2021

Abortion

1. Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation?
- Pro-choice

Budget

1. In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket?
- Yes

2. Do you support expanding federal funding to support entitlement programs such as Social Security and Medicare?
- Yes

Campaign Finance

1. Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions?
- Yes

Crime

1. Do you support the protection of government officials, including law enforcement officers, from personal liability in civil lawsuits concerning alleged misconduct?
- No

Defense

Do you support increasing defense spending?
- Yes

Economy

1. Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth?
- Yes

2. Do you support lowering corporate taxes as a means of promoting economic growth?
- No

3. Do you support providing financial relief to businesses AND/OR corporations negatively impacted by the state of national emergency for COVID-19?
- Yes

Education

1. Do you support requiring states to adopt federal education standards?
- Unknown Position

Energy and Environment

1. Do you support government funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, geo-thermal)?
- Yes

2. Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions?
- Yes

Guns

1. Do you generally support gun-control legislation?
- Yes

Health Care

1. Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")?
- No

2. Do you support requiring businesses to provide paid medical leave during public health crises, such as COVID-19?
- Yes

Immigration

1. Do you support the construction of a wall along the Mexican border?
- No

2. Do you support requiring immigrants who are unlawfully present to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship?
- No

National Security

1. Should the United States use military force to prevent governments hostile to the U.S. from possessing a weapon of mass destruction (for example: nuclear, biological, chemical)?
- Unknown Position

2. Do you support reducing military intervention in Middle East conflicts?
- Yes

Trade

Do you generally support removing barriers to international trade (for example: tariffs, quotas, etc.)?
- Yes

Florida State Legislative Election 1998 National Political Awareness Test

Abortion

1. Abortions should always be legally available.
- X

2. Abortions should be legal only within the first trimester of pregnancy.
- No Answer

3. Abortions should be legal only when pregnancy resulted from incest, rape, or when the life of the woman is endangered.
- No Answer

4. Abortions should be legal only when the life of the woman is endangered.
- No Answer

5. Abortions should always be illegal.
- No Answer

6. Abortions should be limited by waiting periods and parental notification requirements.
- No Answer

7. Prohibit the late-term abortion procedure known as "partial-birth" abortion.
- No Answer

8. Support "buffer zones" by requiring demonstrators to stay at least 15 feet away from abortion clinic doorways and driveways.
- No Answer

9. Other
- No Answer

10. Should Florida government funding be provided to clinics and medical facilities that provide abortion services?
- Yes

Affirmative Action

1. College and university admissions
- Yes

2. Public employment
- Undecided

3. State contracting
- Yes

4. Other
- No Answer

Crime

1. Increase state funds for construction of state prisons and for hiring of additional prison staff.
- No Answer

2. Support contracting with private sector firms to build and/or manage state prisons.
- No Answer

3. End parole for repeat violent felons.
- No Answer

4. Support the use of the death penalty.
- X

5. Oppose the death penalty.
- No Answer

6. Implement penalties other than incarceration for certain non-violent offenders.
- X

7. Inform communities when a convicted sex offender moves into the community.
- No Answer

8. Increase state funds for programs which rehabilitate and educate inmates during and after their prison sentences.
- No Answer

9. Decriminalize the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes.
- No Answer

10. Strengthen penalties and sentences for drug-related crimes.
- No Answer

11. Strengthen penalties and sentences for sex offenders.
- No Answer

12. Lower the blood-alcohol-content limit defining drunk driving.
- No Answer

13. Prosecute juveniles who commit murder or other serious violent crimes as adults.
- No Answer

14. Allow recording devices in execution observation rooms.
- No Answer

15. Support chemical castration for convicted sexual offenders.
- No Answer

16. Maintain electrocution as Florida's method of execution.
- No Answer

17. Adopt lethal injection as Florida's method of execution.
- No Answer

18. Other
- No Answer

19. Should violent sexual offenders eligible for parole, be committed to mental hospitals until they are deemed safe to return to society?
- No Answer

Economy and Employment

1. Provide low interest loans and tax credits for starting, expanding, or relocating businesses.
- No Answer

2. Reduce state government regulations on the private sector in order to encourage investment and economic expansion.
- No Answer

