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Budget & Economy
Brad Henry: Increase the Rainy Day Fund from 10% to 15% of revenue.
Andrew Rice: Government’s basic functions must be well funded.
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Crime
Jim Bridenstine: Swift capital punishment saves lives.
Frank Keating: Target violent and career criminals.
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Drugs
Mary Fallin: Women in Recovery: abuse programs avoid incarceration.
Brad Henry: Invest in drug courts: put low-risk offenders on better path.
Frank Keating: Supports community sentencing in drug courts.
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Education
Jim Bridenstine: No federal standards; local control & spending.
Brad Henry: Don't siphon resources from our classrooms.
Andrew Rice: Shift emphasis away from punishing underperforming school.
Frank Keating: More funding for schools and colleges.
Frank Keating: Supported largest teacher pay raise in state history.
Frank Keating: $80M in block grants to schools.
Winona LaDuke: Supports increased funding for tribal colleges.
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Energy & Oil
Jim Bridenstine: No credible evidence that CO2 affects global climate.
Andrew Rice: Opposes a windfall-profits tax.
Andrew Rice: Invest in switchgrass and natural gas resources.
Andrew Rice: Advocate for reduced carbon emissions.
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Environment
Andrew Rice: Global warming is real; our quality of life is at risk.
Frank Keating: Regulate our precious environment because we love Oklahoma.
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Government Reform
Jim Bridenstine: First Amendment includes campaign spending.
Frank Keating: Attract people to Oklahoma to regain Congressional seat.
Winona LaDuke: Supports increased party choices for voters.
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Health Care
Mary Fallin: Certified Healthy program; & website for health insurer info.
Brad Henry: Insure Oklahoma program: coverage for many more Oklahomans.
Andrew Rice: Access to quality affordable health care for every American.
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Homeland Security
Jim Bridenstine: Smart defense reductions; don't jeopardize national security.
Andrew Rice: Shift defense resources from Iraq to destroying terrorists.
Andrew Rice: 9/11: Pressured US government to stay focused on terrorism.
Andrew Rice: Fight to improve the veterans’ health care system.
Andrew Rice: Conditions at Walter Reed Hospital are unacceptable.
Andrew Rice: As 9/11 family, pressured Washington to focus on terrorism.
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Immigration
Jim Bridenstine: Secure the borders to stop movement of narcotics and slaves.
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Jobs
Frank Keating: Reform worker’s comp: administrative instead of court-based.
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Local Issues
Mary Fallin: We survived Dust Bowl & Trail of Tears--and this recession.
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Principles & Values
Andrew Rice: I pride myself on doing right, even if politically unpopular.
Brad Carson: Coburn is a strong Christian man, a good family man.
Tom Coburn: Carson is very bright, intellectually smart and advanced.
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Social Security
Jim Bridenstine: Give younger people option of personal retirement accounts.
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Tax Reform
Jim Bridenstine: High taxes inhibit economic growth and job creation.
Jim Inhofe: Make the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts permanent.
Andrew Rice: Government’s basic functions must be well funded.
Andrew Rice: Has not supported a tax increase; does support investment.
Andrew Rice: No tax increases in Oklahoma, but no tax cuts either.
Frank Keating: Government spending is not the government’s money.
Frank Keating: Lower state income tax rate from 6.75% to 3.75%.
Frank Keating: Reduce and ultimately abolish the estate tax.
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Technology
Brad Henry: Biotech and nanotech startups transform our lives.
Frank Keating: Tax credits for stock options and R&D.
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War & Peace
Jim Bridenstine: Don't set timetables for withdrawal from any conflict.
Jim Bridenstine: Military force OK to prevent Iranian nukes.
Andrew Rice: Implement an orderly redeployment of US troops in Iraq.
Andrew Rice: Refocus on identifying and destroying terrorist cells.
Andrew Rice: Force Bush to implement an orderly redeployment from Iraq.
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Welfare & Poverty
Frank Keating: Able-bodied people must stand on their own two feet.
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