Keith Kidwell's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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- State House (NC) - District 79, Republican
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North Carolina State Legislative Election 2018 Political Courage Test
| Pro-life | a) Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation? | ||
| Yes | b) Should abortion be legal when the pregnancy resulted from incest or rape? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support the prohibition of public funds for organizations that perform abortions? | ||
| I have spent over 20 years working with Crisis Pregnancy centers as a board member, chairman, and volunteer. As to question b, I feel this is a very difficult problem. I would counsel the individual to consider birthing the baby, but I understand it could be a problem. The law should allow the mother to make that decision. | |||
1) Budget Stabilization:Indicate which proposals you support (if any) for balancing North Carolina's budget.
| No | a) Reducing state employee salaries AND/OR pensions? | ||
| No | b) Instituting mandatory furloughs AND/OR layoffs for state employees? | ||
| No | c) Reducing benefits for Medicaid recipients? | ||
| No | d) An income tax increase on any tax bracket? | ||
| Republican have reduced taxes and given raises to state employees without any of these drastic options. We should continue with that track. | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support any limits on campaign contributions to state candidates? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? | ||
| No | c) Do you support the use of an independent AND/OR bipartisan commission for redistricting? | ||
| Yes | d) Do you support requiring a government-issued photo identification in order to vote at the polls? | ||
| The experience of states that have tried to set up nonpartisan redistricting ended up with a worse situation than when it was left to the elected officials. The example being California and Arizona. Unlike elected official the appointed positions are not accountable to the voters. | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support capital punishment for certain crimes? | ||
| No | b) Do you support the legalization of marijuana for recreational purposes? | ||
| Yes | c) Should a minor accused of a violent crime be prosecuted as an adult? | ||
| Yes | d) Do you support the enforcement of federal immigration laws by state and local police? | ||
| e) Other or expanded principles: | |||
| No | a) Do you support state government spending as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support lowering state taxes as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support reducing state government regulations on the private sector? | ||
| No | d) Do you support expanding access to unemployment benefits? | ||
| Yes | e) Do you support requiring welfare applicants to pass a drug test in order to receive benefits? | ||
| No | f) Do you support an increase of the minimum wage of North Carolina? | ||
| g) Other or expanded principles: | |||
| No | a) Do you support adopting federal education standards in North Carolina? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support state funding for charter schools? | ||
| No | c) Should immigrants unlawfully present in the United States who graduate from North Carolina high schools be eligible for in-state tuition at public universities? | ||
| No | d) Do you support increasing funding for the state education budget? | ||
| Yes | e) Do you support North Carolina's "Innovative School District" program? | ||
| I support local control of local schools. Our local school boards know better what our students and schools need. national programs like Common Core tend to be failures. | |||
| No | a) Do you support state funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, thermal)? | ||
| No | b) Do you support state government regulations of greenhouse gas emissions? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support increasing state funding for clean drinking water initiatives? | ||
| d) Other or expanded principles: | |||
| No | a) Do you generally support gun-control legislation? | ||
| No | b) Should background checks be required on gun sales between private citizens at gun shows? | ||
| Yes | c) Should teachers be allowed to bring guns into the classroom? | ||
| No | d) Should a license be required for gun ownership? | ||
| Teachers who choose to and take proper training on an ongoing basis should be allowed to carry in schools. There are no other Rights that we require a license to exercise. | |||
| Yes | a) Should the state government increase funding for treatment facilities to combat opioid abuse? | ||
| No | b) Do you support Medicaid expansion through North Carolina's health care programs? | ||
| No | c) Do you support requiring individuals to purchase health care insurance? | ||
| No | d) Do you support legislation that grants citizens the right to choose to die through euthanasia? | ||
| No | e) Do you support eliminating religious exemptions for vaccinations? | ||
| f) Other or expanded principles: | |||
| No | a) Do you support the inclusion of sexual orientation in North Carolina's anti-discrimination laws? | ||
| No | b) Do you support the inclusion of gender identity in North Carolina's anti-discrimination laws? | ||
| No | c) Do you support greater efforts by North Carolina state government in closing the pay gap between men and women? | ||
| No | d) Do you support the removal of Confederate monuments from public spaces? | ||
| e) Other or expanded principles: | |||
| Reduce taxes. Reducing taxes promotes economic growth. When we reduced taxes and regulation on business, we moved from the 47 state in business-friendliness to number one according to Forbes. Get the highway projects in eastern NC completed. This will help to promote business and therefore jobs. |
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