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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) |
Higher Loyalty ,
by James Comey (2018) |
Trump vs. Hillary On The Issues ,
by Jesse Gordon (2016) |
Outsider in the White House,
by Bernie Sanders (2015) |
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Book Reviews |
(from Amazon.com) |
(click a book cover for a review or other books by or about the presidency from Amazon.com)
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Legislative voting records for North Carolina House and Senate
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Click on a participant to pop-up their full list of quotations
from NC legislative records (number of quotes indicated):
- Dan Bishop (2) Republican U.S. Rep North Carolina-9
- Dan Forest (1) North Carolina Republican Gubernatorial Challenger
- Deborah Ross (8) Democratic Senate candidate North Carolina
- Erica Smith (4) Democratic 2020 Senate Challenger North Carolina
- Greg Murphy (3) Republican U.S. Rep North Carolina-3
- Holly Grange (4) North Carolina Republican candidate for governor
- Jeff Jackson (3) Democratic Senate candidate North Carolina
- Roy Cooper (4) North Carolina Democratic Gubernatorial candidate
- Thom Tillis (5) Republican Jr Senator North Carolina
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North Carolina state legislative voting records, including these candidates:
- NC-D Roy Cooper Democratic Governor since 2017
State Attorney General, 2001–2017
State Legislature 1987-2000
- NC-R Holly Grange - Candidate for Governor, 2020
Member of the North Carolina House of Representatives, 20th district, 2016-2020
- NC-R Greg Murphy - U.S. House, district 3
Won special election to U.S. House in September 2019, to replace Walter Beaman Jones.
Member of the North Carolina House of Representatives from the 9th district 2015 – 2019
- NC-R Dan Bishop - U.S. House, district 9
Won special election to U.S. House in September 2019, after the disputed Nov. 2018 election.
Member of the North Carolina Senate, 39th district, 2017-2019
Member of the North Carolina House of Representatives, 104th district, 2015-2016
Member of the Mecklenburg County Commission, 5th district, 2005-2009
- NC-D: Erica D. Smith - candidate for U.S. Senate 2020
State Senator, 3rd district, 2015-2020
- NC-D: Eric L. Mansfield - candidate for U.S. Senate 2020
State Senator, 21st district, 2010-2012
Candidate for Lieutenant Governor of NC in the 2012 election.
- NC-D: Cal Cunningham - candidate for U.S. Senate 2020
State Senator, 23rd district, 2001-2003
- NC-R Thom Tillis - U.S. Senator
Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives 2011 – 2015
Member of the North Carolina House of Representatives from the 98th district 2007 – 2015
- NC-D Ken Spaulding - 2016 Candidate for Governor
State Representative, 16th district, 1978-1984
- NC-D Deborah Ross - 2016 candidate for U.S. Senate
former State Representative, from the 34th district, 2003–2013
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| OnTheIssues.org excerpts: (click on issues for details)
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Abortion
Dan Forest: Urged vote for Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act.
Deborah Ross: Allow ObamaCare state exchanges to provide abortion services.
Thom Tillis: Require 24-hour information period before abortion.
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Civil Rights
Dan Bishop: Authored "bathroom bill": no trans-gendered public restrooms.
Deborah Ross: Voted NO on a constitutional amendment to define marriage.
Thom Tillis: Constitutionally define marriage as one man and one woman.
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Crime
Greg Murphy: Constitutional amendment to strengthen victims' rights.
Deborah Ross: Allow statistical race evidence in death penalty cases.
Thom Tillis: Limit use of racial statistics in death penalty cases.
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Energy & Oil
Deborah Ross: Voted NO on horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracking.
Thom Tillis: Use hydraulic fracturing (fracking) for oil & gas extraction.
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Environment
Roy Cooper: Vetoed weakening environmental/health regulations.
Erica Smith: Opposed weakening environmental/health regulations.
Jeff Jackson: Opposed weakening environmental/health regulations.
Holly Grange: Opposed weakening environmental/health regulations.
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Families & Children
Greg Murphy: $2.7M for additional screening tests for newborns.
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Government Reform
Roy Cooper: Vetoed shielding death investigation records from public.
Erica Smith: Voted for shielding death investigation records from public.
Jeff Jackson: Voted for shielding death investigation records from public.
Holly Grange: Voted for shielding death investigation records from public.
Greg Murphy: Weaken governor's appointment powers over elections board.
Holly Grange: Weaken governor's appointment powers over elections board.
Dan Bishop: Weaken governor's appointment powers over elections board.
Erica Smith: Sustain veto keeping strong non-political elections board.
Jeff Jackson: Sustain veto keeping strong non-political elections board.
Roy Cooper: Veto weakening appointment powers over elections board.
Deborah Ross: Voted NO on shortening early voting period.
Thom Tillis: No new restrictions on independent campaign expenditures.
Deborah Ross: Establish one-stop registration and voting sites.
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Gun Control
Deborah Ross: Voted NO on concealed carry in restaurants and state parks.
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Health Care
Deborah Ross: Expand state Medicaid under ObamaCare.
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Immigration
Erica Smith: Voted NO on requiring sheriffs to cooperate with ICE.
Holly Grange: Voted YES on requiring sheriffs to cooperate with ICE.
Roy Cooper: Vetoed bill requiring sheriffs to cooperate with ICE.
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Click for quotations from other sources by:
- Dan Bishop Republican U.S. Rep North Carolina-9
- Dan Forest North Carolina Republican Gubernatorial Challenger
- Deborah Ross Democratic Senate candidate North Carolina
- Erica Smith Democratic 2020 Senate Challenger North Carolina
- Greg Murphy Republican U.S. Rep North Carolina-3
- Holly Grange North Carolina Republican candidate for governor
- Jeff Jackson Democratic Senate candidate North Carolina
- Roy Cooper North Carolina Democratic Gubernatorial candidate
- Thom Tillis Republican Jr Senator North Carolina
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The above quotations are from Legislative voting records for North Carolina House and Senate.
Legislation citations (from news media or state archives):
- SB 168: WBTV-3, "Gov. Cooper vetoes bill that would make death records secret," July 6, 2020
- SB 553: North Carolina League of Conservation Voters, "Cooper Vetoes Weaker Health and Safety Rules," September 23, 2019
- The Daily Signal, "ICE Spotlights Releases of Criminal Aliens as Governor Defends Sanctuary Policies," by Fred Lucas, August 26, 2019
- Wikipedia.com on North Carolina "Bathroom Bill" (State Sen.Dan Bishop), 5/18/2019
- Lt. Gov. press release on North Carolina S359, on Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection, (Dan Forest), 4/15/2019
- North Carolina H.551/S.595, Strengthening Victims' Rights, (State Rep.Greg Murphy), 6/27/2018
- SB 68: Election Law Society, College of William & Mary, "The Fate of North Carolina Senate Bill 68: Still Uncertain and Still Causing Issues for Local Counties," by Hannah Littlefield, April 4, 2018
- North Carolina H.270, Newborn Screening Program, (State Rep.Greg Murphy), 3/7/2017
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