Provide inmates with job skills and drug treatment.
Rand Knight: Support the federal death penalty.
Raphael Warnock: Prison system discriminates against people of color.
Raphael Warnock: Let independent prosecutors handle police-involved shootings.
Raphael Warnock: Reform is personal, older brother sentenced to life.
Raphael Warnock: Mass incarceration about segregation, loss of voting rights.
Raphael Warnock: We have to continue to push back against police brutality.
Raphael Warnock: Mass incarceration a scar on the soul of America.
Raphael Warnock: Police accountability and bias training, against defunding.
Raphael Warnock: You can affirm what officers do; hold them accountable.
Shane Hazel: Release all non-violent offenders; end drug war.
Stacey Abrams: Voted YES on criminalizing "up-skirting".
Stacey Abrams: Voted NO on 10-year minimum for assaulting a cop.
Stacey Abrams: Justice should not be determined by your paycheck.
Ted Terry: Supports "civilian-led policing" board hiring, firing police.
Teresa Tomlinson: End abuse of cash bail bonds & for-profit prisons.
Teresa Tomlinson: Fund reentry programs and restore voting rights to ex-felons.
Tony Evers: As long as I'm governor, we back the blue!
Tony Evers: Reform laws to help victims of sex trafficking.
Vernon Jones: Support the federal death penalty.
Vernon Jones: Approved 10-year minimum for assaulting a cop.
Vernon Jones: I cannot stand for the defunding of the police.
Vernon Jones: Make attacks for party affiliation or ideology a hate crime.
Zell Miller: Drunk drivers are criminals and deserve tough punishment.
Zell Miller: Two-strikes law got 1,710 ciminals behind bars.
Raphael Warnock: End cash bail for nonviolent crimes.
Stacey Abrams: $25 million in state grants for police salary raises.
Stacey Abrams: We cannot punish our way into public safety.
Brian Kemp: Come after our children, and we will come after you!
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Drugs
Allen Buckley: End Federal illicit drug regulations.
Amanda Swafford: Replace War on Drugs with individual freedom.
Andrew Hunt: Fines instead of imprisonment for non-violent drug offenses.
Brian Kemp: Deport drug cartel kingpins.
Brian Kemp: Unequivocally opposes recreational use of marijuana.
Brian Kemp: Signed Hope Act: allows for medicinal oils with up to 5% THC.
David Perdue: Receptive to medical marijuana, but leave it to states.
David Perdue: Supports medical marijuana, not recreational use.
Doug Collins: Marijuana: let states legalize, against federal legalization.
Ed Tarver: Against long prison terms for nonviolent, addicted prisoners.
Ed Tarver: Allow onsite testing for drug-free workplace program.
Herschel Walker: Criticizes Biden Administration over false crack pipe policy.
Johnny Isakson: Legalize medical marijuana and cannabis oil.
Jon Ossoff: Locking up nonviolent drug offenders doesn't make sense.
Jon Ossoff: Past time to legalize, regulate, and tax cannabis.
Kelly Loeffler: Stiffer penalties for deceptively trafficking in fentanyl.
Kelly Loeffler: Marijuana: concerned about negative effects of legalization.
Nathan Deal: BUI: Boating Under the Influence: if blood alcohol over .10%.
Raphael Warnock: Marijuana: wants to decriminalize.
Renee Unterman: Allow onsite testing for drug-free workplace program.
Shane Hazel: Marijuana is a right.
Shane Hazel: End wars, including the drug war.
Sonny Perdue: Allow onsite testing for drug-free workplace program.
Stacey Abrams: Expand list of conditions for medical marijuana.
Stacey Abrams: Add fentanyl to list of criminalized opioids.
Stacey Abrams: Allow onsite testing for drug-free workplace program.
Stacey Abrams: For medical marijuana; open to legalizing recreational use.
Ted Terry: Decriminalized possession of small amounts of marijuana.
Teresa Tomlinson: Remove marijuana from Controlled Substance Act schedule.
Teresa Tomlinson: End sentencing disparities between crack and powder cocaine.
Tom Price: Opposes needle exchange programs.
Tom Price: Criticized for comments on opioid addiction treatment.
Tom Price: Co-signs support letter to free states to act on marijuana.
Vernon Jones: Mandatory jail sentences for selling illegal drugs.
Zell Miller: Allow people harmed by drugs to sue drug dealers.
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Education
Allen Buckley: Help college debt, but no government load payoff.
Amanda Swafford: Dismantle the Department of Education.
Andrew Hunt: Increase both public and private school choices.
Brian Kemp: Invest in those who educate: keep teacher pay competitive.
Brian Kemp: $69 million in one-time funding for school security grants.
Brian Kemp: $2000 pay raise for all public school teachers.
Brian Kemp: Fully fund public school education.
Brian Kemp: Supports vouchers to attend private schools.
Brian Kemp: Broadened prohibition on sex between teachers, students.
Brian Kemp: Vetoed Keeping Georgia's Schools Safe Act: unfunded mandate.
Brian Kemp: Asked Georgia Board of Ed. to denounce critical race theory.
Casey Cagle: Options for public charter, private school or home schooling.
Casey Cagle: Declare war on high school dropout rates in Georgia.
Casey Cagle: Education savings accounts including private schools.
David Perdue: Helped secure permanent funding for HBCUs.
David Perdue: Supports school choice including private schools.
David Perdue: Free tuition is what Soviets, Nazis, Cubans, Venezuelans did.
Derrick Grayson: Common Core gets government further entrenched in education.
Derrick Grayson: Taking God out of schools eliminated moral compass for many.
Doug Collins: Voted for DC voucher program for private schools.
Doug Collins: Co-sponsored education bill eliminating loan forgiveness.
Ed Tarver: College debt forgiveness for income under $100,000.
Herschel Walker: Will work with Sen. Tim Scott to promote school choice.
Herschel Walker: Removed false claim of being a college graduate from website.
Hunter Hill: Advocate for education accounts including private schools.
Hunter Hill: I believe the money should follow the child.
Jared Polis: Address obscene materials online and in our school libraries.
Jared Polis: Completely restore all austerity cuts to education funding.
Jim Barksdale: Invest in education without "Opportunity School Districts".
Jon Ossoff: Hire great teachers, and reduce class sizes.
Jon Ossoff: Work to make college more affordable.
Jon Ossoff: Make trade school, vocational training, public colleges free.
Jon Ossoff: Supports debt forgiveness; tuition free state schools.
Kelly Loeffler: Funding for low-income students for public, private schools.
Kelly Loeffler: Make sure that we protect school choice.
Nathan Deal: $15M for science/tech charter schools.
Nathan Deal: Criticizing Common Core diverts from advancing education.
Nathan Deal: Grants for technical skills training will help employment.
Nathan Deal: Facilitate young adults learning about computer science.
Nathan Deal: Public schools have discretion in how to spend funds.
Nathan Deal: Schools should use testing sparingly but effectively.
Nikema Williams: Broadened prohibition on sex between teachers, students.
