Heise's website highlighted the following campaign themes:
Jobs
Excerpt: "I believe in the proven philosophy that government does not create jobs, the private sector does."
Taxes
Excerpt: "I have also voted 'yes' on across-the-board tax cuts for working families and seniors, starting this year and continuing through 2016."
Education
Excerpt: "I voted against the Governor's plan to cut funding for K-12 schools. I have also supported common-sense charter school legislation for parents in Wayne County who want that option."
The Economy
Excerpt: "I will do whatever it takes to retain jobs and attract new jobs to Michigan."
The Right to Life
Excerpt: "I believe in the fundamental human right to life, from conception to natural death, and have supported legislation in Lansing to protect this right."
Voting record details
List of all of Kurt Heise’s roll call votes, bills introduced, and floor amendments from MichiganVotes.org (use site’s “advanced search” to narrow by date range, issue category and/or keyword).
Presidential preference
2012
Kurt Heise endorsed Mitt Romney in the 2012 presidential election.