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Thom Tillis on SenateMatch

 

 



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Strongly Opposes topic 1:
Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right
(-5 points on Social scale)
Require 24-hour information period before abortion: Opposes topic 1
Human life begins at conception: Strongly Opposes topic 1
Voted YES to protect infant survivors of abortion: Opposes topic 1
Enforce life beginning at conception, according to AFA survey: Strongly Opposes topic 1
Strongly Anti-Planned Parenthood, according to AFA survey: Strongly Opposes topic 1
Strongly support Born Alive Survivors, according to AFA survey: Strongly Opposes topic 1
Strict Constitutionalist, according to CC survey: Opposes topic 1
Anti-Planned Parenthood, according to CC survey: Opposes topic 1
Pro-parental notification, according to CC survey: Strongly Opposes topic 1
Opposes topic 2:
Legally require hiring women & minorities
(+2 points on Economic scale)
NC's "traditional population" stable while minorities grow: Opposes topic 2
OpEd: Supported tax cuts over help for students and women: Opposes topic 2
Reparations for black victims of a N.C. eugenics program: Strongly Favors topic 2
Supports eparations as a bipartisan process: Favors topic 2
Enforce Court decision ending college affirmative action: Strongly Opposes topic 2
Strongly anti-reparations, according to AFA survey: Strongly Opposes topic 2
Strongly Opposes topic 3:
Support transgender and LGBTQ+ rights
(-5 points on Social scale)
Constitutionally define marriage as one man and one woman: Strongly Opposes topic 3
Government shouldn't redefine marriage: Strongly Opposes topic 3
Defend the N.C. gay marriage ban: Strongly Opposes topic 3
Defend the institution of the traditional family: Opposes topic 3
Anti-transgender bathrooms, according to CC survey: Strongly Opposes topic 3
Strongly Favors topic 4:
America was founded on Christian values
(-5 points on Social scale)
Judeo-Christian values established our government framework: Strongly Favors topic 4
Outspoken in my defense of our freedom of religion: Strongly Favors topic 4
Strongly protect religious liberty, according to AFA survey: Strongly Favors topic 4
Strongly pro-Judeo-Christian morality, according to AFA survey: Strongly Favors topic 4
Strongly Opposes topic 5:
Expand ObamaCare
(+5 points on Economic scale)
Do everything in our power to undo ObamaCare: Strongly Opposes topic 5
AdWatch: TV PAC attack on ObamaCare is a "badge of honor": Strongly Opposes topic 5
Repeal ObamaCare; it's not a government responsibility: Strongly Opposes topic 5
Anti-universal coverage, according to AFA survey: Opposes topic 5
Strongly pro-private insurance, according to AFA survey: Strongly Opposes topic 5
No opinion on topic 6:
Privatize Social Security
(0 points on Economic scale)
Let's find a different approach, a sustainable approach: Favors topic 6
Keep the promises we've already made: Opposes topic 6
Favors topic 7:
Vouchers for school choice
(+2 points on Economic scale)
Oppose Common Core; eliminate U.S. Department of Education: Strongly Favors topic 7
Department of Education is 5,000 overpaid bureaucrats: Opposes topic 7
Supports vouchers for students to attend private schools: Strongly Favors topic 7
Strongly Favors topic 8:
Businesses have a right to pollute
(-5 points on Social scale)
Continuous improvement but without costly regulations: Favors topic 8
AdWatch: Allowed toxic coal ash pollution on Dan River: Strongly Favors topic 8
Endorsed Targeted as "Dirty Dozen" for anti-environmentalism: Strongly Favors topic 8
Regulatory relief for smaller banks stimulates growth: Favors topic 8
Loosen restrictions on predator control in Alaska: Strongly Favors topic 8
Strongly Favors topic 9:
Stricter punishment reduces crime
(-5 points on Social scale)
Expand prisons so convicted felons serve full sentences: Strongly Favors topic 9
Limit use of racial statistics in death penalty cases: Strongly Favors topic 9
Death penalty for killing police officers: Favors topic 9
First step: reduce recidivism & mass incarceration: Opposes topic 9
Pro-mandatory minimum, according to AFA survey: Favors topic 9
Support law enforcement, according to CC survey: Favors topic 9
Let ex-cons apply freely, according to CC survey: Strongly Favors topic 9
Strongly Favors topic 10:
Absolute right to gun ownership
(+5 points on Economic scale)
Concealed carry permits for state parking lots: Favors topic 10
Opposes more gun restrictions: Strongly Favors topic 10
Reciprocity across state lines for concealed carry: Strongly Favors topic 10
Limit gun rights, according to CC survey: Strongly Favors topic 10
Strongly Opposes topic 11:
Higher taxes on the wealthy
