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Louis 'Lou' D. Greenwald
DWon the Primary, 2023 New Jersey State Assembly District 6, Primary Election
Won the General, 2021 New Jersey State Assembly District 6
Won the General, 2019 New Jersey State Assembly District 6
New Jersey State Assembly, District 6 (2018 - Present)
To be claimed
Louis Greenwald’s campaign website highlights the following issues:
| Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding abortion. | |
| a) Abortions should always be illegal. | |
| b) Abortions should always be legal. | |
| c) Abortions should be legal only within the first trimester of pregnancy. | |
| d) Abortions should be legal when the pregnancy resulted from incest or rape. | |
| e) Abortions should be legal when the life of the woman is endangered. | |
| f) Prohibit public funding of abortions and of organizations that advocate or perform abortions. | |
| g) Other or expanded principles | |
| It is a personal decision that should be left up to a woman and her doctor. | |
| State Budget: Indicate the funding levels (#1-6) you will support for the following general categories. Select one level per category. | |
| Greatly Increase | a) Education (Higher) |
| Greatly Increase | b) Education (K-12) |
| Greatly Increase | c) Environment |
| Greatly Increase | d) Health care |
| Greatly Increase | e) Law enforcement |
| Greatly Increase | f) Transportation and highway infrastructure |
| Greatly Increase | g) Welfare |
| h) Other or expanded categories | |
| Given adequate revenues in the state budget, these areas should receive increased funding. | |
| State Taxes: Indicate the tax levels (#1-6) you will support. Select one level per tax. | |
| Maintain Status | a) Alcohol taxes |
| Maintain Status | b) Capital gains taxes |
| Maintain Status | c) Cigarette taxes |
| Maintain Status | d) Corporate taxes |
| Slightly Decrease | e) Income taxes (incomes below $75,000) |
| Maintain Status | f) Income taxes (incomes above $75,000) |
| Slightly Decrease | g) Inheritance taxes |
| Greatly Decrease | h) Property taxes |
| Maintain Status | i) Sales taxes |
| Maintain Status | j) Vehicle taxes |
| k) Other or expanded categories | |
| Undecided | l) Should Internet sales be taxed? |
| No | m) Do you support raising the gasoline tax to help balance the state budget? |
| Undecided | n) Do you support raising the gasoline tax to finance road improvements? |
| No | o) Do you support installing video lottery terminals at the Meadowlands horse track to increase state revenue? |
| Yes | p) Should New Jersey convene a constitutional convention to address its property tax system? |
| Yes | q) Should New Jersey convene a special session of the state legislature to address its property tax system? |
| r) What are your proposals for correcting New Jerseys structural budget deficit? Please use forty (40) words or less. If they require additional funding for implementation, please explain how you would obtain this funding. | |
| As Chairman of the Assembly Budget Committee I led the effort that identified $500 million in savings and efficiences in state government. This effort will continue. | |
| s) Other or expanded principles | |
| Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding campaign finance and government reform. | |
| Yes | a) Do you support the current limit of two consecutive four-year terms for New Jersey governors? |
| Undecided | b) Do you support limiting the number of terms for New Jersey state senators and representatives? |
| c) Do you support limiting the following types of contributions to state legislative and gubernatorial candidates? | |
| Yes | 1) Individual |
| Yes | 2) PAC |
| Yes | 3) Corporate |
| Yes | 4) Political Parties |
| Yes | d) Do you support requiring full and timely disclosure of campaign finance information? |
| Yes | e) Do you support imposing spending limits on state level political campaigns? |
| Yes | f) Do you support adopting statewide standards for counting, verifying, and ensuring accuracy of votes? |
| No | g) Do you support prohibiting the reporting of media exit polling results until all polling locations in New Jersey are closed? |
| Yes | h) Should New Jersey prohibit “wheeling,” the practice of funneling funds into a local campaign from various entities across the state in order to circumvent contribution limits? |
| Yes | i) Should New Jersey prohibit contributors to municipal level campaigns from being awarded state contracts worth more than $17,500? |
| No | j) Should New Jersey prohibit elected officials from holding more than one office at the same time? |
| Yes | k) Should New Jersey amend its constitution to create the office of lieutenant governor? |
| Yes | l) Should New Jersey recognize civil unions between same-sex couples? |
| Undecided | m) Should New Jersey restrict marriage to a union only between a man and a woman? |
| n) Other or expanded principles | |
| Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding crime. | |
| ✕ | a) Increase state funds for construction of state prisons and for hiring of additional prison staff. |
| b) Support the death penalty in New Jersey. | |
| ✕ | c) Support programs to provide prison inmates with vocational and job-related skills and job-placement assistance when released. |
| ✕ | d) End parole for repeat violent offenders. |
| ✕ | e) Implement penalties other than incarceration for certain non-violent offenders. |
| f) Decriminalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana. | |
| g) Strengthen penalties and sentences for drug-related crimes. | |
| h) Minors accused of a violent crime should be prosecuted as adults. | |
| ✕ | i) Increase state funding for community centers and other social agencies in areas with at-risk youth. |
