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Abortion
Blake Masters: Absolutely no abortions; I think it's demonic.
Deedra Abboud: Woman's right to choose including funding.
Deedra Abboud: Keep government out of reproductive decisions.
Deedra Abboud: Unrestricted rights within Roe vs. Wade standards.
Doug Marks: Pro-choice but it's a state issue.
Jim Lamon: Stop taxpayer funding of abortions, local and international.
Jim Pederson: Kyl proposed an abortion amendment with zero exceptions.
Joe Arpaio: Put up new abortion obstacles when courts tear them down.
John McCain: Defund Planned Parenthood.
Jon Kyl: I have never voted to make abortion illegal.
Justin Olson: 100% Pro-Life voting record, defunded Planned Parenthood.
Kyrsten Sinema: Women decide what's best for her health--not politicians.
Mark Brnovich: Argued to overturn Roe v. Wade, Planned Parenthood v. Casey.
Mark Brnovich: As Attorney General, weighed in on a dozen pro-life cases.
Mark Kelly: Supports every woman's right to choose.
Mark Kelly: Supports reproductive rights, health and gender equity.
Mark Kelly: Against making it harder for women to access health care.
Martha McSally: De-fund Planned Parenthood; denying contraception ok.
Mick McGuire: Congress must end funding relating to abortion.
Richard Carmona: Championed women's health and pre-natal health services.
Mark Kelly: Men shouldn't make decisions about women and abortion.
Kari Lake: Does not support a federal ban, issue for states to decide.
Mark Lamb: Ensure that every life is protected from conception onward.
Kari Lake: Leave it to the states; my opponent wants to remove choice.
Ruben Gallego: Would codify Roe; my opponent was thrilled it was overturned.
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Budget & Economy
Blake Masters: Need to invest in infrastructure, but against bloated bill.
Deedra Abboud: Economy should work for everyone.
Deedra Abboud: Stimulus better than market-led recovery.
David Ruben: Wealth has become concentrated in the hands of a few.
Doug Marks: Get The Fed out of the market.
Jim Lamon: Will never sign up for an increase in the Federal Budget.
John McCain: Obama's new spending is committing generational theft.
Justin Olson: Decrease the size, scope and reach of the federal government.
Mark Brnovich: Wants to use stimulus money for state tax breaks.
Mark Kelly: End tax breaks for super wealthy; invest in infrastructure.
Mark Kelly: COVID: supports federal aid to states and cities.
Martha McSally: COVID: opposes federal aid to states and cities.
Richard Carmona: Supply-side economics is valid.
Kari Lake: Cut spending, reduce bureaucracy, and free American workers.
Mark Lamb: Federal government continues to spend money we don't have.
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Civil Rights
Blake Masters: Highlights opposition to critical race theory.
Deedra Abboud: Protect LGBTQ community to ensure equality.
Deedra Abboud: All government levels should protect human rights.
Deedra Abboud: Strongly supports same-sex marriage.
Doug Marks: Government shouldn't be in the marriage business.
Joe Arpaio: Convicted then pardoned for violating Latinos' civil rights.
Kelli Ward: Rated 0% by Stonewall Democrats for anti-gay policies.
Kyrsten Sinema: Co-chair Congressional LGBT Equality Caucus.
Mark Brnovich: Refusal to make gender transition cake is protected speech.
Mark Brnovich: Critical race theory is threatening neo-Marxist idea.
Mark Kelly: Demand accountability on deep systemic issues with racism.
Mark Kelly: Human Rights Campaign: endorsed as voice for equality.
Mark Kelly: Wrong that LGBTQ people can be married and get fired for it.
Martha McSally: Personally opposes gay marriage, but accepts law.
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Corporations
Blake Masters: Big corporations think they're bigger than America.
David Ruben: Take corporate money out of politics.
Deedra Abboud: Corporations great on taking, not giving back.
Deedra Abboud: Keep banks out of stock market; no more gambling.
Martha McSally: Weaken Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
Ruben Gallego: Opposed Trump's largest corporate cuts in US history.
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Crime
Blake Masters: A society that permits mass lawlessness is doomed.
Deedra Abboud: Community policing will decrease crime & tensions.
Deedra Abboud: Stricter punishment doesn't reduce crime.
Doug Marks: No victim, no crime.
Jim Lamon: Guarantee law enforcement qualified immunity.
