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Roy Cooper III
DWon the General, 2020 North Carolina Governor
Won the General, 2016 North Carolina Governor
North Carolina Governor (2017 - Present)
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1. Abortions should always be legally available.
- No Answer
2. Abortions should be legally available when the procedure is completed within the first trimester of pregnancy.
- X
3. Abortions should be legal only when the 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. Should North Carolina government funding be provided to clinics and medical facilities that provide abortion services?
- Yes
8. Other
- No Answer
1. North Carolina government should prosecute cases of discrimination in the public and private sectors.
- X
2. North Carolina government should provide no affirmative action programs.
- No Answer
3. North Carolina should increase its efforts to integrate the state's system of higher education.
- No Answer
4. Do you believe that North Carolina government should recognize same-sex marriages?
- No
5. Do you believe that North Carolina government should add sexual orientation to the state's anti-discrimination laws?
- No
6. Other
- No Answer
1. Increase state funding for programs to prevent teen pregnancy.
- X
2. Provide tax credits for businesses that provide child care for their employees.
- X
3. Deny or suspend state-issued permits and licenses to parents who are delinquent in paying court-ordered child support.
- X
4. Advocate stricter child labor laws which would not allow teens to work in high crime or high risk situations.
- No Answer
5. Other
- No Answer
1. Increase state funds for construction of state prisons and for hiring of additional prison staff.
- X
2. Expand and promote "community policing" programs.
- X
3. Support "truth in sentencing" for violent criminals so they serve their full sentences with no chance of parole.
- X
4. Expand the use of the death penalty for additional circumstances relating to murder.
- X
5. Oppose the death penalty.
- No Answer
6. Implement penalties other than incarceration (e.g. community service, work programs, house arrest) for non-violent offenders.
- X
7. Require mandatory life sentences for third-time, violent felons.
- X
8. Inform communities when a convicted sex offender moves into the community.
- X
9. Increase state funds for programs which rehabilitate and educate inmates during and after their prison sentences.
- No Answer
10. Decriminalize the possession and private use of certain illegal drugs such as marijuana.
- No Answer
11. Strengthen penalties and sentences associated with drug-related crimes.
- X
12. Implement chain gangs in which prison inmates work together in chained work groups.
- No Answer
13. Support contracting with private sector firms to manage state prisons.
- No Answer
14. Advocate the use of prison inmate labor for public works projects such as prison construction.
- X
15. Toughen and strictly enforce penalties for those committing "hate crimes" directed against a specific group.
- No Answer
16. Require prison inmates to pay for their incarceration.
- X
17. Other
- No Answer
1. Prosecute juveniles who commit murder or other serious, violent crimes as adults.
- X
2. Provide state funding for military-style "boot-camps" as alternatives to incarceration for juvenile first-time felons.
- X
3. Increase state funding for community centers and other social agencies in areas with at-risk youth.
- X
4. Support state funding of programs for at-risk youth such as guaranteed college loans and job training and placement.
- X
5. Support mandatory curfews for minors in high crime areas.
- No Answer
6. Other
- No Answer
1. Increase state funds for improving the state's transportation system, including major roadways, railways, and airports.
- X
2. Provide low interest loans and tax credits for expanding, start-up, or relocating businesses.
- X
3. Do not provide loans, tax credits or other incentives to expanding, start-up, or relocating businesses.
- No Answer
4. Expand legalized gambling (e.g. casino gambling, state lottery, slot machines).
- No Answer
5. Reduce state government regulations on the private sector.
- No Answer
6. Remove state government controls or caps from wages, prices, rents, profits, production, and interest rates.
- No Answer
7. Support limits on cash damages in lawsuits against businesses and professionals for product liability or malpractice.
- No Answer
8. Increase state funding for programs to re-train unemployed workers.
- X
9. Provide tax incentives to attract out-of-state businesses to relocate to North Carolina.
- X
10. Do you support expanding the state's workers' compensation law to include full coverage for all agricultural workers?
- No Answer
11. Other
- No Answer
1. Increase state funds for professional development and salaries of public school faculty.
- X
2. Endorse teacher-led voluntary school prayer in public schools.
- No Answer
3. Encourage private or corporate investment in certain public school programs.
- X
4. Provide parents with state-funded vouchers to send their children to any participating school (public, private, religious, technical).
- No Answer
5. Implement charter schools where teachers and other professionals receive state authorization and funding to establish new schools.
- X
6. Require the use of state-wide achievement standards for all North Carolina public schools.
- X
7. Emphasize local control of education as long as the school district meets state health and safety standards.
- X
8. Support sex education programs which stress abstinence.
- X
9. Support sex education programs which stress safe sexual practices.
- No Answer
10. Support a school choice program which allows parents to choose which public school their child(ren) should attend.
- No Answer
11. Increase state funds for school security (e.g. metal detectors, truancy officers).
- X
12. Other
- No Answer
1. Enact tougher environmental standards to encourage the sale of cleaner burning fuels in North Carolina.
- No Answer
2. Support "self-audit" legislation which creates incentives for polluting industries to audit themselves and clean up pollution.
