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Former Member, Administrative Procedures Committee, Florida State Senate
Former Member, Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development, Florida State Senate
Former Member, Commerce and Tourism Committee, Florida State Senate
Former Member, Community Affairs Committee, Florida State Senate
Former Member, Ethics and Elections, Florida State Senate
Former Member, Transportation Committee, Florida State Senate
Former Member, Administrative Procedures Committee, Florida State Senate
Former Member, Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development, Florida State Senate
Former Member, Commerce and Tourism Committee, Florida State Senate
Former Member, Community Affairs Committee, Florida State Senate
Former Member, Ethics and Elections, Florida State Senate
Former Member, Transportation Committee, Florida State Senate
Commissioner, Florida Commission on Human Relations, 1987-2001
Member, Joint Committee on Public Counsel Oversight
Member, Subcommittee on Civil Justice
Member, Subcommittee on PreK-12 Quality
Ranking Minority Member, Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure
— Awards:
Favorite Musician:
Jazz
1. Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation?
- Pro-choice
2. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer
1. In order to balance the budget, do you support reducing defense spending?
- Yes
2. In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket?
- Yes
3. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer
1. Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions?
- No
2. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer
1. Do you support capital punishment for certain crimes?
- No
2. Do you support alternatives to incarceration for certain non-violent offenders such as mandatory counseling or substance abuse treatment?
- Yes
3. Do you support mandatory minimum sentences for non-violent drug offenders?
- No
4. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer
1. Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth?
- Yes
2. Do you support lowering taxes as a means of promoting economic growth?
- Yes
3. Do you support providing tax incentives to businesses for the purpose of job creation?
- Yes
4. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer
1. Do you generally support requiring states to adopt federal education standards?
- Unknown Position
2. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer
1. Do you support building the Keystone XL pipeline?
- No
2. Do you support government funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, thermal)?
- Yes
3. Do you support increased regulations on the hydraulic fracturing ("fracking") industry?
- Yes
4. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer
1. Do you believe that human activity is contributing to climate change?
- Yes
2. Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions?
- Yes
3. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer
1. Do you generally support gun-control legislation?
- Yes
2. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer
1. Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")?
- No
2. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer
1. Do you support requiring immigrants who are unlawfully present to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship?
- Unknown Position
2. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer
1. Do you support same-sex marriage?
- Yes
2. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer
1. Do you support increased American intervention in Iraq and Syria beyond air support?
- Unknown Position
2. Should the U.S use military force in order to prevent governments hostile to the United States from possessing a nuclear weapon?
- Yes
3. Other or expanded principles
- I feel that this use of force should be a last resort, in a targeted action to deter said governments from seeking to possess a nuclear weapon; diplomacy, or working with our allies in concert to coerce hostile governments should come first.
1. Do you support allowing individuals to divert a portion of their Social Security taxes into personal retirement accounts?
- Yes
2. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer
1. Agriculture
- Maintain Status
2. Arts
- Slightly Increase
3. Defense
- Slightly Increase
4. Education
- Greatly Increase
5. Environment
- Slightly Increase
6. Homeland Security
- Slightly Increase
7. International aid
- Maintain Status
8. Medical Research
- Slightly Increase
9. Scientific Research
- Slightly Increase
10. Space exploration
- Maintain Status
11. United Nations
- Maintain Status
12. Welfare
- Slightly Increase
13. Other or expanded categories
- No Answer
1. Capital gains taxes
- Slightly Increase
2. Corporate taxes
- Slightly Increase
3. Small business taxes
- Slightly Decrease
4. Excise taxes (alcohol)
- Slightly Increase
5. Excise taxes (cigarettes)
- Slightly Increase
6. Excise taxes (transportation fuel)
- Slightly Increase
7. Income taxes (low-income families)
- Greatly Decrease
8. Income taxes (middle-income families)
- Greatly Decrease
9. Income taxes (high-income families)
- Slightly Increase
10. Inheritance taxes
- Maintain Status
11. Payroll taxes
- Maintain Status
12. Other or expanded categories
- No Answer
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.
- I would support initiatives that would create jobs, and make higher education affordable, as well as allow students to graduate debt-free.
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