CNN "State of the Union" interviews for 2025 races
(Jake Tapper and Dana Bash interviewing candidates for 2021-2025 races)


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Citations: On 2026 Colorado Gubernatorial race: Interview With Gov. Jared Polis (D-CO), August 03, 2025, (Link) On Trump Cabinet: Interview With EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin, August 03, 2025, (Link) On 2024 Virginia Senate race: Interview With Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA), May 04, 2025, (Link) On 2026 MN Gov race: CNN State of the Union on 2026 Minnesota Governor race: Interview With Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN), April 06, 2025, (Link) On 2026 Maryland Gubernatorial race: Interview With Gov. Wes Moore (D-MD), March 30, 2025, (Link) On Trump Cabinet: Interview With U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon, March 23, 2025, (Link) On 2026 South Dakota Senate race: Interview With Sen. Mike Rounds (R-SD), March 16, 2025, (Link) On Trump Cabinet: Interview With U.S. National Security Adviser Mike Waltz, March 02, 2025, (Link) On 2026 New Jersey Senate race: Interview With Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ), February 09, 2025, (Link) On Trump Cabinet: Interview With U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, February 09, 2025, (Link) On Trump Cabinet: Interview With U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, February 02, 2025, (Link) On 2026 South Carolina Senate race: Interview With Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), January 26, 2025, (Link) On 2026 Illinois Gubernatorial race: Interview With Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D-IL), January 26, 2025, (Link)

OnTheIssues.org excerpts:  (click on issues for details)

Budget & Economy     Cory Booker: GOP is dismantling the protections of Americans' safety.

Civil Rights     Elon Musk: OpEd: Should apologize for giving Nazi salutes.     Sean Duffy: When you focus on social justice bad things happen.

Crime     Lindsey Graham: Pardoning attackers of police sends the wrong signal .     Wes Moore: Reform juvenile justice system, give boys a second chance.

Education     Linda McMahon: Trump is a proponent of school choice for quality education.

Energy & Oil     Jared Polis: All-of-government approach to climate change.     Lee Zeldin: 2009 Endangerment Finding assumptions replaced by 2025 facts.     Lee Zeldin: 2016: be better stewards; 2025: unleash energy dominance .

Environment     Lee Zeldin: Clean up Superfund sites, brownfields, and raw sewage.

Foreign Policy     Mark Warner: Ending Gaza conflict could create united front against Iran.

Free Trade     Mike Rounds: Tariffs are a way to open negotiations on trade agreements.     Tim Walz: In trade wars, agriculture gets hit the hardest.     Jared Polis: Tariffs are a regressive tax that hurt our economy.

Government Reform     Elon Musk: FEMA is broken: shut it down entirely.     Kristi Noem: Get rid of FEMA the way it exists today.     Linda McMahon: States know better where and how to spend education money.

Health Care     Jared Polis: Focus on danger of processed foods, but support vaccinations.

Immigration     J.B. Pritzker: Deport violent criminals, not law-abiding immigrants.     Kristi Noem: Work with local officials to locate dangerous criminals.     Lindsey Graham: Congress needs to appropriate money for more ICE agents.     Tim Walz: For a bipartisan policy that strengthens immigration control.

Jobs     Cory Booker: DEI actually allows us to hire the best of the best.

Principles & Values     J.B. Pritzker: Trump should have called out Musk for Nazi salute.     Wes Moore: Loving your country does not mean lying about its history.

Technology     Lee Zeldin: No state or federal electric vehicle mandates.

War & Peace     Mike Rounds: Putin could have had peace a long time ago if he wanted it.     Mike Waltz: Not clear Zelenskyy was ready to negotiate in good faith.

Click for quotations from other sources by: Cory Booker New Jersey Mayor of Newark; N.J. Senator Elon Musk CEO and DOGE leader J.B. Pritzker Illinois Democratic Illinois Governor Jared Polis Colorado Democratic candidate for Colorado Governor Kristi Noem South Dakota Republican Lee Zeldin New York Republican challenger for Governor Linda McMahon Connecticut Former Small Business Administration Lindsey Graham South Carolina S.C. Senator; Republican Presidential candidate Mark Warner Virginia Former Democratic Governor (2002-2006); elected Senator 2008 Mike Rounds South Dakota Former Republican Governor (2002-2010) Mike Waltz Sean Duffy Republican U.S. Rep Wisconsin-7 Tim Walz Minnesota DFL Governor & V.P. nominee Wes Moore Maryland Democratic Gubernatorial Challenger