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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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from NC legislative records (number of quotes indicated):
- Andy Wells (7) North Carolina Republican Challenger
- Chuck Edwards (3) Republican U.S. Rep North Carolina-11
- Dale Folwell (8) North Carolina Republican Challenger
- Dan Bishop (2) Republican U.S. Rep North Carolina-9
- Dan Forest (1) North Carolina Republican Gubernatorial Challenger
- Deborah Ross (8) Republican U.S. Rep North Carolina-2
- Don Davis (5) Democrat U.S. Rep North Carolina-1
- Erica Smith (5) Democratic 2020 Senate Challenger North Carolina
- Greg Murphy (3) Republican U.S. Rep North Carolina-3
- Holly Grange (5) North Carolina Republican candidate for governor
- Jeff Jackson (7) Democrat U.S. Rep North Carolina-14
- Josh Stein (7) North Carolina Democratic Challenger
- Roy Cooper (6) North Carolina Democratic Gubernatorial candidate
- Thom Tillis (5) Republican Jr Senator North Carolina
- Valerie Foushee (7) Democrat U.S. Rep North Carolina-4
- Wiley Nickel (2) Democrat U.S. Rep North Carolina-13
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North Carolina state legislative voting records, including these candidates:
- NC-R: Andy Wells, 2024 candidate for Governor
Member of the North Carolina Senate, 42nd district, 2015-2020
Member of the North Carolina House of Representatives, 96th district, 2013- 2015
- NC-D: Josh Stein Attorney General since 2017
Member of the North Carolina Senate, 16th district, 2009-2016
- NC-R: Dale Folwell
North Carolina State Treasurer, since 2017
Speaker pro tempore of the North Carolina House of Representatives, 2011-2012
Member of the North Carolina House of Representatives, 74th district, 2005-20121
- NC-D Don Davis - U.S. House of Representatives, CD-1, since 2023
Member of the North Carolina Senate, 5th district, 2009-2010, 2013-2022
- NC-D Valerie Foushee - U.S. House of Representatives, CD-4, since 2023
Member of the North Carolina Senate, 23rd district, 2013-2022
Member of the North Carolina House of Representatives, 50th district, 2013
- NC-R Chuck Edwards - U.S. House of Representatives, CD-11, since 2023
Member of the North Carolina Senate, 48th district, 2016-2022
- NC-D Jeff Jackson - U.S. House of Representatives, CD-14, since 2023
Member of the North Carolina Senate, 37th district, 2014-2022
- NC-D Wiley Nickel - U.S. House of Representatives, CD-13, since 2023
Member of the North Carolina Senate, 16th district, 2019-
- 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.
Dale Folwell: Require 24-hour information period before abortion.
Josh Stein: Allow ObamaCare state exchanges to provide abortion services.
Josh Stein: Don't require 24-hour information period before abortion.
Roy Cooper: Respect doctor-patient relationship during pregnancy.
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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.
Dale Folwell: Constitutionally define marriage as one man and one woman.
Josh Stein: Voted NO on a constitutional amendment to define marriage.
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Crime
Holly Grange: Second Chance Act: expunge misdemeanors & under-age crimes.
Jeff Jackson: Second Chance Act: expunge misdemeanors & under-age crimes.
Jeff Jackson: Second Chance Act: expunge misdemeanors & under-age crimes.
Valerie Foushee: Second Chance Act: expunge misdemeanors & under-age crimes.
Don Davis: Second Chance Act: expunge misdemeanors & under-age crimes.
Chuck Edwards: Second Chance Act: expunge misdemeanors & under-age crimes.
Roy Cooper: Second Chance Act: expunge misdemeanors & under-age crimes.
Valerie Foushee: Shield police death investigation records from public.
Don Davis: Shield police death investigation records from public.
Chuck Edwards: Shield police death investigation records from public.
Deborah Ross: Allow statistical race evidence in death penalty cases.
Greg Murphy: Constitutional amendment to strengthen victims' rights.
Thom Tillis: Limit use of racial statistics in death penalty cases.
Dale Folwell: Don't allow statistical race evidence in death penalty cases.
Josh Stein: Allow statistical race evidence in death penalty cases.