3. Support limits on cash damages in lawsuits against businesses and professionals for product liability or malpractice.
- No Answer

4. Increase funding for state job-training programs that retrain displaced workers or teach skills needed in today's job market.
- X

5. Allow Native American tribes to operate gambling casinos on tribal land in Florida.
- No Answer

6. Other
- No Answer

Education

1. Increase state funds for professional development of public school teachers and administrators.
- No Answer

2. Encourage private or corporate investment in public school programs.
- X

3. Provide parents with state-funded vouchers to send their children to any participating school (public, private, religious).
- No Answer

4. Favor charter schools where independent groups receive state authorization and funding to establish new schools.
- No Answer

5. Support sex education programs which stress abstinence.
- X

6. Support sex education programs which stress safe sexual practices.
- X

7. Increase state funds for school construction and facility maintenance.
- X

8. Increase state funds for hiring of additional teachers.
- X

9. Endorse teacher-led voluntary prayer in public schools.
- No Answer

10. Grant merit pay raises each year to teachers who excel.
- X

11. Other
- No Answer

12. Should Florida require that all new state school buses be equipped with passenger seat belts?
- Yes

13. Do you support adding the Bible to high school literature or history curriculums in Florida public schools?
- No

Environment & Energy

1. Require the use of cleaner burning fuels in order to prevent pollution.
- No Answer

2. Support "self-audit" legislation which creates incentives for industries to audit themselves and clean up pollution.
- No Answer

3. Require a cost/benefit analysis to determine the economic impact of proposed environmental regulations before they are implemented.
- No Answer

4. Require the state to fully compensate citizens when environmental regulations limit uses on privately owned land.
- X

5. Provide funding for recycling programs in Florida.
- X

6. Request added flexibility from the federal government in enforcing and funding federal environmental regulations.
- No Answer

7. Suspend participation in unfunded, federally mandated environmental protection legislation.
- No Answer

8. Restructure the electric utility industry to allow consumers to choose their power company.
- No Answer

9. Other
- No Answer

10. State environmental regulations should not be stricter than federal law.
- No

11. Do you support extending the Preservation 2000 program in Florida?
- Yes

Government Reform

1. State Senators and Representatives
- No

2. Governor
- Yes

3. Members of the Cabinet
- Yes

4. Individual
- Yes

5. PAC
- No

6. Corporate
- No

7. Do you support requiring full and timely disclosure of campaign finance information?
- Yes

8. Do you support imposing spending limits on state level political campaigns?
- Yes

9. Do you support partial funding from state taxes for state level political campaigns?
- Yes

10. Would you vote to ratify an amendment to the U.S. Constitution requiring an annual balanced federal budget?
- No

11. Do you support providing immunity from civil liability to persons who are participating in the process of government?
- Yes

12. Should using payroll deductions for political contributions from union members be illegal?
- Yes

13. Other
- No Answer

Gun

1. Ban the sale or transfer of all forms of semi-automatic weapons.
- X

2. Increase state restrictions on the purchase and possession of firearms.
- X

3. Maintain state restrictions on the purchase and possession of firearms.
- No Answer

4. Ease state restrictions on the purchase and possession of firearms.
- No Answer

5. Repeal state restrictions on the purchase and possession of firearms by law-abiding citizens.
- No Answer

6. Favor allowing citizens to carry concealed firearms.
- No Answer

7. Require manufacturers to provide child-safety locks with firearms.
- No Answer

8. Require a waiting period and criminal records check for weapons bought at gun shows.
- X

9. Other
- No Answer

10. Should Florida visitors be permitted to carry concealed weapons if they have permits from other states?
- No

Health

1. Provide tax incentives to small businesses that provide health care to their employees.
- No Answer

2. Ensure that citizens have access to basic health care, through managed care, insurance reforms, or state funded care where necessary.
- No Answer