Nikema Williams: Opposed Keeping Georgia's Schools Safe Act.
Paul Broun: Oppose nationwide Common Core standards.
Paul Broun: Big Bang & evolution: "lies straight from the pit of hell".
Rand Knight: Federal funding for charter schools.
Rand Knight: Raise teacher salaries; build more schools.
Raphael Warnock: Fully fund Pell Grants, strengthen loan forgiveness.
Raphael Warnock: Supports robust Pre-K, invest in schools and teachers.
Raphael Warnock: College not for everyone; provide vocational training.
Renee Unterman: Broadened prohibition on sex between teachers, students.
Renee Unterman: Supported Keeping Georgia's Schools Safe Act.
Rick Allen: Local & parental control, not one-size-fits-all.
Roy Barnes: End social promotion.
Shane Hazel: Eliminate the U.S. Department of Education.
Shane Hazel: Never pay for college loans; they chose to take on debt.
Sonny Perdue: Tie teacher pay to student achievement.
Stacey Abrams: Help students from early learning thru post-secondary school.
Stacey Abrams: Chief Turnaround Officers for low-performing schools.
Stacey Abrams: Voted NO on $42M more tax credits for private schools.
Stacey Abrams: No money for school vouchers.
Stacey Abrams: Must offer many paths for higher education.
Stacey Abrams: Needs-based college tuition for low-income students.
Teresa Tomlinson: Led the fight to save women's college from shutting down.
Tom Price: Allow state agencies to control Head Start funding.
Tony Evers: COVID: Hold schools harmless for enrollment reductions.
Vernon Jones: Vouchers for any public school.
Vernon Jones: Opposed Keeping Georgia's Schools Safe Act.
Vernon Jones: School choice: why can't the money follow the child?
Zell Miller: All children should have the opportunity to attend pre-K.
Zell Miller: Good schools mean money for teachers, books, reading.
Brian Kemp: We have given teachers a $7,000 pay raise in just five years.
Brian Kemp: HOPE Scholarship and Grant awards now cover 100% of tuition.
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Energy & Oil
Amanda Swafford: No subsidies for wind and solar.
Brian Kemp: Radical Democrats push things like "the new green deal".
Brian Kemp: State invested in South Korean electric car battery company.
Dale Cardwell: End our dependence on foreign oil with wind & solar.
Dale Cardwell: Invest billions to help clean energy entrepreneurs.
David Perdue: No subsidies for wind and solar.
David Perdue: Support withdrawal from Paris Agreement.
Doug Collins: Human activity is not contributing to climate change.
Doug Collins: Co-sponsored bills to end EPA renewable fuel program.
Herschel Walker: Will fight to make America energy independent once again.
Herschel Walker: China and Russia not thinking about Green New Deal.
Hunter Hill: Supports traditional energy production AND alternatives.
Jim Barksdale: Irresponsible to refute evidence of man-made climate change.
Jim Martin: Supports cap and trade system to reduce carbon emissions.
Jon Ossoff: Human-driven climate change threatens global prosperity.
Jon Ossoff: Climate change is a major threat, invest in clean energy.
Kelly Loeffler: Insidious socialism like Green New Deal attacks liberty.
Matt Lieberman: Net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
Michelle Nunn: Move forward on Keystone pipeline.
Paul Broun: No subsidies for wind and solar.
Rand Knight: Biofuels & clean green jobs.
Rand Knight: Tackle energy dependence to reduce terrorist support.
Raphael Warnock: Climate change is here, way past time to get serious.
Rick Allen: No government funding for wind & solar.
Rick Allen: Substantial increases in drilling for American oil.
Shane Hazel: No government funding for renewable energy.
Sonny Perdue: Commercial clean energy grants for solar, wind & geothermal.
Stacey Abrams: Clean energy key to jobs & innovation.
Ted Terry: Commitment to 100% clean energy transition.
Ted Terry: Climate change is personal because I'm 36, will be around.
Teresa Tomlinson: Clean economy will create jobs, lower energy costs.
Terry Branstad: Expand and protect American energy resources.
Valencia Stovall: Federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions.
Vernon Jones: Supports cap-and-trade, but also domestic oil.
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Environment
Allen Buckley: Preserve the EPA within bounds of statutory rights.
David Perdue: Roll back stifling Obama-era regulations.
Doug Collins: Co-sponsored Stopping EPA Overreach Act.
Johnny Isakson: Protect environment while providing for economic opportunity.
Jon Ossoff: Investigate failures to enforce environmental laws.
Jon Ossoff: Aggressive protection of endangered species and habitats.
Jon Ossoff: Reverse Trump rollbacks of environmental standards.
Josh Lanier: Help cities with mass transit and farmers in small towns too.
Michelle Nunn: Preserved 85 acre marshland with conservation easements.
Raphael Warnock: Environmental justice is on the ballot.
Stacey Abrams: Stay on top of environmental waste & clean-up.
Stacey Abrams: Hurricane recovery is a 10-month process, not 10 days.
Valencia Stovall: Global Stewardship for sustainable practices.
Vernon Jones: Supports CWA, CAA, CAFE but also nukes.
Vernon Jones: Capture methane gas from landfills for electricity.
Zell Miller: Protection of 100,000 Georgia acres is great achievement.
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Families & Children
Alan Keyes: We have suffered because of our abandonment of His name.
Brian Kemp: Religious freedom: allow withholding contraceptive coverage.
Ed Tarver: Criminalize sex offenders photographing minors.
Hunter Hill: Let each adoption agency decide on allowing same-sex parents.
Jared Polis: Strengthen our state's foster care and adoption systems.
Karen Handel: Gay relationships are not what God intended.
Nathan Deal: 19% pay raise for Family and Children Services.
Renee Unterman: Criminalize sex offenders photographing minors.
Roy Barnes: More restrictions on teenage driving.
Sonny Perdue: Criminalize sex offenders photographing minors.
Stacey Abrams: Learning begins at birth.
Stacey Abrams: Learning begins at birth.
Stacey Abrams: We must help our most vulnerable citizens.
Stacey Abrams: Sometimes sex offenders get parental consent.
Vernon Jones: Voted YES on criminalizing "up-skirting".
Vernon Jones: 1998: outlaw selling music with explicit lyrics to minors.
Stacey Abrams: Supports Plan B and emergency contraceptives.
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Foreign Policy
Allen Buckley: We face significant problems, including foreign intervention.
David Perdue: US should provide aid to encourage development.
David Perdue: Defends Trump on Putin; must engage with Russia.
David Perdue: National debt impacts our foreign policy.
David Perdue: Voted against blocking arm sales to Saudi Arabia.
Derrick Grayson: 900 military bases in 150 countries is an empire.
Doug Collins: Going to stand with America against China.
Herschel Walker: Friendship for Israel means nixing event over swastika.
Jason Carter: Declares his powerful connection to Israel.
Jim Barksdale: Use all the tools of diplomacy in the pursuit of peace.
