League of Women Voters® of Anne Arundel County, MD VOTERS’ GUIDE 2016 PRIMARY ELECTION Tuesday, April 26, 2016 Polls Open 7 AM / Close 8 PM

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*Beginning this year, qualified citizens may register to vote at early voting centers. See page 3 for more information. PUBLICATION DATE: MARCH 21, 2016

Page 1 League of Women Voters of Anne Arundel County, MD lwvaacmd.org For updates, election information and personalized ballots, visit Vote411.org. About the League of Women Voters Primary Election Voters’ Guide The League of Women Voters has a long history of impartially reporting the verbatim responses of candidates to questions important to voters. This Voters’ Guide is published by the League’s Education Fund, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, to assist citizens in their decision making process as they prepare for participation in the presidential primary election. The League of Women Voters does not support or oppose any candidate or political party, and its membership includes both women and men.

To prepare this resource, the League invites all qualified candidates to participate. Responses appear exactly as entered by the candidate through an online interface. Answers end when the pre-established 400-character limit is reached. Candidates who have not responded by the print deadline (as indicated herein), and those who wish to revise their responses, may do so at any time and their updated information will be accessible to voters on the League’s interactive website, Vote411.org. Voters are encouraged to visit Vote411.org prior to voting for updated responses and candidate photos, as well as information on candidate forums, voting sites and a personalized ballot.

A printable version of this Voters’ Guide may be downloaded from the League of Women Voters of Anne Arundel County website, lwvaacmd.org. Copies have been distributed to public libraries and other community centers, and are available by request by emailing [email protected]. Candidate information is current as of March 21, 2016. A separate Voters’ Guide will be prepared for the 2016 General Election.

The League of Women Voters of Anne Arundel County thanks all candidates who submitted answers to our questionnaire.

Table of Contents Voting Information and FAQs …..…….……………………………………………...………..3 Support your local League of Women Voters…………………………………….………..7 Primary Election Candidates: US President: Republican …………………………………………..……………………………...4 Democratic …………………………...………………………………………..…..6 US Senator: Republican……………………………………………………………………...…...8 Democratic …………………………………………………………….……....….14 US Representative: District 2—Republican ………………………………………………………..…20 District 2—Democratic ……………………………………………………….….22 District 3—Republican ……………………………………………………….….23 District 3—Democratic ……………………………………………………….….24 District 4—Republican ……………………………………………………….….25 District 4—Democratic …………………………………………………………..27 District 5—Republican…………………………………………………………...31 District 5—Democratic …………………………………………………………..33 Convention Delegate..……………………………………………………….…………...34 Anne Arundel County Circuit Judge……….………………………………………....35 Anne Arundel County Primary Election Ballot………….…………………………………..38

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Page 2 League of Women Voters of Anne Arundel County, MD lwvaacmd.org For updates, election information and personalized ballots, visit Vote411.org. Frequently Asked Questions About What Congressional District am I in? Voting in Maryland To determine your election district, enter

