On The Ballot: Running, Republican for State House (ND) - District 28
Candidates who qualify will be invited to take the 2024 Political Courage Test.
Indicate which principles you support (if any) concerning abortion.
X | a) Abortions should always be illegal. | ||
b) Abortions should always be legally available. | |||
c) Abortions should be legal only within the first trimester of pregnancy. | |||
X | d) Abortions should be legal when pregnancy results from incest, rape or the life of the woman is endangered. | ||
e) Abortions should be limited by waiting periods and notification requirements as decided by each state government. | |||
f) Prohibit the dilation and extraction procedure, also known as "partial-birth" abortion. | |||
g) Support "buffer zones" at abortion clinics by requiring demonstrators to remain a certain distance from doorways and driveways. | |||
X | h) Prohibit public funding for abortions and organizations that advocate or perform abortions. | ||
i) Other |
State Budget: Indicate the funding levels you will support for the following general categories.State Taxes: Indicate the tax levels you will support.
Greatly Decrease Funding | a) Education (Higher) | ||
Slightly Increase Funding | b) Education (K-12) | ||
Maintain Funding Status | c) Environment | ||
Maintain Funding Status | d) Health care | ||
Maintain Funding Status | e) Law enforcement | ||
Maintain Funding Status | f) Transportation and Highway infrastructure | ||
Greatly Decrease Funding | g) Welfare | ||
h) Other | |||
Maintain Status | a) Alcohol taxes | ||
Maintain Status | b) Capital gains taxes | ||
Maintain Status | c) Cigarette taxes | ||
Maintain Status | d) Corporate taxes | ||
Maintain Status | e) Gasoline taxes | ||
Maintain Status | f) Income taxes (incomes below $75,000) | ||
Maintain Status | g) Income taxes (incomes above $75,000) | ||
Eliminate | h) Inheritance taxes | ||
Greatly Decrease | i) Property taxes | ||
Maintain Status | j) Sales taxes | ||
Maintain Status | k) Vehicle taxes | ||
l) Other | |||
Undecided | m) Should Internet sales be taxed? | ||
Undecided | n) Do you support a flat tax structure for state income taxes? | ||
Undecided | o) Would you support returning any operating surplus to North Dakota taxpayers? | ||
Undecided | p) Would you support placing any operating surplus into a "rainy day" fund? | ||
Undecided | q) Do you support using a portion of oil and gas tax revenue to grant North Dakota residents a tax credit on residential, agricultural and commercial property? | ||
Undecided | r) Do you support allocating a portion of the tobacco settlement toward the Common Schools Trust Fund? | ||
Undecided | s) Do you support allocating a portion of the tobacco settlement to expand the Children's Health Insurance Program? | ||
t) Other |
Indicate which principles you support (if any) to address crime.
a) Increase state funds for construction of state prisons and for hiring of additional prison staff. | |||
b) Support contracting with private sector firms to build and/or manage state prisons. | |||
c) End parole for repeat violent offenders. | |||
d) Implement the death penalty in North Dakota. | |||
e) Implement penalties other than incarceration for certain non-violent offenders. | |||
f) Inform communities when a convicted sex offender moves into the community. | |||
g) Support programs to provide prison inmates with vocational and job-related skills and job-placement assistance when released. | |||
h) Decriminalize the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes. | |||
i) Strengthen penalties and sentences for drug-related crimes. | |||
j) Lower the blood alcohol content limit defining drunk driving. | |||
k) Prosecute as adults, youths accused of a felony. | |||
l) Increase penalties for crimes committed on school grounds. | |||
m) Require that crimes based on gender, sexual orientation or disability be prosecuted as hate crimes. | |||
n) Support programs that provide job training and placement services for at-risk youth. | |||
o) Ban the use of racial profiling by law enforcement officers. | |||
p) Combine state, federal and tribal jurisdictions for Native Americans into a single system to create a more uniform criminal justice system. | |||
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Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding education.
a) Increase state funds for professional development of public school teachers and administrators. | |||
b) Encourage private or corporate investment in public school programs. | |||
c) Provide parents with state-funded vouchers to send their children to any participating school (public, private, religious). | |||
d) Support charter schools where teachers and professionals receive authorization and funding to establish new schools. | |||
e) Increase state funds for school capital improvements (e.g. buildings and infrastructure). | |||
f) Increase state funds for hiring additional teachers. | |||
g) Endorse teacher-led voluntary prayer in public schools. | |||
X | h) Support posting the Ten Commandments in public schools. | ||
i) Require public schools to administer high school exit exams. | |||
j) Support national standards and testing of public school students. | |||
X | k) Support teacher testing and reward teachers with merit pay. | ||
l) Provide state funding to increase teacher salaries. | |||
m) Require state school districts to spend annual "end balance" surpluses on education. | |||
n) Consolidate school districts in North Dakota. | |||
o) Other |
Employment: Indicate which principles you support (if any) concerning employment.Affirmative Action: Which of the following state agencies should take race and sex into account when making employment decisions?
X | a) Provide low interest loans and tax credits for starting, expanding or relocating businesses. | ||
X | b) Reduce state government regulations on the private sector to encourage investment and economic expansion. | ||
X | c) Support limits on cash damages in lawsuits against businesses and professionals for product liability or malpractice. | ||
d) Increase funding for state job-training programs that re-train displaced workers or teach skills needed in today's job market. | |||
e) Increase state funds to expand the technology infrastructure of North Dakota. | |||
X | f) Use mediators instead of courts to settle workers compensation claims. | ||
X | g) Provide state funds to encourage economic development in North Dakota's rural areas. | ||
h) Other | |||
No | a) College and university admissions | ||
No | b) Public employment | ||
No | c) State contracting | ||
d) Other |
Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding the environment and energy.
