West Virginia 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?
- No Answer

3. Do you support the prohibition of public funds for organizations that perform abortions?
- Yes

4. Other or expanded principles
- I do not believe in Abortions there are good people who can not have kids of there own who who would love to have one of these baby's. my son and his wife are talking about adoption for there next kid. they have a son but my daughter in law does not want to go through another pregnancy, but wants another child.

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

5. Other or expanded principles
- we need to make laws and build up our inter structure make our roads and schools so other businesses want to move into the area. more businesses mean more jobs, less welfare more taxes. Its all a cycle that more we do the better we can do for everyone. More taxes mean more pay for state teachers and other employees, the more we can do for seniors, and so on. Raising taxes is not the answer it just hurts the people of the state.

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?
- No Answer

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
- B yes and no. but it should be in with the limits of contributions.

Crime & Public Safety

1. Do you support capital punishment for certain crimes?
- Yes

2. Do you support expanding existing medical marijuana laws to include edible and/or respiratory forms of marijuana?
- Yes

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

4. Should a minor accused of a violent crime be prosecuted as an adult?
- No Answer

5. Do you support the enforcement of federal immigration laws by state and local police?
- Yes

6. Other or expanded principles
- the answer to D you did not say ages. I think it depends on the age and the crime. I would need more details. but for example if a boy 16 or 17 years old kills an old person for there drugs yea they should be prosecuted as an adult.

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?
- Yes

3. Do you support reducing state government regulations on the private sector?
- Yes

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?
- Yes

6. Do you support an increase of the minimum wage of West Virginia?
- No Answer

7. Other or expanded principles
- (F) is tricky. I owned a business that had employees. When the minimum wage went up I had to raise my prices of the items in my store to cover the added cost of the pay. Which caused every one else to pay more for the goods. The people who made minimum wage had to pay more for the same items they use to. So I did not make more money and did they get anything extra at the end? yes I do support the minimum wage to go up I am just concerned about the results.

Education

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

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

3. Should immigrants unlawfully present in the United States who graduate from West Virginia high schools be eligible for in-state tuition at public universities?
- No

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

5. Other or expanded principles
- (B) I do not know enough about chapter schools to make a choise right now

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?
- No Answer

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

4. Other or expanded principles
- (B) yes but we need to use filters and other ways to clean the air not hurt our coal industry and doing away with more jobs. many Counties are already suffering for this. I think we can work together and keep jobs and clean air.we also need to get china and the other countries to work with us or we will never get the plants air cleaned.

Gun

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

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 Answer

4. Should a license be required for gun ownership?
- No

5. Other or expanded principles
- (c) yes if they are trained to handle them and I support them being trained by law reinforcement.

Health

1. Should the state government increase funding for treatment facilities to combat opioid abuse?
- No Answer

2. Do you support Medicaid expansion through West Virginia's health care programs?
- No Answer

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?
- No

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

6. Other or expanded principles
- (A) We should make medical marijuana available and more Christian based treatment centers. like recovery treatment, and teen Challenge. (B)you did not indicate what other programs you were asking about. (E) no but those kid should be home schooled or have to be checked by a doctor at least 2 time a school year and the slip brought to school saying they are clear.

Social

1. Do you support the inclusion of sexual orientation in West Virginia's anti-discrimination laws?
- No Answer

2. Do you support the inclusion of gender identity in West Virginia's anti-discrimination laws?
- No Answer

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

4. Other or expanded principles
- (a) and (B) not that I agree with this kind of life style that is in between God and the individual. But I think that men should not go into women's restroom. We can make laws that new buildings and remodeled public buildings and business can put in a separate restroom or family restrooms for them to use.

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.
- jobs. roads, protecting our first and second amendments, better schools-education systems. there is so much more. I will work to keep this state moving in the right direction.