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Phil Bredesen on VoteMatch

 



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No opinion on topic 1:
Abortion is a woman's right
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No opinion on topic 2:
Require hiring more women & minorities
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No opinion on topic 3:
Same-sex domestic partnership benefits
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No opinion on topic 4:
Teacher-led prayer in public schools
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Strongly Favors topic 8:
Death Penalty
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Supports the death penalty: Strongly Favors topic 8
Supports fair and accurate executions: Strongly Favors topic 8
No opinion on topic 9:
Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws
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Strongly Favors topic 10:
Absolute right to gun ownership
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Against new restrictions; for gun safety education: Strongly Favors topic 10
Strongly Favors topic 5:
More federal funding for health coverage
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Cover Tennessee: provide affordable, portable insurance: Strongly Favors topic 5
Reform TennCare with more regulation of MCOs: Neutral on topic 5
3.2% funding increase for National Institutes of Health: Strongly Favors topic 5
No opinion on topic 6:
Privatize Social Security
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Opposes topic 7:
Parents choose schools via vouchers
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New reforms: student achievement to evaluate teacher: Favors topic 7
Raise teacher pay;expand pre-K: Strongly Opposes topic 7
Strongly Favors topic 18:
Replace coal & oil with alternatives
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Set goal of 25% renewable energy by 2025: Strongly Favors topic 18
Strongly Favors topic 19:
Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it
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Proliferation of meth is one of the most serious threats: Strongly Favors topic 19
No opinion on topic 20:
Allow churches to provide welfare services
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Strongly Opposes topic 11:
Make taxes more progressive
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Balance state needs--without an income tax: Strongly Opposes topic 11
Favors topic 12:
Illegal immigrants earn citizenship
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Develop sensible, uniform national policies for immigration: Favors topic 12
No opinion on topic 13:
Support & expand free trade
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No opinion on topic 15:
Expand the armed forces
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No opinion on topic 16:
Stricter limits on political campaign funds
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No opinion on topic 14:
The Patriot Act harms civil liberties
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No opinion on topic 17:
US out of Iraq & Afghanistan
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Other governors' VoteMatch: Phil Bredesen on the issues:
TN Gubernatorial:
Bill Haslam
TN Senatorial:
Bob Corker
Lamar Alexander

Newly Seated Jan. 2011:
AL: Robert Bentley (R)
CA: Jerry Brown (D)
CO: John Hickenlooper (D)
CT: Dan Malloy (D)
FL: Rick Scott (R)
GA: Nathan Deal (R)
HI: Neil Abercrombie (D)
IA: Terry Branstad (R)
KS: Sam Brownback (R)
ME: Paul LePage (R)
MI: Rick Snyder (R)
MN: Mark Dayton (D)
ND: Jack Dalrymple (R)
NM: Susana Martinez (R)
NV: Brian Sandoval (R)
NY: Andrew Cuomo (D)
OH: John Kasich (R)
OK: Mary Fallin (R)
PA: Tom Corbett (R)
RI: Lincoln Chafee (I)
SC: Nikki Haley (R)
SD: Dennis Daugaard (R)
TN: Bill Haslam (R)
VT: Peter Shumlin (D)
WI: Scott Walker (R)
WY: Matt Mead (R)
Newly seated 2009-2010:
AK Sean Parnell
AZ Jan Brewer
ND Jack Dalrymple
NJ Chris Christie
VA Bob McDonnell

Elections Oct./Nov. 2011:
KY Steve Beshear (re-elected)
LA Bobby Jindal (re-elected)
MS Phil Bryant (Governor-Elect)
MS Haley Barbour (retiring 2012)
WV Earl Ray Tomblin (elected)

Term-limited/retiring as of Nov. 2012:
IN Mitch Daniels (term-limited)
MT Brian Schweitzer (term-limited)
NH John Lynch (retiring 2012)
NH Christine Gregoire (retiring 2012)

Term-limited out as of Jan. 2011:
AL Bob Riley
CA Arnold Schwarzenegger
GA Sonny Perdue
HI Linda Lingle
ME John Baldacci
MI Jennifer Granholm
NM Bill Richardson
OK Brad Henry
OR Ted Kulongoski
PA Ed Rendell
RI Donald Carcieri
SC Mark Sanford
SD Mike Rounds
TN Phil Bredesen
WY Dave Freudenthal
Abortion
Budget/Economy
Civil Rights
Corporations
Crime
Drugs
Education
Energy/Oil
Environment
Families/Children
Foreign Policy
Free Trade
Govt. Reform
Gun Control
Health Care
Homeland Security
Immigration
Infrastructure/Technology
Jobs
Principles/Values
Social Security
Tax Reform
War/Iraq/Mideast
Welfare/Poverty

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Page last updated: Nov 29, 2011