Joe Arpaio: Chain gangs and tents for inmates, and no smoking nor porn.
Joe Arpaio: Convicted for a decade of racial-profiling practices.
Joe Arpaio: Inmates get second chance with GED education in jail.
Justin Olson: Strong supporter of law enforcement professionals.
Mark Kelly: We need to reform policing, not defund police departments.
Mark Kelly: Address racial justice issues threatening Black lives.
Martha McSally: Criminalize harassment in military, keep commander's role.
Martha McSally: Incentivize not to use chokeholds, but against banning them.
Ruben Gallego: Invest in public safety, fund violence intervention programs.
Mark Lamb: Leftist policies are emboldening criminals; Americans suffer.
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Drugs
Ann Kirkpatrick: Protect state marijuana laws from federal interference.
Deedra Abboud: Leave legalization to the voter.
Deedra Abboud: Let states make their own cannabis decisions.
Deedra Abboud: Marijuana isn't a gateway drug.
Doug Marks: Drug prohibition should all end.
Joe Arpaio: Fight drug trafficking around the world.
Joe Arpaio: Wall on U.S. Southern border will keep the drugs out.
Kelli Ward: Open borders have caused the avalanche of drugs into U.S.
Mark Brnovich: Legislature should legalize marijuana rather than initiative.
Mark Brnovich: States lead on marijuana; feds need to get out of the way.
Martha McSally: Authored bill increasing penalties for drug spotters.
Martha McSally: No legalization of medical or recreational cannabis.
Kari Lake: End federal support for so-called "harm reduction" policies.
Mark Lamb: We must declare the drug cartels as terrorist organizations.
Kari Lake: Apologized for claiming teachers pushed legal pot.
Ruben Gallego: End decades of failed drug policy.
Ruben Gallego: Legalize marijuana, and allow banking services.
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Education
Blake Masters: Support school choice in all its forms.
Blake Masters: Schools are indoctrinating students with anti-white racism.
Deedra Abboud: Vouchers dismantle public schools for private schools.
Deedra Abboud: Strong public schools lead to healthy future.
Deedra Abboud: Voucher programs are weakening public schools.
Deedra Abboud: Opposes vouchers for school choice.
Doug Marks: End 'public' schools as we know it.
Jim Lamon: Empower parents to oversee content of teaching materials.
Joe Arpaio: Hard Knocks High: only accredited high school in jail.
Justin Olson: Critical race theory is harmful divisive ideology.
Justin Olson: Support parents using tax dollars for private schools.
Mark Brnovich: Sued to strike down in-state tuition for DACA recipients.
Mark Brnovich: Give religious schools equal access to choice tax credits.
Mark Brnovich: Give religious schools access to school choice tax credits.
Mark Brnovich: Complaint filed by Board of Regents for conflict of interest.
Mark Kelly: Expand access to early education; pay teachers a decent wage.
Mark Kelly: Support post-secondary training; ease student debt.
Mark Kelly: More financial aid, lower interest rates on student loans.
Martha McSally: Supports education vouchers for private schools.
Martha McSally: Cut Pell grants; don't refinance college loans.
Kari Lake: Cut back federal interference in our local schools.
Mark Lamb: Woke ideologies run rampant and indoctrinate our youth.
Kari Lake: Opposes Biden's student loan forgiveness.
Ruben Gallego: Debt relief from soaring costs of higher education.
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Energy & Oil
Ann Kirkpatrick: Some government action for climate change.
Blake Masters: We need diverse energy, from fossil fuels to nuclear.
Deedra Abboud: Prioritize green energy.
Doug Marks: Fiscal irresponsibility to prop up green energy.
Jeff Flake: Opposes EPA coal plant emission rule changes.
Jim Lamon: When facts are laid out, it's clear coal is not coming back.
Jim Lamon: Close the Department of Energy, eliminate bureaucratic drag.
John McCain: Dramatic Arctic changes might be man-made; might be natural.
Justin Olson: Opposed boosting renewable energy as too costly.
Justin Olson: Enact policies that don't negatively affect the economy.
Kelli Ward: Research sustainable energy, but current energy sources too.
Kyrsten Sinema: Opposes carbon tax but supports renewable energy.
Mark Brnovich: We've got to prioritize energy independence.
Mark Brnovich: Challenged carbon regulations as "back door Green New Deal".
