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Books by and about 2020 presidential candidates |
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Crippled America,
by Donald J. Trump (2015) |
Fire and Fury,
by Michael Wolff (2018) |
Trump Revealed,
by Michael Kranish and Marc Fisher (2016) |
The Making of Donald Trump,
by David Cay Johnston (2016) |
Promise Me, Dad ,
by Joe Biden (2017) |
The Book of Joe ,
by Jeff Wilser (2019; biography of Joe Biden) |
The Truths We Hold,
by Kamala Harris (2019) |
Smart on Crime,
by Kamala Harris (2010) |
Guide to Political Revolution,
by Bernie Sanders (2017) |
Where We Go From Here,
by Bernie Sanders (2018) |
Our Revolution,
by Bernie Sanders (2016) |
This Fight Is Our Fight,
by Elizabeth Warren (2017) |
United,
by Cory Booker (2016) |
Conscience of a Conservative,
by Jeff Flake (2017) |
Two Paths,
by Gov. John Kasich (2017) |
Every Other Monday,
by Rep. John Kasich (2010) |
Courage is Contagious,
by John Kasich (1998) |
Shortest Way Home,
by Pete Buttigieg (2019) |
Becoming,
by Michelle Obama (2018) |
Higher Loyalty,
by James Comey (2018) |
The Making of Donald Trump,
by David Cay Johnston (2017) |
Higher Loyalty ,
by James Comey (2018) |
Trump vs. Hillary On The Issues ,
by Jesse Gordon (2016) |
Outsider in the White House,
by Bernie Sanders (2015) |
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Book Reviews |
(from Amazon.com) |
(click a book cover for a review or other books by or about the presidency from Amazon.com)
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Abortion
Bernie Moreno: All human life is precious.
Mike DeWine: Deflects questions about abortion during pandemic.
John Kasich: Vetoed "fetal heartbeat" law (abortion ban after 6 weeks).
Mike DeWine: Supports "fetal heartbeat" law (abortion ban after 6 weeks).
Jim Renacci: De-fund Planned Parenthood; 100% pro-life.
Mike DeWine: Supports heartbeat bill (no abortion after 6 weeks).
Richard Cordray: Women's right to make their own personal decisions.
Sherrod Brown: Trust women to make their own healthcare decisions.
Mike Gibbons: Opposes abortion as a woman's unrestricted right.
Betty Sutton: Constitutionally protected decisions about personal health.
Dennis Kucinich: Change of heart: I support a woman's right to choose.
Joe Schiavoni: I trust women to make their own medical decisions.
Richard Cordray: Support abortion rights; fight for Planned Parenthood.
Josh Mandel: Prohibit abortion at first sign of fetal heartbeat.
Josh Mandel: Prohibit abortion at first sign of fetal heartbeat.
Mike Gibbons: We need to end abortion in America.
Joe Schiavoni: Restore Planned Parenthood funding.
Jon Husted: Unwavering supporting for the unborn.
Jim Renacci: Opposes abortion and gay marriage.
John Kasich: Ban abortions after 20 weeks; but no "heartbeat bill".
John Kasich: Require abortion clinics to have nearby hospital & doctor.
Warren Davidson: Life begins at conception.
Ted Strickland: Supports some restrictions but Planned Parenthood ok.
John Kasich: Cut $1.3M in funding for discredited Planned Parenthood.
P.G. Sittenfeld: Unwavering supporter of a woman's right to choose.
Josh Mandel: Signed pledge to oppose abortion on demand without exception.
Josh Mandel: I believe in protecting life.
Sherrod Brown: Women should make their own health care decisions.
Michael Pryce: ObamaCare makes doctors commit abortions against their will.
Josh Mandel: Endorsed by Ohio Right to Life PAC.
Josh Mandel: Umbilical blood is ethical source of stem cells.
John Kasich: Ban abortion in public hospitals.
Joe Schiavoni: Don't ban abortion in public hospitals.
Nina Turner: Don't ban abortion in public hospitals.
Connie Pillich: Don't ban abortion in public hospitals.
Michael Pryce: Completely against abortion as a form of birth control.
Michael Pryce: No funding for embryonic stem cell research.
Lee Fisher: Committed to upholding the rights guaranteed in Roe v. Wade.
Steven Driehaus: Prohibit partial-birth abortion; and illegalize all abortion.
Eric Fingerhut: I support Roe vs. Wade.
Charlie Wilson: Legal abortion only for incest, rape, or life of woman.
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Budget & Economy
Tim Ryan: Give American manufacturing the tools it needs to grow.
Mike Gibbons: We need to get our economy back on track.
Nan Whaley: Invest in economic and neighborhood development.
Jane Timken: We need to get back to fiscal responsibility.
Jim Renacci: Obama federal stimulus was a failed experiment.
Mike DeWine: Make Ohio a low tax, low regulation state.
Mike Gibbons: Market-led recovery instead of stimulus.
Mike Gibbons: Government should get out of the way.
Joe Schiavoni: Targeted tax credits for jobs and upgrades.
Jon Husted: Most conservative state budget in 40 years.
Jon Husted: Liberation from Feds can reduce other problems.