X | a) Encourage further development and use of alternative fuels to reduce pollution. | ||
b) Support "self-audit" legislation which creates incentives for industries to audit themselves and clean up pollution. | |||
X | c) Require a cost/benefit analysis to determine the economic impact of proposed environmental regulations before they are implemented. | ||
X | d) Require states to fully compensate citizens when environmental regulations limit uses on privately owned land. | ||
e) Support funding for recycling programs in North Dakota. | |||
f) Request added flexibility from the federal government in enforcing and funding federal environmental regulations. | |||
X | g) Suspend participation in un-funded, federally-mandated environmental protection legislation. | ||
h) Restructure the electric utility industry to allow consumers to choose their power companies. | |||
i) Support legalization of industrial hemp. | |||
X | j) Support a constitutional amendment to preserve the right of North Dakota residents to hunt, fish and trap on state lands. | ||
k) Grant the Public Service Commission jurisdiction over mergers between electric cooperatives. | |||
X | l) Provide state funds to research the development of renewable energy resources. | ||
m) Other | |||
No | n) Should state environmental regulations be stricter than federal law? |
Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding government reform.d) Do you support limiting the following types of contributions to state legislative candidates?
Undecided | a) Do you support limiting the number of terms for North Dakota Governors? | ||
Undecided | b) Do you support limiting the number of terms for North Dakota State Senators and Representatives? | ||
Undecided | c) Should State Representative terms be changed from four years to two years? | ||
Undecided | a) Individual | ||
Undecided | b) PAC | ||
Undecided | c) Corporate | ||
Undecided | d) Political Parties | ||
Undecided | e) Do you support requiring full and timely disclosure of campaign finance information? | ||
Undecided | f) Do you support imposing spending limits on state level political campaigns? | ||
Undecided | g) Do you support partial funding from state taxes for state level political campaigns? | ||
Undecided | h) Do you support voting on-line? | ||
Undecided | i) Do you support on-line voter registration? | ||
Undecided | j) Do you support implementing voter registration in North Dakota? | ||
Yes | k) Do you support eliminating the office of State Treasurer? | ||
l) Other |
Indicate which principles you support (if any) concerning gun issues.
a) Ban the sale or transfer of semi-automatic guns, except those used for hunting. | |||
b) Maintain and strengthen the enforcement of existing state restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns. | |||
c) Ease state restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns. | |||
d) Repeal state restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns. | |||
e) Allow citizens to carry concealed guns. | |||
f) Require manufacturers to provide child-safety locks on guns. | |||
g) Require background checks of gun buyers at gun shows. | |||
h) Require a license for gun possession. | |||
i) Other |
Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding health issues.
a) Provide tax incentives to small businesses that provide health care to their employees. | |||
b) Ensure that citizens have access to basic health care through managed care, insurance reforms or state funded care where necessary. | |||
c) Transfer more existing Medicaid recipients into managed care programs. | |||
d) Use state funds to continue some Medicaid coverage for legal immigrants. | |||
X | e) Limit the amount of damages that can be awarded in medical malpractice lawsuits. | ||
f) Support a patient's right to sue his or her HMO. | |||
g) Support a patient's right to appeal to an administrative board of specialists when services are denied. | |||
h) Guaranteed medical care to all citizens is not a responsibility of state government. | |||
i) Provide state funds to assist rural areas in hiring and retaining health care professions. | |||
j) Other |
Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding social issues.
a) Provide tax credits for businesses that provide child care for their employees. | |||
b) Increase state funds to provide child care for children in low-income working families. | |||
c) Deny or suspend state-issued permits and licenses to parents who are delinquent in paying court-ordered child support. | |||
d) Increase state funding for Head Start in order to serve additional children and/or increase services from a half to a full day. | |||
e) Increase state funding for community centers and other social agencies in areas with at-risk youth. | |||
f) Support state funding of programs for at-risk youth such as guaranteed college loans, and job training and placement. | |||
X | g) Allocate gambling revenue to fund gambling addiction treatment programs. | ||
h) Other | |||
No | i) Should physician-assisted suicide be legally available in North Dakota? | ||
Undecided | j) Should North Dakota include sexual orientation in its anti-discrimination laws? | ||
No | k) Should North Dakota recognize civil unions between same-sex couples? | ||
Yes | l) Should North Dakota restrict marriage to a relationship only between a man and a woman? |
Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding welfare.
a) Maintain current time limits on welfare benefits. | |||
b) Maintain the requirement that able-bodied recipients work in order to receive benefits. | |||
c) Increase employment and job training programs for welfare recipients. | |||
d) Provide tax incentives to businesses that hire welfare recipients. | |||
e) Provide child care for welfare recipients who work. | |||
f) Increase access to public transportation for welfare recipients who work. | |||
g) Allow welfare recipients to remain eligible for benefits while saving money for education, starting a business or buying a home. | |||
h) Limit benefits given to recipients if they have additional children while on welfare. | |||
X | i) Eliminate government-funded welfare programs. | ||
j) Redirect welfare funding to faith-based and community-based private organizations. | |||
k) Use federal TANF (Temporary Assistance to Needy Families) funds to expand state services to include the working poor. | |||
l) Other |
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