Andy Wells: Second Chance Act: expunge misdemeanors & under-age crimes.
Andy Wells: Shield police death investigation records from public.
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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.
Dale Folwell: Use hydraulic fracturing (fracking) for oil & gas extraction.
Josh Stein: Voted NO on horizontal drilling and fracking.
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Environment
Jeff Jackson: Opposed weakening environmental/health regulation.
Wiley Nickel: Opposed weakening environmental/health regulation.
Valerie Foushee: Opposed weakening environmental/health regulation.
Don Davis: Opposed weakening environmental/health regulation.
Chuck Edwards: Opposed weakening environmental/health regulation.
Erica Smith: Opposed weakening environmental/health regulations.
Holly Grange: Opposed weakening environmental/health regulations.
Jeff Jackson: Opposed weakening environmental/health regulations.
Roy Cooper: Vetoed weakening environmental/health regulations.
Andy Wells: Voted to weaken 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
Jeff Jackson: Keep governor's strong non-political elections board.
Don Davis: Keep governor's strong non-political elections board.
Valerie Foushee: Keep governor's strong non-political elections board.
Dan Bishop: Weaken governor's appointment powers over elections board.
Deborah Ross: Voted NO on shortening early voting period.
Deborah Ross: Establish one-stop registration and voting sites.
Erica Smith: Sustain veto keeping strong non-political elections board.
Erica Smith: 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.
Holly Grange: Voted for shielding death investigation records from public.
Jeff Jackson: Voted for shielding death investigation records from public.
Jeff Jackson: Sustain veto keeping strong non-political elections board.
Roy Cooper: Veto weakening appointment powers over elections board.
Roy Cooper: Vetoed shielding death investigation records from public.
Thom Tillis: No new restrictions on independent campaign expenditures.
Dale Folwell: Voted YES on shortening early voting period.
Dale Folwell: Don't establish one-stop registration and voting sites.
Dale Folwell: No new restrictions on independent campaign expenditures.
Josh Stein: New restrictions on independent campaign expenditures .
Andy Wells: Weaken governor's appointment powers over elections board.
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Gun Control
Deborah Ross: Voted NO on concealed carry in restaurants and state parks.
Dale Folwell: Voted YES on concealed carry in restaurants and state parks.
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Health Care
Deborah Ross: Expand state Medicaid under ObamaCare.
Josh Stein: Expand state Medicaid under ObamaCare.
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Homeland Security
Andy Wells: Expedite occupational licensing for military training.
Don Davis: Expedite occupational licensing for military training.
Erica Smith: Expedite occupational licensing for military training.
Valerie Foushee: Expedite occupational licensing for military training.
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Immigration
Valerie Foushee: Voted NO on requiring sheriffs to cooperate with ICE.
Valerie Foushee: Voted NO on requiring sheriffs to cooperate with ICE.
Wiley Nickel: Voted NO on requiring sheriffs to cooperate with ICE.
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.
Andy Wells: Voted YES on requiring sheriffs to cooperate with ICE.
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Social Security
Andy Wells: COLA for TSERS & CJRS (state retirement increases).
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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):
- CNN, "North Carolina's GOP-led General Assembly overrides Democratic governor's 12-week abortion ban veto," by Shania Shelton and Dianne Gallagher, May 16, 2023, (Link)
- Press release, "Governor Cooper vetoes SB20", 2023/05/13, (Link)
- HB1069: Associated Press, "Florida Republicans pass school bills on pronouns, diversity," by Anthony Izaguirre, May 3, 2023, (Link)
- SB 168: WBTV-3, "Gov. Cooper vetoes bill that would make death records secret," July 6, 2020
- S561, North Carolina Justice Center, "NC Second Chance Act", 6/25/2020, (Link)
- S561, Dummit-Fradin Attorneys at Law, "What is the NC Second Chance Act?" 6/25/2020, (Link)
- 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
- NC S408: "COLA for TSERS & CJRS", 05/06/2019, (BillTrack Link, State Link and explanatory Link)
- NC S717: "Military Occupational Licensure", 05/06/2019, (BillTrack Link and State Link)
- 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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