P.G. Sittenfeld: Make big banks split their commercial & investment practices.
P.G. Sittenfeld: Trickle-down economics has not worked for vast majority.
Richard Cordray: A look back at the recession demands common sense reforms.
Rob Portman: Budget director for President George W. Bush.
Lee Fisher: Reduce deficit with pay-as-you-go budget rules.
Ted Strickland: Turnaround Ohio: invest in innovation and entrepreneurship.
Bob Taft: Keep budget balanced without new taxes; hold spending.
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Civil Rights
JD Vance: Generals should read less about white rage, whatever that is.
JD Vance: Black Lives Matter movement destroyed many towns and cities.
Bernie Moreno: The Speech Police must be stopped.
Nan Whaley: More women leaders, more diverse idea of what leadership is.
Mike DeWine: Opposes sexual identity in anti-discrimination laws.
Richard Cordray: Long-term supporter of gay marriage.
Mike Gibbons: Opposes same-sex marriage.
Mary Taylor: Disallow minors to initiate gender transition without parent.
Mary Taylor: Running-mate Nathan Estruth led anti-gay-rights campaign.
Nan Whaley: Presided over one of first Ohio gay marriages.
Joe Schiavoni: LGBT students are like everyone else.
Nan Whaley: Being young & female in politics offers unique leadership.
P.G. Sittenfeld: Saying "black lives matter" recognizes institutional racism.
Michael Pryce: End affirmative action programs.
Michael Pryce: Marriage only between one man and one woman.
Lee Fisher: Same rights regardless of sexual orientation.
Lee Fisher: Equal Pay for Equal Work: fair pay for women.
Steven Driehaus: No civil unions; no same-sex marriage.
Sherrod Brown: Voted against the Patriot Act because it is unpatriotic.
Eric Fingerhut: Affirmative action is a good outreach strategy.
Eric Fingerhut: Recognize same-sex civil unions and marriage.
Joyce Beatty: Supports affirmative action in state hiring & college.
Charlie Wilson: Supports affirmative action for state agencies & colleges.
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Corporations
JD Vance: Woke capital directly connected to plundering of society.
Bernie Moreno: Big corporations are becoming as bad as big government.
Richard Cordray: Ran Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
Sherrod Brown: CFPB stops Wall Street from calling the shots on the budget.
Jim Renacci: 2010 bailout closed my car dealership; Feds shouldn't pick.
Richard Cordray: Nurture small businesses rooted in local communities.
Richard Cordray: Developed guidelines to protect consumers from data breaches.
Jim Renacci: Reduce the corporate tax rate to 25%, and individuals too.
John Kasich: Businesses are job creators, the engines of job growth.
Mary Taylor: Common Sense Initiative: reform Ohio's regulatory policies.
John Kasich: No income taxes on small businesses up to $2M.
Josh Mandel: Auto bailout was un-American; I won't be the bailout Senator.
Sherrod Brown: Supported auto industry bailout as fighting for middle class.
Josh Mandel: Businesses hurt by complicated taxes & aggressive regulation.
Joe Biden: We bet on the auto industry; 400,000 new jobs means we won.
Lee Fisher: Experienced negotiating with companies to stay in Ohio.
Rob Portman: More than 70 company tours & plant visits, to stay in touch.
Rob Portman: More favorable policy: encourage business development.
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Crime
Bernie Moreno: We need to restore respect for law and order in this country.
Nan Whaley: Police reform process led to major systemic changes.
Nan Whaley: Supports alternative response to certain non-violent calls.
John Kasich: Spared 7 death-row inmates; executed 15 more.
Ted Strickland: Spared 5 death-row inmates; executed 17 more.
Mike Gibbons: Stricter punishment reduces crime.
John Kasich: Rehab, not prison, for low-level offenders.
Connie Pillich: Worked as public defender, and challenged predatory lenders.
Jim Renacci: Opposes capital punishment.
John Kasich: Black Lives Matter means the system doesn't work for them.
John Kasich: Police must understand challenges of black community.
John Kasich: Ban the box: no criminal history check on job applications.
P.G. Sittenfeld: Mandatory minimum sentencing causes black mass incarceration.
Michael Pryce: Supports capital punishment.
Michael Pryce: No reduced prison sentences for non-violent offenders.
Richard Cordray: Endorsements by law enforcement reflects his efforts as AG.
Eric Deaton: Being pro-life, I believe in very limited capital punishment.
Lee Fisher: Created Ohio's first DNA database.
Steven Driehaus: Moratorium on the death penalty.
Josh Mandel: Voted YES on lethal force against home intruders.
Eric Fingerhut: Support death penalty; ban racial profiling.
Eric Fingerhut: No parole for repeat offenders.
Joyce Beatty: Moratorium on the death penalty.
Joyce Beatty: End parole for repeat violent offenders.
Charlie Wilson: Supports alternative sentencing & rehabilitation.
Lee Fisher: Expand the use of the death penalty.
Lee Fisher: More prisons; less parole for repeat violent felons.
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Drugs
Nan Whaley: Move past stigma, treat addiction as the disease that it is.
Tim Ryan: Advocated for treatment & diversion in lieu of incarceration.
Mike DeWine: Focus on children of drug abusers; and help parents.