Jon Ossoff: Supports Israel, continuing U.S. military aid.
Jon Ossoff: Defend the NATO alliance & multinational military exercises.
Jon Ossoff: US should play active role in Israel/Palestine diplomacy.
Jon Ossoff: Supports blocking arm sales to Saudi Arabia.
Karen Handel: FactCheck: Only $2.2M on USAID pottery in Morocco, not $27M.
Karen Handel: Join state business mission to China.
Kelly Loeffler: Supported moving US Embassy to Jerusalem.
Latham Saddler: I see America being challenged by a rising communist China.
Latham Saddler: He is determined that Communist China will not prevail.
Latham Saddler: A strong, united America makes the world more secure.
Matt Lieberman: We should be sticking by our allies.
Matt Lieberman: Will abide by ethics rules concerning father's lobbying work.
Matt Lieberman: Strong supporter of Israel & two-state solution.
Michelle Nunn: Our military is but one element of our national power.
Raphael Warnock: Use diplomacy as first resort; speak out against tyrants.
Shane Hazel: US in 150 countries is for international aristocrats.
Sonny Perdue: Lead business & trade delegation to Cuba.
Sonny Perdue: Lead business & trade delegation to China.
Stacey Abrams: We've returned to isolationism, driven by fear-mongering.
Stacey Abrams: Our moral credibility in the world has been diminished.
Stacey Abrams: Representation matters in our foreign service.
Stacey Abrams: Concerned China building infrastructure, relationships.
Teresa Tomlinson: My support for Israel is unshakable.
Teresa Tomlinson: Restore and support our traditional alliances.
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Free Trade
Amanda Swafford: We need more transparency regarding trade agreements.
Brian Kemp: Supports tariffs on China as part of trade negotiations.
Brian Kemp: Travelled to South Korea to expand trade with Georgia.
David Perdue: My company exported American-made products into Asia.
David Perdue: Supports USMCA trade agreement to replace NAFTA.
David Perdue: Reluctantly came to support Trump steel, aluminum tariffs.
David Perdue: Aggressively imported cheap Chinese products as CEO.
Jim Barksdale: Rewrite trade deals to give US workers a level playing field.
Jon Ossoff: Empower our community's businesses to compete globally.
Jon Ossoff: Attack unfair practices by overseas competitors.
Kelly Loeffler: Hopes trade war challenges can be resolved soon.
Kelly Loeffler: Co-sponsored the BEAT CHINA Act on medical manufacturing.
Michelle Nunn: Moving jobs to China & Mexico helps profits but not people.
Michelle Nunn: Trade impacting international cooperation on other issues.
Shane Hazel: Remove barriers to international trade.
Sonny Perdue: Make Atlanta hub for Central America FTAA trade.
Sonny Perdue: Rework NAFTA for dairy and poultry tariffs in Canada.
Stacey Abrams: Tariffs on Chinese steel are a terrible idea.
Stacey Abrams: Trade policy should not be based on brinksmanship.
Teresa Tomlinson: Reject policies that put our farmers at disadvantage.
Valencia Stovall: Remove tariffs and quotas, but focus on fair trade.
Zell Miller: The key to economic success is new markets & competition.
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Government Reform
Alan Keyes: Congress should have the last word, not the Supreme Court.
Alan Keyes: Obeying the dictate of federal judges means no Constitution.
Allen Buckley: Our country faces excessive debt, entitlements, & regulation.
Amanda Swafford: Photo ID for voting.
Andrew Hunt: Erase laws instead of creating new ones.
Andrew Hunt: Ensure easy access to voting, including electronic.
Brian Kemp: Protect our elections from fraud with Voter ID.
Brian Kemp: Stricter voter ID laws against threat of illegal voters.
Brian Kemp: Require voter ID to ensure purity of elections.
Brian Kemp: 53,000 voter registrations put "on hold".
Brian Kemp: OpEd: Precise name-match disenfranchises voters of color.
Brian Kemp: 1.5 million voters removed from the voting rolls.
Casey Cagle: Require voter ID to ensure purity of elections.
David Perdue: Absolute power corrupts; support check and balance system.
David Perdue: Photo ID for voting.
David Perdue: Republican Secretary of State should resign over election.
David Perdue: Strong advocate for Congressional term limits.
David Perdue: Idea of voter suppression is a lie out of the pit of hell.
David Perdue: OpEd: Refusal to debate seemed lordly and dismissive.
Derrick Grayson: Keep Georgians engaged; keep government transparent.
Derrick Grayson: PACs have agendas; don't take their money.
Doug Collins: Increased transparency about campaign contributions.
Doug Collins: Opposed voting rights bill as unconstitutional.
Drew Ferguson: Constitutional amendment for term limits.
Herschel Walker: Opposed certifying Biden's Georgia victory, claims fraud.
Herschel Walker: He will fight for lower taxes, fewer government regulations.
Hunter Hill: No term limits; no campaign spending limits; yes voter ID.
Jason Carter: Verifiable paper trail important for credibility in voting.
Jim Barksdale: Repeal Citizens United and ban Super PACs.
Jon Ossoff: Investigate corrupt politicians and organized crime.
Jon Ossoff: End Citizens United; get dark money out of politics.
Jon Ossoff: We need a new Voting Rights Act.
Jon Ossoff: Trying to take away sacred right to vote is disgraceful.
Jon Ossoff: Open to discussing getting rid of filibuster.
Jon Ossoff: Open to term limits for federal judges.
Jon Ossoff: Perdue lying about stock trades is totally unacceptable.
Kandiss Taylor: Demands "audit" of 2020 Georgia election results.
Kandiss Taylor: It's time for politicians to be term limited, then come home.
Keisha Lance Bottoms: Opposes plan for state to take control of Atlanta airport.
Kelly Loeffler: Condemned Pelosi for Commission on President Capacity.
Kelly Loeffler: Raise penalties for voter fraud, ballot harvesting.
Kelly Loeffler: Issues in the election; Georgians must trust process.
Kelly Loeffler: Denounce violence; hold election officials accountable.
Kelly Loeffler: Trump has right to challenge election results.
Latham Saddler: Georgia laws make it easier to vote, harder to cheat.
Latham Saddler: Fewer regulations allow our businesses to grow and thrive.
Matt Lieberman: Protect voters whose rights are endangered by local laws.
Michelle Nunn: If Congress doesn't pass a budget they don't get paid.
Michelle Nunn: Bar members of Congress from becoming lobbyists.
Michelle Nunn: Amendment to overturn the Citizens United decision.
Michelle Nunn: AdWatch: Michelle helps organizations make changes.
Nathan Deal: Fulfill true purposes of government then get out of the way.
Paul Broun: Photo ID for voting.
Raphael Warnock: Restore Voting Rights Act to ensure elections are fair.
Raphael Warnock: Restore Federal election oversight under Voting Rights Act.
Raphael Warnock: Will work to pass John Lewis Voting Rights Act.
Raphael Warnock: Restore oversight provisions of Voting Rights Act.