- No Answer
3. Require a cost/benefit analysis be completed on the economic impact of proposed environmental regulations before they are implemented.
- X
4. Require the state to reimburse citizens when state-sponsored environmental regulations limit the use of privately owned land.
- No Answer
5. Provide funding for recycling programs in North Carolina.
- X
6. Request flexibility from the federal government in enforcing and funding environmental regulations.
- No Answer
7. Suspend North Carolina's participation in unfunded, federally mandated environmental protection legislation.
- No Answer
8. Maintain minimum environmental quality as mandated by current federal regulations.
- X
9. Support the current system which automatically awards permits to hog farms which have a certified waste management plan.
- No Answer
10. Toughen the permit process for hog farms by requiring owners to pay an application fee and implement state-regulated "Best Management Practice" waste cleanup standards.
- X
11. Increase funds to clean up the Newse River.
- X
12. Enforce stricter standards requiring physical barriers between agricultural and residential property and the Newse River.
- No Answer
13. Do you support continuing North Carolina's status as a host state for commercial low-level radioactive waste disposal?
- No
14. Other
- No Answer
1. Would you support amending the North Carolina Constitution to limit the terms of State Senators and Representatives?
- Yes
2. Do you support the current law which limits the North Carolina Governor's terms to a maximum of two consecutive four-year terms?
- Yes
3. Do you support amending the U.S. Constitution to require an annual balanced federal budget?
- Yes
4. Do you support requiring limits on individual contributions to state legislative candidates?
- Yes
5. Do you support requiring limits on PAC contributions to state legislative candidates?
- Yes
6. Do you support requiring limits on corporate contributions to state legislative candidates?
- Yes
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?
- Undecided
10. Other
- No Answer
1. Support expanding the nationwide federal ban on the public sale of assault weapons to include all forms of semi-automatic weapons.
- No Answer
2. Increase state restrictions on the purchase and possession of firearms.
- No Answer
3. Maintain all state registration procedures and state restrictions on possessing firearms.
- X
4. Ease state procedures and restrictions on the purchase and registration of firearms.
- No Answer
5. Repeal all state bans and measures that restrict law-abiding citizens from obtaining firearms.
- No Answer
6. Continue to allow law-abiding citizens to carry concealed firearms.
- X
7. Other
- No Answer
1. Expand state funding for pre-natal and infant care programs available in the state, including immunizations.
- X
2. Provide tax incentives to assist small businesses in providing health care to their employees.
- X
3. Ensure that North Carolina's citizens have access to basic health care, through managed care, insurance reforms, or state funded care where necessary.
- X
4. Guaranteeing medical care to all citizens is not a responsibility of state government.
- No Answer
5. Limit the amount of damages that can be awarded in medical malpractice lawsuits.
- No Answer
6. Support legislation requiring health insurance providers to cover certain medical expenses (e.g. 48-hr. hospital stay for mothers after childbirth).
- X
7. Impose and enforce stricter state regulations on nursing and long-term care facilities for seniors to ensure they provide proper care.
- X
8. Other
- No Answer
1. Abortion
- Maintain Status
2. Affirmative Action
- Maintain Status
3. Agriculture
- Maintain Status
4. AIDS Programs
- Maintain Status
5. Education
- Greatly Increase
6. Environment
- Greatly Increase
7. Health care
- Maintain Status
8. Law enforcement
- Slightly Increase
9. "Smart Start" - Program which provides child care, nutrition and preschool education to all North Carolina children.
- Greatly Increase
10. Welfare
- Slightly Decrease
11. Other
- No Answer
1. Alcohol Taxes
- Maintain Status
2. Business Taxes
- Slightly Decrease
3. Capital gains taxes
- Maintain Status
4. Income Taxes(incomes less than $75,000)
- Slightly Decrease
5. Income Taxes(incomes greater than $75,000)
- Maintain Status
6. Property taxes
- Maintain Status
7. Sales taxes
- Maintain Status
8. Sales Tax on groceries
- Slightly Decrease
9. State Fees
- Maintain Status
10. Other
- No Answer
11. Do you support a flat tax structure for state income taxes?
- No
1. Provide child care services to welfare recipients who work or attend school.
- X
2. Allow welfare recipients with small children to work and still receive state-funded health care and child care until they become self-sufficient.
- X
3. Require that able-bodied welfare recipients receive job training, attend school, or work in order to receive welfare benefits.
- X
4. Require that unwed mothers under the age of 18 attend school and live with a parent or guardian (if possible) to receive welfare benefits.
- X
5. Limit the welfare benefits given to recipients if they have additional children.
- X
6. Provide two-parent families living in poverty the same welfare benefits as one-parent families.
- X
7. Eliminate government-funded welfare and advocate privately funded assistance to people in need.
- No Answer
8. Impose a two-year limit on welfare benefits for recipients who are able to work.
- X
9. Support a "workfare" program in which welfare recipients are required to work in order to receive benefits.
- X
10. Other
- No Answer
Explain what your two main legislative priorities will be if elected to the North Carolina State Legislature. If any of your priorities will require additional government funding, explain how you intend to obtain the additional funding.