Jim Renacci: Opposes recreational marijuana legalization.
Mike DeWine: Opposes recreational marijuana; opposes Ballot issue 1.
Richard Cordray: Can't arrest way out of opioid crisis.
Sherrod Brown: Supports medical legalization; opposes federal intervention.
John Kasich: Longer prison sentences for fentanyl-related offenses.
Mike DeWine: Keep low-level drug use a felony instead of a misdemeanor.
Richard Cordray: Make low-level drug use a misdemeanor; treatment not prison.
Mike Gibbons: Marijuana is not a gateway drug.
Richard Cordray: We cannot arrest our way out of opioid crisis: tackle causes.
Mary Taylor: Focus on prevention and reducing the supply of drugs.
Mike Gibbons: Solutions are more medical than criminal.
Joe Schiavoni: Can't arrest our way out of opioid crisis.
Nan Whaley: Ohio's heroin epidemic caused by drug companies.
Jon Husted: If #1 in jobs & education, Ohio wouldn't be #1 in opioids.
John Kasich: Shut down the pill mills; put crooked doctors in jail.
John Kasich: StartTalking! Talk to kids to say no to opiates.
John Kasich: No mixed message: don't do opioids & don't do marijuana.
John Kasich: 2016: Legalized medical marijuana, with tight regulations.
Mike DeWine: Age-appropriate discussions in Kindergarten thru 12th grade.
Rob Portman: No legalization; focus instead on drug prevention.
Ted Strickland: Decriminalize and/or legalize marijuana.
Ted Strickland: Medical cannabis is a "no-brainer"; decriminalize now.
P.G. Sittenfeld: Reform outdated marijuana laws that penalize possession.
P.G. Sittenfeld: Marijuana legalization & tight regulation.
John Kasich: 50% lower chance of drug use if kids hear "don't do drugs".
Michael Pryce: Mandatory prison sentences for selling illegal drugs.
Eric Deaton: Rehabilitate drug sellers rather than just locking them up.
Lee Fisher: Rid our streets of violence and illegal drugs.
Lee Fisher: Created the award-winning Operation Crackdown program.
Steven Driehaus: Strengthen penalties and sentences for drug-related crimes.
Eric Fingerhut: Decriminalize medical marijuana.
Bob Taft: Enact more laws to fight methamphetamines.
Joyce Beatty: Strengthen penalties for drug-related crimes.
Charlie Wilson: Strengthen penalties for drug-related crimes.
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Education
Tim Ryan: I've pushed for social and emotional learning in our schools.
Josh Mandel: Local school districts should have autonomy.
Josh Mandel: Local school districts should have autonomy.
Jim Renacci: Strong historical supporter of vouchers for private schools.
Jim Renacci: No role for government to reduce student loan interest rates.
Mike DeWine: Supports charter schools; supports vouchers.
Mike DeWine: Improve college affordability; new STEM funding.
Richard Cordray: More funding for universal pre-K; no funding charters.
Richard Cordray: Free community college for all Ohioans.
Sherrod Brown: Longtime opponent of vouchers for private schools.
Sherrod Brown: Reduce student loan interest rates; increase Pell Grants.
Mike Gibbons: Vouchers for school choice.
Richard Cordray: Future job skills begin with investment in education system.
Joe Schiavoni: Stop waste in charters, invest in public schools.
Joe Schiavoni: Make public higher education affordable.
Jim Renacci: Top-down, one-size-fits-all approach has proven ineffective.
Dennis Kucinich: Charter schools are a multi-billion dollar boondoogle.
Joe Schiavoni: Protect students from failing online charter schools.
Ted Strickland: Criticizes $71M in charter school funding for rigged report.
John Kasich: $120 million student debt relief fund; plus online college.
Josh Mandel: Expand school choice to public, charter, & private schools.
Jim Renacci: I strongly support school voucher programs.
Michael Pryce: Federal funding for K-12 school vouchers.
Lee Fisher: Where you grow up should not determine where you end up.
Eric Fingerhut: Teach abstinence; require exit exams in high schools.
Eric Fingerhut: Better teacher pay; expanded early education.
Bob Taft: Implement system of standards, assessments & accountability.
Bob Taft: Ohio’s success depends on keeping education as #1 priority.
Bob Taft: Called for 20,000 reading tutors; program is succeeding.
Joyce Beatty: Adequately fund Ohio public schools.
Charlie Wilson: More funding for teachers.
Lee Fisher: Encourage charters & corporate investment.
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Energy & Oil
Bernie Moreno: Unleash American energy sources.
Josh Mandel: Attacked "war on coal": Over! Our! Dead! Bodies!
Tim Ryan: We must get serious about reducing carbon emissions.
Tim Ryan: No fossil fuel donations was only for presidential campaign.
Jim Renacci: Opposed EPA regulating greenhouse gases.
Mike DeWine: Challenged Obama's Clean Power Plan.
Richard Cordray: Climate change threatens Great Lakes & Ohio farms.
Sherrod Brown: Pretending that climate change isn't happening is dangerous.
Sherrod Brown: $30 billion to transition manufacturers to clean energy.
Mike Gibbons: Opposes prioritizing green energy.
