|   | Mike Luke on SenateMatch | 
| VoteMatch Responses (Click here for VoteMatch quiz) | |
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| VoteMatch Question & Answer (Click on question for explanation and background) | Based on these stances: (Click on topic for excerpt & citation) | 
| Strongly Favors
 topic 1:Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right (+5 points on Social scale) | Define life at conception; abortion is repugnant: Strongly Favors topic 1 | 
| No opinion on
 topic 2:Legally require hiring women & minorities (0 points on Economic scale) | (No votes on which to base response) | 
| Favors
 topic 3:Comfortable with same-sex marriage (+2 points on Social scale) | States & Feds shouldn't define marriage, including same-sex: Strongly Favors topic 3 Don't require businesses to cater to same-sex couples: Opposes topic 3 | 
| No opinion on
 topic 4:Keep God in the public sphere (0 points on Social scale) | (No votes on which to base response) | 
| Strongly Opposes
 topic 5:Expand ObamaCare (+5 points on Economic scale) | Repeal ObamaCare & leave healthcare to states: Strongly Opposes topic 5 | 
| Strongly Opposes
 topic 6:Privatize Social Security (-5 points on Economic scale) | Opposes personal retirement accounts: Strongly Opposes topic 6 | 
| Strongly Favors
 topic 7:Vouchers for school choice (+5 points on Economic scale) | Abolish the US Department of Education: Strongly Favors topic 7 | 
| No opinion on
 topic 8:Fight EPA regulatory over-reach (0 points on Social scale) | (No votes on which to base response) | 
| Strongly Opposes
 topic 9:Stricter punishment reduces crime (+5 points on Social scale) | Repeal laws that punish people without due process: Strongly Opposes topic 9 | 
| Strongly Favors
 topic 10:Absolute right to gun ownership (+5 points on Economic scale) | All non-incarcerated people have right to bear arms: Strongly Favors topic 10 | 
| Strongly Favors
 topic 11:Higher taxes on the wealthy (-5 points on Economic scale) | Eliminate inheritance taxes; decrease middle-income taxes: Strongly Favors topic 11 | 
| Opposes
 topic 12:Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens (-3 points on Social scale) | Discourage illegals by stopping welfare benefits: Opposes topic 12 | 
| Opposes
 topic 13:Support & expand free trade (-3 points on Economic scale) | Be selective on which nations we do business with: Opposes topic 13 | 
| No opinion on
 topic 14:Support American Exceptionalism (0 points on Economic scale) | (No votes on which to base response) | 
| Strongly Opposes
 topic 15:Expand the military (+5 points on Social scale) | End all military spending in other nations: Strongly Opposes topic 15 | 
| Favors
 topic 16:Make voter registration easier (+2 points on Social scale) | No surveillance of people; but surveillance of government ok: Favors topic 16 | 
| Strongly Favors
 topic 17:Avoid foreign entanglements (+5 points on Social scale) | We waste blood & treasure on unnecessary conflict: Strongly Favors topic 17 | 
| Strongly Opposes
 topic 18:Prioritize green energy (+5 points on Economic scale) | Human activity isn't contributing to climate change: Strongly Opposes topic 18 | 
| Strongly Opposes
 topic 19:Marijuana is a gateway drug (+5 points on Social scale) | Wants to stop all federal regulation of marijuana: Strongly Opposes topic 19 | 
