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Tom Benavides on SenateMatch

 



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No opinion on topic 1:
Abortion is a woman's right
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Require companies to hire more women & minorities
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Sexual orientation protected by civil rights laws
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Teach family values in public schools
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More federal funding for health coverage
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Privatize Social Security
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Parents choose schools via vouchers
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Death Penalty
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Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws
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Absolute right to gun ownership
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Decrease overall taxation of the wealthy
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Illegal immigrants earn citizenship
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Support & expand free trade
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The Patriot Act harms civil liberties
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More spending on armed forces
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Stricter limits on political campaign funds
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Replace US troops with UN in Iraq
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Replace coal & oil with alternatives
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Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it
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No opinion on topic 20:
Allow churches to provide welfare services
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Other candidates' VoteMatch: Tom Benavides on the issues:
NM Gubernatorial:
Bill Richardson
NM Senatorial:
Allen McCulloch
David Pfeffer
Francesca Lobato
Jeff Bingaman
Pete Domenici

2004 Presidential:
Pres.George W. Bush
V.P.Dick Cheney
Sen.John Kerry
Sen.John Edwards
Ralph Nader

2008 possibilities:
Sen.Hillary Clinton
Sen.John McCain
V.P.Al Gore

2006 Senate retirements:
Jon Corzine(D,NJ)
Mark Dayton(DFL,MN)
Bill Frist(R,TN)
Jim Jeffords(I,VT)
Paul Sarbanes(D,MD)

Party Platforms:
Democratic Platform
Green Platform
Libertarian Platform
Republican Platform
2006 Senate Races:
(AZ)Kyl v.Pederson
(CA)Feinstein v.Mountjoy
(CT)Lieberman v.Lamont v.Schlesinger
(DE)Carper v.Ting
(FL)Nelson v.Harris
(HI)Akaka v.Thielen
(IN)Lugar v.Osborn
(MA)Kennedy v.Chase
(MD)Cardin v.Steele v.Zeese
(ME)Snowe v.Bright
(MI)Stabenow v.Bouchard
(MN)Kennedy v.Klobuchar
(MO)Talent v.McCaskill
(MS)Lott v.Fleming v.Bowlin
(MT)Burns v.Tester
(ND)Conrad v.Grotberg
(NE)Nelson v.Ricketts
(NJ)Menendez v.Kean
(NM)Bingaman v.McCulloch
(NV)Ensign v.Carter
(NY)Clinton v.Spencer
(OH)DeWine vBrown
(PA)Santorum v.Casey
(RI)Chafee vWhitehouse
(TN)Ford v.Corker
(TX)Hutchison v.Radnofsky
(UT)Hatch v.Ashdown
(VA)Allen v.Webb
(VT)Sanders v.Tarrant
(WA)Cantwell v.McGavick v.Guthrie
(WI)Kohl v.Vogeler v.Redick
(WV)Byrd v.Raese
(WY)Thomas v.Groutage
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