Richard Cordray: Clean energy provides jobs AND improves air quality.
John Kasich: Balance low-cost & environment by pursuing all sources.
John Kasich: Supports Keystone XL, clean coal; and "smart grid".
Josh Mandel: Supports expansion of oil drilling and fracking.
Josh Mandel: Supports expansion of oil drilling and fracking.
John Kasich: No state bailout for aging nuclear plants.
John Kasich: Nuclear power is yesterday; natural gas represents tomorrow.
Jim Renacci: We cannot afford to halt or discourage domestic exploration.
Joe Schiavoni: Continue oil, gas exploration, but safer fracking.
John Kasich: Keep state mandate on renewable energy.
Sierra Club: Mandated renewable energy standards instead of voluntary.
Sierra Club: Renewable energy creates jobs AND improves air quality.
Rob Portman: Human activity contributes to climate change; but no laws.
Ted Strickland: Tackle the challenge of catastrophic climate change.
John Kasich: Mandate that electric utilities use at least 8.5% renewables.
John Kasich: All-of-the-above approach, with stepped-up fossil fuels.
John Kasich: Open more federal lands to oil and natural gas exploration.
P.G. Sittenfeld: I'm strongly opposed to the Keystone XL pipeline.
Ted Strickland: Stay out of Keystone XL discussions; it doesn't involve Ohio.
Connie Pillich: Keep renewable energy standard at 25% instead of 12.5%.
Joe Schiavoni: Keep renewable energy standard at 25% instead of 12.5%.
John Kasich: Balanced use of green energy & low-cost energy.
John Kasich: Raise severance tax on oil & gas from 20 cents upward.
Josh Mandel: Use responsibly the natural resources we're blessed to have.
Josh Mandel: Climate research inconclusive & riddled with fraud.
Josh Mandel: Climate research inconclusive & riddled with fraud.
Eric Deaton: Produce oil from the easy state-side locations.
Lee Fisher: 25% advanced and alternative energy by 2025.
Bob Taft: Project THAW: $250 for home heating oil costs.
Joyce Beatty: Develop alternative fuels.
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Environment
Jim Renacci: Reduce funding for Environmental Protection Administration.
Sherrod Brown: Maintain funding for Environmental Protection Administration.
John Kasich: Reduce Erie pollution with tougher fertilizer regulations.
John Kasich: Mandate best practices to reduce farm fertilizer runoff.
Mike Gibbons: Fight EPA regulatory over-reach.
Jim Renacci: Reduce Washington's adversarial red tape on farms.
John Kasich: $2.5B invested in cleaning Lake Erie, and keep it clean.
Joe Schiavoni: $100M to address water quality with sewer improvements.
Ted Strickland: Safeguard clean air and water for future generations.
Josh Mandel: Environmental regulations beyond common sense; killing jobs.
Josh Mandel: Environmental regulations beyond common sense; killing jobs.
Eric Fingerhut: Aggressive effort to increase clean air.
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Families & Children
JD Vance: Expanded childcare favors affluent over working class.
Nan Whaley: Made Dayton a better place to live, work, and raise a family.
Mike DeWine: Got waiver to deliver school lunches to quarantined kids.
Jim Renacci: Marriage should be between one man & one woman.
Mike DeWine: Religious employers may exclude contraception from insurance.
Richard Cordray: Require contraception as part of all employer health plans.
Sherrod Brown: Practicing family values means loving all God's children.
Richard Cordray: Focus on kitchen table issues & improving family life.
Jon Husted: American family is broken without two loving parents.
John Kasich: CATCH court: prostitutes are victims of human trafficking.
John Kasich: Re-prioritize family planning funds away from abortion.
P.G. Sittenfeld: Fight for the right to paid sick days.
John Kasich: De-fund all family planning centers that discuss abortion.
Lee Fisher: Wrote Ohio's Missing Children law & Clearinghouse.
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Foreign Policy
Bernie Moreno: China unleashed coronavirus, socialist/fascist ideology.
Jane Timken: Stand up for Israel, Iran is a threat to Israel and US.
Jane Timken: BDS movement antisemitic, would push back with legislation.
Jane Timken: Abraham Accords have been a significant development.
Mike Gibbons: Support American Exceptionalism.
Ted Strickland: Support Iran nuke treaty; opposes ground troops against ISIS.
Lee Fisher: Deploy all tools: diplomacy, strength, intel, & military.
Al Gore: Nation-building: preferable to WWIII, and a stunning success.
Al Gore: Cuba: Hard-liner on Castro; keep sanctions.
Al Gore: North Korea: Continue exploring rapprochement.
Al Gore: Russia: US’s abiding interest, but troubled by Putin.
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Free Trade
JD Vance: U.S. companies struggle with unfair competition from China.
Jim Renacci: Seeks balance between tariffs, free trade & fair trade.
Sherrod Brown: Tax auto company foreign profits; then discounts in US.
Sherrod Brown: Longtime critic of NAFTA; re-negotiate to help Ohio workers.
Mike Gibbons: Support & expand free trade.
Rob Portman: Push TPP to remove limits on US poultry exports.
Rob Portman: Negotiated fast-track under Bush; but slowing it under Obama.