Mark Kelly: Trump withdrawal from Paris Accords sets back U.S. progress.
Mark Kelly: Support massive investment developing renewable technologies.
Mark Kelly: We've got to get on to more renewable energy, like solar.
Mark Kelly: Develop renewable energy, but not for Green New Deal.
Martha McSally: Opposed Clean Power plan & climate assessments.
Mark Kelly: Inflation Reduction Act lets us create renewable energy.
Kari Lake: War on clean-burning oil & natural gas is counterproductive.
Kari Lake: Everything should be on the table to use, cheap and reliable.
Ruben Gallego: We need more energy; it will have to be nuclear.
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Environment
Blake Masters: Man is called to fill the earth and subdue it.
Deedra Abboud: Government protection needed to preserve nature.
Deedra Abboud: Environment needs protection from corporations.
Deedra Abboud: EPA protections needed for holding polluters accountable.
Doug Marks: EPA is useless; I worked in that industry.
Jeff Flake: Water is the lifeblood of AZ; and CA is the biggest threat.
Jeff Flake: Uranium mining OK; it won't threaten Grand Canyon.
Jeff Flake: Skeptical on Proposition 120; cooperate with Forest Service.
Kelli Ward: Rated 5% by Sierra Club for anti-environment policies.
Mark Kelly: Protect Grand Canyon from uranium mining.
Mark Kelly: Weakening standards have been unequivocal disaster.
Martha McSally: EPA rule costs jobs and hurts poor.
Martha McSally: Led fight to rein in overreaching EPA regulations.
Richard Carmona: No uranium mining in Arizona Strip watershed area.
Kari Lake: Exempt western water projects from environmental review.
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Families & Children
Mark Brnovich: Combat the serious problem of elder abuse.
Mark Kelly: Everyone deserves decent paid family leave policy.
Martha McSally: Provide funding for home- and community-based services.
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Foreign Policy
Deedra Abboud: Two-state solution for Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Deedra Abboud: Spread our values of democracy, freedom, & personal liberty.
Doug Marks: American Exceptionalism? we're no better than everyone else.
Jeff Flake: Push to end the U.S. trade embargo on Cuba.
Kelli Ward: Celebrate American Exceptionalism.
Kyrsten Sinema: Stick with Iran nuclear treaty until new strategy defined.
Mark Brnovich: The interests of the United States must come first.
Mark Kelly: Committed to rebuilding alliances & restoring US leadership.
Mark Kelly: Supports strong military, but must rebuild alliances.
Mark Kelly: Hasn't thought much on Jerusalem embassy; seems to work.
Martha McSally: Stick with Iran nuclear treaty until new strategy defined.
Martha McSally: COVID: Virus came from China; hold China accountable.
Mark Lamb: We must forcefully stand up to the Chinese Communist Party.
Blake Masters: Tough on China: don't try to export democracy.
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Free Trade
Ann Kirkpatrick: Yes to Ex-im bank; no to fast-track.
Blake Masters: Need trade policies prioritizing American workers & industry.
Deedra Abboud: Support & expand free trade.
Doug Marks: Support & expand free trade.
Jeff Flake: It's out of whack to get sued by Brazil over cotton subsidy.
Jim Lamon: Tariff goods coming from China, India and other countries.
Jim Pederson: Vote against making it easier to ship jobs overseas.
Justin Olson: Teach the importance of free markets and capitalism.
Kelli Ward: No secret trade deals; ObamaTrade bad for Americans.
Kyrsten Sinema: Concerned about retaliatory tariffs from reckless trade war.
Kyrsten Sinema: Opposed trade with Malaysia: they imprison LGBT people.
Martha McSally: NAFTA is a net plus for my district.
Martha McSally: Concerned about retaliatory tariffs from reckless trade war.
Mark Lamb: United States must decouple our economy from China.
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Government Reform
Ann Kirkpatrick: Joined lawsuit challenging AZ voting restrictions.
Ann Kirkpatrick: Overturn Citizens United with constitutional amendment.
Blake Masters: Supports audit of 2020 Arizona votes: lacked transparency.
Blake Masters: Democrats want to federal elections so GOP can't win.
Deedra Abboud: Make voter registration easier.
Doug Marks: Make voter registration easier.
Jeff Flake: Opposes Open Government initiative for non-partisan primary.