| Opposes
 topic 20:Stimulus better than market-led recovery (+2 points on Economic scale) | Blames inflation on the Federal Reserve banking system: Opposes topic 20 Balance the budget; cut the fat; allow no sacred cows: Opposes topic 20 | 
 
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| WA Gubernatorial: Bill Bryant Jay Inslee Phil Fortunato WA Senatorial: Chris Vance Dave Strider Jennifer Ferguson Maria Cantwell Patty Murray Susan Hutchison Left office as of Jan. 2019: AZ:Flake(R,retired) FL:Nelson(D,lost) IN:Donnelly(D,lost) MN:Franken(D,resigned) MO:McCaskill(D,lost) MS:Cochran(R,resigned) ND:Heitkamp(D,lost) NV:Heller(R,lost) TN:Corker(R,retired) UT:Hatch(R,retired) Took office as of Jan. 2019: AZ:McSally(R) FL:Scott(R) IN:Braun(R) MN:Smith(D,2018) MO:Hawley(R) MS:Hyde-Smith(R,2018) ND:Cramer(R) NV:Rosen(D) TN:Blackburn(R) UT:Romney(R) | Senate races 2019-20: AK: Sullivan(R,incumbent) vs.Gross(I) AL: Jones(D,incumbent) vs.Sessions(R) vs.Moore(R) vs.Mooney(R) vs. AR: Cotton(R,incumbent) vs. AZ: McSally(R,incumbent) vs.Kelly(D) CO: Gardner(R,incumbent) vs.Hickenlooper(D) vs. DE: Coons(D,incumbent) vs.Scarane(D) GA-2: Isakson(R,resigned) Loeffler(R,appointed) vs.Lieberman(D) vs.Collins(R) vs.Carter(D) GA-6: Perdue(R,incumbent) vs.Tomlinson(D) vs.Ossoff(D) vs.Terry(D) IA: Ernst(R,incumbent) vs.Graham(D) vs.Mauro(D) vs.Greenfield(D) ID: Risch(R,incumbent) vs.Harris(D) vs.Jordan(D) IL: Durbin(D,incumbent) vs.Curran(R) vs. KS: Roberts(R,retiring) vs. KY: McConnell(R,incumbent) vs.McGrath(D) vs.Morgan(R) vs.Cox(D) vs.Tobin(D) LA: Cassidy(R,incumbent) vs.Pierce(D) | MA: Markey(D,incumbent) vs. ME: Collins(R,incumbent) vs.Sweet(D) vs.Gideon(D) vs. MI: Peters(D,incumbent) vs.James(R) MN: Smith(D,incumbent) vs. MS: Hyde-Smith(R,incumbent) vs.Espy(D) vs.Bohren(D) MT: Daines(R,incumbent) vs.Collins(D) vs.Bullock(D) NC: Tillis(R,incumbent) vs.E.Smith(D) vs.S.Smith(R) vs.Cunningham(D) vs.Tucker(R) vs. NE: Sasse(R,incumbent) vs.Janicek(R) NH: Shaheen(D,incumbent) vs.Martin(D) vs.Bolduc(R) vs.O'Brien(f) NJ: Booker(D,incumbent) vs.Singh(R) vs.Meissner(R) NM: Udall(D,retiring) vs.Clarkson(R) vs. OK: Inhofe(R,incumbent) vs.Workman(D) OR: Merkley(D,incumbent) vs.Romero(R) RI: Reed(D,incumbent) vs.Waters(R) SC: Graham(R,incumbent) vs.Tinubu(D) vs.Harrison(D) SD: Rounds(R,incumbent) vs.Borglum(R) vs.Ahlers(D) TN: Alexander(R,incumbent) vs.Sethi(R) vs.Mackler(D) vs.Hagerty(R) TX: Cornyn(R,incumbent) vs.Hegar(D) vs.Hernandez(D) vs.Bell(D) vs.Ramirez(D) vs.West(D) VA: Warner(D,incumbent) vs. WV: Capito(R,incumbent) vs.Swearengin(D) vs.Ojeda(D) WY: Enzi(R,incumbent) vs.Ludwig(D) vs.Lummis(R) | Abortion Budget/Economy Campaign Finance Civil Rights Corporations Crime Drugs Education Energy/Oil Environment Families Foreign Policy Free Trade Gay Issues Govt. Reform Gun Control Health Care Homeland Security Immigration Iraq/Mideast Infrastructure Jobs/Farming Medicare/Rx Principles Social Security Tax Reform Technology War/Peace Welfare/Poverty All Mike Luke's positions Other WA politicians WA Archives Retiring in 2020 election: KS:Roberts(R) NM:Udall(D) Senators running for President in 2019-20: CA:Harris(D) CO:Bennet(D) MA:Warren(D) MN:Klobuchar(D) NJ:Booker(D) NY:Gillibrand(D) VT:Sanders(D) |