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Kevin Stine is a Democratic candidate for District 3 of the Oregon State Senate. The primary election is being held on May 15, 2018. The general election will take place on November 6, 2018.
Stine was a 2016 Democratic candidate who sought election to the U.S. Senate from Oregon. Stine was defeated by incumbent Ron Wyden in the Democratic primary.
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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
- Increases on the upper tax brackets is acceptable, although the greater need is to work to eliminate the tax giveaways and loopholes that allow those on the upper income levels to pay a low effective tax rate.
1. Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions?
- Yes
2. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer
1. Do you support capital punishment for certain crimes?
- Yes
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
- Crimes aren't one-size-fits-all. I believe we should give more judicial discretion in terms of levying sentences.
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
- I wouldn't take any of these options off the table, however if implemented, we would need to see what works, and what does not.
1. Do you support requiring states to implement education reforms in order to be eligible for competitive federal grants?
- Yes
2. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer
1. Do you support building the Keystone XL pipeline?
- No
2. Do you support 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
- Climate change being caused by human activity is not a belief system, it is science.
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
- I would prefer that we have a single-payer/Medicare-for-All system. I also believe we should have had the Public Option as part as the ACA. It is clear that the ACA is better than the old system, but we have not gone far enough to ensure that people can receive proper health care.
1. Do you support requiring illegal immigrants to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship?
- No
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 targeting suspected terrorists outside of official theaters of conflict?
- Yes
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
- These options cannot be taken off the table.
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 Decrease
4. Education
- Maintain Status
5. Environment
- Maintain Status
6. Homeland Security
- Slightly Decrease
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
- Greatly 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)
- Maintain Status
5. Excise taxes (cigarettes)
- Maintain Status
6. Excise taxes (transportation fuel)
- Maintain Status
7. Income taxes (low-income families)
- Slightly Decrease
8. Income taxes (middle-income families)
- Slightly Decrease
9. Income taxes (high-income families)
- Slightly Increase
10. Inheritance taxes
- Slightly Increase
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.
- We need to look more deeply at the working class in this country. People that are working 40, 50, 60 hours a week and just getting by. We cannot look at them as "takers" as Paul Ryan classifies them. We must implement policies such as a higher minimum wage and better access to health care. We must decrease the loophole ridden tax code, which allows the very rich in these country to pay low effective tax rates.