Jim Lamon: Supported Arizona audit of 2020 election votes.
Jim Lamon: Signed pledge to support term limits on Congress.
Jim Lamon: Signed document falsely claiming to be presidential elector.
Jim Lamon: National mandatory voter ID, signature verification.
Jim Lamon: Congress must continue to cut taxes and needless regulation.
Joe Arpaio: Fined $153,978 for illegal in-kind campaign contributions.
John McCain: Hayworth was unethical lobbyist hawking infomercials.
John McCain: Citizens United was worst decision ever, but don't overturn.
Justin Olson: Support election integrity reforms like voter ID.
Justin Olson: I voted for election integrity, ban ballot harvesting.
Kyrsten Sinema: Overturn Citizens United; more political donation disclosure.
Mark Brnovich: We must be able to trust that our votes count.
Mark Brnovich: Implement a lighter regulatory touch on business.
Mark Brnovich: Criticism of GOP election laws divisive, not true.
Mark Brnovich: Time, place and manner statutes on elections are valid.
Mark Kelly: Declined to take a position on eliminating the filibuster.
Mark Kelly: Refuses corporate PAC money, taken lobbyist money.
Martha McSally: Voted against showing funding of campaign ads.
Mick McGuire: Acknowledged that Biden is "duly elected" president.
Richard Carmona: Supports Open Government initiative for non-partisan primary.
Richard Carmona: All earmarks are not pork.
Mark Lamb: Helped found Protect America Now against "liberal takeover".
Mark Lamb: Protect our elections with staunch Voter ID laws.
Kari Lake: Vote only on Election Day, on paper.
Ruben Gallego: Freedom to Vote Act: same-day voter registration.
Kari Lake: Count every legal vote, and not illegals.
Ruben Gallego: I'm not for illegals voting, but keep vote by mail.
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Gun Control
Blake Masters: Strengthen and expand gun rights.
Deedra Abboud: Favors responsible, educated gun owners.
Deedra Abboud: Pro-2nd Amendment with education and restrictions.
Deedra Abboud: Second Amendment rights have limits.
Doug Marks: Absolute right to gun ownership.
Jim Lamon: I will support free speech, the 2nd Amendment.
Joe Arpaio: Vowed to ignore any law that would seize citizen's guns.
Justin Olson: Earned an "A" rating from the National Rifle Association.
Mark Brnovich: Oppose David Chipman, activist for gun control, to lead ATF.
Mark Kelly: Congress has done absolutely nothing to stop gun violence.
Mark Kelly: A gun is designed for one thing--to kill.
Mark Kelly: Gun control is a political issue and we need to have a vote.
Mark Kelly: Gun rights & safety from gun violence not incompatible.
Mark Kelly: Endorsed by Everytown for Gun Safety for gun-sense majority.
Mark Kelly: The issue of gun violence is personal for Gabby and me.
Mark Kelly: Owns guns but favors commonsense legislation.
Martha McSally: Enforce existing laws rather than enacting new ones.
Martha McSally: I'm your Second Amendment senator.
Martha McSally: Ban bump stocks; against closing gun show loophole.
Mick McGuire: The right to bear arms is not optional and not up for debate.
Mark Lamb: The Second Amendment is a God-given right.
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Health Care
David Ruben: Stop restricting how doctors can prescribe pain medication.
Deedra Abboud: Healthcare for all is obtainable goal.
Deedra Abboud: Fix ACA and get every American covered.
Doug Marks: Get government out of healthcare markets.
Jeff Flake: ObamaCare is a heavy anchor to drag around.
Jim Lamon: Redesign or eliminate Obamacare for more efficiency.
Joe Arpaio: Sued for failure to meet inmate health needs.
John McCain: Repeal and replace the massive federal health-care law.
Justin Olson: No COVID vaccine mandate for state regulated utilities.
Kelli Ward: Expansion of Medicare was devastating.
Kyrsten Sinema: Affordable health-care for everyone.
Kyrsten Sinema: Arizonans worry about coverage for preexisting conditions.
Mark Brnovich: Filed first lawsuit against national COVID vaccine mandate.
Mark Brnovich: Fighting illegal and unconstitutional COVID-19 mandates.
Mark Kelly: Employer health insurance should stay; improve care access.
Mark Kelly: Ensure healthcare access, unsure of single-payer care.