3. Provide health care to uninsured children by designing a children's health insurance program.
- X

4. Transfer more existing Medicaid recipients into managed care programs.
- No Answer

5. Use state funds to continue some Medicaid coverage for legal immigrants.
- No Answer

6. Limit the amount of damages that can be awarded in medical malpractice lawsuits.
- No Answer

7. Guaranteeing medical care to all citizens is not a responsibility of state government.
- No Answer

8. Require HMOs to provide access to mental health care.
- X

9. Other
- No Answer

Social

1. Increase state funding for programs to prevent teen pregnancy.
- X

2. Provide tax credits for businesses that provide child care for their employees.
- No Answer

3. Increase state funds to provide child care to children in low-income working families.
- X

4. Deny or suspend state-issued permits and licenses to parents who are delinquent in paying court-ordered child support.
- No Answer

5. Favor banning smoking in public places.
- X

6. Allow local municipalities in Florida to ban smoking in public places.
- X

7. Increase state funding for Head Start in order to serve additional children and/or increase services from a half to a full day.
- X

8. Increase state funding for community centers and other social agencies in areas with at-risk youth.
- No Answer

9. Support state funding of programs for at-risk youth such as guaranteed college loans and job training and placement.
- X

10. Require a waiting period between the time a mother consents to adoption and the time the adoption is finalized.
- No Answer

11. Other
- No Answer

12. Do you believe that the Florida government should include sexual orientation in Florida's anti-discrimination laws?
- No Answer

13. Do you believe that the Florida government should recognize same-sex marriages?
- No Answer

14. Should physician-assisted suicide for the terminally ill be legal in Florida?
- No Answer

State Budget

1. Agriculture
- No Answer

2. Economic Development
- No Answer

3. Education (K-12)
- Greatly Increase

4. Education (Higher)
- Slightly Increase

5. Environment
- No Answer

6. Health care
- No Answer

7. Law enforcement
- No Answer

8. Tourism
- No Answer

9. Transportation infrastructure (highways, roads, bridges)
- No Answer

10. Welfare
- No Answer

11. Do you support using state money to fund a proposed bullet train between Miami, Orlando and Tampa?
- No Answer

State Taxes

1. Alcohol Taxes
- No Answer

2. Capital gains taxes
- No Answer

3. Cigarette taxes
- No Answer

4. Corporate taxes
- No Answer

5. Gas taxes
- No Answer

6. Property taxes
- No Answer

7. Sales taxes
- No Answer

8. Other
- No Answer

9. Do you support implementing a state income tax?
- No

Welfare

1. Maintain the four-year limit on welfare benefits.
- No Answer

2. Require that able-bodied recipients participate in work-related activities in order to receive benefits.
- X

3. Increase employment and job training programs for welfare recipients.
- X

4. Provide tax incentives to businesses that hire welfare recipients.
- No Answer

5. Provide child care for welfare recipients who work.
- X

6. Increase access to public transportation for welfare recipients who work.
- X

7. Allow welfare recipients to remain eligible for benefits while saving money for education, starting a business, or buying a home.
- X

8. Limit benefits given to recipients if they have additional children while on welfare.
- No Answer

9. Eliminate government-funded welfare programs.
- No Answer

10. Other
- No Answer

11. Do you support establishing a relocation assistance program for WAGES participants that relocate within the state as long as the relocation contributes to them attaining self-sufficiency?
- Yes

Legislative Priorities

Please explain what your two main legislative priorities will be if elected. Please explain how you would obtain any additional government funding needed to implement these priorities.
- No Answer

2019

Abortion

1. Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation?
- Pro-choice

Budget

1. In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket?
- Yes

2. In order to balance the budget, do you support reducing defense spending?
- Unknown Position

Campaign Finance

1. Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions?
- Yes

Economy

1. Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth?
- Yes

2. Do you support lowering corporate taxes as a means of promoting economic growth?
- No

Education

1. Do you support requiring states to adopt federal education standards?
- Unknown Position

Energy & Environment

1. Do you support government funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, thermal)?
- Yes

2. Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions?
- Yes

Guns

1. Do you generally support gun-control legislation?
- Yes

Health Care

1. Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")?
- No

Immigration

1. Do you support the construction of a wall along the Mexican border?
- No

2. Do you support requiring immigrants who are unlawfully present to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship?
- No

Marijuana

Do you support the legalization of marijuana for recreational purposes?
- Unknown Position

National Security

1. Should the United States use military force in order to prevent governments hostile to the U.S. from possessing a nuclear weapon?
- No

2. Do you support increased American intervention in Middle Eastern conflicts beyond air support?
- No