Arizona State Legislative Election 2016 Political Courage Test

Abortion & Reproductive

1. Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation?
- Pro-choice

2. Should abortions be illegal after 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 the prohibition of public funds for abortion procedures?
- No Answer

8. Do you support the prohibition of public funds for organizations that perform abortions?
- No Answer

9. Other or expanded principles
- As an attorney, I am appalled that Arizona enacts laws restricting women?s reproductive health options that are unconstitutional or contain misleading or outdated information. These laws are harmful to women and waste hundreds of thousands of dollars of taxpayer money in legal defense costs. As a member of the Arizona legislature I will fight against passage of any reproductive health law not based upon sound science or which fails to respect a women?s right to make her own health decisions with the advice of her own family, faith and doctor.

Budget, Spending, & Tax

1. Tapping into Arizona's "rainy day" fund
- Yes

2. Decreasing funding for public universities
- No

3. Reducing state employee salaries AND/OR pensions
- No Answer

4. Instituting mandatory furloughs AND/OR layoffs for state employees
- No Answer

5. Reducing benefits for Medicaid recipients
- No

6. Other or expanded principles
- My budget priorities are more funding for public education, ensuring adequate funding for Arizona?s environmental and water agencies, and prioritizing expenditures to protect our most vulnerable citizens, including children and seniors. I would start by ending Governor Ducey?s ill-advised tax cuts for his political backers and return those funds to the people of Arizona to whom it belongs. I will work toward ending our give-aways to the private prison industry and shifting funding to treatment and diversion of non-violent offenders. Studies have shown that such programs are both more effective and cost-efficient, saving Arizona taxpayers money.

1. Education (higher)
- Greatly Increase

2. Education (K-12)
- Greatly Increase

3. Environment
- Greatly Increase

4. Health care
- Slightly Increase

5. Law enforcement/corrections
- Maintain Status

6. Transportation/infrastructure
- Slightly Increase

7. Welfare
- No Answer

8. Other or expanded categories
- No Answer

1. Alcohol taxes
- No Answer

2. Cigarette taxes
- No Answer

3. Corporate taxes
- Slightly Increase

4. Small business taxes
- No Answer

5. Gas/Oil taxes
- No Answer

6. Property taxes
- No Answer

7. Sales taxes
- No Answer

8. Income taxes (low-income families)
- No Answer

9. Income taxes (mid-income families)
- No Answer

10. Income taxes (high-income families)
- No Answer

11. Do you support applying sales taxes to all online purchases?
- No Answer

12. Other or expanded principles
- I will work to repeal the Governor's ill-conceived tax cuts and use that money for a dedicated funding source for public education which will drive Arizona's future economy.

Campaign Finance & 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?
- Yes

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

7. Do you support the use of an independent AND/OR bipartisan commission for redistricting?
- Yes

8. Do you support requiring a government-issued photo identification in order to vote at the polls?
- No

1. Other or expanded principles
- Arizona elections need to belong to our voters, not to whomever has the largest checkbook. When elected, I will support commonsense efforts to curtail dark money in our elections and bring big money donors out of the shadows.

Crime & Public Safety

1. Do you support capital punishment for certain crimes?
- No Answer

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 legalizing the possession of small amounts of marijuana?
- Yes

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?
- No Answer

6. Do you support delaying the seizure of assets by law enforcement officials until after a conviction?
- No Answer

7. Other or expanded principles
- Yes, I believe recreational marijuana should be legalized as long as there are adequate safeguards to protect our children and those most vulnerable to addition to our society. By legalizing and regulating recreational use of marijuana, our state will take important steps towards reducing the burden upon our criminal justice system.

Economic

1. Do you support government spending as a means of promoting economic growth?
- Yes

2. Do you support lowering taxes as a means of promoting economic growth?
- No

3. Do you support reducing government regulations on the private sector?
- No Answer

4. Do you support increased state funding for job-training programs that re-train displaced workers?
- Yes

5. Do you support expanding access to unemployment benefits?
- Yes

6. Do you support requiring welfare applicants to pass a drug test in order to receive benefits?
- No

7. Do you support providing financial incentives to the private sector for the purpose of job creation?
- No Answer

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

9. Do you support an increase of the minimum wage?
- Yes

10. Should employers be able to ask about applicants' criminal history before interviewing them?
- No

11. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Education

1. Do you support the national Common Core State Standards initiative?
- Yes

2. Do you support a merit pay system for teachers?
- Yes

3. Is the tenure process for public school teachers producing effective teachers?
- No Answer

4. Should parents be allowed to use vouchers to send their children to any school?
- No

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

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

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

8. Other or expanded principles
- I believe it is important that teacher performance be assessed fairly using data that reflects the job being done by the teacher in his or her classroom. We need to compensate teacher's adequately. Compensation of Arizona teachers is significantly below the national average even taking into account the lower cost of living that exists in many Arizona cities. I believe it is important that teachers and other educational employees be represented by their local association when negotiating issues such as compensation and job duties.

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 funding for the development of traditional domestic energy sources (e.g. coal, natural gas, oil)?
- No Answer

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

4. Do you support state funding for open space preservation?
- Yes

5. Do you support government regulations of greenhouse gas emissions?
- Yes

6. Do you support increased regulations of the hydraulic fracturing ("fracking") industry?
- No Answer

7. Other or expanded principles
- I have been a strong advocate for the environment, having devoted my career to being an environmental lawyer since graduating from law school. It is Arizona?s spectacular desert environment and the opportunity to train future environmental lawyers that attracted me to Arizona.Yet, our environment faces threats that will only become more pronounced in years to come as the ravages of climate change takes its toll. At the top of the list is protecting our water resources, a public health, environmental and economic imperative in a state like Arizona.

Gun

1. Do you generally support gun-control legislation?
- Yes

2. Should background checks be required on gun sales between private citizens at gun shows?
- Yes

3. Should citizens be allowed to carry concealed guns?
- No Answer

4. Should a license be required for gun possession?
- Yes

5. Should concealed-carry permit holders be allowed to carry their guns into public buildings?
- No

6. Other or expanded principles
- We will never be able to prevent all gun violence, but we can take steps to staunch the flow of innocent blood. Common sense reforms like the President?s recently enacted universal background checks may help prevent one more horrific event. Law abiding Arizonans deserve the right to shop for groceries, to take their family to the movies, to gather to hear their representative without fear of becoming a headline on tonight?s news. We must find lawful, common sense solutions to gun violence and not let partisan rhetoric allow one more senseless death.

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?
- Yes

3. Do you support interstate health insurance compacts?
- No Answer

4. Do you support Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")?
- Yes

5. Do you support requiring individuals to purchase health care insurance?
- No Answer

6. Do you support monetary limits on damages that can be collected in malpractice lawsuits?
- No Answer

7. Do you support allowing doctors to prescribe marijuana to their patients for medicinal purposes?
- Yes

8. Other or expanded principles
- Accessible healthcare is a key component to Arizonans succeeding When someone knows their healthcare needs are taken care of they can concentrate on other concerns. It is important to promote and expand these services to under-served populations.

Social

1. Do you support same-sex marriage?
- Yes

2. Do you support the inclusion of sexual orientation in Arizona's anti-discrimination laws?
- Yes

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

4. Do you support legalizing physician-assisted suicide in Arizona?
- No Answer

5. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

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.
- I plan to focus on three main areas. Procuring funding at all levels of public education. Promoting a growing, green economy where Arizona is leading the way, and Protecting our environment. It?s easy to remember, Engel stands for: Education; Economy; Environment.