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Abortion     Dick Cheney: Against abortion rights.     Janet Mills: No comment on lawsuit to expand abortion access.     Kamala Harris: A staunch supporter of legal protection for abortion.     Kamala Harris: Hyde Amendment denies poor women reproductive health care.     Karen Bass: 100% ratings from NARAL & Planned Parenthood.     Val Demings: 100% ratings from NARAL & Planned Parenthood.     Jamie R. Smith: Uphold state abortion ban: no exceptions for rape or incest.     Kristi Noem: Pro-life, although South Dakotans support right to choose.

Budget & Economy     Dick Cheney: Supported Balanced Budget Amendment.     Donald Trump: FactCheck: Fed keeps interest rates low, but apolitically.     Gary Jones: Cut budget without losing core services.     John Neely Kennedy: FactCheck: Yes, supported ARPA funds for natural disasters.

Civil Rights     Anthony Kennedy: Concurred on allowing federal ObamaCare subsidies.     Elena Kagan: Concurred on allowing federal ObamaCare subsidies.     Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Concurred on allowing federal ObamaCare subsidies.     Sonia Sotomayor: Concurred on allowing federal ObamaCare subsidies.     Stephen Breyer: Concurred on allowing federal ObamaCare subsidies.     Tom Vilsack: Root out inequities and systemic racism in systems we govern.     Jamie R. Smith: Critical race theory not a problem in South Dakota schools.

Corporations     Rudy Giuliani: Low corporate tax rates encourage business locating in US.

Crime     Andrew Cuomo: Signed police reform package, including ban on chokeholds.     Bill Lee: Men of Valor: re-entry program for former offenders.     George W. Bush: Proper age for death penalty is 17.     John Chiang: Education & anti-poverty to fight crime.     Patrick Morrisey: $1M more for state police drug testing in criminal cases.

Drugs     Bill Dahlin: Industrial hemp could help Wyoming farmers profit.     Mick Rich: Ending illegal drugs crossing the border will be #1 priority.     T.W. Shannon: $4 million to establish unit to go after illegal pot growers.

Education     Dick Cheney: Supports school prayer.     James Emerson Smith: Led fight against vouchers.     Sonia Sotomayor: Often supports local school districts in her rulings.

Environment     Cynthia Nixon: Outraged over slow response to village's contaminated water.     Mick Rich: Wants commercial use of natural resources on federal lands.

Free Trade     Rob Sand: Agriculture is one of the biggest targets in a trade war.

Government Reform     Elena Kagan: Aggressive advocate for campaign finance reform.     Gary Johnson: Sues to attempt to participate in presidential debate.     John Roberts: Campaign finance reform should not limit political spending.     Jon Husted: States should police elections, not Feds.

Gun Control     Jon Husted: Endorsed by gun group, supports "right to protect".     Steve Pearce: Allow concealed guns across state lines.     Rob Sand: Owns guns, including handguns; likes to hunt and fish.

Health Care     Antonin Scalia: ObamaCare "state exchanges" cannot be federal exchanges.     Bill Bradley: Alter tax code to make health insurance more affordable.     Clarence Thomas: Concurs that ObamaCare "state exchanges" cannot be federal.     John McCain: Higher taxes on cigarettes.     Nan Whaley: Medicaid crucial to helping addicts; don't throw people off.     Samuel Alito: Concurs that ObamaCare "state exchanges" cannot be federal.

Homeland Security     Gloria La Riva: Opposed collection of citizens' digital communications.     Shenna Bellows: NSA should target only based on individualized suspicion.     Susan Collins: Increase transparency of NSA but keep NSA programs.

Immigration     Bill Haslam: College tuition break for in-state undocumented immigrants.     Jeb Bush: Pray for Comprehensive Immigration Reform, not AZ law.     Karl Dean: Immigrants are part of community; college tuition break ok.     Donald Trump: FactCheck: border wall 52 new miles, plus rebuilt 406 miles.

Principles & Values     Bill Bradley: Emphasizes positions on left.     Bill Lee: Faith would influence my decisions as governor.     George W. Bush: Oil-town upbringing bred ‘compassionate conservatism'.     Jennifer Granholm: Antidote to negativity and pain: service to others.     Ralph Nader: Goal is 5% of vote, to qualify Greens as a recognized party.

Social Security     Jim Hood: Encourage more state retirees to run for state legislature.     Rudy Giuliani: Trust me on Social Security reform, but no details yet.

Tax Reform     George W. Bush: Don't balance the budget on the backs of the poor.     Rudy Giuliani: Letting Bush tax cuts expire means economy would decline.     Jamie R. Smith: Pushed for years to repeal state's 4.5% tax on food sales.     Kristi Noem: Repeal state's 4.5% tax on food sales.

War & Peace     Lee Bright: Intervention in Syria would help the Muslim Brotherhood.     Lindsey Graham: Intervention in Syria to degrade Assad's chemical weapons.     Lindsey Graham: Getting Syria wrong leads to Iranian nukes & war with Israel.     Nancy Mace: Intervention in Syria would bolster al-Qaida.

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