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Abortion
Alex Lasry: Ensure access to abortion and reproductive care.
Chris Larson: Court overturning Roe was a kick in the gut.
Leah Vukmir: 100% pro-life.
Leah Vukmir: No exceptions, including rape, incest, or mother's life.
Mandela Barnes: Would vote to codify Roe v. Wade to restore abortion rights.
Mark Neumann: God-given rights begin at conception.
Ron Johnson: Roe v Wade decision was a tragedy.
Ron Johnson: Only allow abortion for rape, incest, and maternal life.
Russell Feingold: Supports public funding for Planned Parenthood.
Tammy Baldwin: Planned Parenthood provides essential services.
Tommy Thompson: God-given rights begin at conception.
Eric Hovde: Voters can respect life while safeguarding individual rights.
Eric Hovde: Supported overturning Roe v. Wade.
Eric Hovde: Unconscionable to terminate healthy baby born alive.
Eric Hovde: Woman's right to choose but only in first trimester.
Tammy Baldwin: A woman's rights shouldn't depend on her zip code or state.
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Budget & Economy
Alex Lasry: Use American materials for federal infrastructure projects.
Alex Lasry: Infrastructure includes upgrading public transportation.
John Schiess: Get rid of federal reserve system.
Leah Vukmir: Congress is addicted to spending our money.
Mandela Barnes: Need big, bold investment to create new good-paying jobs.
Mark Neumann: Balance the budget by eliminating Obamacare.
Mark Neumann: Full audit of the Federal Reserve.
Ron Johnson: $184B stimulus drove the country deeper into debt.
Sarah Godlewski: We can help people get back to work, small businesses.
Tom Nelson: US should develop a national industrial strategy.
Tommy Thompson: Full audit of the Federal Reserve.
Tommy Thompson: Tax-and-spend policies are out of the mainstream.
Tommy Thompson: Balanced budget is first priority.
Eric Hovde: We must dramatically reduce federal spending and deficits.
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Civil Rights
Alex Lasry: Systemic racism is ingrained in our society.
Alex Lasry: I am a strong supporter of the Equality Act.
Chris Larson: State GOP shows contempt for LGBTQ Wisconsinites.
Leah Vukmir: Voted against anti-bullying legislation to protect students.
Leah Vukmir: Silent on LGBT issues during debate and surveys.
Mandela Barnes: Chaired the legislature's Black and Latino Caucus.
Mandela Barnes: Joined celebration of LGBTQ+ community's contributions.
Tammy Baldwin: Legal gay marriage is victory for fairness & equality.
Tom Nelson: Racism short-circuited establishing US labor-based party.
Eric Hovde: They want to get rid of meritocracy in our country.
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Corporations
Tammy Baldwin: I've stood up to Wall Street and Big Oil.
Tammy Baldwin: I've stood up to Wall Street and Big Oil.
Tammy Baldwin: Support Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
Phil Anderson: Work with small business to rebuild Wisconsin's economy.
Eric Hovde: Economic sanity: private-sector-driven pro-growth business.
Eric Hovde: Low corporate tax rate, but set a minimum tax rate.
Tammy Baldwin: Small businesses are the backbone of our economy.
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Crime
Alex Lasry: Ban chokeholds, no-knock warrants, end qualified immunity.
Leah Vukmir: Law and order is a critical issue.
Mandela Barnes: Critical of racial disparities in police actions.
Mark Neumann: Death penalty for terrorism convicts.
Sarah Godlewski: Address systematic racism in our criminal justice system.
Tammy Baldwin: Criminal justice system needs review to ensure fairness.
Tommy Thompson: Death penalty for terrorism convicts.
Eric Hovde: Claims "defunding the police" is cause for high crime rates.
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Drugs
Leah Vukmir: Opposes stronger penalties for drunk driving.
Leah Vukmir: More law enforcement grants to prevent drug flow into WI.
Leah Vukmir: Don't let our veterans down, like with opioids at Tomah VA.
Leah Vukmir: Keep marijuana a Schedule 1 drug; no medical use.
