Media coverage of WI political races in The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel


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Abortion     Mandela Barnes: Would vote to codify Roe v. Wade to restore abortion rights.     Scott Walker: Passed pro-life legislation & defunded Planned Parenthood.     Scott Walker: Ban abortion after 20 weeks at both state & federal level.     Tim Michels: No criminalizing abortion with checks at the border.     Eric Hovde: Woman's right to choose but only in first trimester.

Crime     Ron Johnson: Strict child victim enforcement could reduce reporting.

Drugs     Leah Vukmir: Don't let our veterans down, like with opioids at Tomah VA.     Ron Johnson: Unsecure Mexican border is a gateway for drug traffickers.     Tim Michels: Against legalization, thinks it's a slippery slope.

Education     Rebecca Kleefisch: Claimed cultural responsive teaching is critical race theory.     Tony Evers: AdWatch: should have fired teacher caught viewing porn.     Tim Michels: Parents decide how to teach history, not woke educrats .     Tony Evers: Teach a full accounting of history in our schools.

Environment     Scott Walker: Freeze stewardship program for state lands.

Foreign Policy     Tom Barrett: Named ambassador to Luxembourg; many emigres in Wisconsin.

Free Trade     Tim Michels: I'm a free-trade guy, but need to fix agreements.

Government Reform     Ron Johnson: Supports term limits, two or three terms max in Senate.

Gun Control     Ron Johnson: Jan. 6 didn't seem like an armed insurrection to me.     Sarah Godlewski: Clear we've got a gun violence problem in this country.     Tony Evers: Responsible gun owners don't worry about red flag laws .

Health Care     Jeb Bush: ObamaCare is flawed to its core.     Ron Johnson: ObamaCare is greatest single assault on our freedom.     Tom Nelson: Backs Medicare for All.

Homeland Security     Russell Feingold: Privatizing screening at the airports allowed 9/11 to happen.     Tammy Baldwin: Jason's Law: stop over-prescribing opioids at VA hospitals.     Tim Michels: Privatizing makes security screening efficient and cheap.     Tim Michels: Iraq is a reason there hasn't been another terrorist attack.

Immigration     Mandela Barnes: Trump immigration policies make people feel less than human.     Eric Hovde: Like a rotten onion, many layers to this open border.

Jobs     Scott Walker: Anti-state unions but pro-private unions.     Eric Hovde: Economic focus: jobs. Inflation, and overall growth.

Principles & Values     Mandela Barnes: Hit for overdue property taxes & unpaid parking tickets.     Rebecca Kleefisch: 2010 campaign: relies on wisdom and faith she has in Jesus.

War & Peace     Pat Buchanan: Doesn't matter to US whose flag flies over Jerusalem.     Ron Johnson: Supports Obama's withdrawal plan, since it was Bush's plan.     Russell Feingold: Can't blame Iraq on the media.

Click for quotations from other sources by: Eric Hovde Republican Challenger Wisconsin Jeb Bush Florida Former FL Governor; Republican Presidential candidate Leah Vukmir Republican candidate for Wisconsin U.S. Senator Wisconsin Mandela Barnes Democratic Senate candidate Wisconsin Pat Buchanan Reform Rebecca Kleefisch Wisconsin Republican Gubernatorial Challenger Ron Johnson Republican Sr Senator Wisconsin Russell Feingold Democrat Sarah Godlewski Democratic Challenger Wisconsin Scott Walker Wisconsin WI Governor; Republican Presidential candidate Tammy Baldwin Democratic Jr Senator Wisconsin Tim Michels Wisconsin Republican challenger for Governor Tom Barrett Democrat U.S. Rep Wisconsin-5 Tom Nelson Democratic Challenger Wisconsin Tony Evers Wisconsin Democratic Governor of Wisconsin