your residential address in Vote411.org or Am I registered to vote? mdelect.net, check your sample ballot or In Maryland, registration is permanent so call the Board of Elections (410) 222-6600. long as you keep your current address. To verify that your registration is up-to-date, go Three Ways to Vote! to voterservices.elections.maryland.gov/ VOTE EARLY VoterSearch, or call the Board of Elections at (410) 222-6600. Early voting centers are open from 10 AM - 8 PM, Thursday, April 14 through Thursday, Am I eligible to register to vote? April 21. Vote at any of the following sites: To register, you must be at least 16 years old, a U.S. citizen and a Maryland resident. Odenton Regional Library You must not be under court-ordered 1325 Annapolis Road, Odenton, MD 21113 ineligibility to vote due to mental disability, Glen Burnie Regional Library nor convicted of buying or selling votes. If 1010 Eastway, Glen Burnie, MD 21060 you have been convicted of a felony, you Severna Park Regional Library must have completed serving any prison 45 W. McKinsey Road, Severna Park, MD 21146 sentence. Annapolis Senior Activity Center How and when can I register, change my 119 South Villa Avenue, Annapolis, MD 21401 party or update my address? Edgewater Community Library To vote absentee or on Primary Election Day, 25 Stepney’s Lane, Edgewater, MD 21037 April 26, the deadline to register to vote or make changes is Tuesday, April 5, at 9 PM. VOTE BY MAIL (ABSENTEE) Go to aacounty.org/elections and click Any registered voter may vote by absentee “Register to Vote.” ballot. To request an absentee ballot You may also register to vote during early application, go to aacounty.org/elections voting (April 14-21) at any Anne Arundel and click on “Request an Absentee Ballot,” County early voting center. Bring a Maryland or contact the Board of Elections at (410) driver’s license, identification card, learner’s 222-6600 or [email protected]. You permit, or other proof of residency. If you are may receive the ballot by mail, fax, email or already registered, you may correct your in person, and application deadlines vary address, but you cannot change your party accordingly. Details may be found in the affiliation during early voting. sample ballot mailed by the Board of Elections, or at aacounty,org/elections. The Who can vote in the Primary Election? completed absentee ballot must be Registered voters must be at least 18 years postmarked on or before Primary Election of age on or before the General Election, Day, or hand delivered to the County Board November 8, 2016 to vote in the Primary. of Elections before 8 PM on Primary Election Day, Tuesday, April 26. Primaries are closed elections in Maryland. You must be registered as a Republican or VOTE ON PRIMARY ELECTION DAY Democrat to vote in your party’s primary. Your local assigned polling place will be The Green Party of Maryland is conducting is open from 7 AM to 8 PM on Tuesday, April own primary. Voters who are listed as Green 26, Primary Election Day. If you are unsure Party members with their Board of Elections of your assigned polling place, check the may participate. To request a ballot, email back of your sample ballot or go to [email protected]. voterservices.election.maryland.gov/ PollingPlaceSearch.

Page 3 League of Women Voters of Anne Arundel County, MD lwvaacmd.org For updates, election information and personalized ballots, visit Vote411.org. U.S. President Duties: The President is the head of state of the United States of America and is the Chief Executive Officer and the Commander in Chief of all military forces. The powers of the President are described in the U.S. Constitution and federal law. Subject to Senate approval, the President appoints members of the Cabinet, ambassadors to other nations and the United Nations, Supreme Court Justices and federal judges. The President, along with the Cabinet and its agencies, is responsible for carrying out and enforcing the laws of the United States. The President may also recommend legislation to the United States Congress. How Elected: Every four years, political parties nominate candidates to run for President of the United States in a general election that is held on the first Tuesday, after the first Monday in November. Although all parties use conventions to nominate their candidates, in most states the Democratic and Republican parties also run state-wide primary elections or caucuses. The results of the primary elections influence how the delegates to their respective party’s convention will cast ballots for candidates for President. The degree to which the result of the primary influences the votes of delegates at conventions varies from state to state. Term: Four years. Limit of two terms. Salary: $400,000 per year.

Ground Rules for Inclusion in this Voters’ Guide: All qualified presidential candidates were invited to provide biographical information and responses to five specific questions. Candidates qualified if they met the following criteria: (1) The candidate must have made a public announcement of her/his intention to run for her/his party’s nomination for President; (2) The candidate must meet the Presidential Election Campaign Fund Act's minimum contribution threshold requirements for qualifying for matching funds, based on the most recent data publicly available on the FEC website. © 2016 League of Women Voters Education Fund

Republican Candidates Republicans may vote for no more than 1.

