David Dewhurst on VoteMatch

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Strongly Opposes topic 1: Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right (-5 points on Social scale)	Pushed the sonogram bill with pro-life advocates: Opposes topic 1 Proud of defunding Planned Parenthood: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Require women seeking abortions to view a sonogram: Strongly Opposes topic 1
No opinion on topic 2: Legally require hiring women & minorities (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Opposes topic 3: Comfortable with same-sex marriage (-5 points on Social scale)	Define marriage as a union between one man and one woman: Strongly Opposes topic 3
Strongly Favors topic 4: Keep God in the public sphere (-5 points on Social scale)	Protect student's right to pray and reflect in schools: Strongly Favors topic 4
Strongly Opposes topic 5: Expand ObamaCare (+5 points on Economic scale)	Reduce medical lawsuit abuse clogging our court system: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Replace ObamaCare with free-market healthcare: Strongly Opposes topic 5
Opposes topic 6: Privatize Social Security (-3 points on Economic scale)	Opposes cutting payroll taxes as harmful to Social Security: Opposes topic 6
No opinion on topic 7: Vouchers for school choice (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Favors topic 8: Fight EPA regulatory over-reach (-5 points on Social scale)	Repeal EPA's job-killing regulations: Strongly Favors topic 8
Strongly Favors topic 9: Stricter punishment reduces crime (-5 points on Social scale)	Mandatory 25-year-to-life sentence for first-time child rape: Strongly Favors topic 9 Death is appropriate punishment for repeat child molesters: Strongly Favors topic 9
Strongly Favors topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (+5 points on Economic scale)	Strongly supports our constitutional right to bear arms: Strongly Favors topic 10
Strongly Opposes topic 11: Higher taxes on the wealthy (+5 points on Economic scale)	State income tax would pass over my dead, cold body: Strongly Opposes topic 11 I favor a fairer and flatter tax: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Passed the largest tax cut in Texas history: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Supports the Taxpayer Protection Pledge: Strongly Opposes topic 11
Strongly Opposes topic 12: Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens (-5 points on Social scale)	Boots on the ground, plus a wall: Strongly Opposes topic 12 No amnesty & no tuition for illegals; go home and re-apply: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Triple the size of the Border Patrol: Strongly Opposes topic 12
Opposes topic 13: Support & expand free trade (-3 points on Economic scale)	Cruz defended Chinese on intellectual property theft: Opposes topic 13
No opinion on topic 14: Support American Exceptionalism (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Favors topic 15: Expand the military (-3 points on Social scale)	No blanket cuts to military, but trim back some spending: Favors topic 15
No opinion on topic 16: Make voter registration easier (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Opposes topic 17: Avoid foreign entanglements (-3 points on Social scale)	More combat troops were needed in Iraq, and for longer: Opposes topic 17
Strongly Opposes topic 18: Prioritize green energy (+5 points on Economic scale)	Open the Gulf; more hydro-fracking; less "green" energy: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Signed the No Climate Tax Pledge by AFP: Strongly Opposes topic 18
No opinion on topic 19: Marijuana is a gateway drug (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Opposes topic 20: Stimulus better than market-led recovery (+2 points on Economic scale)	Supports the Cut-Cap-and-Balance Pledge: Opposes topic 20