Former Member, Counties Cities and Towns Committee, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates
Former Member, Courts of Justice Committee, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates
Former Member, Privileges and Elections Committee, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates
Former Member, Subcommittee on Civil Law, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates
Former Member, Subcommittee on Compensation and Retirement, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates
Former Member, Subcommittee on Counties, Cities and Towns #1, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates
Former Member, Subcommittee on Counties, Cities and Towns #3, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates
Former Member, Subcommittee on Ethics, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates
Former Member, Subcommittee on Privileges and Elections #4, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates
Former Member, Subcommittee on Public Safety, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates
Former Member, Counties Cities and Towns Committee, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates
Former Member, Courts of Justice Committee, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates
Former Member, Privileges and Elections Committee, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates
Former Member, Subcommittee on Civil Law, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates
Former Member, Subcommittee on Compensation and Retirement, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates
Former Member, Subcommittee on Counties, Cities and Towns #1, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates
Former Member, Subcommittee on Counties, Cities and Towns #3, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates
Former Member, Subcommittee on Ethics, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates
Former Member, Subcommittee on Privileges and Elections #4, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates
Former Member, Subcommittee on Public Safety, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates
Member, Advisory Council on Broadband
Member, Appropriations Committee
Member, Commission on Virginia State Crime
Member, General Laws Committee
Member, Privileges and Elections Committee
Chair, Subcommittee on ABC/Gaming
Member, Subcommittee on Campaign Finance
Member, Subcommittee on Capital Outlay
Member, Subcommittee on Health and Human Resources
Member, Subcommittee on Open Government/Procurement
Member, Subcommittee on Redistricting
Chair, Subcommittee on Transportation and Public Safety
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
3. Should abortion be legal when the pregnancy resulted from incest or rape?
- Yes
4. Should abortion be legal when the life of the woman is endangered?
- Yes
5. Do you support requiring parental notification before an abortion is performed on a minor?
- No
6. Do you support requiring parental consent before an abortion is performed on a minor?
- No
7. Do you support the prohibition of public funds for abortion procedures?
- No
8. Do you support the prohibition of public funds for organizations that perform abortions?
- No
9. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer
1. Tapping into Virginia's "rainy day" fund
- No
2. Decreasing funding for public universities
- No
3. Reducing state employee salaries AND/OR pensions
- No
4. Instituting mandatory furloughs AND/OR layoffs for state employees
- No
5. Reducing benefits for Medicaid recipients
- No
6. Other or expanded principles
- Expanding Medicaid would recover $2.1 Billion dollars every budget cycle to the VA budget, making it unnecessary to tap the "rainy day" fund. Also, the state sales tax on watercraft is 2 percent with a $2,000 cap. That means no additional tax is imposed on a boat's value over $100,000. As yachts can cost millions of dollars, if we raised the tax rate to 4.15 percent with no cap the rate would raise an estimated $6 million a year in revenue. Those are just two ways to work towards balancing the budget without needing to do a-e above.
1. Education (higher)
- Greatly Increase
2. Education (K-12)
- Greatly Increase
3. Environment
- Greatly Increase
4. Health care
- Greatly Increase
5. Law enforcement/corrections
- Greatly Increase
6. Transportation/infrastructure
- Greatly Increase
7. Welfare
- Greatly Increase
8. Other or expanded categories
- Surplus funds from Medicaid expansion would go toward all levels of education funding.
1. Alcohol taxes
- Slightly Increase
2. Cigarette taxes
- Greatly Increase
3. Corporate taxes
- Slightly Increase
4. Small business taxes
- Maintain Status
5. Gas/Oil taxes
- Greatly Increase
6. Property taxes
- Maintain Status
7. Sales taxes
- Maintain Status
8. Income taxes (low-income families)
- Eliminate
9. Income taxes (mid-income families)
- Maintain Status
10. Income taxes (high-income families)
- Slightly Increase
11. Other or expanded principles
- Families below the Federal poverty line should be exempt from paying taxes. Virginia should also reestablish the Estate tax, the repeal of which benefited only a few mega wealthy Virginians and greatly reduced incentive for charitable giving.
1. Individual
- Yes
2. Political Action Committee
- Yes
3. Corporate
- Yes
4. Political Party
- No
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. 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
- Across the board spending limits in Virginia don't make sense. The cost of buying airtime in some areas, like Northern VA is far greater than the cost of air time in other parts of Virginia. Limiting candidates to a state average could prove detrimental to political participation.
1. Do you support capital punishment for certain crimes?
- No
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
5. Do you support the enforcement of federal immigration laws by state and local police?
- No
6. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer
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?
- Yes
3. Do you support reducing government regulations on the private sector?
- Yes
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 providing financial incentives to the private sector for the purpose of job creation?
- Yes
7. Do you support providing direct financial assistance to homeowners facing foreclosure?
- Yes
8. Do you support an increase of the minimum wage?
- Yes
9. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer
1. Do you support the national Common Core State Standards initiative?
- No
2. Do you support a merit pay system for teachers?
- No
3. Is the tenure process for public school teachers producing effective teachers?
- Yes
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 Virginia high schools be eligible for in-state tuition at public universities?
- Yes
8. Other or expanded principles
- I have no problem with a set of basic standards that all students should learn. However, testing as the only means of determining what students have learned is a fatally flawed, and teachers should be free to teach students in ways that will help them learn best.
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
3. Do you support state funding for improvements to Virginia'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?
- Yes
7. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer
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
4. Should a license be required for gun possession?
- Yes
5. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer
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
4. Do you support Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")?
- Yes
5. Do you support requiring individuals to purchase health care insurance?
- Yes
6. Do you support monetary limits on damages that can be collected in malpractice lawsuits?
- Yes
7. Do you support allowing doctors to prescribe marijuana to their patients for medicinal purposes?
- Yes
8. Other or expanded principles
- e) yes, under the current system. However, I believe healthcare should be universal.
1. Do you support same-sex marriage?
- Yes
2. Do you support the inclusion of sexual orientation in Virginia's anti-discrimination laws?
- Yes
3. Do you support the inclusion of gender identity in Virginia's anti-discrimination laws?
- Yes
4. Other or expanded principles
- The fight for LGBT equality is far from over. Virginians can still be fired or kicked out of their housing simply because of whom they love. This isn't right and I will continue to fight for non-discrimination.
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.
- 1) Increase the minimum wage to at least $10.10 and index it to the regional cost of living.2) Expand Medicaid3) Revitalize the Route 1 corridor to become an economic hub of of Northern VA with high-quality businesses and high-quality affordable housing.
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