Jeb Bush (Withdrew) tape and increase common sense will help grow America’s businesses AND new and higher paying Ben Carson (Withdrew) jobs. As president, I will drive companies to Occupation: Retired Neurosurgeon reinvest in America, creating policies that reward Campaign Website: www.bencarson.com them for entrepreneurship and creativity, not Campaign Email: [email protected] punish them for success. When hiring increases, Campaign Address: Carson America so will salaries. 1800 Diagonal Rd, Ste. 140 Alexandria, VA 22314 Q: Please explain why you support or oppose Q: How do you propose to address the most using more U.S. military power to resolve the important challenges facing our country? situation in the Middle East. I will address the challenges facing the U.S. with We cannot defeat ISIS by tying our military’s strength, resolve and most importantly my faith in hands. I will deploy U.S. military resources to God. Already, I’ve put forth my policy proposals work with regional partners like Jordan, Iraq, for taxes, education, health care, national security Egypt and Saudi Arabia to destroy ISIS by and other issues that we know the next president disrupting its funding and supplies and retaking its will face. But we know we'll face challenges we territory. As president, I will consult with senior can't foresee. My experience as a surgeon gives leaders of the military. If they advise that ground me the strength and judgement necessary to lead. troops are necessary, I won't hesitate to deploy them. Q: In building a vibrant U.S. economy, would you emphasize helping companies expand Q: What measures do you support to protect and earn more or addressing income Americans from domestic acts of terrorism? inequality? First I will fix our broken immigration system. This is a false dichotomy. Pursuing economic Second, we must work with community leaders to policies that promote the free market, reduce red combat radicalization. Third, we must better equip

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local and federal law enforcement to investigate national security. I have proposed an excellent pro plots. Finally, we can't let political correctness stop -growth tax policy, have taken the strongest us from being vigilant. stance on immigration reform and have addressed how we will recapitalize our military to attain the Q: Please explain why you do or do not think readiness necessary to achieve and protect our it is important to reduce the role of money in national interests. A strong economy must be first. American elections. I firmly believe that special interests should not Q: In building a vibrant U.S. economy, would dictate American elections. America was designed you emphasize helping companies expand to serve “We the People,” not “They the Powerful”. and earn more or addressing income Unlike most candidates, my campaign hasn’t been inequality? bought by big donors. Big industries just use our Good economic policy will help both companies broken system to keep the same D.C. insiders in grow and invest in America, and improve wages office. We must break that cycle by electing new and living standards for all Americans. A smart leaders and reform our campaign finance system. trade policy, a competitive tax policy, and a national-interest immigration policy, will all boost Chris Christie (Withdrew) the quality of life for Americans and make the country stronger and more prosperous. Ted Cruz Campaign Website: www.tedcruz.org Q: Please explain why you support or oppose Campaign Address: Cruz for President using more U.S. military power to resolve the PO Box 25376 Houston, TX 77265 situation in the Middle East. No response received by print deadline. The Middle East really presents three sets of issues. The Muslim Brotherhood is making great Carly Fiorina (Withdrew) headway in the African littoral, we have the issues with Syria and Iraq and we have the challenges

offered by Iran. Each of these requires different Mike Huckabee (Withdrew) solution sets. Military power should only be used to achieve our national interests, and until such John R. Kasich time as we have a better economy, we are limited. Party: Republican

Website: www.johnkasich.com Q: What measures do you support to protect No response received by print deadline. Americans from domestic acts of terrorism? In a Trump administration, we will keep Americans Rand Paul (Withdrew) safe while safeguarding their Constitutional rights. This would mean that I would insist that all federal Marco Rubio (Withdrew) agencies cooperate with state and local law enforcement to ensure that we have the broadest Rick Santorum (Withdrew) network possible working on collecting, and acting upon, intelligence that will suppress any attempts Donald Trump at domestic terrorism. Occupation: Businessman Campaign Website: www.donaldjtrump.com/ Q: Please explain why you do or do not think Campaign Email: [email protected] it is important to reduce the role of money in Campaign Phone: (646) 736-1779 American elections. Campaign Address: Donald J. Trump for President, Politicians have become puppets for their donors. INC, 725 Fifth Ave New York, NY 10022 I am the only candidate who is self-funding. The best way for voters to rebel against the influence Q: How do you propose to address the most of money in politics is with their votes: a Trump important challenges facing our country? Presidency will return this government to the I think the most important issues facing this people. country are economic recovery, immigration and