Raphael Warnock: Voter suppression happens all across the country.
Raphael Warnock: Four greatest words in democracy: "The people have spoken".
Rick Allen: Enact congressional term limits.
Rick Allen: Require photo ID to vote.
Shane Hazel: No regulation of indirect campaign contributions.
Sonny Perdue: Make government more responsive, efficient, & value-driven.
Sonny Perdue: Require voter ID to ensure purity of elections.
Stacey Abrams: Head of a voter registration group; focus on minorities.
Stacey Abrams: Exact-match process violates Voting Rights Act.
Stacey Abrams: Stop redistricting voters of color to dilute their votes.
Stacey Abrams: Protect voter's rights against voter suppression tactics.
Stacey Abrams: Founded voter registration project.
Stacey Abrams: Deliberate interference & disenfranchisement in `18 election.
Stacey Abrams: Disenfranchisement was death by 1,000 cuts.
Stacey Abrams: Sued in 2016 to stop "exact match" on voter registration.
Stacey Abrams: Fair Fight Georgia helped Biden and Democratic Senate.
Stacey Abrams: Ensure everyone trusts the system, and it's worthy of that.
Stacey Abrams: Only obligation we have is make sure every vote is counted.
Stacey Abrams: You don't win county by county; you win person by person.
Stacey Abrams: The electoral college is racist and classist.
Tom Price: Regulators should be teammates and allies to business.
Tom Price: Healthcare regulation leading some to leave the field.
Valencia Stovall: Federal education standards; our system is outdated.
Vernon Jones: Increasing individuals donation limits for federal campaigns.
Vernon Jones: Exact-match process doesn't violate Voting Rights Act.
Vernon Jones: Stop redistricting voters of color to dilute their votes.
Stacey Abrams: Lawsuit of 80,000 complaints against 2018 Governor election.
Stacey Abrams: 2020 election integrity law is the "new Jim Crow".
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Gun Control
Allen Buckley: Uphold the Second Amendment with background checks.
Amanda Swafford: Opposes more gun restrictions.
Amanda Swafford: Sacrificing liberty for safety has never worked.
Brian Kemp: Respect the 2nd Amendment if you want to date my daughter.
Brian Kemp: Constitutional carry without permit.
Casey Cagle: Expand citizens' ability to protect themselves & families.
David Perdue: Opposes more gun restrictions.
David Perdue: Ample guns laws on the books; supports background checks.
Derrick Grayson: National background check, and Constitutional Carry.
Doug Collins: Allow concealed firearm carry across state lines.
Drew Ferguson: Concealed carry makes everyone safer except for criminals.
Ed Tarver: Ban assault weapons & high velocity ammo.
Herschel Walker: Confirm judges who will protect our right to bear arms.
Hunter Hill: State should enact reasonable restrictions on guns.
Hunter Hill: Voted NO on "campus carry;" it won't make students safer.
Jason Carter: Rated 92% by National Rifle Association.
Jason Carter: Let local communities decide if teachers can be armed.
Jim Barksdale: Stop suspected terrorists from being able to buy guns.
Jon Ossoff: Background checks; red flag laws; assault weapon ban.
Jon Ossoff: Supports background checks, assault weapon ban.
Jon Ossoff: Endorsed by Everytown for Gun Safety.
Kelly Loeffler: Defend the Second Amendment.
Kelly Loeffler: Sponsored bill barring national firearm database.
Latham Saddler: Threats to 2d amendment are a threat to our way of life.
Marjorie Taylor Greene: Confronted Parkland shooting survivor on radical gun control.
Matt Lieberman: For assault rifle ban & background checks.
Matt Lieberman: In campaign announcement, came out as pro-gun control.
Nathan Deal: Veto "campus carry;" it won't make students safer.
Paul Broun: FactCheck: Guns cause more deaths than bats & hammers.
Paul Broun: Opposes more gun restrictions.
Rand Knight: Allow individuals to carry concealed guns.
Raphael Warnock: Guns not allowed in Capitol, but allowed in our schools?
Raphael Warnock: Answer to gun violence isn't masses of people carrying guns.
Raphael Warnock: Endorsed by Everytown for Gun Safety.
Rick Allen: Disagree with more restrictive gun control laws.
Rick Allen: Right to bear arms needs to be protected.
Shane Hazel: Repeal all gun laws; strictly interpret 2nd Amendment.
Stacey Abrams: Voted NO on "campus carry;" it won't make students safer.
Stacey Abrams: Gun-carry license doesn't apply to "campus carry".
Stacey Abrams: State should enact reasonable restrictions on guns.
Stacey Abrams: AR-15s are not necessary on our streets.
Ted Terry: 2nd Amendment doesn't mean unfettered access to guns.
Teresa Tomlinson: Universal background checks; assault weapon ban.
Tom Price: Gun ownership protects those at scene of crime.
Valencia Stovall: Right to own guns, but not high powered weapons.
Valencia Stovall: Voted NO on "campus carry;" it won't make students safer.
Vernon Jones: Allow individuals to carry concealed guns.
Vernon Jones: Gun-carry license should apply to "campus carry".
Vernon Jones: Supports the NRA; received campaign donation in 2016.
Stacey Abrams: Opposes constitutional carry; supports background checks.
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Health Care
Allen Buckley: Eliminate premiums; raise coinsurance contribution.
Allen Buckley: Tax subsidies for health savings accounts (HSAs).
Amanda Swafford: Repeal ObamaCare; it's not a government responsibility.
Amanda Swafford: Dramatically strengthen Health Savings Accounts.
Andrew Hunt: Georgia can do better than ObamaCare.
Brian Kemp: Free market replacement for ObamaCare.
Brian Kemp: Rural counties deserve a patient-centered healthcare system.
Brian Kemp: Don't expand the broken Medicaid system.
Brian Kemp: Require people to work to receive Medicaid.
Brian Kemp: Supported limited instead of full expansion of Medicaid.
David Perdue: Responsible thing to do: fix ObamaCare; don't repeal it.
David Perdue: Repeal ObamaCare; it's not a government responsibility.
David Perdue: Repeal fining poor because they can't afford ObamaCare.
David Perdue: COVID: We've done everything we could.
David Perdue: Market based solutions, crack down on fraud in Medicare.
David Perdue: Incentivize drug manufacturers to lower prices.
David Perdue: Invest in equipping vulnerable populations.
Derrick Grayson: Repeal ObamaCare and replace it with nothing.
Derrick Grayson: High-risk pool for individuals with pre-existing conditions.
Ed Tarver: I embrace the framework of the Affordable Care Act.
Doug Collins: Voted more than 50 times to repeal the ACA.
Doug Collins: COVID: Trump saved lives, getting our economy back.
Ed Tarver: Oppose tax breaks for high deductible insurance.
Hunter Hill: Healthcare should be done by states.
Hunter Hill: Prohibit healthcare plans from covering abortion.
Jared Polis: Hope to add 1,300 healthcare practitioners in our state.