| ✕ | j) Increase funding for state and local emergency agencies to prevent and to respond to terrorist attacks. |
| k) Other or expanded principles | |
| Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding education. | |
| a) Support national standards and testing of public school students. | |
| b) Provide parents with state-funded vouchers to send their children to any public school. | |
| c) Provide parents with state-funded vouchers to send their children to any private or religious school. | |
| ✕ | d) Increase state funds for school capital improvements (e.g. buildings and infrastructure). |
| e) Increase state funds for hiring additional teachers. | |
| ✕ | f) Support teacher testing and reward with merit pay. |
| g) Endorse voluntary prayer in public schools. | |
| h) Require public schools to administer high school exit exams. | |
| i) Provide state funding to increase teacher salaries. | |
| ✕ | j) Increase funding for Head Start programs. |
| ✕ | k) Provide state funding for tax incentives and financial aid to help make college more affordable. |
| ✕ | l) Support sexual education programs that include information on abstinence, contraceptives, and HIV/STD prevention methods. |
| ✕ | m) Support abstinence-only sexual education programs. |
| n) Other or expanded principles | |
| Employment: Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding employment. | |
| ✕ | a) Increase funding for state job-training programs that re-train displaced workers and teach skills needed in today's job market. |
| ✕ | b) Reduce state government regulations on the private sector in order to encourage investment and economic expansion. |
| ✕ | c) Provide low interest loans and tax credits for starting, expanding, or relocating businesses. |
| ✕ | d) Provide tax credits for businesses that provide child care for children in low-income working families. |
| ✕ | e) Increase state funds to provide child care for children in low-income working families. |
| f) Other or expanded principles | |
| Affirmative Action: Should race, ethnicity or gender be taken into account in state agencies' decisions on: | |
| a) Public employment | |
| b) State college and university admissions | |
| c) State contracting | |
| d) Other or expanded principles | |
| Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding the environment and energy. | |
| ✕ | a) Promote increased use of alternative fuel technology. |
| ✕ | b) Support increased production of traditional domestic energy sources (e.g. coal, natural gas, and oil). |
| ✕ | c) Use state funds to clean up former industrial and commercial sites that are contaminated, unused, or abandoned. |
| ✕ | d) Support funding for open space preservation. |
| ✕ | e) Enact environmental regulations even if they are stricter than federal law. |
| f) Other or expanded principles | |
| Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding guns. | |
| ✕ | a) Maintain and strengthen the enforcement of existing state restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns. |
| b) Ease state restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns. | |
| c) Repeal state restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns. | |
| d) Allow citizens to carry concealed guns. | |
| ✕ | e) Require manufacturers to provide child-safety locks on guns. |
| ✕ | f) Require background checks on gun sales between private citizens at gun shows. |
| ✕ | g) Support current licensing requirements for gun possession. |
| h) Other or expanded principles | |
| Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding health. | |
| ✕ | a) Ensure that citizens have access to basic health care through managed care, insurance reforms, or state-funded care where necessary. |
| b) Transfer more existing Medicaid recipients into managed care programs. | |
| c) Limit the amount of punitive damages that can be awarded in medical malpractice lawsuits. | |
| ✕ | d) Support patients' right to sue their HMOs. |
| ✕ | e) Support patients' right to appeal to an administrative board of specialists when services are denied. |
| f) Guaranteed medical care to all citizens is not a responsibility of state government. | |
| g) Legalize physician assisted suicide in New Jersey. | |
| h) Allow doctors to prescribe marijuana to their patients for medicinal purposes. | |
| ✕ | i) Support a $200 million housing trust fund for individuals with mental illness or other disabilities. |
| ✕ | j) Forgive up to $20,000 in student loans for New Jersey residents who work in a state, county, or non-profit mental health or social service agency. |
| ✕ | k) Allocate $150 million in capital funds to build a stem cell institute in New Jersey. |
| ✕ | l) Support a $230 million bond referendum to increase funding for stem cell research. |
| m) Other or expanded principles | |
| Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding welfare and poverty. | |
| ✕ | a) Support increased work requirements for able-bodied welfare recipients. |
| ✕ | b) Increase funding for employment and job training programs for welfare recipients. |
| ✕ | c) Increase access to public transportation for welfare recipients who work. |
| ✕ | d) Support current limits on benefits given to recipients if they have additional children while on welfare. |
| e) Redirect welfare funding to faith-based and community-based private organizations. | |
| ✕ | f) Use federal TANF (Temporary Assistance to Needy Families) funds to extend health and child care subsidies to the working poor. |
| g) Support marriage promotion programs for welfare recipients. | |
| h) Eliminate government-funded welfare programs. | |
| i) Other or expanded principles | |
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