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from 2018 GA Governor's race (number of quotes indicated): |
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| OnTheIssues.org excerpts: (click on issues for details) |
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Abortion Casey Cagle: Conservative values: pro-life & pro-second Amendment. Stacey Abrams: Expand reproductive freedom to under-served areas. Casey Cagle: Every child is a gift from God; 100% pro-life. |
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Budget & Economy Casey Cagle: JOBS: hire unemployed Georgians & incentivizes new business. Stacey Abrams: Invest in community businesses. Casey Cagle: Expect state government to balance budget & reduce waste. |
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Civil Rights Stacey Abrams: No discrimination, including against LGBTQ. Stacey Abrams: No discrimination, including against LGBTQ. Brian Kemp: Against bigotry, but monuments are history. Casey Cagle: Confederate monuments are a great cultural attraction. Hunter Hill: Removing Confederate monuments is not the solution. Stacey Abrams: Reflect on terrible Confederacy in museums, not monuments. Hunter Hill: Supports Religious Freedom Restoration Act. |
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Corporations Stacey Abrams: Invest in community businesses. Casey Cagle: Keep taxes on business that create jobs low. Brian Kemp: Cut government regulations to help small business owners. Brian Kemp: Invest Georgia Exemption: first business $1M in exempt IPO. |
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Crime Stacey Abrams: Justice should not be determined by your paycheck. Brian Kemp: Collaborate with cities and sheriff's departments. Stacey Abrams: Voted YES on criminalizing "up-skirting". Stacey Abrams: Voted NO on 10-year minimum for assaulting a cop. |
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Drugs Stacey Abrams: Expand list of conditions for medical marijuana. Stacey Abrams: Add fentanyl to list of criminalized opioids. |
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Education Stacey Abrams: No money for school vouchers. Stacey Abrams: Must offer many paths for higher education. Stacey Abrams: Must offer many paths for higher education. Casey Cagle: Options for public charter, private school or home schooling. Stacey Abrams: Help students from early learning thru post-secondary school. Casey Cagle: Declare war on high school dropout rates in Georgia. Hunter Hill: I believe the money should follow the child. Casey Cagle: Education savings accounts including private schools. Hunter Hill: Advocate for education accounts including private schools. Stacey Abrams: Chief Turnaround Officers for low-performing schools. Stacey Abrams: Voted NO on $42M more tax credits for private schools. |
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Energy & Oil Stacey Abrams: Clean energy key to jobs & innovation. |
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Environment Stacey Abrams: Hurricane recovery is a 10-month process, not 10 days. Stacey Abrams: Stay on top of environmental waste & clean-up. |
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Families & Children Stacey Abrams: Learning begins at birth. Stacey Abrams: We must help our most vulnerable citizens. Stacey Abrams: Learning begins at birth. Hunter Hill: Let each adoption agency decide on allowing same-sex parents. |
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Government Reform Brian Kemp: 1.5 million voters removed from the voting rolls. Stacey Abrams: Deliberate interference & disenfranchisement in `18 election. Stacey Abrams: Disenfranchisement was death by 1,000 cuts. Stacey Abrams: Sued in 2016 to stop "exact match" on voter registration. Brian Kemp: 53,000 voter registrations put "on hold". Brian Kemp: OpEd: Precise name-match disenfranchises voters of color. Stacey Abrams: Protect voter's rights against voter suppression tactics. Stacey Abrams: Founded voter registration project. Brian Kemp: Stricter voter ID laws against threat of illegal voters. Stacey Abrams: Head of a voter registration group; focus on minorities. Stacey Abrams: Exact-match process violates Voting Rights Act. Stacey Abrams: Stop redistricting voters of color to dilute their votes. Brian Kemp: Protect our elections from fraud with Voter ID. |
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Gun Control Brian Kemp: Respect the 2nd Amendment if you want to date my daughter. Hunter Hill: State should enact reasonable restrictions on guns. Casey Cagle: Expand citizens' ability to protect themselves & families. Stacey Abrams: Gun-carry license doesn't apply to "campus carry". Stacey Abrams: State should enact reasonable restrictions on guns. |
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Health Care Stacey Abrams: Medicaid expansion for reduced cost & preexisting conditions. Stacey Abrams: Paying for uncompensated care brings money back. Stacey Abrams: Expand Medicaid; explore universal coverage. Brian Kemp: Free market replacement for ObamaCare. |
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Homeland Security Stacey Abrams: Give military base residents tuition & teaching certificates. |
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Immigration Casey Cagle: Double headline - Already Done. Brian Kemp: Crack down on illegal immigration. Stacey Abrams: Colleges need not act as immigration enforcement officers. |
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Jobs Brian Kemp: 4-Point Plan to put hardworking Georgians to work. Stacey Abrams: For living wage and right to form unions. Stacey Abrams: For living wage and right to form unions. Casey Cagle: Create 500,000 jobs in first term, to beat Deal's 319,000. |
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Principles & Values Casey Cagle: Protect student athletes' religious expression. Brian Kemp: State Senator and Secretary of State. |
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Social Security Stacey Abrams: We must help our most vulnerable citizens. |
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Tax Reform Casey Cagle: Businesses and families flourish when tax burden is low. Stacey Abrams: Ask everyone to do their fair share. Casey Cagle: Slash $100 million in taxes, without cutting core services. Stacey Abrams: Keep graduated income tax instead of 5.4% flat tax. |
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Technology Casey Cagle: Invest in good roads and a deepened harbor. Stacey Abrams: We must invest in public infrastructure. Casey Cagle: 10-year transportation plan for roads & bridges improvements. Hunter Hill: Create driverless car corridors & double-deck 285. Casey Cagle: Double--if not triple--our investment in transportation. Stacey Abrams: Creates commission on Transit Governance and Funding. Brian Kemp: Webpage & app for voter registration & sample ballot. |
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War & Peace Hunter Hill: I fought to defend our values in Afghanistan and Iraq. |
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Welfare & Poverty Stacey Abrams: Help working poor get a leg up. |
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