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Hillary Clinton successes in securing loose nuclear materials and Occupation: Former U.S. Secretary of State other WMD. And we need to empower American Campaign Website: http://www.hillaryclinton.com Muslims, who are key to the fight against Campaign Email: [email protected] radicalization. Campaign Phone: (646) 854-1432 Campaign Address: Hillary for America Q: Please explain why you do or do not think PO Box 5256 New York, NY 10185 it is important to reduce the role of money in American elections. Q: How do you propose to address the most Campaign finance reform is needed to restore a important challenges facing our country? government of, by, and for the people—not just I have laid out four fights to face our greatest the wealthy and well-connected. On issues from challenges: we must create an economy that raises climate change to equal pay, Washington won’t pay and creates good jobs, ensuring those at the work for us unless we address the outsized role of top pay their fair share. We have to support money in politics. As president, I will appoint families by expanding access to health care and Supreme Court justices who value our right to other vital services. We must maintain our vote—and I will work to end secret, unaccountable leadership for global peace and security. Finally, money in politics. we must stop the flow of secret money that corrupts our politics. Roque “Rocky” De La Fuente Candidate does not meet the participation criteria Q: In building a vibrant U.S. economy, would Website: www.rocky2016.com you emphasize helping companies expand and earn more or addressing income Bernie Sanders inequality? Occupation: United States Senator The deck is stacked against ordinary Americans. Campaign Website: http://berniesanders.com That is why I have laid out plans to raise the Campaign Email: info@bernie minimum wage and to close unfair tax loopholes Campaign Phone: (802) 862-1505 that benefit companies that shift jobs overseas. I Campaign Address: Bernie 2016 will make investments that create jobs, including in PO Box 905 Burlington, VT 05402 infrastructure, research, and education. I’ll fight for equal pay, paid leave, and lower taxes for working Q: How do you propose to address the most Americans—asking those at the top to pay more. important challenges facing our country? I will address the most important challenges facing Q: Please explain why you support or oppose our country by bringing people together to using more U.S. military power to resolve the reinvigorate democracy. Middle class and working situation in the Middle East. families and low income people. White, Black, Like President Obama, I do not believe we should Hispanic, and Native American. Men and women. again have U.S. troops in combat in the Middle Straight and gay. Native born and immigrant. This East. If we have learned anything from 15 years of is the only way to address the major economic, war, it is that we cannot substitute for local forces political, social, and environmental challenges in missions to secure their own communities. Our facing our country. strategy must be comprehensive—embedding our mission against ISIS within a broader fight against Q: In building a vibrant U.S. economy, would radical jihadism that is bigger than any one group. you emphasize helping companies expand and earn more or addressing income Q: What measures do you support to protect inequality? Americans from domestic acts of terrorism? To rebuild the middle class and reduce income and We have to shut down ISIS recruitment in the U.S. wealth inequality, we must unlock the economic and stop foreign terrorists from coming here. We potential of all Americans. As President, I will: must disrupt plots before they are carried out by demand large corporations pay their fair share in ensuring local law enforcement works with national taxes; boost wages by increasing the minimum counterterrorism experts. We must build on our wage to $15 per hour, fight for pay equity for

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women, create 13 million new jobs by investing $1 provide logistical support to better coordinate local trillion to modernize our crumbling infrastructure, and federal law enforcement, and disrupt online and more. radicalization. While our intelligence and law enforcement agencies must have the tools they Q: Please explain why you support or oppose need to protect the American people, there must using more U.S. military power to resolve the be legal oversight and they must go about their situation in the Middle East. work in a way that does not sacrifice our basic I deeply believe that the test of a great and freedoms. powerful nation is not how many wars it can engage in, but how it can resolve international Q: Please explain why you do or do not think conflicts in a peaceful manner. We must move it is important to reduce the role of money in away from using unilateral military action, and American elections. toward diplomacy. War must always be the last There is no issue more important than reforming resort. As Pres., I will defend this nation, its our broken campaign finance system, which is people, and America’s strategic interests, but I will increasingly controlled by billionaires and special do it responsibly. interests. We must give Congress and the states the power to regulate money in elections, and we Q: What measures do you support to protect must require full disclosure of all campaign Americans from domestic acts of terrorism? contributions. Ultimately, we should move toward We must root out terrorist funding networks, public funding of federal elections.

