Alaska State Legislative Election 2010 Political Courage Test

Abortion and Reproductive

1. Do you consider yourself pro-choice or pro-life?
- No Answer

2. Should abortion be legal only within the first trimester of pregnancy?
- No Answer

3. Should abortion be legal when the pregnancy resulted from incest or rape?
- No Answer

4. Should abortion be legal when the life of the woman is endangered?
- No Answer

5. Do you support requiring parental notification before an abortion is performed on a minor?
- No Answer

6. Do you support requiring parental consent before an abortion is performed on a minor?
- No Answer

7. Do you support sexual education programs that include information on abstinence, contraceptives, and HIV/STD prevention methods?
- No Answer

8. Do you support abstinence-only sexual education programs?
- No Answer

9. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Budget, Spending, and Tax

1. Education (higher)
- No Answer

2. Education (K-12)
- No Answer

3. Environment
- No Answer

4. Health care
- No Answer

5. Law enforcement
- No Answer

6. Transportation and highway infrastructure
- No Answer

7. Welfare
- No Answer

8. Other or expanded categories
- No Answer

1. Alcohol taxes
- No Answer

2. Cigarette taxes
- No Answer

3. Corporate taxes
- No Answer

4. Gasoline taxes
- No Answer

5. Oil production taxes
- No Answer

6. Property taxes
- No Answer

7. Other or expanded categories
- No Answer

1. Tapping into Alaska's "rainy day" fund
- No Answer

2. Issuing the early release of certain non-violent offenders
- No Answer

3. Increasing tuition rates at public universities
- No Answer

4. Instituting mandatory furloughs and layoffs for state employees
- No Answer

5. Reducing benefits for Medicaid recipients
- No Answer

6. Privatizing certain government services
- No Answer

7. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Campaign Finance and Government Reform

1. Individual
- Yes

2. Political Action Committee
- Yes

3. Corporate
- Yes

4. Political Party
- Yes

5. Should candidates for state office be encouraged to meet voluntary spending limits?
- No

6. Do you support requiring full and timely disclosure of campaign finance information?
- Yes

7. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Crime and Public Safety

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?
- No

3. Should the possession of small amounts of marijuana be decriminalized?
- No

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

5. Should a minor who sends sexually-explicit or nude photos by cell phone face criminal charges?
- Yes

6. Do you support a comprehensive ban on cell phone use while driving?
- Yes

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

8. Other or expanded principles
- I support substance abuse treatment and couseling but feel that there should not be an option for incarceration when someone has been convicted of a crime and it has been determined that time should be served.

Economic

1. Do you support a state constitutional amendment to guarantee and protect the Permanent Fund Dividend?
- No

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

3. Do you support increased state funding for job-training programs that re-train displaced workers?
- No

4. Do you support expanding access to unemployment benefits?
- No

5. Do you support providing financial incentives to the private sector for the purpose of job creation?
- Yes

6. Do you support increased spending on infrastructure projects for the purpose of job creation?
- Yes

7. Do you support providing direct financial assistance to homeowners facing foreclosure?
- No

8. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Education

1. Do you support national education standards?
- No

2. Do you support requiring public schools to administer high school exit exams?
- Yes

3. Do you support using a merit pay system for teachers?
- No

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

5. Do you support the state government providing college students with financial aid?
- Yes

6. Should illegal immigrants who graduate from Alaska high schools be eligible for in-state tuition at public universities?
- No

7. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Environment and Energy

1. Do you support state funding for the development of alternative energy?
- Yes

2. Do you support state funding for the development of traditional domestic energy sources (e.g. coal, natural gas, oil)?
- Yes

3. Do you support providing financial incentives to farms that produce biofuel crops?
- No

4. Do you support state funding for improvements to Alaska's energy infrastructure?
- Yes

5. Do you support state funding for open space preservation?
- No

6. Do you support enacting environmental regulations aimed at reducing the effects of climate change?
- No

7. Other or expanded principles
- Environmental regulations are in place via the federal government regarding climate change. If financial incentives to farms for bio-fuel production means tax incentives then I'm all for it.

Gun

1. Do you support restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns?
- No

2. Do you support requiring background checks on gun sales between private citizens at gun shows?
- No

3. Do you support allowing individuals to carry concealed guns?
- Yes

4. Do you support requiring a license for gun possession?
- No

5. Other or expanded principles
- As long as we have background checks for criminal records I see no need for many further restrictions.

Health

1. Do you support a universally-accessible, publicly-administered health insurance option?
- Yes

2. Do you support expanding access to health care through commercial health insurance reform?
- No

3. Do you support interstate health insurance compacts?
- Yes

4. Should individuals be required to purchase health care insurance?
- No

5. Do you support monetary limits on damages that can be collected in malpractice lawsuits?
- Yes

6. Do you support legalizing physician-assisted suicide in Alaska?
- No

7. Do you support allowing doctors to prescribe marijuana to their patients for medicinal purposes?
- No

8. Other or expanded principles
- Health care is a service that many could afford through making an option available to create a health savings account and providing a federal tax incentive to help fund the account for participants.

Social

1. Should marriage only be between one man and one woman?
- Yes

2. Should Alaska allow same-sex couples to form civil unions?
- No

3. Do you support state funding for stem cell research?
- No

4. Do you support state funding for embryonic stem cell research?
- No

5. Should adults who apply for public assistance be subject to random and suspicion-based drug testing?
- Yes

6. Do you support the state's use of affirmative action?
- Yes

7. Do you support the inclusion of sexual orientation in Alaska's anti-discrimination laws?
- No

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

9. Other or expanded principles
- We should not allow public funds to be the enabler for substance abuse.

Legislative Priorities

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.
- Sensible, responsible resource development. This will diversify our economy, create jobs and strengthen the state and nation. It has to be done with responsible, environmentally safe methods.Improve public education using the best technology to get better information to administrators and teachers and promote more parental/public involvement within the schools including parental assistance in the classroom and more school partnerships with local businesses, both large and small.Develop energy resources and so production facilities may be constructed making sure all options are considered. Natural gas from the north slope has to be made available for Alaskans.