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Murray Sabrin on SenateMatch | 
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Strongly Opposes
 topic 1:Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right
 (-5 points on Social scale)  | Human life begins at conception: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Evolved from pro-choice & anti-partial birth to pro-life: Opposes topic 1  | 
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No opinion on
 topic 2:Legally require hiring women & minorities
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Strongly Opposes
 topic 3:Comfortable with same-sex marriage
 (-5 points on Social scale)  | Government shouldn't redefine marriage: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Gay-bashing is insensitive, but free speech; not hate crime: Strongly Opposes topic 3  | 
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Strongly Favors
 topic 4:Keep God in the public sphere
 (-5 points on Social scale)  | Judeo-Christian values established our government framework: Strongly Favors topic 4 | 
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Strongly Opposes
 topic 5:Expand ObamaCare
 (+5 points on Economic scale)  | Repeal ObamaCare; it's not a government responsibility: Strongly Opposes topic 5 ObamaCare is unconstitutional use of Commerce Clause: Strongly Opposes topic 5  | 
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Strongly Favors
 topic 6:Privatize Social Security
 (+5 points on Economic scale)  | Social Security is a Ponzi scheme: Bernie Madoff on steroids: Strongly Favors topic 6 | 
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Strongly Favors
 topic 7:Vouchers for school choice
 (+5 points on Economic scale)  | Oppose nationwide Common Core standards: Strongly Favors topic 7 Federal tax credits to enroll children in successful school: Strongly Favors topic 7  | 
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Strongly Favors
 topic 8:Fight EPA regulatory over-reach
 (-5 points on Social scale)  | Stand up to the EPA about disastrous auto emissions test: Strongly Favors topic 8 | 
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Strongly Favors
 topic 9:Stricter punishment reduces crime
 (-5 points on Social scale)  | No death penalty; deport murderers to ends of the Earth: Strongly Favors topic 9 | 
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Strongly Favors
 topic 10:Absolute right to gun ownership
 (+5 points on Economic scale)  | Opposes more gun restrictions: Strongly Favors topic 10 Support concealed carry: We are defenseless outside home: Strongly Favors topic 10  | 
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Strongly Opposes
 topic 11:Higher taxes on the wealthy
 (+5 points on Economic scale)  | Call for personal and business tax cuts: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Eliminate AMT, death tax, and tax on tips: Strongly Opposes topic 11  | 
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Strongly Opposes
 topic 12:Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens
 (-5 points on Social scale)  | Protect the borders; prevent illegal entry: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Secure our borders from foreign terror & illegal immigration: Strongly Opposes topic 12 The Sabrin Solution: Official English and no amnesty: Strongly Opposes topic 12  | 
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Strongly Favors
 topic 13:Support & expand free trade
 (+5 points on Economic scale)  | Gold standard and free trade mean a check on government: Strongly Favors topic 13 | 
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Strongly Favors
 topic 14:Support American Exceptionalism
 (+5 points on Economic scale)  | Failed policy of invade, occupy and rule other nations: Strongly Favors topic 14 | 
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No opinion on
 topic 15:Expand the military
 (0 points on Social scale)  | Maintain a superior nuclear arsenal: Strongly Favors topic 15 Don't police world at behest of military-industrial complex: Strongly Opposes topic 15  | 
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Opposes
 topic 16:Make voter registration easier
 (-3 points on Social scale)  | Photo ID for voting: Strongly Opposes topic 16 1997: Reached millions of people via debate & matching funds: Favors topic 16  | 
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Strongly Favors
 topic 17:Avoid foreign entanglements
 (+5 points on Social scale)  | A common sense, humble, noninterventionist foreign policy: Strongly Favors topic 17 No involvement in Iraq's civil war: Strongly Favors topic 17 War in Iraq is disastrous interventionist foreign policy: Strongly Favors topic 17  | 
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Strongly Opposes
 topic 18:Prioritize green energy
 (+5 points on Economic scale)  | No subsidies for wind and solar: Strongly Opposes topic 18 | 
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Strongly Opposes
 topic 19:Marijuana is a gateway drug
 (+5 points on Social scale)  | Abolish the nation's drug laws, lock, stock, and barrel: Strongly Opposes topic 19 | 
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Strongly Opposes
 topic 20:Stimulus better than market-led recovery
 (+5 points on Economic scale)  | Free enterprise is the key to national prosperity: Strongly Opposes topic 20 Government that governs least governs best: Strongly Opposes topic 20 Manufacturing hubs are crony capitalism: Strongly Opposes topic 20 Supports balanced budget and less spending: Strongly Opposes topic 20 Federal Reserve: unelected bureaucrats harming our economy: Strongly Opposes topic 20  | 
 
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 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)  | 
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