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Abortion     Joe Sestak: Secure reproductive rights; pass family leave.     Joe Sestak: Secure reproductive rights & services for all women.     J.B. Pritzker: Illinois is most progressive in nation for reproductive care.     Bill de Blasio: Supports abortion rights & funding Planned Parenthood.     Howard Schultz: Pro-choice, but against third trimester abortion.     Marianne Williamson: Calls herself 100% pro-choice.     Andrew Yang: Abortion should be regulated by doctors, not legislators.     Julian Castro: Opposed Texas blocking abortions after 20 weeks.

Civil Rights     Wayne Messam: We must face institutional racism across the board.     Marianne Williamson: Reparations to be distributed over 10 years by black leaders.

Crime     Bill de Blasio: OpEd: de Blasio soft on crime, undercuts police.     Andrew Yang: Police unfairly target minorities.

Drugs     Jim Pederson: Candidate�s son sentenced for using oxycontin.

Education     Joe Sestak: Universal pre-K; create "Training for a Lifetime".     Joe Sestak: Universal pre-K; tuition grants; increased job training.     Bill de Blasio: OpEd: de Blasio has failed NYC schools.     Wayne Messam: Relieve graduates of "crippling debt" from college loans.     Marianne Williamson: Free college; low cost education for older adults.

Energy & Oil     Joe Sestak: Rejoin Paris Accord, ban offshore drilling.     Joe Sestak: Rejoin Paris Accord, stop subsidies to fossil fuel industry.     Tom Steyer: Donated $41m for sustainable energy center.     Tom Steyer: Gave $41 million for sustainable energy program at Stanford.     Bill de Blasio: Supports Green New Deal & Paris Climate Accords.

Environment     Wayne Messam: Supports fighting climate change.

Families & Children     Joe Sestak: Close gender wage gap; pass family leave.

Foreign Policy     Joe Sestak: Rejoin Iran deal; strengthen trade with allies.     Joe Sestak: Rejoin Iran nuclear deal; "reestablish" ties with allies.     Stephen Laffey: Reporting Iran on nukes is a good start; UN should do more.

Free Trade     Joe Sestak: Would rejoin Trans-Pacific Partnership.     Joe Sestak: Encourage export potential; rejoin "improved" TPP.     Julian Castro: Renegotiate NAFTA to protect workers & environment.

Government Reform     Tom Steyer: Opposes Citizens United decision.     Tom Steyer: Opposes Citizens United ruling on corporate donations.     Andrew Yang: Make Puerto Rico a state.     John Ashcroft: Judicial activism means failing to defend the Constitution.

Gun Control     Andy Beshear: Signed law requiring school police officers to carry guns.     Joe Sestak: Reform background checks to keep guns out of wrong hands.     Joe Sestak: Improve background checks; keep guns out of wrong hands.     Bill de Blasio: Project Fast Track focuses on gangs & illegal guns.     Wayne Messam: Opposed state law preventing discussion of gun control.     Marianne Williamson: Universal background checks including at gun shows.     Andrew Yang: Make gun manufacturers liable for mass shootings.     Julian Castro: Supports background checks at gun shows & assault weapon ban.

Health Care     Carla Sands: Vaccine mandates put us on slippery slope to tyranny.     Jane Timken: COVID: No new mask mandates; no mandated vaccines in schools.     Joe Sestak: For public option as path to single payer.     Joe Sestak: Add public option based on Veterans Health Administration.     Michelle Lujan-Grisham: Against religious exemptions for medical professionals.     Wayne Messam: Health Care is a right, not a privilege.     Julian Castro: Would tax the richest to fund Medicare for All.

Immigration     Joe Sestak: Secure borders & due process for asylum seekers.     Joe Sestak: Path to citizenship with background check & English test.     Bill de Blasio: Supports sanctuary cities; would abolish ICE.     Julian Castro: Treat immigration as civil, not criminal, issue.     Wayne Messam: Blocked immigration enforcement on city property.     Marianne Williamson: Pathway and affordable healthcare for illegal immigrants.     Andrew Yang: Supports the DREAM Act.     Julian Castro: Against funding border wall.

Jobs     Joe Sestak: $1 trillion for infrastructurel create infrastructure bank.     Bill de Blasio: Would raise the NYC minimum wage to $15/hour.     Wayne Messam: Supported boosting minimum wage.     Marianne Williamson: Supports $15 minimum wage & Green New Deal.

Principles & Values     Amy McGrath: Democrat says she'll be better than McConnell for Trump.     Roy Moore: Rejects Trump's tweet that he not run for Senate again.     Justin Amash: Amash's call for impeachment condemned by Freedom Caucus.     Andrew Yang: Subsidize journalists to do local reporting.

Tax Reform     Tom Steyer: Upper income people have done disproportionally well.     Tom Steyer: Upper-income people have done "disproportionately well".     Bill de Blasio: Favors tax increases on wealthy.     Bill de Blasio: OpEd: NYC property taxes favors the wealthy.     Andrew Yang: Value-Added Tax as part of new capitalist philosophy.

Technology     Joe Sestak: Invest $1 trillion on infrastructure.

War & Peace     Stephen Laffey: Sanction Iran; denounce Hamas; stand up to Cuba.

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