Mandela Barnes: Pun-filled tweets support governor's legalization plan.
Ron Johnson: No federal legalization; but let's see how states do.
Ron Johnson: Unsecure Mexican border is a gateway for drug traffickers.
Ron Johnson: Death penalty for drug dealers.
Tammy Baldwin: Legalize medical marijuana; let states decide.
Eric Hovde: Not a libertarian when it comes to drugs.
Phil Anderson: Rated A by NORML on marijuana reform.
Tammy Baldwin: Rated A+ by NORML: long-time advocate for cannabis .
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Education
Alex Lasry: We need more investments in education, more in trade schools.
Leah Vukmir: Expand school choice.
Leah Vukmir: I want schools competing for enrollment.
Leah Vukmir: Get federal government out of business of student loans.
Mark Neumann: School funding & mandates from states, not Feds.
Sarah Godlewski: Boosted funding for books and tech in school libraries.
Sarah Godlewski: COVID: $5.25 million disbursed for distance learning.
Tammy Baldwin: Opposes giving taxpayer dollars to private schools.
Tammy Baldwin: Refinance student loans at lower rates.
Tammy Baldwin: Urges funding to help at-risk students' access to education.
Tommy Thompson: School funding & mandates from states, not Feds.
Eric Hovde: Student debt forgiveness is unfair at every single level.
Eric Hovde: Worry about the basics, not gender-inclusive policies.
Tammy Baldwin: Create a debt-free path to nursing degrees.
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Energy & Oil
Alex Lasry: I support transitioning to 100% clean electricity by 2035.
Chris Larson: We need to address the existential crisis of climate change.
Leah Vukmir: Opposes funding clean energy & high-speed rail.
Leah Vukmir: No government subsidies for renewable energy.
Mandela Barnes: Chairs Governor's Task Force on Climate Change.
Mandela Barnes: Launch a national green bank to fund clean energy projects.
Mark Neumann: Don't mandate ethanol in gasoline.
Mark Neumann: Oppose cap-and-trade laws or regulations.
Russell Feingold: 2003 "4P": use Clean Air Act to reduce coal plant pollutants.
Russell Feingold: Climate change is real and we need to address it.
Sarah Godlewski: Ended Republican state gag order on climate change.
Tammy Baldwin: Government should get out of subsidies to big oil.
Tammy Baldwin: Global climate change poses a growing threat.
Tommy Thompson: Don't mandate ethanol in gasoline.
Tommy Thompson: Oppose cap-and-trade laws or regulations.
Eric Hovde: Delusional to end fossil fuel use.
Eric Hovde: Roll back regulations to expand energy production .
Eric Hovde: Climate change is an existential threat to humanity.
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Environment
Alex Lasry: I strongly support keeping public lands in public hands.
Alex Lasry: I support repealing Trump rollbacks of emission standards.
Leah Vukmir: Many EPA actions are over-regulation.
Mark Neumann: Oppose UN's Agenda 21 sustainable development.
Russell Feingold: Clean Water Restoration Act to protect streams and wetlands.
Tammy Baldwin: Restore full EPA funding & oppose new cuts.
Tommy Thompson: Oppose UN's Agenda 21 sustainable development.
Tommy Thompson: Prevent invasive Asian Carp in Great Lakes.
Tammy Baldwin: Community projects to clean up the Mississippi River.
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Families & Children
Mark Neumann: Traditional family is most important thing for USA now.
Sarah Godlewski: Make the child tax credit permanent.
Tammy Baldwin: Treatment foster care helps kids stay out of institutions.
Eric Hovde: Restrictions on gender-affirming treatments for minors .
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Foreign Policy
Alex Lasry: US/Israel alliance special, for two-state solution.
John Schiess: Get rid of the communist United Nations.
Mandela Barnes: Israel is a strong ally and strong partner in Middle East.
Mark Neumann: Supports non-interventionist foreign policy.
Russell Feingold: Supports Iran nuclear deal.
