Indiana 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?
- Yes

3. Do you support the prohibition of public funds for organizations that perform abortions?
- No

4. Other or expanded principles
- (a) Personally abortion is a procedure I would not encourage. (b) There are many reasons a person contemplating this has to take into consideration. It is a decision those involved directly has to make. Before it was legal reports of back room and self abortions caused more complications and unintended results that could have been avoided in a hospital/clinic setting. (c) Those organizations also preform need health services for low income women and with out that health issues and pregnancies would increase.

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

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

5. Other or expanded principles
- Balanced budgeet should not be on the backs of hard working middle class. I did not not answer (d) as there are additional areas of possible revenue, such as closing tax loopholes that should be addressed as well.

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?
- Yes

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

5. Other or expanded principles
- (d) I also support making it easier to obtain those ID's.

Crime & Public Safety

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

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

3. Should a minor accused of a violent crime be prosecuted as an adult?
- Yes

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

5. Do you support legislation to define and establish penalties for hate crimes?
- Yes

6. Other or expanded principles
- (a) Due to improvement in evidence procedures and new evidence some of those sentenced have been proven innocent. (b) There needs to be more data to make an informed decision. (c) This is a tough one as violent crime needs to be defined in more detail. (d) If an arrest is made and it is found that person has an outstanding federal warrant then that person should be held for and then turned over to federal authorities. State and local law enforcement should not do federal law enforcement job. (e) Hate/bias crimes must be addressed.

Economic

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

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

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?
- No

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

7. Other or expanded principles
- (a) It takes money to promote growth in public as it does in private sector. (b) This is too broad of a question. Economic growth is important, but it depends on what tax area being lowered and how that would effect people. (c) I would if it does not put an undue strain on other sectors. (d) I would support more retraining those capable of working. (e) I would support it if testing positive they are placed into a rehab program. (f) I would support moving toward livable wages.

Education

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

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

3. Should immigrants unlawfully present in the United States who graduate from Indiana high schools be eligible for in-state tuition at public universities?
- Yes

4. Do you support increasing funding for the state education budget?
- Yes

5. Other or expanded principles
- (a) College and career ready standards should be set by local officials and teachers. (b) Charter schools are not working. (c) After graduating from an Indiana HS there should be a pathway to citizenship that would allow them to become eligible for instate tuition. (d) Education is the basis of everything and if it is not adequately funded, all areas will suffer.

Environment & Energy

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

2. Do you support state government regulations of greenhouse gas emissions?
- Yes

3. Do you support increasing state funding for clean drinking water initiatives?
- Yes

4. Other or expanded principles
- Alternative energy and a safe clean environment is of the utmost importance.

Gun

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

2. Should background checks be required on gun sales between private citizens at gun shows?
- Yes

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

4. Should a license be required for gun ownership?
- Yes

5. Other or expanded principles
- (a) I do not generally support or oppose anything. I and most Hoosiers support looking at common sense guidlines to gun access. (b) Most people do not object to backgroud checks. (c) This is a poorly strucured question. The vast majority teachers I talked to agree that arming teaches is a formula for somthing bad to happen. (d) Guns should be traceable back to their owner.

Health

1. Should the state government increase funding for treatment facilities to combat opioid abuse?
- Yes

2. Do you support Medicaid expansion through Indiana's health care programs?
- Yes

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?
- Yes

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

6. Other or expanded principles
- (a) Drug abuse is raising. In order to reduce it there needs to be options available for treatment. There are other options than just building more facilities, (b) Medicaid application process needs to be streamlined as I have seen many people that truly need these benefits take too long to be approved. (e) This a decision each person must make. There are means to intervene should a minor's life be in jeopardy.

Social

1. Do you support the inclusion of sexual orientation in Indiana's anti-discrimination laws?
- Yes

2. Do you support the inclusion of gender identity in Indiana's anti-discrimination laws?
- Yes

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

4. Other or expanded principles
- (a and b) Anti-discrimation laws should include everyone. (c) Equal pay for equal work and equal qualifications.

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.
- 1. Education must be addressed. Students are over tested and that data is not available in a timely manor to use as intervention. Charter and virtual schools are not working. Vouchers are a way to finance a second school system that the state should not be doing. 2. A completive business climate that BOTH business and its workers can survive and thrive, 3. Infrastructure including internet services in rural areas to bring Hoosiers to a level playing field to compete,