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Duties: U.S. Senators share the responsibility with Representatives for enactment of the nation’s laws as provided for in the U.S. Constitution. They may also conduct investigations on issues of national importance. The Senate is charged with ratifying treaties established by the President and confirms Presidential appointments. How Elected: The Senate consists of 100 members, two from each state. Senators are elected by a state at large and serve for six years. One-third of the Senate is up for election every two years. A Senator must be at least 30 years of age and must have been a citizen of the United States for at least nine years. In 2016, Maryland voters will elect one Senator. Term: Six years Base Salary: $174,000 Questions for U.S. Senators: 1. QUALIFICATIONS: How does your experience prepare you for the duties of a Senator? 2. ECONOMY: What economic policies would you support to assist low and middle income citizens? 3. FOREIGN POLICY: What are the most important foreign policy issues and how would you address them? 4. IMMIGRATION: What changes, if any, would you support in immigration policy? 5. ENVIRONMENT: What is the most pressing environmental problem and what measures would you support to address it? 6. INEQUALITY: What policies would you support to address increasing concern about economic, racial, and social inequality? 7. TAX REFORM: What changes, if any, would you support in federal tax policy? 8. OTHER PRIORITIES: What other issues are priorities for you?

Republican Candidates Republicans may vote for no more than 1.

Chris Chaffee resident and have seen the Chesapeake Bay go Campaign Website: from being polluted to on its way to recovery. We www.chrischaffeeforussenate.com need common sense regulations to protect our 1. QUALIFICATIONS: My experience includes resources. This needs to be done by the states not being a son, husband, father, grandfather, the EPA in Washington. Let the free market Catholic, coach, union worker, state worker, determine the best energy sources. Stop allowing business owner, volunteer and a lifetime Maryland Washington to pick winners and losers. resident. All of these have given me the skills, 6. INEQUALITY: We need to strengthen family compassion, understanding, and insight necessary values, support education, treating each other as to address the needs of the people I will represent. equals and with respect. There is only one race; 2. ECONOMY: I would abolish the affordable care the human race. act. It is keeping employers from giving workers a 7. TAX REFORM: I would simplify the tax plan and forty hour work week. I would oppose the H1B Visa support a 10% flat tax across the board. I would that is using cheap high tech labor to replace keep the mortgage deduction, increase the American jobs. The student visas should have a education deduction, reduce the size of the IRS defined exit strategy upon their graduating to and abolish the affordable care act. return home. 8. OTHER PRIORITIES: My other priorities are 3. FOREIGN POLICY: Our first step is to have a term limits for congress and senate; stop the new commander and chief who would enforce a special interest group’s money from going to strong foreign policy. We need to stand united and politicians. Ensure our President, congress and defend our allies. All foreign policies must have senate are following the constitution and stop what is best for America as the priority. We must using executive orders. defeat ISIS. 4. IMMIGRATION: We have immigration laws in Sean P. Connor place that are not being enforced. We must identify Campaign Website: www.seanconnor.us and verify who is entering our country with a 1. QUALIFICATIONS: I meet all the qualifications competent screening process. We must control our as provided for by the US Constitution. Maryland borders. If you are not here legally you are has been my residence for all my life, I have breaking the law. always lived and worked in Maryland, and I am 5. ENVIRONMENT: I am a lifetime Maryland raising my family in Maryland. I have never run for