Jared Polis: Don't force people to choose between jobs or a COVID vaccine.
Jason Carter: Expanding Medicaid brings tax dollars back to Georgia.
Jason Carter: Claimed water kills Ebola; "I was misinformed".
Jason Carter: ObamaCare a "mess" that needs fixing.
Jason Carter: Let ObamaCare plans cover abortion.
Jim Barksdale: ObamaCare isn't perfect, but it's a good step.
Jim Martin: All children must have access to health care.
Jim Martin: Part of team that created the PeachCare Act.
Jon Ossoff: Supports public option over Medicare-for-All.
Jon Ossoff: Defend Medicare and Medicaid and affordable health care.
Jon Ossoff: Maintain funding for CDC pandemic infrastructure.
Jon Ossoff: Ensure all Americans have insurance, for public option.
Jon Ossoff: Improve ACA, not repeal it.
Jon Ossoff: COVID: Trump's response "gross incompetence".
Jon Ossoff: Will oppose ongoing efforts to defund Medicare.
Jon Ossoff: Empower Medicare to negotiate lower drug prices.
Jon Ossoff: More federal support for eldercare in America.
Jon Ossoff: COVID: out of control because government ignored science.
Jon Ossoff: Expand Medicaid, invest in new public health clinics.
Karen Handel: Embrace threat of federal shutdown to defund ObamaCare.
Karen Handel: ObamaCare overreaches, but feds should address healthcare.
Karen Handel: ObamaCare canceled my wife's policy & doubled premiums.
Kathleen Sebelius: Reauthorize SCHIP, State Children's Health Insurance Program.
Kelly Loeffler: Supports overhaul of Medicaid in Georgia.
Kelly Loeffler: Insidious socialism like Medicare-for-All attacks liberty.
Kelly Loeffler: End ACA: Medicare for All is an attack on liberty.
Kelly Loeffler: COVID: Trump took threat seriously from the beginning.
Kelly Loeffler: Against Medicare for All, use free market solutions.
Kelly Loeffler: Reduce regulation, increase competition, cut waste.
Kelly Loeffler: For nursing homes, we need tort reform & to cut regulations.
Matt Lieberman: Expand ObamaCare; add public option.
Michelle Nunn: Add a tier of affordable coverage to ObamaCare.
Michelle Nunn: ObamaCare would have been better if bipartisan.
Nathan Deal: ObamaCare will cost Georgia $2.5B over next ten years.
Nathan Deal: Guaranteed ER room treatment means excessive ER visits.
Nathan Deal: Refuses to expand Medicaid rolls under ObamaCare.
Nathan Deal: Medicaid expansion costs too much.
Nathan Deal: Affordable Care Act is waste of money.
Nathan Deal: Prohibit healthcare plans from covering abortion.
Nikema Williams: Opposed limited instead of full expansion of Medicaid.
Pat Roberts: Ebola: suspend air travel between the U.S. and West Africa.
Paul Broun: Repeal ObamaCare; it's not a government responsibility.
Raphael Warnock: Expand Medicaid; keep children's health care.
Raphael Warnock: Will focus on expanding quality, affordable health care.
Raphael Warnock: 2014: Arrested at demonstration for Medicaid expansion.
Raphael Warnock: COVID: Crisis handled like country with no resources at all.
Raphael Warnock: AdWatch: Don't get rid of healthcare in middle of a pandemic.
Raphael Warnock: Arrested in 2014 when GA refused to expand Medicaid.
Raphael Warnock: Protect, improve, build upon the Affordable Care Act.
Raphael Warnock: COVID: We need leadership that believes in science.
Raphael Warnock: Expand Medicaid, protect Medicare.
Raphael Warnock: Allow Medicare to negotiate prescription drug prices.
Raphael Warnock: Expand Medicaid to help with long-term care services.
Renee Unterman: Require proof of physical impairment in asbestos lawsuits.
Renee Unterman: Tax breaks for high deductible insurance; no aid for insured.
Renee Unterman: Supported limited instead of full expansion of Medicaid.
Rick Allen: No government responsibility to ensure healthcare.
Rick Allen: ObamaCare is wrong approach & needs to be stopped.
Shane Hazel: Have state and fed remove themselves from healthcare.
Sonny Perdue: $70M for moral obligation to serve those with disabilities.
Sonny Perdue: Reauthorize SCHIP, State Children's Health Insurance Program.
Sonny Perdue: Question the constitutionality of this travesty of ObamaCare.
Sonny Perdue: Require proof of physical impairment in asbestos lawsuits.
Sonny Perdue: Tax breaks for high deductible insurance; no aid for insured.
Stacey Abrams: Expand Medicaid; explore universal coverage.
Stacey Abrams: Let ObamaCare plans cover abortion.
Stacey Abrams: Medicaid expansion for reduced cost & preexisting conditions.
Stacey Abrams: Paying for uncompensated care brings money back.
Stacey Abrams: Allow asbestos lawsuits before physical impairment occurs.
Stacey Abrams: Tax breaks for high deductible insurance; no aid for insured.
Stacey Abrams: His personal debt was from caring for father with cancer.
Teresa Tomlinson: Lower Medicare eligibility to 55, offer public option.
Teresa Tomlinson: Concerned about closure of rural hospitals.
Tom Price: Forced out of HHS for travel expenses.
Tony Evers: Fund state alternatives to ObamaCare.
Valencia Stovall: Supports ObamaCare, and bailouts during public health crises.
Valencia Stovall: Let ObamaCare plans cover abortion.
Vernon Jones: Part of team that created the PeachCare Act.
Vernon Jones: Supported limited instead of full expansion of Medicaid.
Zell Miller: Providing insurance for children is a top priority.
Brian Kemp: State Pathways to Coverage rather than Medicaid expansion.
Brian Kemp: $4.5M in loan repayments to increase healthcare workers.
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Homeland Security
Allen Buckley: Reduce excessive foreign military bases.
Allen Buckley: We don't need 800+ foreign bases; rest of world only has 60.
Amanda Swafford: Superior nuclear arsenal is not necessary.
Amanda Swafford: Oppose private prison industry and domestic wiretapping.
David Perdue: Maintain a superior nuclear arsenal.
David Perdue: US must address global security crisis with strong defense.
Derrick Grayson: Reform VA care for veterans to reduce suicides and shootings.
Derrick Grayson: Stop borrowing money to fight unjust, undeclared wars.
Derrick Grayson: Give veterans priority for treatment and services.
Doug Collins: Protect citizenry from terrorists while respecting rights.
Drew Ferguson: Released Gitmo detainees behind various attacks against US.
Drew Ferguson: Imperative for our military to be at full troop strength.
Herschel Walker: I believe in smaller government & a strong military.
Herschel Walker: Invest heavily in our military to ensure we have the best.
Jim Barksdale: Protect our military installations from BRAC closures.
Jon Ossoff: Don't undermine private communications & strong encryption.
Kandiss Taylor: Determine if military bases are vital before closing them.