Mark Kelly: Health care is a right; supports public option.
Mark Kelly: Allow Medicare buy-in; limited public option.
Mark Kelly: Medicare needn't be barred from negotiating drug prices.
Mark Kelly: Supports a tax credit for family and informal caregivers.
Mark Kelly: Oppose any efforts to turn Medicare into a voucher program.
Martha McSally: ObamaCare is collapsing under its own weight.
Martha McSally: ObamaCare is not covering people with preexisting conditions.
Martha McSally: Flexibility for states, instead of federal one-size-fits-all.
Martha McSally: Supports bipartisan bill to stop surprise billing.
Martha McSally: Require covering pre-existing conditions, but no funding.
Martha McSally: Fought cuts to Medicare Advantage program.
Richard Carmona: Indignity of being poor patient in hospital sensitizes me.
Richard Carmona: Helped open the first trauma center in southern Arizona.
Richard Carmona: Would not have voted for ObamaCare.
Richard Carmona: Eliminate waste, fraud, & abuse--then prevention.
Richard Carmona: Repealing ObamaCare means public pays for the uninsured.
Ruben Gallego: Supports Medicaid and Medicare expansion.
Kyrsten Sinema: Shaped $35 insulin cap; lower prescription drug cost.
Kyrsten Sinema: Supported $35 insulin cap; cut prescription drug cost.
Mark Lamb: Calls vaccine mandates garbage, spoke at anti-vax rally.
Blake Masters: Opposes aid-in-dying; supports right to life.
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Homeland Security
Ann Kirkpatrick: Supports Iranian nuclear deal & Congressional debate on war.
Blake Masters: Ensure our military is world's most lethal fighting force.
Deedra Abboud: Veterans are ignored, forgotten, and deserve more.
Deedra Abboud: Opposes expanding the military.
Doug Marks: Bring the troops HOME, rather than expanding the military.
Jeff Flake: Cut $475M from unwanted littoral combat ship.
Joe Arpaio: Our concern should be terrorism, not border-crossers' rights.
John McCain: Long-time foe of LCS, littoral combat ship.
Kelli Ward: Support AZ military bases; base more aircraft in AZ.
Martha McSally: Allow servicewomen to avoid body coverings in Saudi Arabia.
Mick McGuire: For restoring tuition reimbursement for National Guard.
Mark Lamb: Supporting our military means supporting military families.
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Immigration
Blake Masters: Not clear we need a million new legal immigrants every year.
Deedra Abboud: Protect immigrants through commonsense government reform.
Deedra Abboud: Rejects governments heartless immigration tactics.
Deedra Abboud: Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens.
Doug Marks: DREAMers are victims, not criminals.
Jeff Flake: Secure the border; then comprehensive reform.
Jeff Flake: SB1070 was imprudent & unconstitutional, but let it stand.
Jeff Flake: Replicate operational security from Yuma Sector.
Jeff Flake: Revamp guest-worker programs; it fails our needs.
Jim Lamon: United States should not accept Afghan refugees.
Jim Lamon: Rescind all Chinese Visas, end birthright citizenship.
Jim Pederson: The borders are broken; #1 priority for AZ.
Jim Pederson: Aliens volunteering for "Mandatory Departure" is impractical.
Joe Arpaio: Traffic stops ok based on ethnicity, to find illegals.
Joe Arpaio: Enthusiastically supports wall along the southern border.
John McCain: Campaign ad: "Complete the danged fence!".
John McCain: TV ad: Obama makes protecting AZ border incredibly difficult.
John McCain: 10-point plan to secure border; then try legal-worker deal.
Jon Kyl: $13B for Border Patrol and border fencing.
Jon Kyl: My amendments and "Mandatory Departure" are now law.
Justin Olson: Finish the wall; verify immigration status for jobs.
Kelli Ward: Consistent pro-border, pro-law message.
Kelli Ward: No amnesty & no compromise on immigrant family separation.
Kyrsten Sinema: Support Recognizing America's Children Act (GOP compromise).
Mark Brnovich: Oppose open borders; support law enforcement.
Mark Kelly: Secure the southern border without demonizing migrants.
Mark Kelly: Strong, effective border security; protect DREAMers.
Mark Kelly: Senate should pass path to citizenship for DREAMers.
Mark Kelly: Better border technology, not wall; citizenship for DREAMers.