Ron Wyden: Key supporter of fast-track trade-promotion authority.
Sherrod Brown: Trade agreements have sold out the middle class.
Josh Mandel: Criticizes opponent for helping move jobs to China.
Lee Fisher: Trade agreements should be fair and enforced.
Rob Portman: Pass more trade agreements to increase Ohio exports.
Rob Portman: Served as trade representative under Pres. George W. Bush.
Lee Fisher: More stringent policy: discourage companies moving overseas.
Eric Deaton: Free trade agreements have destroyed our economy.
Lee Fisher: Make sure trade agreements export Ohio goods, not Ohio jobs.
Mike DeWine: Tariffs against dumping steel, & give fines to US companies.
Sherrod Brown: Supports fair trade; opposes exporting jobs.
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Government Reform
JD Vance: Universal voter ID, but make it easier to get.
JD Vance: End mail-in voting bonanza, make Election Day a holiday.
JD Vance: Investigate 2020 election, but we already know what happened.
Bernie Moreno: America is last best hope, fight like hell to protect this.
Josh Mandel: Over time we'll see election was stolen from Trump.
Josh Mandel: Will co-sponsor and vote for U.S. Term Limits Amendment.
Jane Timken: There was widespread fraud in 2020's election.
Josh Mandel: Time will prove widespread fraud & 2020 election stolen.
Josh Mandel: Would allow churches to endorse candidates.
Mike DeWine: Not healthy when people think election system isn't working.
Tim Ryan: End deeply partisan way district lines are drawn.
Jim Renacci: Corporate political donations are protected political speech.
Mike DeWine: Opposed McCain-Feingold bill limiting political donations.
Mike DeWine: Supports purging voter rolls.
Richard Cordray: Limit political donations from corporations & unions.
Richard Cordray: The right to vote is vital to our democracy.
Sherrod Brown: Special interests shouldn't have louder voice than families.
Sherrod Brown: Photo-ID rules discourage people from voting.
Mike Gibbons: Opposes making voter registration easier.
Mike Gibbons: Signed term limit pledge.
Josh Mandel: Would allow churches to endorse candidates.
Jon Husted: States should police elections, not Feds.
Jim Renacci: End campaign contributions that lead to government contracts.
Ted Strickland: Overturn Citizens United with constitutional amendment.
Ted Strickland: Citizens United lets billionaires' dark money buy elections.
John Kasich: A handful of billionaires should not decide who is president.
P.G. Sittenfeld: The right to cast a ballot is under assault.
John Kasich: Deal with fundraising influencing voting decisions.
P.G. Sittenfeld: Constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United.
ACLU: Don't require "complete" ID on absentee ballots.
ACLU: Keep "Golden Week" for registration and early voting.
John Kasich: Require complete & sufficient ID on absentee ballots.
John Kasich: End simultaneous registration and early voting.
Connie Pillich: Don't require "complete" ID on absentee ballots.
Connie Pillich: Keep "Golden Week" for registration and early voting.
Joe Schiavoni: Keep "Golden Week" for registration and early voting.
Nina Turner: Keep "Golden Week" for registration and early voting.
Joe Schiavoni: Don't require "complete" ID on absentee ballots.
Nina Turner: Don't require "complete" ID on absentee ballots.
Josh Mandel: No government bailout that I would ever support.
Josh Mandel: Does not accept gifts in public office.
Josh Mandel: Public officials should disclose more than is required.
John Kasich: Skinny-down bureaucracy & kick out special interests.
Michael Pryce: Remove all contribution & spending limits on campaigns.
Eric Deaton: Limit & regulate campaign contributions.
Eric Deaton: No line item veto; limit "signing statements".
Joyce Beatty: Limit campaign contributions & campaigm spending.
Charlie Wilson: Supports public funding for political camapigns.
Lee Fisher: Campaign spending limits, but no state funding.
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Gun Control
JD Vance: Grandmother gave tough love, discipline; owned 19 handguns.
Bernie Moreno: Protect 2nd Amendment and the entire Constitution.
Nan Whaley: Opposed "Stand Your Ground" bill enacted after shooting.
Nan Whaley: Heal after Dayton shooting; but #DoSomething on gun control.
Jim Renacci: No ban on assault weapons nor high capacity magazines.
Mike DeWine: Supports stand-your-ground; opposes bump stock ban.
Richard Cordray: Universal background checks & bump stock ban.
Sherrod Brown: Ban on assault weapons & high capacity magazines.
Mike Gibbons: Absolute right to gun ownership.
Richard Cordray: Wants gun control laws at both state and local levels.
Mike Gibbons: God-given right to keep and bear arms.
Jon Husted: Spearheaded comprehensive reform to concealed carry law.
Jon Husted: Endorsed by gun group, supports "right to protect".
Ted Strickland: Supports background checks; close terror watchlist loophole.
Ted Strickland: 2010: Pro-gun & NRA endorsed; 2016: end gun epidemic.
P.G. Sittenfeld: We need Senators who'll stand up to extreme gun lobby.
Ted Strickland: OpEd: Worked for anti-gun group, but never renounced NRA.
P.G. Sittenfeld: We have more mass murders because we have more guns.
