Kansas State Legislative Election 2018 Political Courage Test

Abortion & Reproductive

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

2. Should abortion be legal when the pregnancy resulted from incest or rape?
- No Answer

3. Do you support the prohibition of public funds for organizations that perform abortions?
- Yes

4. Other or expanded principles
- b) When the crimes of incest or rape are committed the baby is completely innocent and does not deserve the death penalty. Science proves that a baby is not a part of the man or woman but is a distinct person with their own DNA.

Budget, Spending, & Tax

1. Reducing state employee salaries AND/OR pensions?
- No

2. Instituting mandatory furloughs AND/OR layoffs for state employees?
- No

3. Reducing benefits for Medicaid recipients?
- No Answer

4. An income tax increase on any tax bracket?
- No

5. Other or expanded principles
- Cut wasteful spending.

Campaign Finance & Government Reform

1. Do you support any limits on campaign contributions to state candidates?
- Yes

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

3. Do you support the use of an independent AND/OR bipartisan commission for redistricting?
- No Answer

4. Do you support requiring a government-issued photo identification in order to vote at the polls?
- Yes

5. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Crime & Public Safety

1. Do you support capital punishment for certain crimes?
- No Answer

2. Do you support the legalization of marijuana for recreational purposes?
- No

3. Should a minor accused of a violent crime be prosecuted as an adult?
- No Answer

4. Do you support the enforcement of federal immigration laws by state and local police?
- No Answer

5. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Economic

1. Do you support state government spending as a means of promoting economic growth?
- No

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

3. Do you support reducing state government regulations on the private sector?
- No Answer

4. Do you support expanding access to unemployment benefits?
- No

5. Do you support requiring welfare applicants to pass a drug test in order to receive benefits?
- Yes

6. Do you support an increase of the minimum wage of Kansas?
- Yes

7. Do you support setting a maximum interest rate lenders are permitted to charge on payday loans?
- Yes

8. Other or expanded principles
- e) unless the applicant is on a prescription medication which might skew the test results

Education

1. Do you support adopting federal education standards in Kansas?
- No Answer

2. Do you support state funding for charter schools?
- No Answer

3. Should immigrants unlawfully present in the United States who graduate from Kansas high schools be eligible for in-state tuition at public universities?
- No Answer

4. Do you support increasing funding for the state education budget?
- No Answer

5. Other or expanded principles
- d) depends on whether there are more children in school than previous year. School boards must show some common sense and stop paying superintendents and administrators outrageously high salaries ($300,000), and share the payroll with starving teachers, instructors, paras, food servers, maintenance workers, and other school employees.

Environment & Energy

1. Do you support state funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, thermal)?
- No

2. Do you support state government regulations of greenhouse gas emissions?
- No

3. Do you support increasing state funding for clean drinking water initiatives?
- No Answer

4. Other or expanded principles
- c) We must ensure drinking water is safe and clean. We must take care of the environment.

Gun

1. Do you generally support gun-control legislation?
- No

2. Should background checks be required on gun sales between private citizens at gun shows?
- No Answer

3. Should teachers be allowed to bring guns into the classroom?
- No Answer

4. Should a license be required for gun ownership?
- No

5. Other or expanded principles
- We must protect our children in schools through better security.

Health

1. Should the state government increase funding for treatment facilities to combat opioid abuse?
- No Answer

2. Do you support Medicaid expansion through Kansas's health care programs?
- No Answer

3. Do you support requiring individuals to purchase health care insurance?
- No

4. Do you support legislation that grants citizens the right to choose to die through euthanasia?
- No

5. Do you support eliminating religious exemptions for vaccinations?
- No

6. Should able-bodied Medicaid recipients meet a work requirement to be eligible for benefits?
- Yes

7. Other or expanded principles
- f) I would think that a young "able-bodied" person, as you say in the question, would have a job already. I am not currently in state government but I would think that would already be required.

Social

1. Do you support the inclusion of sexual orientation in Kansas's anti-discrimination laws?
- No Answer

2. Do you support the inclusion of gender identity in Kansas's anti-discrimination laws?
- No Answer

3. Do you support greater efforts by Kansas state government in closing the pay gap between men and women?
- Yes

4. Other or expanded principles
- These seem to ask whether state government can enforce human thought or attitudes toward specific "orientation" and "identity" groups. I would not support requiring the disclosure of sex and personal issues on employment applications, government assistance requests, and other records. I would not support government mandated culture change as it applies to sex (not race). Social engineering is something best left out of government record requirements, regulation and enforcement. There are federal laws that have already covered workplace EEOC issues concerning gender and race. Employers should pay everyone a fair wage for the work they can do, no matter what.

Legislative Priorities

In the following area, 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.
- Great business climate for the creation of more jobs through less needless regulation, without reducing workplace safetyContinue quality public schools and focus on better salaries for teachers (non-administrators), and school employeesContinue support for Kansas School for Deaf and CommunitySupport health insurance coverage of pre-existing conditions, and lowering the cost of prescriptions