Mark Kelly: Not for open borders but have to treat people fairly.
Martha McSally: Reduce legal immigration; no pathway to citizenship.
Martha McSally: Study proposals to deal with immigrant family separation.
Martha McSally: Extend DACA protections but no path to citizenship.
Martha McSally: Secure the border to keep out drugs & human trafficking.
Martha McSally: 2015: Supported merit-based entry with keeping DREAMers.
Martha McSally: Citizenship for DREAMers if tied to wall, closing loopholes.
Mick McGuire: No border, no security; No security, no country.
Richard Carmona: Vitriolic 'deport everybody' message loses Hispanics.
Richard Carmona: Dynamic interdiction plus prevention.
Richard Carmona: Comprehensive immigration reform ties into the economy.
Richard Carmona: More visas for day-workers to enhance commerce.
Rodney Glassman: Path to citizenship, including fine & back-of-the-line.
Blake Masters: Drugs and crime are just pouring over the border.
Kari Lake: Deport & ban anyone entering outside official port of entry.
Mark Lamb: We need to return to Trump-era policies, finish the Wall.
Kari Lake: Border wall keeps us safe from a potential terrorist attack.
Ruben Gallego: Border wall works with technology and proper manpower.
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Jobs
Deedra Abboud: Supports measures to increase federal minimum wage.
Deedra Abboud: Affirmative action in government, but not private companies.
Doug Marks: Affirmative action is damaging government interference.
Jeff Flake: ObamaCare inhibits small business hiring.
Jeff Flake: Stifling regulations are the biggest job killers.
Jim Lamon: I will work to eliminate the right to strike for teachers.
Kyrsten Sinema: Increase federal minimum wage from $7.20 to $10.10.
Mark Kelly: Make investments that raise wages and create jobs.
Martha McSally: COVID: Helped craft CARES Act to save jobs, small businesses.
Richard Carmona: Farm Bill should offer support to struggling farmers.
Ruben Gallego: Raise minimum wage to at least $15/hour.
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Principles & Values
Ann Kirkpatrick: Arizona is changing; voters are ready for a choice.
Blake Masters: Runs program paying people to quit college & start companies.
Blake Masters: Being a conventional politician is sort of overrated.
Blake Masters: Describes himself as an American first conservative.
Blake Masters: America is still the best nation in the world.
Blake Masters: For patriotic education; mourns loss of American optimism.
Deedra Abboud: Keep God out of government.
Doug Marks: Keep God in public, but not in government.
Doug Ducey: Certified Biden victory in AZ; then named GOP Governor chair.
J.D. Hayworth: McCain has been reduced to a political shape-shifter.
J.D. Hayworth: Twice informally ranked among dumbest members of Congress.
Jeff Flake: Vowed not to serve more than 3 terms in Congress; broke vow.
Jim Lamon: AdWatch: shootout with Biden, Pelosi, Kelly.
Jim Lamon: Our rights don't come from government, they come from God.
Jim Pederson: I'm unhappy with Washington today; Kyl's OK with it.
Joe Arpaio: America's Toughest Sheriff in nation's third largest Office.
Joe Arpaio: Joe Arpaio Action Fund: help conservatives win office.
Jon Kyl: My opponent is out of mainstream on judges & terrorism.
Justin Olson: Committed to confirming conservative justices.
Justin Olson: My faith is critical to me and a big part of who I am.
Kelli Ward: Pro-life; pro-family; pro-freedom.
Kelli Ward: Urged anti-closure protestors to dress as health workers.
Kelli Ward: Filed lawsuits to overturn Biden victory over Trump in AZ.
Kyrsten Sinema: Took oath of office on Constitution, not Bible.
Mark Brnovich: Immigrant parents fled Communist Yugoslavia.
Mark Brnovich: Freedom is what makes us Americans, makes us special.
Mark Brnovich: Church attendance is clearly an "essential activity".
Mark Kelly: Wife, Rep. Gabby Giffords, survived assassination attempt.
Martha McSally: It "pisses me off" when Trump attacks John McCain.
Mick McGuire: America is the greatest country in the history of the world.
Mick McGuire: Will always oppose infringement of our constitutional rights.
Mick McGuire: The radical left is tearing this country apart.
Richard Carmona: 1999: shot and mortally wounded a deranged murderer.