Steven Driehaus: More enforcement; more safety locks; more background checks.
Eric Fingerhut: Supports safety locks, background checks, semi-auto ban.
Charlie Wilson: Require child-safety locks.
Lee Fisher: Waiting periods; child safety locks; other restrictions ok.
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Health Care
Jane Timken: Obamacare was a government takeover of our healthcare.
Josh Mandel: Why shut down schools & small businesses for COVID?
Nan Whaley: Build infrastructure to distribute millions of vaccines.
Tim Ryan: Reauthorize the Healthy Start for Infants program.
Jim Renacci: Key to affordable healthcare is increasing competition.
Mike DeWine: Repeal ObamaCare; add work requirements to Medicare.
Richard Cordray: Expand Medicaid and ObamaCare.
Sherrod Brown: Repealing ObamaCare would devastate Ohio children.
Mike Gibbons: Opposes ObamaCare.
Richard Cordray: ObamaCare saves lives and improves health.
John Kasich: $112M for mental health hospital, plus Medicaid expansion.
Mike Gibbons: Replace ObamaCare with competition.
Joe Schiavoni: Protect Medicaid expansion; oppose ObamaCare repeal.
Nan Whaley: Medicaid crucial to helping addicts; don't throw people off.
Jim Renacci: Competition & tort reform instead of ObamaCare.
John Kasich: Medicaid expansion brought health care to 700,000 people.
Ted Strickland: Improve ObamaCare: repeal Cadillac Tax; negotiate Rx drugs.
Josh Mandel: ObamaCare is job killer: prefers physician-owned hospitals.
Josh Mandel: ACA a job killer, physician-owned hospitals an alternative.
Mary Taylor: ObamaCare saddles Ohio with higher costs.
Michael Pryce: ObamaCare intimidates doctors to withhold treatment.
Lee Fisher: Supports new healthcare reform law.
Rob Portman: Repeal new health reform; it's a job killer.
Lee Fisher: Health care reform is both a moral and economic imperative.
Lee Fisher: Lower cost; ensure choice; expand coverage; no taxes.
Eric Fingerhut: Fund basic health care for all citizens.
Bob Taft: Golden Buckeye Card for senior Rx discounts.
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Homeland Security
Josh Mandel: Supported reinstatement of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy.
Josh Mandel: Claims Muslim civil rights group CAIR has terrorism ties.
Josh Mandel: Supported reinstatement of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy.
Mike Gibbons: Expand the military.
Mike Gibbons: Must have the best weapons.
Josh Mandel: Claims Muslim civil rights group has terrorism ties.
Joe Schiavoni: Against military transgender ban.
Connie Pillich: Advocate for veterans, financially and community.
Jim Renacci: Ensure Armed Forces have resources they need; end sequester.
Sherrod Brown: Screen returning veterans for PTSD, and offer entitlements.
Warren Davidson: Equip our military for victory, and fix the VA.
Josh Mandel: AdWatch: served as Marine in Iraq; grandson of a soldier.
Lee Fisher: Let anyone serve who is willing; end don't-ask-don't-tell.
Rob Portman: Let the military decide on don't-ask-don't-tell.
Eric Deaton: More spending on military R&D and hardware.
Lee Fisher: If you serve your country, your country must serve you.
Mike DeWine: Brown voted 10 times to cut intelligence spending.
Mike DeWine: I don’t have confidence in Rumsfeld.
Sherrod Brown: Voted every time in favor of final intelligence budgets.
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Immigration
JD Vance: Those who complain about southern border get called racist.
Bernie Moreno: Illegal immigrants haven't earned honor of citizenship.
Jane Timken: Oppose open borders, amnesty for illegal immigrants.
Bernie Moreno: My parents came here legally to escape socialism.
Nan Whaley: Future economic growth depends on attracting new immigrants.
Josh Mandel: Suspended by Twitter for poll on crimes by "illegals".
Josh Mandel: We need a fighter who will fight to build the wall.
Josh Mandel: We need a fighter who will fight to build the wall.
Jim Renacci: Overturn DACA program: no legal status for DREAMers.
Mike DeWine: Supports DREAMers; but let President decide.
Richard Cordray: Pathways to citizenship for all immigrants who love America.
Sherrod Brown: Support DACA program: legal status for DREAMers.
Mike Gibbons: Opposes pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens.
Josh Mandel: Ban sanctuary cities; jail mayors who try to establish them.
Josh Mandel: Ban sanctuary cities, jail mayors who try to establish them.
Mike Gibbons: We must control our borders.
Jim Renacci: Supports border wall for Mexico plus temporary travel ban.
Warren Davidson: Securing our borders is a top national security issue.
Ted Strickland: Fix broken system with comprehensive immigration reform.
P.G. Sittenfeld: Common-sense pathway to citizenship but not amnesty.
Jim Renacci: No pathway to citizenship; yes official English.
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Jobs
Tim Ryan: My experience is focusing on workers and their families.
Tim Ryan: It can't be businesses versus workers; this is a partnership.
Mike DeWine: State can create job opportunities for disabled.
Jim Renacci: No increase in federal minimum wage from $7.25/hr to $10.10.