Sarah Godlewski: Did microfinance work in rural India.
Sarah Godlewski: Supports continued U.S. security assistance for Israel.
Tommy Thompson: Supports non-interventionist foreign policy.
Eric Hovde: Lead through deterrence, send a clear message of strength.
Eric Hovde: Trump put crushing sanctions on Iran; Biden lifted them.
Eric Hovde: Don't think we should endlessly fund money into Ukraine.
Tammy Baldwin: Keep some hope alive of the two-state solution in the region.
Tammy Baldwin: Ukraine is about democracy versus dictatorship.
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Free Trade
Leah Vukmir: Tariffs on China give time to negotiate fairer deals.
Mandela Barnes: Bring manufacturing supply chains home for jobs here.
Mandela Barnes: Will only back trade deals that puts Wisconsin first.
Ron Johnson: Yes to trade adjustment; Yes to fast-track.
Russell Feingold: Opposes lousy trade deals.
Tammy Baldwin: Tariffs send message to bad actors like China.
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Government Reform
Alex Lasry: Active advocate for making it easier for people to vote.
Alex Lasry: Overturn Citizens United, no corporate PAC money.
Alex Lasry: We must eliminate the filibuster.
Leah Vukmir: Drew districts overturned as unconstitutional gerrymander.
Leah Vukmir: Supports voter photo-ID law.
Mandela Barnes: Fighting to protect democracy and right to vote.
Mandela Barnes: Expand opportunities for early-voting, mail-in voting.
Mandela Barnes: Don't allow Congress members to own individual stocks.
Mandela Barnes: Supports regulating large corporate monopoly farms.
Mark Neumann: Clean Up Washington: 12-year term limit for Congress.
Mark Neumann: Allow voter ID by repealing Help America Vote Act.
Ron Johnson: Third-party issue ad donors should be disclosed.
Ron Johnson: Voter fraud not quackery; need hearings and investigations.
Russell Feingold: Created "Progressives United" PAC as soon as he left office.
Russell Feingold: Outraged by Shelby County v. Holder; enforce voting rights.
Sarah Godlewski: Saved job of State Treasurer, got elected to it.
Tammy Baldwin: Ease campaign spending rules; limit donor disclosure.
Tammy Baldwin: Partisan gerrymandering is an attack on our democracy.
Tammy Baldwin: Voter photo-ID requirements harm participation.
Tom Nelson: He calls out the toxic influence of money in politics.
Tom Nelson: We need the Right-to-Vote Constitutional Amendment.
Tommy Thompson: Allow voter ID by repealing Help America Vote Act.
Tommy Thompson: I'm a reformer: on welfare, healthcare, & taxes.
Tommy Thompson: I'm a reformer: on welfare, healthcare, & taxes.
Tommy Thompson: I've never been a lobbyist.
Ron Johnson: Participated briefly in pushing fake pro-Trump electors.
Eric Hovde: Tighten up voting process; clean up voting system.
Eric Hovde: Platform includes scaling back government regulations.
Eric Hovde: Nursing homes struggling with massive amounts of regulations.
Eric Hovde: Why did state Supreme Court bring back drop boxes?
Tammy Baldwin: We have seen laws passed to make it harder for some to vote.
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Gun Control
Chris Larson: Close loophole, only allow minors rifles for legal hunting.
Leah Vukmir: Approach any 2nd Amendment law skeptically.
Mandela Barnes: Has advocated for tighter gun control laws.
Ron Johnson: Wokeness, Critical Race Theory contribute to gun violence.
Russell Feingold: Universal background checks plus waiting periods.
Sarah Godlewski: Clear we've got a gun violence problem in this country.
Tammy Baldwin: Ban bump stocks & high-capacity magazines.
Eric Hovde: Right to keep and bear arms: no exception.
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Health Care
Alex Lasry: Healthcare a human right, add public option to ACA.
Leah Vukmir: Opposed requiring health insurers to cover oral chemotherapy.
Leah Vukmir: Full repeal of ObamaCare, period.