Kelly Loeffler: Voted for Defense bill renaming bases honoring Confederates.
Latham Saddler: Georgia senators are usually experts on national security.
Latham Saddler: Work to ensure our common defense as a top priority.
Paul Broun: Maintain a superior nuclear arsenal.
Raphael Warnock: Ensure our military remains the strongest in the world.
Rick Allen: Maintain a larger nuclear arsenal than our adversaries.
Rick Allen: Do everything to keep greatest military in world history.
Shane Hazel: Abolish the Veterans Administration.
Sonny Perdue: US military has kept America free for over 200 years.
Stacey Abrams: Give military base residents tuition & teaching certificates.
Valencia Stovall: Increase defense spending with accountability.
Vernon Jones: Military tribunals ok; domestic spying not ok.
Vernon Jones: Supports missile shield & pre-emptive military strikes.
Vernon Jones: Find the terrorists no matter where they are.
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Immigration
Allen Buckley: Include those who don't have a great skill set.
Amanda Swafford: Protect the borders; prevent illegal entry.
Amanda Swafford: No caps on number of visas allowed.
Brian Kemp: Crack down on illegal immigration.
Brian Kemp: Georgia interests over immigrants.
Brian Kemp: Check immigration status after minor offenses.
Brian Kemp: End DACA; round up criminal illegals.
Casey Cagle: Check immigration status after minor offenses.
Casey Cagle: Double headline - Already Done.
David Perdue: Protect the borders; prevent illegal entry.
David Perdue: Citizenship for DACA tied to cutting immigration.
Doug Collins: Co-sponsored Build the Wall, Enforce the Law Act.
Drew Ferguson: We CANNOT allow this flow of unvetted refugees to continue.
Ed Tarver: Immigrants seek the opportunities of the American Dream.
Greg Orman: Tough, practical, fair policy: no amnesty but no deportation.
Herschel Walker: For path to citizenship in 2015, now only "a strong border".
Herschel Walker: Secure our southern border, fix the immigration problem.
Hunter Hill: No sanctuary cities in Georgia.
Jason Carter: Voted to keep public benefits for undocumented immigrants.
Jim Barksdale: Pass comprehensive reform & bring 11M out of shadows.
Jon Ossoff: Unconstitutional to slander or ban entire religious groups.
Jon Ossoff: Strengthen borders, path for undocumented immigrants.
Jon Ossoff: DREAMers are Americans and here to stay.
Karen Handel: Immigration bill is 1,000 pages of industry rewards.
Karen Handel: Ok with 6-country immigration ban, but no religious test.
Kelly Loeffler: Supports building border wall.
Kelly Loeffler: Co-sponsored Asylum Abuse Reduction Act.
Latham Saddler: For a physical and technological wall on southern border.
Michelle Nunn: Un-American travel ban hurts refugees & US standing in world.
Paul Broun: Protect the borders; prevent illegal entry.
Rand Knight: Pathway to citizenship but with official English language.
Raphael Warnock: Jesus was an "undocumented immigrant".
Rick Allen: Protect the border and to prevent illegal entry.
Rick Allen: Our borders remain vulnerable; block any amnesty.
Shane Hazel: Shut off the welfare magnet; have troops patrol border.
Sonny Perdue: Check immigration status after minor offenses.
Stacey Abrams: Colleges need not act as immigration enforcement officers.
Stacey Abrams: Advocates a clean DREAM Act.
Ted Terry: Refugees exemplify the best of what America offers.
Teresa Tomlinson: End family separation & citizenship for DREAMers.
Valencia Stovall: Construct wall on Mexican border; then rolling legalization.
Vernon Jones: Colleges should not be allowed to have sanctuary policies.
Vernon Jones: Co-sponsored bill to crack down on illegal immigrants.
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Jobs
Andrew Hunt: Job Powerhouse plan instead of crony capitalism.
Andrew Hunt: Reduce payroll tax when paying over $11/hour.
Brian Kemp: 4-Point Plan to put hardworking Georgians to work.
Casey Cagle: Create 500,000 jobs in first term, to beat Deal's 319,000.
David Perdue: Oppose increase in the federal minimum wage.
David Perdue: 2005: I spent my career outsourcing; 2014: I'm proud of that.
David Perdue: Co-sponsored National Right-to-Work Act.
David Perdue: Raising minimum wage kills jobs.
Doug Collins: Co-sponsored National Right-to-Work Act.
Doug Collins: Voted against raising the minimum wage to $15.
Jason Carter: Employers need skilled workers: more technical schools.
Jon Ossoff: Minimum wage should be a living wage.
Jon Ossoff: Minimum wage should be livable wage.
Kelly Loeffler: Co-sponsored National Right-to-Work Act.
Michelle Nunn: Increase the minimum wage, help lower the unemployment rate.
Nathan Deal: Employment is primary goal of education: more HOPE Grants.
Nathan Deal: Economists don't pay attention to unemployment rates.
Nathan Deal: Full funding for technical education for jobs.
Raphael Warnock: $7.25 an hour "is not a living wage".
Raphael Warnock: Supports pay equity with honest wages, fair overtime.
Stacey Abrams: For living wage and right to form unions.
Stacey Abrams: For living wage and right to form unions.
Ted Terry: Raised city minimum wages to $15 an hour.
Teresa Tomlinson: Support right to organize & protect benefits.
Teresa Tomlinson: Raise minimum wage to $15 with cost of living adjustments.
Vernon Jones: Include gender identity in federal anti-discrimination laws.
Vernon Jones: Opportunity for all rather than increase the minimum wage.
Stacey Abrams: Constitutional amendment to bring casinos & online betting.
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Principles & Values
Alan Keyes: Separation of church and state is phony and is a weapon.
Allen Buckley: Absolute separation of church and state.
Amanda Swafford: Judeo-Christian values aren't threatened by Shariah.
Brian Kemp: State Senator and Secretary of State.
Brian Kemp: We're in a real fight right now to make America great again.
Casey Cagle: Protect student athletes' religious expression.
David Perdue: Judeo-Christian values established our government framework.
David Perdue: CEO of Dollar General & Reebok; cousin of Gov. Sonny Perdue.
David Perdue: Change diapers & politicians frequently: not a D.C. insider.
David Perdue: COVID: Stock trades came under investigation.
David Perdue: Mocked Kamala Harris's first name at Trump rally.
David Perdue: Strong supporter of judges in the mold of Antonin Scalia.
Derrick Grayson: 100% of the Constitution, 100% of the time.
Derrick Grayson: Social positions based on strong Christian values.
Derrick Grayson: People free to worship or not; tax exempt status abolished.
Doug Collins: Impeachment smeared a president who put America first.
Doug Collins: Impeachment started with tears in Brooklyn in 2016.
Drew Ferguson: My Christian faith guides all of my activities and beliefs.
Ed Tarver: In the Army, it was about serving "one nation".
Ed Tarver: Government and religion should not be intertwined.