Mike DeWine: Let states decide on minimum wage.
Richard Cordray: No right-to-work law (keep mandated union dues).
Richard Cordray: Raise minimum wage to $15 per hour by 2025.
Sherrod Brown: Increase federal minimum wage from $7.25/hr to $15.
Mike Gibbons: Opposes affirmative action hiring.
Richard Cordray: Endorsed by unions: Give control back to workers.
Joe Schiavoni: Protect collective bargaining rights.
Joe Schiavoni: Raise minimum wage.
John Kasich: No local vote on $15 minimum wage; keep $8.10.
John Kasich: No strikes allowed for public employees.
Joe Biden: We value working class; Republicans value privileged class.
Lee Fisher: Incentive for Ohio jobs rather than breaks for jobs overseas.
Rob Portman: High unemployment rate creates Ohio brain drain.
Lee Fisher: OpEd: In charge of job creation when Ohio lost 400,000 jobs.
Lee Fisher: Enforce collective bargaining and prevailing wage laws.
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Principles & Values
JD Vance: Leaders conspire to make life harder for normal Americans.
JD Vance: Known as the "Trump Whisperer" for explaining his support.
JD Vance: Willing to wade through a little crap to save this country.
JD Vance: Critical of Trump in 2016, enthusiastic supporter in 2020.
JD Vance: 2016: Trump makes people I care about afraid.
JD Vance: Wokeness will make everything boring and ugly.
JD Vance: 2016: Trump reprehensible; 2020: evolved to support Trump.
Tim Ryan: Incorporated yoga into his presidential run.
Bernie Moreno: Stop socialism, cancel culture, & corruption.
Josh Mandel: 2011: Refused to return donation from Nazi reenactor.
Josh Mandel: Pulverize the "uni-party," no desire to be part of that club.
Mike Gibbons: Running to help people achieve their American Dreams.
Mike Gibbons: We need to stand up to cancel culture.
Josh Mandel: We exercise freedom of religion, not freedom from religion.
Josh Mandel: It's time we remind everyone of God's importance.
Nan Whaley: Focus on economy, no compromise on core progressive values.
Jane Timken: Second Trump impeachment was unconstitutional and a sham.
Jane Timken: I denounce QAnon, I don't agree with them.
Jane Timken: Advance the Trump agenda without fear or hesitation.
Josh Mandel: Supports President Trump's America first Agenda.
Josh Mandel: 2011: Refused to return donation from Nazi reenactor.
Josh Mandel: Stand up for the Trump America first agenda.
Tim Ryan: Respects footballer Baker Mayfield for his grit & resiliency.
Mike DeWine: Protests against me protected by First Amendment.
Mike Gibbons: Keep God in the public sphere.
John Kasich: Respect for secular humanists.
Josh Mandel: OpEd: Attacked ADL for report on extremists hate groups.
Josh Mandel: Attacked ADL for report on extremists hate groups.
Connie Pillich: Announced candidacy on route of Cincinnati Women's March.
Mary Taylor: Served as Director of Insurance, while Lt. Governor.
Jim Renacci: OhioFirst: the day of the career politicians needs to change.
Warren Davidson: Political left has maintained a progressive attack on faith.
Sherrod Brown: AdWatch: nepotistic hiring practices at the state treasury.
Josh Mandel: OpEd: Missed 14 monthly meetings as Ohio Treasurer.
John Kasich: Kasich rhymes with Basic.
John Kasich: Host of weekly news show, "Heartland with John Kasich".
Jon Husted: Public prayer in Legislature is free speech.
Lee Fisher: I'm just as angry at Washington insiders as you are.
Rob Portman: If you like the way things are going, support my opponent.
Lee Fisher: Ohio voters are mad as hell over Republican policies.
Rob Portman: A top adviser to President George W. Bush.
Mike DeWine: Worked in a bi-partisan manner to get things done.
Mike DeWine: Brown does not represent the mainstream of Ohio.
Sherrod Brown: Endorsed by conservative group that cares about tax fairness.
Paul Hackett: Ohio Democrats need an 88-county strategy to win elections.
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Social Security
Tim Ryan: Repeal offsets that reduce Social Security payments.
Jim Renacci: Allow workers to privately invest portion of payroll taxes.
Sherrod Brown: No full nor partial privatization of Social Security.
Mike Gibbons: Opt-out of Social Security.
Rob Portman: Supported Bush's privatization, but no longer supports it.
Ted Strickland: No Social Security privatization.
Richard Cordray: Develop consumer tools to use with Social Security decisions.
Josh Mandel: Raise retirement age, but not for Baby Boomers or older.
Sherrod Brown: Don't raise retirement age; system has been reliable.
Lee Fisher: No benefit cuts; don't raise retirement age.
Rob Portman: Bush's proposal was sound, but I'm not for privatization.
Lee Fisher: Strengthen, preserve and protect Social Security.
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Tax Reform
JD Vance: Tax "social justice" nonprofits, pay down their endowments.
Bernie Moreno: People should keep more of their hard-earned money.
Jane Timken: Taxes would stifle economy, destroy jobs, harm families.
Jane Timken: Signed the Taxpayer Protection Pledge opposing tax increases.
