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Former Chair, Appropriations Committee, Michigan State House of Representatives
Former Chair, House Fiscal Agency Governing Committee, Michigan State House of Representatives
Former Member, Roads and Economic Development Committee, Michigan State House of Representatives
Secretary, Southwest Michigan Regional Sewer and Water Authority
Former Vice Chair, Subcommittee on Joint Capital Outlay, Michigan State House of Representatives
Former Chair, Subcommittee on Supplementals, Michigan State House of Representatives
Trustee, Lincoln Township Board, 2000-2008
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1. Do you consider yourself pro-choice or pro-life?
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2. Should abortion be legal only within the first trimester of pregnancy?
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3. Should abortion be legal when the pregnancy resulted from incest or rape?
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4. Should abortion be legal when the life of the woman is endangered?
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5. Do you support requiring parental notification before an abortion is performed on a minor?
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6. Do you support requiring parental consent before an abortion is performed on a minor?
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7. Do you support sexual education programs that include information on abstinence, contraceptives, and HIV/STD prevention methods?
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8. Do you support abstinence-only sexual education programs?
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9. Other or expanded principles
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1. Education (Higher)
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2. Education (K-12)
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3. Environment
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4. Health care
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5. Law enforcement
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6. Transportation and Highway infrastructure
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7. Welfare
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8. Other or expanded categories
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9. Alcohol taxes
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10. Cigarette taxes
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11. Corporate taxes
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12. Gasoline taxes
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13. Property taxes
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14. Sales taxes
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15. Income taxes (low-income families)
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16. Income taxes (middle-income families)
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17. Income taxes (high-income families)
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18. Tapping into Michigan's "rainy day" fund
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19. Instituting a tax on physicians
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20. Extending the sales tax to more services
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21. Issuing the early release of certain non-violent offenders
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22. Increasing tuition rates at public universities
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23. Instituting mandatory furloughs and layoffs for state employees
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24. Reducing benefits for Medicaid recipients
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25. Privatizing certain government services
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26. Other or expanded principles
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1. Do you support limits on the number of terms for Michigan governors?
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2. Do you support limits on the number of terms for Michigan state legislators?
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3. Individual
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4. Political Action Committee
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5. Corporate
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6. Political Party
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7. Should candidates for state office be encouraged to meet voluntary spending limits?
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8. Do you support requiring full and timely disclosure of campaign finance information?
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9. Other or expanded principles
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1. Do you support capital punishment for certain crimes?
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2. Do you support alternatives to incarceration for certain non-violent offenders, such as mandatory counseling or substance abuse treatment?
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3. Should the possession of small amounts of marijuana be decriminalized?
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4. Should a minor accused of a violent crime be prosecuted as an adult?
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5. Should a minor who sends sexually-explicit or nude photos by cell phone face criminal charges?
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6. Do you support repealing the state's motorcycle helmet law?
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7. Do you support the enforcement of federal immigration laws by state and local police?
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8. Other or expanded principles
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1. Do you support reducing government regulations on the private sector?
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2. Do you support state regulation of the auto insurance industry?
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3. Do you support increased state funding for job-training programs that re-train displaced workers?
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4. Do you support expanding access to unemployment benefits?
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5. Do you support providing financial incentives to the private sector for the purpose of job creation?
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6. Do you support increased spending on infrastructure projects for the purpose of job creation?
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7. Do you support providing direct financial assistance to homeowners facing foreclosure?
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8. Other or expanded principles
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1. Do you support national education standards?
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2. Do you support requiring public schools to administer high school exit exams?
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3. Do you support using a merit pay system for teachers?
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4. Do you support state funding for charter schools?
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5. Do you support the state government providing college students with financial aid?
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6. Should illegal immigrants who graduate from Michigan high schools be eligible for in-state tuition at public universities?
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7. Other or expanded principles
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1. Do you support state funding for the development of alternative energy?
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2. Do you support state funding for the development of traditional domestic energy sources (e.g. coal, natural gas, oil)?
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3. Do you support providing financial incentives to farms that produce biofuel crops?
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4. Do you support state funding for improvements to Michigan's energy infrastructure?
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5. Do you support state funding for open space preservation?
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6. Do you support enacting environmental regulations aimed at reducing the effects of climate change?
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7. Other or expanded principles
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1. Do you support restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns?
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2. Do you support requiring background checks on gun sales between private citizens at gun shows?
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3. Do you support allowing individuals to carry concealed guns?
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4. Do you support requiring a license for gun possession?
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5. Other or expanded principles
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1. Do you support a universally-accessible, publicly-administered health insurance option?
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2. Do you support expanding access to health care through commercial health insurance reform?
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3. Do you support interstate health insurance compacts?
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4. Should individuals be required to purchase health care insurance?
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5. Do you support monetary limits on damages that can be collected in malpractice lawsuits?
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6. Do you support legalizing physician-assisted suicide in Michigan?
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7. Do you support allowing doctors to prescribe marijuana to their patients for medicinal purposes?
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8. Other or expanded principles
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1. Should marriage only be between one man and one woman?
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2. Should Michigan allow same-sex couples to form civil unions?
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3. Do you support state funding for stem cell research?
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4. Do you support state funding for embryonic stem cell research?
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5. Do you support the state's use of affirmative action?
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6. Do you support the inclusion of sexual orientation in Michigan's anti-discrimination laws?
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7. Do you support the inclusion of gender identity in Michigan's anti-discrimination laws?
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8. Should legal counsel for indigent defendants be managed by the state?
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9. Other or expanded principles
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Please explain in a total of 100 words or less, your top two or three priorities if elected. If they require additional funding for implementation, please explain how you would obtain this funding.
- Michigan needs financial and budget reform that includes two year budgets, a reduction in size of state government, and quarterly survey of business to track trends. To become more competitive, we need to have a tax and regulatory reform, and provide a stable and predictable tax environment. Michigan has great assets such as the Great Lakes, strong universities, and agriculture - those assets need to be leveraged to attract people back to the State. We need to partner with universities and grow the venture capital pool.