Mandela Barnes: Strengthen state health care; I know because I was on it.
Mark Neumann: Repeal ObamaCare.
Ron Johnson: ObamaCare will cost the average family $2,100.
Ron Johnson: All world pandemic agreements should be voted on by Senate.
Russell Feingold: Healthcare reform is a good compromise.
Russell Feingold: 2010: I knew that over time, ObamaCare would work out.
Sarah Godlewski: Expand Medicaid and Medicare; supports a public option.
Tammy Baldwin: Take repeal off the table & work to improve ObamaCare.
Tammy Baldwin: Good health care for all, especially the most vulnerable.
Tammy Baldwin: Address racial disparities in health care system.
Tom Nelson: We need real leaders who will take COVID seriously.
Tom Nelson: Backs Medicare for All.
Tommy Thompson: Repeal ObamaCare.
Eric Hovde: The ACA has failed to live up to its expectation.
Eric Hovde: ObamaCare is stupid to keep 26-yr-olds on parents' insurance.
Eric Hovde: Opposes repealing Obamacare, for Medicaid expansion.
Eric Hovde: I think drug prices are wildly too high.
Tammy Baldwin: We need to build upon the Affordable Care Act.
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Homeland Security
Leah Vukmir: Address disgraceful neglect at Veterans Affairs.
Mark Neumann: Eliminate detention powers granted by the NDAA.
Mark Neumann: Try terrorist suspects in military court.
Ron Johnson: Grateful to the 1 million who have died defending the US.
Sarah Godlewski: Worked with Pentagon on variety of projects.
Tammy Baldwin: Jason's Law: stop over-prescribing opioids at VA hospitals.
Tammy Baldwin: Full federal benefits to National Guard COVID fighters.
Tommy Thompson: Eliminate detention powers granted by the NDAA.
Tommy Thompson: Try terrorist suspects in military court.
Eric Hovde: DOD is the most wasteful and corrupt agency in history.
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Immigration
Leah Vukmir: Construct a wall on the southern border.
Leah Vukmir: First build a wall; illegals go home then re-apply.
Mandela Barnes: Trump immigration policies make people feel less than human.
Mandela Barnes: Fight for pathway to citizenship for immigrant farm workers.
Mark Neumann: Deport illegal immigrants who have committed felonies.
Mark Neumann: Make English the official language.
Ron Johnson: Address comprehensive reform after border is secure.
Tommy Thompson: Deport illegal immigrants who have committed felonies.
Tommy Thompson: Make English the official language.
Tammy Baldwin: Support DREAMers and earned path to citizenship.
Tammy Baldwin: Supports immigrants in US and immigration reform.
Eric Hovde: Our laws need to be enforced and our borders strengthened.
Eric Hovde: Border is not really a huge issue, hyped by the right.
Eric Hovde: Bipartisan bill would allow 5000 illegal immigrants daily.
Eric Hovde: Like a rotten onion, many layers to this open border.
Tammy Baldwin: Bipartisan bill would have added 1500 border patrol agents.
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Jobs
Alex Lasry: 25% of service contracts to minority/disadvantaged business.
Alex Lasry: Pass the PRO Act to protect unions, empower workers.
Alex Lasry: We pay all our employees family-sustaining wages.
Mandela Barnes: Supports raising minimum wage to $15 an hour.
Mandela Barnes: Strengthen unions, oppose Right to Work laws.
Russell Feingold: $184B stimulus created jobs, especially highway construction.
Sarah Godlewski: Raise the minimum wage, end the filibuster.
Tammy Baldwin: Raise minimum wage from $7.25 to $15/hour.
Tom Nelson: Joined with United Steelworkers to save shuttered paper mill.
Tom Nelson: Strengthen unions, recognize importance of labor movement.
Eric Hovde: Minimum wage was never supposed to be a living wage.
Eric Hovde: Economic focus: jobs. Inflation, and overall growth.
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Principles & Values
Alex Lasry: Senior VP of Milwaukee Bucks; raised team's activism.