Gary Black: Puts on football gear in ad to tweak football star opponent.
Herschel Walker: Qualified to run for Senate because I love America.
Herschel Walker: Born in Wrightsville; going to die a Jesus Christ death.
Herschel Walker: If you don't like this country, you don't have to stay here.
Herschel Walker: Love for anthem doesn't preclude caring for social justice.
Herschel Walker: Putting Georgia and Georgians first.
Herschel Walker: With God's help will bring conservative value to Washington.
Hunter Hill: Place monument to Ten Commandments at State Capitol.
Jack Kingston: Endorsed by McIntosh County Commissioner over Handel.
Jack Kingston: Broaden appeal of GOP by engaging liberal media.
Jason Carter: Grandfather Jimmy Carter participates in grandson's campaign.
Jason Carter: I've passed 21 bipartisan bills in the legislature.
Jason Carter: Comfortable talking about his religious faith.
Jim Barksdale: Against Georgia adopting "religious liberty" legislation.
Jon Ossoff: Supported by national anti-Trump neophyte networks.
Jon Ossoff: Campaign slogan: Make Trump Furious.
Jon Ossoff: Interned for Rep. John Lewis and Rep. Hank Johnson.
Jon Ossoff: Promises to move to 6th district after girlfriend graduates.
Jon Ossoff: Early campaign pledge: "Make Trump Furious".
Jon Ossoff: Dedicated my career to fighting corruption.
Jon Ossoff: His faith informs his approach to politics.
Jon Ossoff: Criticizes "cultural elitism" of Hollywood.
Jon Ossoff: Multiracial coalition with shared values emerging.
Jon Ossoff: Standard for Senators higher than not being prosecuted.
Jon Ossoff: On Day One, I'll place my stock portfolio in a blind trust.
Jon Ossoff: Refusal to debate shows arrogance & sense of entitlement.
Jon Ossoff: Parents' success helped me, I want to help others.
Karen Handel: Endorsed by McIntosh County Commissioner before Kingston.
Karen Handel: 2010: Resigned as Secretary of State to run for Governor.
Kelly Loeffler: Will abide by Senate ethics rules, won't address conflicts.
Kelly Loeffler: Donated maximum $2800 to Trump recount fund.
Kelly Loeffler: WNBA players endorsing opponent is "cancel culture".
Kelly Loeffler: Atlanta's "most expensive real estate transaction ever".
Kelly Loeffler: Endorsed QAnon candidate for fighting "radical left".
Kelly Loeffler: First in my family to graduate from college.
Kelly Loeffler: I'm a Christian: a person of deep faith.
Kelly Loeffler: Conservative values matter: uphold the Constitution.
Latham Saddler: I will put Georgia first and keep America first.
Latham Saddler: It is time for my generation of leaders to step up.
Latham Saddler: MLB reacting to voter suppression is "cancel culture".
Latham Saddler: Georgia is the most patriotic state in America.
Marjorie Taylor Greene: To remove Pelosi: "Bullet to the head would be quicker".
Marjorie Taylor Greene: 2018: Pelosi should be executed for treason.
Matt Lieberman: Will "err on the side of propriety".
Matt Lieberman: Don't wait for a miracle; we must make changes.
Michelle Nunn: Daughter of Sen. Sam Nunn: legacy of bipartisanship.
Nathan Deal: Place monument to Ten Commandments at State Capitol.
Paul Broun: Separation of church and state is a mistaken idea.
Paul Broun: Lost campaigns in 1990, 1992 & 1996 before winning in 2006.
Paul Broun: Biblical morality is spiritual foundation of our nation.
Raphael Warnock: America at its highest: equal voting, health care, education.
Raphael Warnock: Youngest pastor to lead Atlanta's Ebenezer Baptist Church.
Raphael Warnock: 2008: Joined black pastors defending controversial sermons.
Raphael Warnock: My whole life is about service; Senate would continue that.
Raphael Warnock: Washington is not focused on ordinary people.
Raphael Warnock: Have a moral foundation for everything that we do.
Raphael Warnock: I'm a Matthew 25 Christian: love your neighbor.
Rick Allen: Shariah law is a threat; keep Judeo-Christian framework.
Shane Hazel: Individual right to beliefs, including spreading Gospel.
Stacey Abrams: Oppose monument to Ten Commandments at State Capitol.
Stacey Abrams: Prefers organizing systems for change to legislating.
Stacey Abrams: Election loss: Something being legal does not make it right.
Stacey Abrams: Run for the job you want; I'm best on executive side.
Ted Terry: Prefers evidence-based policy making.
Valencia Stovall: Monument to Ten Commandments at State Capitol.
Valencia Stovall: Born-again believer in Jesus Christ.
Vernon Jones: Black voters would vote for David Duke if a Democrat.
Herschel Walker: Country wide election fraud in 2020 election .
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Social Security
Allen Buckley: Raise retirement to age 70 to save Social Security.
Allen Buckley: Financial Sanity Act: raise age to 70.
David Perdue: Reduce $86T retirement deal for federal employees.
David Perdue: Return to sensible budgeting to stabilize Social Security.
Jim Barksdale: No privatized "everyone on their own" scheme.
Jon Ossoff: A civilized nation cannot abandon its elders to destitution.
Jon Ossoff: Strengthen and protect Social Security benefits.
Kelly Loeffler: Don't privatize, but address long-term solvency.
Michelle Nunn: Bipartisan entitlement reform to preserve Social Security.
Raphael Warnock: Opposes raising retirement age or privatizing benefits.
Shane Hazel: Taxation is theft; Social Security is a giant Ponzi scheme.
Stacey Abrams: We must help our most vulnerable citizens.
Tom Price: Supports major cutbacks to Social Security.
Valencia Stovall: Livable wages support social security benefits.
Vernon Jones: Fight hard as the Dickens for our seniors.
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Tax Reform
Amanda Swafford: Politicians use tax code to for social engineering.
Casey Cagle: Businesses and families flourish when tax burden is low.
Casey Cagle: Slash $100 million in taxes, without cutting core services.
David Perdue: Cut spending AND increase revenue.
David Perdue: Trump tax cuts having a positive impact across the country.
Drew Ferguson: I support a flat tax--all have skin in the game.
Hunter Hill: Eliminate state income tax.
Jason Carter: Discuss regional sales tax to deal with local issues.
Jason Carter: Step up investment in pursuing tax cheats.
Jon Ossoff: Reduce tax burden on small businesses & simplify tax filing.
Jon Ossoff: Lower taxes for all but the wealthiest Americans.
Jon Ossoff: We borrow trillions to cut taxes for the wealthy.
Jon Ossoff: Doesn't support increase in income tax rates.
Josh Lanier: Opposes $1 trillion tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans.
Latham Saddler: Infrastructure proposal a tax hike, corporations will leave.
Shane Hazel: Taxation is theft.
Stacey Abrams: Ask everyone to do their fair share.
Stacey Abrams: Keep graduated income tax instead of 5.4% flat tax.