Jim Renacci: Trump tax cuts enable companies to invest in innovation.
Mike DeWine: Supports Trump tax cuts; exempt capital gains taxes.
Richard Cordray: Trump tax cuts were a terrible deal that helps the wealthy.
Sherrod Brown: Trump tax cuts apply to corporations that send jobs overseas.
Sherrod Brown: Help working families instead of millionaires & corporations.
Mike Gibbons: Opposes higher taxes on the wealthy.
Richard Cordray: Does not back tax bill; not enough benefit to middle class.
Mike Gibbons: Cut taxes, flatten tax rates.
Joe Schiavoni: End tax cuts for rich to support schools.
Nan Whaley: Shift tax burden to rich.
Jim Renacci: Our tax code is broken; comprehensive reform needed.
Mary Taylor: Reduce personal income tax; eliminate franchise tax.
John Kasich: $3 billion in tax cuts for job creators.
Josh Mandel: I'm proud to pledge for lower taxes.
Sherrod Brown: Anti-tax pledges handcuff budget decisions.
Josh Mandel: Eliminate the death tax; it's an unjust double taxation.
Michael Pryce: Consumption tax gets government off our backs.
John Kasich: Lower taxes to create competitive climate.
Lee Fisher: Let Bush tax cuts expire for millionaires.
Rob Portman: Any tax increase would hurt the fragile economy.
Lee Fisher: 2005 tax cut reduced Ohio taxes by 16.8%.
Lee Fisher: Let tax cuts on wealthy expire, to pay for health reform.
Mike DeWine: Some ads had mistakes, but say Brown votes against tax cuts.
Sherrod Brown: DeWine’s ads doctor WTC photos to distort my record on taxes.
Bob Taft: 3-year tax holiday for high-tech start-ups.
Charlie Wilson: Supports progressive state income tax.
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Technology
JD Vance: Time to stop complaining about Big Tech and do something.
Josh Mandel: Tech platforms too big for carte blanche censorship powers.
Jim Renacci: Opposes Net Neutrality (equal access to Internet).
Mike DeWine: Preserve Net Neutrality (tiered access to Internet).
Richard Cordray: Supports Net Neutrality (equal access to Internet).
Sherrod Brown: Supports Net Neutrality (equal access to Internet).
Joe Schiavoni: Infrasructure investment creates jobs.
Jon Husted: States must focus on high tech future.
John Kasich: Replace "Rust Belt" with Cloud computing and 3-D printing.
Bob Taft: New programs for high-tech skills training.
Bob Taft: $52M to support high-tech research.
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War & Peace
Jim Renacci: No nuke deal with Iran, the #1 state sponsor of terrorism.
Sherrod Brown: Keep nuke deal with Iran, but use remaining sanctions.
Mike Gibbons: Avoid foreign entanglements.
Josh Mandel: War in Iraq was just and for a good cause.
Josh Mandel: War in Iraq was just and for a good cause.
Nan Whaley: U.S. should take in Syrian refugees.
Sherrod Brown: Pull soldiers out of Iraq and Afghanistan and end wars.
P.G. Sittenfeld: Keep the conversation going with ISIS, including nukes.
P.G. Sittenfeld: Trust but verify with Iran; the alternative is war.
P.G. Sittenfeld: Supports targeted airstrikes against ISIS.
Josh Mandel: Two tours of duty in Iraq as a U.S. Marine.
Michael Pryce: We are world police; Iran likely already has a nuclear bomb.
Michael Pryce: No military nor development funding for Afghanistan.
Michael Pryce: Withdraw from Iraq; but sanctions on Iran.
Lee Fisher: Set a deadline for withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Rob Portman: Arbitrary deadline for withdrawal lets enemy wait it out.
Eric Deaton: Withdraw from Iraq; increase sanctions on Iran.
Lee Fisher: Responsibly end the war in Iraq; train Afghan troops & exit.
Lee Fisher: Stop Iran & North Korea from developing or acquiring nukes.
Mike DeWine: Cannot set an artificial timetable for withdrawal from Iraq.
Mike DeWine: Iraq has become a cause celebre for the jihadists.
Mike DeWine: Would not have voted to go into Iraq with what we now know.
Sherrod Brown: Instruct the military to come up with a withdrawal plan.
Sherrod Brown: Iraq has distracted the War on Terror and made us less safe.
Sherrod Brown: Voted against $87 billion that went to Halliburton.
Al Gore: Bosnia: Be proud that we stopped ethnic cleansing.
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Welfare & Poverty
Nan Whaley: Protect tenants, reduce the number of evictions.
Sherrod Brown: GAIN Act: $111 billion a year for people in poverty.
John Kasich: Welfare without a path to work doesn't work.
P.G. Sittenfeld: Wealth inequality is worst since the Gilded Age.
John Kasich: People who played by the rules suffered; act decisively now.
John Kasich: Chaired committee which overhauled the welfare system.
Steven Driehaus: Fund faith-based and community-based private organizations.
Joyce Beatty: Expand state services to include the working poor.
Lee Fisher: Fund state social programs for teens; pre-K; at-risk youth.
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The above quotations are from State of Ohio Politicians: Archives.
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