Alex Lasry: Visiting Israel is emotional; I really feel my Judaism there.
Alex Lasry: Father's American success story couldn't happen elsewhere.
Alex Lasry: Being on the right side of history isn't bad for business.
Leah Vukmir: Our rights come from God, not man.
Mandela Barnes: Parents valued working hard, fighting for opportunity.
Mandela Barnes: Hit for overdue property taxes & unpaid parking tickets.
Mandela Barnes: We have to lead with our values and vision: change the game.
Mandela Barnes: Questions conservative Christian ideology link to hate.
Mark Neumann: Conservatives believe in faith, family and country.
Mark Neumann: A conservative believes in faith, family and country.
Russell Feingold: Badger Pledge: keep outside groups out of state race.
Sarah Godlewski: There's so much more that connects us rather than divides us.
Tammy Baldwin: I fight for us; my opponent fights for the big and powerful.
Tom Nelson: If local official took on COVID, we can take on anything.
Tommy Thompson: Declines debates because opponents "want to shoot at me".
Ron Johnson: 2020 election was legitimate, but discuss "irregularities".
Eric Hovde: We can restore the American Dream by coming together.
Phil Anderson: Lifelong Wisconsin resident; graduate of UW-Madison.
Eric Hovde: We've collapsed patriotism; our country is redeemable.
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Social Security
Alex Lasry: Expand Medicare to cover vision, hearing, and dental.
Leah Vukmir: Personal Retirement Accounts for portion of payroll taxes.
Sarah Godlewski: Proposed state programs to promote retirement security.
Tammy Baldwin: Long opposed to privatization.
Eric Hovde: Trim benefits; raise the retirement age.
Eric Hovde: Adjust for younger people, life expectancy going up.
Tammy Baldwin: Extend solvency of Social Security by lifting income cap.
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Tax Reform
Alex Lasry: Corporate tax breaks for companies doing the right thing.
Alex Lasry: Wealthy must pay fair share, but also focus on raising wages.
Leah Vukmir: It's garbage that Trump tax cuts only benefited the wealthy.
Mandela Barnes: Make corporations and wealthy people pay their fair share.
Mandela Barnes: We must make the Child Tax Credit permanent.
Mandela Barnes: Expand Child Tax Credit, Earned Income Tax Credit.
Sarah Godlewski: Supports an Elizabeth Warren-style wealth tax.
Tammy Baldwin: Get rid of loopholes for outsourcing and capital gains.
Tammy Baldwin: Trump tax cuts overwhelmingly benefited the wealthy.
Tammy Baldwin: Tax plan that rewards hard work.
Tammy Baldwin: Trump tax bill only helps rich who don't need the money.
Tommy Thompson: Limit federal revenue to 18.5% of GDP; and 15% flat tax form.
Eric Hovde: Everybody should pay some level of tax, even a small amount.
Eric Hovde: Get the rich and powerful to pay their fair share.
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Technology
Alex Lasry: Ensure access to high speed affordable internet for all.
Sarah Godlewski: Critical need for broadband access for rural communities.
Tammy Baldwin: Internet must not become a two-tiered system.
Tammy Baldwin: Invest in core infrastructure, as federal stimulus.
Phil Anderson: FISA Reform erodes our fundamental right to privacy.
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War & Peace
Leah Vukmir: Confront ISIS & Islamic jihadists who want to kill us.
Leah Vukmir: Iran nuclear treaty was a foolish & dangerous deal.
Mark Neumann: Mideast stability so gasoline prices don't go even higher.
Mark Neumann: Congressional Declaration of War for any use of force.
Ron Johnson: 25,000 US combat troops to fight ISIS in Iraq.
Tammy Baldwin: End the Afghan war & end nation-building.
Tammy Baldwin: Keep the Iran nuclear treaty.
Tommy Thompson: Congressional Declaration of War for any use of force.
Tommy Thompson: Helped build a hospital in Afghanistan for women & children.
Tammy Baldwin: Two-state solution for Israel and Palestine.
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