(+5 points on Economic scale)
Reduce the corporate income tax, to attract businesses to NC: Opposes topic 11
Repeal estate tax, except real estate & residents: Strongly Opposes topic 11
2017 tax cuts were "historic tax reform": Strongly Opposes topic 11
Reduce corporate tax rates from 35% to 21% to create jobs: Strongly Opposes topic 11
Pro-tax cuts, according to CC survey: Strongly Opposes topic 11
End the Death Tax, according to CC survey: Strongly Opposes topic 11
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
Bipartian failure to secure the border: Strongly Opposes topic 12
Amnesty shouldn't be on the table: Strongly Opposes topic 12
ICE performs vital functions that protect American families: Strongly Opposes topic 12
Support national emergency at the Southern border: Strongly Opposes topic 12
Strongly pro-border wall, according to AFA survey: Strongly Opposes topic 12
Strongly pro-ICE, according to AFA survey: Strongly Opposes topic 12
Strongly anti-sanctuary city, according to AFA survey: Strongly Opposes topic 12
Strongly pro-E-verify, according to AFA survey: Strongly Opposes topic 12
Pro-border security, according to CC survey: Strongly Opposes topic 12
Favors topic 13:
Support & expand free trade
(+2 points on Economic scale)
Supports USMCA trade agreement to replace NAFTA: Favors topic 13
Voted YES to kill reauthorization of Ex-Im Bank: Opposes topic 13
Implement USMCA for improved North American trade: Strongly Favors topic 13
Strongly Favors topic 14:
Stay away from the UN & Globalism
(+5 points on Economic scale)
Disallow Palestine from joining ICC to threaten Israel: Favors topic 14
No transfers of Gitmo prisoners to US or abroad: Strongly Favors topic 14
Two-state solution despite Israeli settlements on West Bank: Favors topic 14
Strongly pro-free enterprise, according to AFA survey: Strongly Favors topic 14
Strongly anti-Israel boycott, according to AFA survey: Strongly Favors topic 14
Strongly Favors topic 15:
Peace through Strength
(-5 points on Social scale)
Maintain a superior nuclear arsenal: Strongly Favors topic 15
$515B for military plus $89B off sequester for wars: Favors topic 15
Strongly supports strong military, according to AFA survey: Strongly Favors topic 15
Secure the grid, according to CC survey: Strongly Favors topic 15
Opposes topic 16:
Make voter registration easier
(-3 points on Social scale)
No new restrictions on independent campaign expenditures: Strongly Opposes topic 16
Helped engineer voter ID legislation: Opposes topic 16
Photo ID for voting: Strongly Opposes topic 16
Elected to Senate with pledge of 12-year term limit: Favors topic 16
Constitutional amendment for Congressional term limits: No opin. on topic 16
Strongly supports Electoral College, according to AFA survey: Strongly Opposes topic 16
Opposes topic 17:
Stay out of foreign wars
(-3 points on Social scale)
Don't negotiate with Iran, a state sponsor of terror: Strongly Opposes topic 17
Too little is known about Syrian rebels to arm them: Favors topic 17
US should have more quickly armed the moderate Syrian rebels: Opposes topic 17
Withdrawing too quickly from Iraq left vacuum for ISIS: Strongly Opposes topic 17
No nuclear deal with Iran without Congressional input: Opposes topic 17
Pro-Israel, according to CC survey: Opposes topic 17
President ok to use military force against Iran: Opposes topic 17
Strongly Opposes topic 18:
Prioritize green energy
(+5 points on Economic scale)
Roll back gas tax increases: Strongly Opposes topic 18
Use hydraulic fracturing (fracking) for oil & gas extraction: Strongly Opposes topic 18
No subsidies for wind and solar: Strongly Opposes topic 18
Climate change is not an established fact: Strongly Opposes topic 18
Passing Keystone XL pipeline is one key to winning in 2016: Strongly Opposes topic 18
Solve climate change with "market-driven solutions": Favors topic 18
Favors topic 19:
Marijuana is a gateway drug
(-3 points on Social scale)
Allow marijuana research, but no legalization except hemp: Neutral on topic 19
Rated C by NORML, indicating a mixed record on drug reform: Neutral on topic 19
Anti-recreational marijuana, according to AFA survey: Favors topic 19
Opposes topic 20:
Stimulus better than market-led recovery
(+2 points on Economic scale)
Eliminate the Legislature's spending spree mind set: Strongly Opposes topic 20
Free enterprise is the key to national prosperity: Strongly Opposes topic 20
Continue to hold the line on spending: Strongly Favors topic 20
Opposes federal minimum wage; but let states decide: Opposes topic 20
Anti-livable income, according to AFA survey: Opposes topic 20
Voted YES on $900 billion COVID relief package: Favors topic 20
Opposed $1.9 trillion ARPA bill for COVID relief: Strongly Opposes topic 20