Page 8 League of Women Voters of Anne Arundel County, MD lwvaacmd.org For updates, election information and personalized ballots, visit Vote411.org. U.S. Senator office but I am tired of the same people being Healthcare from businesses, make it open and recycled and elected. I work in IT, customer competitive across all the States. Strengthen our service and patience have been honed to consider Military...it has been weakened. all sides of an issue. 2. ECONOMY: It is criminal the amount of debt Richard J. Douglas that is currently being accumulated and passed on Campaign Website: www.douglasmaryland.com to the next 2, possibly 3 generations. I will be part 1. QUALIFICATIONS: I would bring five years of of making the Executive and Legislative branches prior U.S. Senate experience to the post. I also accountable to a balanced budget, wise spending have armed forces, diplomatic, intelligence, and bills Marylander's are forced to live within their law enforcement experience which no other means, why shouldn’t the Federal Government? candidate in the race can match. I will use my Smarter spending and defeating the fraud. command of Senate rules, my national security and 3. FOREIGN POLICY: Terrorism and Trade As a business experience, and my real-world seasoning Veteran, Citizen, Father, Husband, Brother, Son, to give Maryland something in the U.S. Senate it Uncle, Neighbor and Friend, I support the strongest lacks today: a voice.2. ECONOMY: My primary national defense achievable. I do not support any objective as a U.S. Senator will be to unshackle the military action without clearly defined goals, and U.S. economy. There is no higher national security no intent for decisive victory. If we are not going in priority. My approach will be to seek to purge the to win, why are we there in the first place? Trade U.S. Code of statutory obstacles to U.S. success, agreements need to be more equitable to bring and revise basic statutory authorities which enable back US businesses. regulatory bloat. To accomplish this, I will work 4. IMMIGRATION: I support legal Immigration, with Annapolis and across the aisle wherever and I support having better control of our borders. possible. First, we address border security, then those here 3. FOREIGN POLICY: The most important foreign illegally. We bring them out of hiding, assist and policy threat to the United States in 2016 is a U.S. embrace those who want to be Americans while Congress which will tolerate an Iranian nuclear weeding out those nefarious individuals that are program. Such a Congress will tolerate anything, destructive and harmful to Maryland and America. including the destruction of American alliances, the 5. ENVIRONMENT: Energy and the battle of what American workforce and American liberties. I am is good or not good. It is everyone’s responsibility running for the U.S. Senate to put a stop to it, and to always improve our environment. We don’t I will begin on the day after my general election always get it right, but we can always clean it up victory. and do better. It starts with personal responsibility 4. IMMIGRATION: Above all, Congress must and corporate responsibility, and ends with restore U.S. citizen and lawful permanent resident constantly updating acceptable lawfully passed workers to first place on our nation's priority list. I legislation and regulations. It is a tough balance. served in Juarez, Mexico, in the Foreign Service. I 6. INEQUALITY: Redistribution of Politicians, and have more immigration experience than anyone in a campaign of Individual Personal Responsibility. Congress or the Maryland race. U.S. workers must Much of this is due to career politicians, and their recapture their rightful place at the top of coziness with special interests. Much is due to Congress's priority list. Today they aren't on the people not being thoughtful, respectful, and list at al considerate in everyday interactions. Honest pay 5. ENVIRONMENT: Maryland's most pressing for honest work, treat people as you would be environmental problem is ineffectiveness of its U.S. treated, dont worry about the "Jone's". congressional delegation. The Bay and the people 7. TAX REFORM: Remove Federal Income Tax, are hurt by such passivity, as unfinished projects and reduce the IRS and Treasury Department. If like storm water repairs in Baltimore, the that is not achievable, I would support either a flat, Conowingo Dam cleanout, and Chesapeake/ fair, or sales tax Stay At Home Parenting Tax Delaware Canal dredging languish. Meanwhile, EPA credit. Utility Bills and car payments would be tax runs roughshod over farmers as Maryland's deductible just like a mortgage congressional delegation slumbers. No more. 8. OTHER PRIORITIES: Promote Volunteerism in 6. INEQUALITY: The most effective antidote to current existing non profit organisations Student economic, racial, and social inequality is upward Debt and the exaggerated cost of Education mobility for all Marylanders and the hope of a Engage businesses to have apprenticeships for dignified job, a home, and a future. The Maryland those not suited to a Liberal Arts Education. Repeal General Assembly could have taken a step toward and replace the Affordable Care Act, and de-couple that goal at the beginning of its 2016 session, but

