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Abortion
Rick Becker: Government's responsibility to protect human life.
Wayne Stenehjem: Exceptions for rape & incest, but sign other pro-life bills.
John Hoeven: 2007: signed trigger law banning abortions.
Katrina Christiansen: Don't make a child carry a rapist pregnancy.
Rick Becker: I made "some bad votes" against anti-abortion legislation.
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Budget & Economy
Duane Sand: Wouldn't have voted to raise the debt ceiling.
Rick Becker: Submit smaller budgets when there are shortfalls.
Robert Marquette: Fight for sound monetary policy & lower government influence.
Wayne Stenehjem: Diversify our economy: drones, fertilizer, & infrastructure.
Wayne Stenehjem: Rainy day funds and budget cuts work.
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Civil Rights
Robert Marquette: Oppose legislation negatively impacting LGBT community.
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Corporations
Rick Becker: Picking winners & losers fails; lower taxes & get out of way.
Rick Becker: Lower tax rates and eschew picking winners and losers.
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Drugs
Rick Becker: Supports medical marijuana and legalized pot.
Wayne Stenehjem: Marijuana has no positives.
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Education
Kelly Armstrong: Best workforce recruitment tool is our higher ed system.
Merrill Piepkorn: Expand apprenticeships and paid internships to students.
Merrill Piepkorn: Would have vetoed the state's book banning bills.
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Energy & Oil
Duane Sand: Build 20 nuclear power plants in 20 years.
Wayne Stenehjem: Diversify economy with value-added energy and agriculture.
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Environment
Heidi Heitkamp: Farm bill is needed and is blocked by partisanship.
Marvin Nelson: Block giveaway of state-owned mineral resources.
Michael Coachman: Block giveaway of state-owned mineral resources.
Rick Berg: We will getwt the Farm Bill by year's end.
Merrill Piepkorn: Allow transfer of state-owned mineral resources.
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Families & Children
Kelly Armstrong: Require proof of age on pornographic websites.
Merrill Piepkorn: Attract young people by avoiding "culture war" issues.
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Government Reform
Michael Coachman: Make acquiring absentee ballots easier.
Robert Marquette: Shed light on entrenched political corruption and cronyism.
Merrill Piepkorn: More transparency, accountability and trust in government.
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Gun Control
Robert Marquette: Strengthen gun rights.
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Health Care
Heidi Heitkamp: N.D. needs a state health care exchange, ObamaCAre or not.
Rick Berg: Replace ObamaCare piecemeal; it hurts middle America.
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Homeland Security
Tracy Potter: Large cutbacks in military to reduce federal spending.
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Principles & Values
Doug Burgum: Reinvented state government amid a $1B revenue shortfall.
Michael Coachman: Volunteers at prison ministry and Christian school.
Rick Berg: Declined to debate GOP opponent at two Tea Party debates.
Rick Berg: To get country back on track, change the Senate.
Whitney Williams: Stand on the Constitution from beginning to end.
Katrina Christiansen: Tired of chaos & lack of results coming from Washington.
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Social Security
Duane Sand: Raise retirement age; raise cap; apply means-testing.
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War & Peace
Tracy Potter: Leave Iraq and Afghanistan as soon as practical.
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