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No opinion on topic 1: Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right (0 points on Social scale)	Personally opposed but no effect since it's legally settled: Favors topic 1 1980s: ban abortions; 1992: don't overturn pro-choice laws: Strongly Opposes topic 1 1980: Bar all abortions in county hospitals: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Signed expansive birth control insurance bill: Favors topic 1 Vetoed allowing non-physicians to perform abortions: Opposes topic 1 Restore Roe as the law of the land: Favors topic 1 Restore Roe as the law of the land: Strongly Favors topic 1
Favors topic 2: Legally require hiring women & minorities (-3 points on Economic scale)	Require paid leave, but for large businesses only: Favors topic 2
Favors topic 3: Support transgender and LGBTQ+ rights (+2 points on Social scale)	Respect state law on same-sex marriage (even if not my view): Favors topic 3 I evolved and will not repeal same-sex marriage law: Favors topic 3 Opposes a transgender rights bill: Opposes topic 3 Ban gay conversion therapy for minors: Favors topic 3
No opinion on topic 4: America was founded on Christian values (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Favors topic 5: Expand ObamaCare (-3 points on Economic scale)	Maryland Model: total cost of care all-payer model: Opposes topic 5 COVID: reaching unvaccinated will have to become personal: Strongly Favors topic 5 Don't repeal ObamaCare, but no paid medical leave: Favors topic 5
Opposes topic 6: Privatize Social Security (-3 points on Economic scale)	Eliminate all taxes on retirement income: Opposes topic 6 Time to finally pass the Retirement Tax Elimination Act: Opposes topic 6
Favors topic 7: Vouchers for school choice (+2 points on Economic scale)	$7M for student scholarships to attend a private school: Strongly Favors topic 7 More charter school choice; more P-TECH schools: Favors topic 7 Record high funding for public schools: opportunity for all: Opposes topic 7 School corruption: create Office of Education Accountability: Favors topic 7 P-TECH and ACCESS Initiative: $18.6 million outside-the-box: Opposes topic 7 Scholarships for deserving students for non-public schools: Strongly Favors topic 7
No opinion on topic 8: Businesses have a right to pollute (0 points on Social scale)	Eliminated thousands of job-killing regulations: Strongly Favors topic 8 Reduce nitrogen, phosphorus, and sediment in Chesapeake Bay: Strongly Opposes topic 8 Coastal bays program scores "B-", in positive trend: Strongly Opposes topic 8 Rolled back "rain tax" that reduced Chesapeake Bay pollution: Strongly Favors topic 8
Strongly Favors topic 9: Stricter punishment reduces crime (-5 points on Social scale)	Justice for Victims Initiative: protect vulnerable citizens: Strongly Favors topic 9 Crack down on violent crime with truth-in-sentencing laws: Strongly Favors topic 9 Remove repeat violent offenders from city streets: Strongly Favors topic 9 Increase penalties for using guns to commit violent crimes: Strongly Favors topic 9 Losing faith in our justice system a really serious problem: Neutral on topic 9 Re-fund the police; vetoed police reform bills: Strongly Favors topic 9 Re-fund the police: vetoed police reform bills: Strongly Favors topic 9 Combat human trafficking with harsher punishments: Favors topic 9
Opposes topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (-3 points on Economic scale)	Instant background checks tied to the federal system: Favors topic 10 Ban bump stocks and other rapid-trigger devices: Strongly Opposes topic 10 Increase age of unsupervised access from 16 to 18: Opposes topic 10 Tougher sentences for people who commit crimes with a gun: Opposes topic 10 Vetoed tougher background checks but signed red flag law: Favors topic 10
Opposes topic 11: Higher taxes on the wealthy (+2 points on Economic scale)	Reduce the burden on job creators: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Roll back taxes by cutting $1.75B in waste, fraud, & abuse: Opposes topic 11 Protect Marylanders negative effects of Trump tax cut: Favors topic 11 $1 billion+ in tax cuts for every single retired Marylander: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Not a single tax increase since I was elected governor: Strongly Opposes topic 11 My predecessors imposed 40 tax increases over 8 years: Strongly Favors topic 11 We've cut taxes, tolls, fees by more than $2.7 billion: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Refund for MD taxes that were paid in other states: Strongly Opposes topic 11
Opposes topic 12: Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens (-3 points on Social scale)	Feed & clothe illegal immigrant kids; then deport them: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Reject Trump policy of separating families at the border: Strongly Favors topic 12 Open southern border is a humanitarian catastrophe: Strongly Opposes topic 12
No opinion on topic 13: Support & expand free trade (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Favors topic 14: Stay away from the UN & Globalism (+2 points on Economic scale)	Reasoned & careful decision about resettling Syrian refugees: Favors topic 14
Favors topic 15: Peace through Strength (-3 points on Social scale)	Hire a Veteran program: state agency workforce assistance: Favors topic 15
Favors topic 16: Make voter registration easier (+2 points on Social scale)	Vetoed expansion of voting rights to 40,000 ex-offenders: Strongly Opposes topic 16 More transparency, more truthfulness, and tougher ethics: Favors topic 16 Vetoed restoring voting rights to 40,000 ex-offenders: Strongly Opposes topic 16 Undo restored voting rights to ex-felons: Strongly Opposes topic 16 Disallow legislators from drawing their own district lines: Favors topic 16 End partisan gerrymandering; make term limits: Favors topic 16 Partisan gerrymandering disenfranchises voters: Strongly Favors topic 16 Partisan gerrymandering disenfranchises voters: Strongly Favors topic 16 nonpartisan redistricting reform to end gerrymandering: Favors topic 16
No opinion on topic 17: Stay out of foreign wars (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Favors topic 18: Prioritize green energy (-5 points on Economic scale)	Clean Cars Act: invest in electric cars & charging stations: Strongly Favors topic 18 Combat greenhouse gas emissions; grow green jobs: Strongly Favors topic 18 Clean energy; green jobs: Favors topic 18 Require considering climate change in regulating utilities: Strongly Favors topic 18 Clean Energy Jobs Act ok, but should include nuclear energy: Favors topic 18
No opinion on topic 19: Marijuana is a gateway drug (0 points on Social scale)	Created the Heroin and Opioid Emergency Task Force: Strongly Favors topic 19 New tools to pursue criminal organizations in drug trade: Favors topic 19 Make repeated drunk or drugged driving a felony: Favors topic 19 Tougher prosecution of high-level heroin traffickers: Favors topic 19 Expand medical marijuana; wait on recreational marijuana: Strongly Opposes topic 19 Rated C by NORML; no decriminalization; no expungement: Strongly Opposes topic 19 2016: vetoed decriminalization of marijuana paraphernalia: Favors topic 19 Rated B- by NORML, indicating a pro-drug-reform stance: Strongly Opposes topic 19
Opposes topic 20: Stimulus better than market-led recovery (+2 points on Economic scale)	Job #1: get government off our backs and out of our pockets: Strongly Opposes topic 20 COVID: $1 billion in tax relief and economic stimulus: Favors topic 20

Larry Hogan is a Centrist
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