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instead chose marijuana. Not a word was heard be required to purchase an annual temporary right about this from Maryland's Capitol Hill delegation. to work for $1000.00. That's unacceptable. 5. ENVIRONMENT: Protecting our national 7. TAX REFORM: Lower. Easier. More equitable. resources must become a top priority. I also Now. believe that we should reevaluate our focus on the 8. OTHER PRIORITIES: My highest priority in the Middle East and instead prioritize securing our U.S. Senate will be to bring economic prosperity to borders and protecting our allies. We should also Maryland. Our state has the human capital and the move toward supporting domestic alternative geographic position to accomplish this. But our energy programs and by extension supporting our U.S. congressional delegation lacks the will. I will farmers, who are vital to achieving the goal of change that. People losing homes on the American energy independence in the future courthouse steps in Upper Marlboro aren't thinking 6. INEQUALITY: In America, truly anyone can about ISIS or Sergey Magnitsky. They need a U.S. succeed. We need senators who can build Senator who gets that. partnerships with the business community in order to create jobs, which will help end the culture of John R. Graziani violence that is destroying the sense of community No response received by deadline. needed to provide the best opportunities for the people who need them the most, especially our Greg Holmes young people who are currently simply trying to No response received by deadline. survive everyday life. 7. TAX REFORM: What government can do to help Joseph David Hooe this process is to stop raising taxes on individuals Campaign Website: http://www.joehooe.org and instead find ways to reward businesses to 1. QUALIFICATIONS: As a business owner, Johns provide as many incentives as possible to succeed. Hopkins graduate, past volunteer firefighter, We need to build partnerships with the business political activist, I have advised various community to put as many people to work as organizations on how to maximize transportation possible, and we need to find ways to reward efficiency. I have fought for the rights of small businesses for creating and implementing fair businesses. I took on Goodyear over their use of compensation policies. my business's name and phone number, and I 8. OTHER PRIORITIES: Gerrymandering is, in won. I’ve also served as a Political Liaison-Aid for my opinion, one of the most offensive practices in the Finnish Foreign committee delegation. politics and all voters should be incensed at the 2. ECONOMY: I believe that we need more mere mention of the word. We need a redistricting apprenticeship programs that allow businesses to process that places communities in common sense, hire employees at lower wages and develop them fair and symmetric boundaries so that no person, into skilled workers worthy of higher market wages public servant or community leader is unfairly after a specific period of time. Employer-sponsored deprived of the opportunity to help make a apprentices would gain access to valuable on-the- difference. job training, “earn while they learn” and avoid costly vocational training schools. Chrys Kefalas 3. FOREIGN POLICY: ISIS and Iran are the most Campaign Website: www.chrysformaryland.com important foreign policy issues. There are four 1. QUALIFICATIONS: As a business leader and players involved in the Syrian crisis: The United entrepreneur with a long history of success, I know States, Russia, Arab Sunni governments, including what it takes to build opportunity, create jobs, and Syria, and the Shiite majority governments of Iraq give a voice to our middle class. As a high-ranking and Iran, who all have a different agenda and official with the U.S. Justice Department and as ultimate vision of the future for the Middle East Deputy Legal Counsel to Governor Robert L. region. We need to stop the flow of money to Ehrlich, Jr., I've led on politically-charged issues, terrorists and protect ourselves. such as criminal justice reform, to forge consensus 4. IMMIGRATION: I have developed an and get results. immigration reform plan that will raise billions of 2. ECONOMY: I will fight to restore manufacturing dollars annually, resources that can be used to pay in Maryland--with lower taxes, sane regulations, down the debt, make infrastructure improvements and America-first trade. Too much of Maryland has and improve border security. I’m proposing an been left behind by our flat-lining economy. Since immigrant pay-to-work program, whereby all 11 1990, we’ve lost 100,000 manufacturing jobs. Like million illegal immigrant workers in the U.S. would my friend and former colleague, Gov. Larry Hogan,