Tony Evers: Incentivize in-state pharmaceutical, medical equipment.
Vernon Jones: Permanent repeal of the federal estate tax.
Vernon Jones: 2007: Backed a flat tax proposal as "fair tax".
Zell Miller: Tax cuts of $334M in 1999.
Brian Kemp: $1 billion tax cut from the state's budget surplus.
Raphael Warnock: Oppose tax breaks that benefit the wealthiest Americans .
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Technology
Andrew Hunt: Apply lessons of nanotech to colleges; stop importing talent.
Brian Kemp: Work around Federal ban on "no drone zones" at prisons.
Brian Kemp: Webpage & app for voter registration & sample ballot.
Brian Kemp: Hi-speed internet for Great Recession in rural Georgia.
Casey Cagle: Double--if not triple--our investment in transportation.
Casey Cagle: Invest in good roads and a deepened harbor.
Casey Cagle: 10-year transportation plan for roads & bridges improvements.
Hunter Hill: Create driverless car corridors & double-deck 285.
Karen Handel: Best for government to get out of the way on infrastructure.
Kelly Loeffler: We can figure out getting broadband to rural areas.
Michelle Nunn: Reverse the downward trends in basic R&D funding.
Nathan Deal: Make GA the Silicon Valley of the South via cyber security.
Nikema Williams: Work around Federal ban on "no drone zones" at prisons.
Renee Unterman: Work around Federal ban on "no drone zones" at prisons.
Stacey Abrams: We must invest in public infrastructure.
Stacey Abrams: Creates commission on Transit Governance and Funding.
Tony Evers: Ongoing investment in rural broadband expansion.
Vernon Jones: Work around Federal ban on "no drone zones" at prisons.
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War & Peace
Allen Buckley: Involvement in Iraq hurt the US domestically.
Allen Buckley: Plan to exit the Middle East.
David Perdue: North Korean sanctions prove diplomacy succeeds.
David Perdue: Opposed requiring Congressional approval of attack on Iran.
Derrick Grayson: Non-intervention: Bring our troops home immediately.
Derrick Grayson: Policies of regime change intervention must be abandoned.
Doug Collins: Afghan withdrawal when commanders say, on secret timetable.
Doug Collins: Iran is an imminent threat to the US.
Doug Collins: Claimed Democrats "in love with terrorists," then apologized.
Drew Ferguson: Distrust ill-conceived nuclear "deal" with Iran.
Drew Ferguson: Radical Islam will always be an enemy to the world.
Ed Tarver: Coordinate with allies to dismantle extremist networks.
Hunter Hill: I fought to defend our values in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Jim Barksdale: No wars of choice without clear purpose & exit strategy.
Jon Ossoff: Avoid reckless, destabilizing missteps like the Iraq War.
Jon Ossoff: Destroy ISIS without deploying regular US ground forces.
Latham Saddler: Became fluent in Farsi; joined the Navy SEALs.
Matt Lieberman: Iran nuclear deal could have been better.
Matt Lieberman: Against rejoining Iran Deal until better deal made.
Rand Knight: Get out of Iraq within 12-18 months.
Shane Hazel: Forever wars are killing us; #EndTheWars.
Shane Hazel: Our policy should be that of non-intervention.
Stacey Abrams: US should be judicious & careful with our use of military.
Teresa Tomlinson: Congress should vote on war actions, including Afghanistan.
Teresa Tomlinson: Sanctions against Iran, but diplomacy as well.
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Welfare & Poverty
Allen Buckley: Entitlements spending needs to be reasonably reduced.
Derrick Grayson: Welfare policy rips black families apart, like slavery.
Hunter Hill: Require drug testing for food stamp recipients.
Jason Carter: No mandatory drug testing for food stamp recipients.
Jim Martin: Supports workfare, but expand TANF for state services.
Nathan Deal: Require drug testing for food stamp recipients.
Raphael Warnock: COVID exacerbates inequality in economics & health care.
Raphael Warnock: Created community financial literacy center.
Stacey Abrams: Help working poor get a leg up.
Stacey Abrams: No mandatory drug testing for food stamp recipients.
Stacey Abrams: Reducing the top not enough on income inequality.
Valencia Stovall: No mandatory drug testing for food stamp recipients.
Vernon Jones: Supports federal block grants and local welfare control.
Zell Miller: Supports welfare reform and welfare to work.
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The above quotations are from State of Georgia Politicians: Archives.
Debates and books for Georgia:
- 2022-11: 2022 GA Senate race
- 2022-11: 2022 GA Governor's race
- 2020-11: 2020 GA Senate race and 2021 runoff
- 2019-11: Past and present Governor candidates from Georgia
- 2019-11: 2019-20 GA special Senate race and 2021 runoff
- 2019-11: 5th Democratic Primary Debate
- 2018-11: GA Congressional representatives, past and present
- 2018-11: 2018 GA Governor's race
- 2018-04: Minority Leader
- 2017-11: Past and present Senate candidates from Georgia
- 2016-12: State of Georgia secondary Archives
- 2016-11: 2016 GA Senate race
- 2015-01: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
- 2014-11: 2014 GA Senate debate
- 2014-11: 2014 Georgia Governor's race
- 2012-09: Planned Bullyhood, by Karen Handel
- 2012-01: A Call to Reclaim America, by Jody Hice
- 2011-11: GA legislative records
- 2011-10: This Is Herman Cain!, by Herman Cain
- 2011-06: A Nation Like No Other, by Speaker Newt Gingrich
- 2010-05: To Save America, by Newt Gingrich
- 2010-01: State of Georgia Archives
- 2008-10: My Grandfather`s Son, by Clarence Thomas
- 2008-09: Drill Here, Drill Now
- 2008-09: A Contract with the Earth
- 2008-06: Georgia 2008 Democratic Senate Primary Debate
- 2008-01: Reconstruction Party Manifesto
- 2007-12: Real Change, by Rep. Newt Gingrich (R, GA)
- 2006-11: CNN political race coverage
- 2006-11: Be the Change, by Michelle Nunn
- 2006-09: Our Endangered Values, by Jimmy Carter
- 2005-05: They Think You're Stupid, by Herman Cain
- 2004-10: GA Senate Debate
- 2004-07: The Meaning of IS, by Bob Barr
- 2003-10: A National Party No More
- 2003-06: Power Lines, by Jason Carter
- 2001-12: An Hour Before Daylight. by Jimmy Carter
- 2001-08: CEO of SELF, by Herman Cain
- 2000-?: To Renew America
- 1998-05: Lessons Learned the Hard Way
- 1997-01: How Jimmy Won
- 1996-05: As Good As Its People
- 1995-06: Newt!, by Dick Williams
- 1995-01: Quotations from Speaker Newt Gingrich
- 1984-09: Window of Opportunity
- 1980-10: Reagan-Carter Presidential Debate
- 1980-01: Pres. Carter's State of the Union speeches
- 1976-01: Jimmy Who?, by Leslie Wheeler
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