Richard Carmona: Classified as disabled veteran from Vietnam wounds.
Richard Carmona: Of Puerto Rican descent; grew up poor in Harlem.
Richard Carmona: Seeks to earn the respect of disenfranchised populations.
Rodney Glassman: McCain missed key votes when running for President.
Rodney Glassman: Cooperation instead of partisan battering ram.
Blake Masters: The 2020 election wasn't free or fair: I think Trump won.
Ruben Gallego: America can be a responsible leader on the world stage.
Ruben Gallego: Catholicism taught him to help the poor and disadvantaged.
Mark Lamb: Living abroad gave him a deep appreciation for America.
Blake Masters: Defend individual religious liberty & religious institutions.
Kari Lake: I want kids to dream big, make American dream a reality.
Ruben Gallego: I am lucky to be born in the best country in this world.
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Social Security
Deedra Abboud: Hands off Social Security.
Deedra Abboud: Stop Congress from borrowing from Social Security.
Deedra Abboud: Don't privatize Social Security.
Doug Marks: Social Security scam is going to cost my generation.
Jeff Flake: Nobody's talking privatization; ensure solvency after 2026.
Jim Lamon: Give workers the option of Universal Savings Accounts.
Mark Kelly: Don't weaken Social Security; nor gamble retirement funds.
Mark Kelly: Social Security & Medicare are promises to seniors.
Mark Kelly: Oppose cutting or eliminating funding sources.
Martha McSally: Let younger workers privately invest part of contributions.
Martha McSally: Protect current benefits; strengthen for younger generations.
Richard Carmona: Raise retirement age; raise payroll tax ceiling above $106K.
Blake Masters: Private retirement accounts: get the government out of it.
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Tax Reform
Deedra Abboud: Support higher taxes on the wealthy.
Doug Marks: All the money of the wealthy won't fix the spending problem.
Jeff Flake: I have not and will not sign Americans for Tax Reform pledge.
Jeff Flake: Full extension of Bush tax cuts.
Jim Pederson: AZ needs good schools & safety, not just low taxes.
John McCain: Tap unused stimulus funds to declare a payroll tax holiday.
Jon Kyl: Reduce taxes to grow economy & get more tax revenue.
Justin Olson: We need fiscal responsibility, lower taxes, economic growth.
Mark Brnovich: Let states use COVID relief money for cutting state taxes.
Mark Kelly: Against Trump tax cuts: need to look out for middle class.
Martha McSally: Get spending under control; supports tax cuts.
Richard Carmona: Extend Bush tax cuts as part of comprehensive reform.
Ruben Gallego: End tax loopholes and exorbitant giveaways for the rich.
Kari Lake: Extend the 2017 Trump tax cuts.
Blake Masters: No on redistribution of income; yes on cutting spending.
Kari Lake: Extend the Trump tax cuts; no taxes on tips and overtime.
Ruben Gallego: Keep middle-class tax cuts, no to increased corporate cuts.
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Technology
Blake Masters: Government should better regulate big tech companies.
Deedra Abboud: Defends equal access from public to websites.
John McCain: I don't use email so I won't write things I later regret.
Kyrsten Sinema: Supports infrastructure bank to help create good jobs.
Richard Carmona: Criticized Bush for placing politics ahead of science.
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War & Peace
Deedra Abboud: Diplomacy should always be first.
Doug Marks: Avoid foreign entanglements.
Jim Lamon: Congress should have a say in the decision to go to war.
Jim Pederson: We're going backwards in Iraq; time for end-game.
John McCain: Obama "an uncertain trumpet" for Afghan & Iraqi withdrawal.
Jon Kyl: Iraq is the central front in the war on terror.
Kyrsten Sinema: 2003: Led multiple protests against Iraq War.
Mark Kelly: Services must work for changing veteran population.
Mark Kelly: Iran deal had problems, but poor decision to pull out of it.
Mark Kelly: Middle East peace achievable; won't be easy.
Mark Kelly: Supported killing Iranian general without Congressional OK.
Martha McSally: Sinema committed treason by insufficiently opposing Taliban.
Martha McSally: Voted against blocking arms sales to Saudi Arabia.
Richard Carmona: Whatever means necessary to prevent Iranian nukes.
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Welfare & Poverty
Richard Carmona: Experienced poverty and homelessness as child in Harlem.
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