- No Answer
By Gov. Roy Cooper North Carolina has seen more than its fair share of devastating storms, particularly in the past few years. When hurricane season comes around, we don't have the luxury of sitting back and seeing how it goes -- even when we're in the middle of a global pandemic -- we have to be ready. A hurricane on top of the COVID-19 pandemic is double trouble. For months, North Carolinians have been strong to get through this pandemic. As Hurricane Isaias barreled down on North Carolina, North Carolinians had to dig even deeper. But the people of our state have shown their resilience in handling both of these crises at once, especially our emergency managers and first responders. During a normal year, they spend months preparing evacuation plans and protocols for sheltering, immediate response and clean up. This year, they did all this while balancing the work responding to the pandemic and getting personal protective equipment and screening plans in place for our shelters. To say this is a tough balance is an understatement. But when Isaias put North Carolina in its sights, it's clear these months of preparation weren't in vain. Shelters had social distancing protocols in place. Anyone who came in was screened, and there were plans to help anyone with symptoms isolate safely while sheltering. Rescue teams and first responders from all across the state stepped up to help, and they were strategically positioned across eastern North Carolina to be ready. When Isaias crossed our shores last week, they were able to get to people who were trapped, rescuing them and getting them to medical care. Still, no amount of preparation can fully stop the devastation these storms cause. In Bertie County, Isaias spawned a deadly tornado that took the lives of two people and destroyed a neighborhood. We mourn for those we lost and their families. I visited Bertie County and Brunswick County after the storm. I saw the aftermath of destroyed homes and shattered lives. Just like always, we need to support these communities in the coming months as they rebuild. In one of the most heavily damaged areas, I met a mom and daughter who were thrown from their mobile home. They weren't hurt but lost most of what they had. And even after facing this devastation, the mom was thanking God for her life and the life of her daughter. I've seen this glimmer of hope before -- it shines brightly every time North Carolinians face a challenge. We hope there's not another hurricane this year. But we can't wish away future storms. If we could, North Carolinians would have done so long ago. So our rescue teams and emergency management leaders will stay vigilant. We'll keep working hard to make sure we are ready if disaster strikes again. And I know the people of our state are going to work together, helping family, friends and neighbors through this hurricane season and any other challenge that comes our way. These hard times -- the pandemic and Isaias recovery -- they won't last forever. But our strength and resilience will.
Next week, thousands of North Carolinians who are out of work due to COVID-19 will see a drastic reduction in their unemployment benefits despite this pandemic being far from over. The additional $600 a week unemployed workers have received from the Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation program has been a lifeline for struggling families and communities over these past few months. But unless the federal government acts quickly, these benefits will expire this weekend and many people will be without money they need to pay bills and provide for their families. I am urging Congress to do the right thing for the health of our families and the health of our economy by extending this critical program. The people who rely on these benefits are out of work through no fault of their own. We've seen COVID-19 create the highest unemployment since World War II and completely change our way of life. But it hasn't changed the fact that people still need to pay their rent, put food on the table and make ends meet. The federal government agreed to send an additional $600 to unemployed workers back in March. It's irresponsible for Congress and the president to stop providing this critical support now when the virus still is spreading rapidly and states, especially in the South, are seeing record high case counts. Hospitals and ICU beds are full in Florida and Texas, and the virus is worse than it was in March and April. North Carolina still has hospital capacity, but we know how quickly that could change. It's not safe for some people to go back to work and many don't have jobs to return to yet. Benefits from the Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation program have not only helped people pay their bills -- they've been critical to the health of our local businesses when unemployed people use their benefits to put money into the economy by purchasing food, paying rent and buying other necessities. So far, between the state and federal benefits, North Carolina has paid over 815,000 people more than $6.2 billion dollars here in our state. And this spring, my administration took executive action to make sure these benefits were accessible to more furloughed North Carolinians. This funding has a multiplier effect on our communities, going from families' pockets back into local small businesses, which helps keep our economy afloat. If these benefits are cut off, it will hurt the unemployed as well as our local economies. This extra $600 has been particularly important in North Carolina. Several years ago, our state legislature slashed unemployment insurance benefits to one of the lowest in the nation and made them available for only 12 weeks. By comparison, a South Carolinian can receive benefits for up to 20 weeks and a Virginian for up to 26 weeks. Legislators had the opportunity to change this during their last session but did not. I urge our legislature to re-evaluate our state's own unemployment compensation when they return. But, right now, North Carolinians need immediate action from Congress and the president. For months, we have asked people to do their part to fight this virus -- wear masks, set aside family traditions, become homeschool teachers overnight. Now it's time for Washington to do its part and support the people and families who have made these sacrifices.