Thom Tillis is a Hard-Core Conservative
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Took office as of Jan. 2023:
AL:Katie Britt(R)
MO:Eric Schmit(R)
NC:Ted Budd(R)
OH:J. D. Vance(R)
OK:Markwayne Mullin(R)
PA:John Fetterman(D)
VT:Peter Welch(D)

Left office as of Jan. 2023:
AL:Richard Shelby(R)
MO:Roy Blunt(R)
NC:Richard Burr(R)
OH:Rob Portman(R)
OK:Jim Inhofe(R)
PA:Pat Toomey(R)
VT:Patrick Leahy(D)
Senate races 2024:
AZ: Kyrsten Sinema(I,incumbent)
vs.Ruben Gallego(D)
vs.Kari Lake(R)
vs.Mark Lamb(R)
CA: Laphonza Butler(D,retiring)
vs.Adam Schiff(D nominee)
vs.Steve Garvey(R nominee)
vs.Gail Lightfoot(L)
vs.Barbara Lee(D, lost primary)
vs.Katie Porter(D, lost primary)
CT: Chris Murphy(D,incumbent)
vs.John Flynn(R)
vs.Robert Hyde(I, on ballot)
DE: Tom Carper(D,retiring)
vs.Eric Hansen(R)
vs.Mike Katz(I)
vs.Lisa Blunt Rochester(D)
FL: Rick Scott(R,incumbent)
vs.Debbie Mucarsel-Powell(D)
HI: Mazie Hirono(D,incumbent)
vs.Bob McDermott(R)
IN: Mike Braun(R,retiring)
vs.Jim Banks(R nominee)
vs.Valerie McCray(D nominee)
vs.Marc Carmichael(D, lost primary)
MA: Elizabeth Warren(D,incumbent)
vs.Shiva Ayyadurai(R)
vs.John Deaton(R)
MD: Ben Cardin(D,retiring)
vs.Larry Hogan(R)
vs.Robin Ficker(R)
vs.Angela Alsobrooks(D)
vs.David Trone(D)
ME: Angus King(I,incumbent)
vs.Demi Kouzounas(R)
vs.David Costello(D)
MI: Debbie Stabenow(D,retiring)
vs.Leslie Love(D)
vs.Peter Meijer(R)
vs.James Craig(R)
vs.Mike Rogers(R)
vs.Elissa Slotkin(D)
MN: Amy Klobuchar(DFL,incumbent)
vs.Royce White(R)
vs.Steve Carlson(DFL)
MO: Josh Hawley(R,incumbent)
vs.Karla May(D)
vs.Lucas Kunce(D)
MS: Roger Wicker(R,incumbent)
vs.Dan Eubanks(R)
vs.Ty Pinkins(D)
MT: Jon Tester(D,incumbent)
vs.Tim Sheehy(R)
vs.Brad Johnson(R,lost primary)
ND: Kevin Cramer(R,incumbent)
vs.Katrina Christiansen(D)

NE: Peter Ricketts(R,incumbent,2-year seat)
vs.Preston Love(D)
Deb Fischer(D,incumbent,6-year seat)
vs.Dan Osborn(I)
NJ: Bob Menendez(I,resigned)
vs.George Helmy(D,incumbent)
vs.Andy Kim(D)
vs.Curtis Bashaw(R)
vs.Tammy Murphy(D,withdrew)
NM: Martin Heinrich(D,incumbent)
vs.Nella Domenici(R)
NV: Jacky Rosen(D,incumbent)
vs.Jim Marchant (R)
vs.Sam Brown(R)
NY: Kirsten Gillibrand(D,incumbent)
vs.Mike Sapraicone(R)
vs.Josh Eisen(R,withdrew May 1)
OH: Sherrod Brown(D,incumbent)
vs.Bernie Moreno(R nominee)
vs.Frank LaRose(R, lost primary)
vs.Matt Dolan(R, lost primary)
PA: Bob Casey(D,incumbent)
vs.David McCormick(R)
RI: Sheldon Whitehouse(D,incumbent)
vs.Patricia Morgan(R)
vs.Allen Waters(R,withdrew)
TN: Marsha Blackburn(R,incumbent)
vs.Gloria Johnson(D)
vs.Marquita Bradshaw(D)
TX: Ted Cruz(R,incumbent)
vs.Colin Allred(D)
vs.Roland Gutierrez(D,lost primary)
vs.Carl Sherman(D,lost primary)
UT: Mitt Romney(R,retiring)
vs.John Curtis(R)
vs.Trent Staggs(R)
vs.Brad Wilson(R)
vs.Caroline Gleich(D)
VA: Tim Kaine(D,incumbent)
vs.Scott Parkinson(R)
VT: Bernie Sanders(I,incumbent)
vs.Gerald Malloy(R)
WA: Maria Cantwell(D,incumbent)
vs.Raul Garcia(R)
WI: Tammy Baldwin(D,incumbent)
vs.Eric Hovde(R)
vs.Phil Anderson(L)
WV: Joe Manchin III(D,retiring)
vs.Don Blankenship(D)
vs.Jim Justice(R)
vs.Alex Mooney(R)
vs.Glenn Elliott(D)
WY: John Barrasso(R,incumbent)
vs.Reid Rasner(R)
vs.Scott Morrow(D)
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

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Retiring in 2024 election:
AZ:Sinema(I)
CA:Butler(D)
DE:Carper(D)
IN:Braun(R)
MD:Cardin(D)
MI:Stabenow(D)
UT:Romney(R)
WV:Manchin(D)
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