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Abortion
Haley Barbour: We made MS the safest state for an unborn child.
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Budget & Economy
Ronnie Musgrove: Attract new businesses; develop existing ones.
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Civil Rights
Haley Barbour: Proud of MS's highest vote in US for traditional marriage.
Ronnie Musgrove: Ban gay couples from adopting.
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Corporations
Phil Bryant: Tax relief from delayed-accelerated tax payment.
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Crime
Haley Barbour: $7.3M for state trooper school.
Ronnie Musgrove: Teach prisoners skills by building senior housing.
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Drugs
Haley Barbour: Fight the scourge of illegal narcotics with a vengeance.
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Education
Phil Bryant: Privately funded Opportunity Scholarship for failing schools.
Phil Bryant: $15M for literacy; and merit pay for teachers.
Haley Barbour: Expand charter schools; expand dual enrollment.
Erik Fleming: Supports charters, vouchers, and home-schooling.
Ronnie Musgrove: Remove the 5% cap on teacher pay.
Ronnie Musgrove: Universities: settle the Ayers Case.
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Energy & Oil
Phil Bryant: Support energy development and investment.
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Health Care
Phil Bryant: ObamaCare adds 300,000 entitlements; get people off Medicaid.
Phil Bryant: Expand MS School of Medicine; 1,000 new doctors by 2025.
Erik Fleming: Supports tax-free medical savings accounts.
Ronnie Musgrove: Protect Mississippi’s Health Care Trust Fund.
Ronnie Musgrove: Enrolled 50,000 in the Children’s Health Insurance Program.
Ronnie Musgrove: Medical Education Scholarships for rural doctors.
Ronnie Musgrove: Invest in state employees’ health plan, despite budget.
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Homeland Security
Dick Cheney: Steady, focused, relentless campaign against US enemies.
Ronnie Musgrove: Favors death penalty for terrorists.
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Jobs
Phil Bryant: My first job: every Mississippian who wants a job has one.
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Tax Reform
Haley Barbour: Cut budget by $700M, instead of raising taxes.
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War & Peace
Dick Cheney: Iraq is the central front in the war on terror.
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