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I can fix this because I’ve helped create jobs in the leader means building the best relationships. I private sector. have built relationships in the business world and 3. FOREIGN POLICY: ISIS, radical Islamist look forward to building relationships in terrorism, nuclear states, and cyber-attacks are Washington to make Maryland a better place to America's greatest threats. I will support live, work and due business! international coalitions to defeat ISIS and radical 2. ECONOMY: I would reduce governmental Islamist terrorism; ensure that immigrants are regulations and taxes. When these are introduced screened and vetted so we know who is coming to a free market economy it comes with a cost. The into our country; keep our military and intelligence increase is passed on to the consumer in the price community strong while protecting civil liberties; of the product or service. In the end the more and prioritize cyber-security. regulations the government adds the more it 4. IMMIGRATION: As your Senator, I will: reform increases prices. Increased prices have a much the broken system and secure our borders--to greater effect on the lower and middle class than it reaffirm legalized immigration; enforce does on the wealthy. immigration laws in the workplace; implement 3. FOREIGN POLICY: The most important foreign effective visa tracking systems; enhance the H-2B policy issue facing our country is our national visa program; and end sanctuary cities. defense. We have to make sure we are guarded 5. ENVIRONMENT: For Maryland, we need to do against any attacks on our country. This means better in protecting the Bay. As your Senator, I will increasing our defense spending to better secure ensure that we are not placing barriers on the our borders, ports and coastlines. Having troops innovations that will ultimately solve our stationed abroad is necessary to our safety at challenges; convene a monthly task force meeting home. Being an isolationist is not a successful of industry, agriculture, fishing, environmental foreign policy. leaders to hear their concerns and proposals; and 4. IMMIGRATION: It certainly does not sit well propose a 5-year comprehensive plan to improve with me that in many American businesses we the health of the Bay. have citizens working and paying income taxes 6. INEQUALITY: Improving education and while someone doing the same job is not paying expanding economic opportunity will reduce income taxes. The best solution is a gradual inequality in the Maryland and in the Unites States. approach with the first step being to stop the influx That's why I will lead in Washington to create jobs, of undocumented workers with a wall. We need to renew manufacturing in Maryland, and better our document the undocumented workers already in schools. I trust the people of Maryland to get our our country and make them tax payers. education system right. 5. ENVIRONMENT: The US should be leading the 7. TAX REFORM: The 74,000 pages of the tax efforts to research the impacts of climate change code are unreadable. Only those who can afford and deforestation and we should be recruiting legal teams can discover the myriad of loopholes partners in these efforts. These are global issues and write-offs, meaning we have a virtual pay-to- and they require global solutions. One thing that play system that rigs the system against working we can do on a national level is to clarify the families.As your Senator, I will fight to lower taxes labeling of our food. We need to take a close look and overhaul the tax code to simplify personal at the FDA's practices and our use of fertilizers and income and business taxes. pesticides. 8. OTHER PRIORITIES: People in our state can’t 6. INEQUALITY: Being in the mortgage industry see the American Dream because they’re stuck in a for 14 years I have seen first-hand the impact nightmare. That’s why criminal justice reform is federal regulation has had on the housing industry. close to my heart. I had the honor of leading on The effects of FHA “redlining” can still be found this issue with Governor Ehrlich--long before it was today in Maryland’s housing market. Examples like politically popular to do--and with our nation’s last these are why I believe the Federal Government is Democratic Attorney General. As your Senator, I rarely the best institution to address social will work aggressively to end the epidemic of inequalities. Student loans are an instance where drugs. we can make changes. 7. TAX REFORM: I believe the system we have Mark McNicholas today needs to be simplified but we should Campaign Website: http://www.mark4md.com maintain a progressive tax at its core. I have no 1. QUALIFICATIONS: At some point being a interest in further taxing the middle class with a leader may have meant you were the one with the head tax or a flat tax. The consumption taxes we loudest voice or biggest muscle, but today being a have in place now are already regressive so the

Page 11 League of Women Voters of Anne Arundel County, MD lwvaacmd.org For updates, election information and personalized ballots, visit Vote411.org. U.S. Senator last thing we need to do is implement a program efforts won't make any difference. that shifts more of the tax burden onto middle 6. INEQUALITY: Economic disparity comes from a class working Americans. serious lack of opportunity available for several 8. OTHER PRIORITIES: The citizens of MD care regions of our state. Some people think the about are the people of Flint, MI. People living in government must provide all their answers, needs the US without clean drinking water is beyond and wants. It is not the job of the federal upsetting. Maryland has some aging infrastructure government to do this. Each jurisdiction must currently in a state of disrepair. Last year 28 define and solve matters as they pertain to their bridges were called “structurally deficient” and I own area, because they are better equipped to think that is unacceptable. Today it is MI, know what they need. tomorrow it could be MD. Building relationships will 7. TAX REFORM: While proposed in many ways help secure the funds needed. over the past 20 years (ineffectively,) why would it be so hard to eliminate federal income tax, for the Lynn Richardson currently shrinking workforce, and just have a 10% Campaign Website: national sales tax on all consumer goods? The IRS www.richardsonforussenate.org workers become sales tax collectors and 20 million 1. QUALIFICATIONS: My experience as a underground workers and criminals are suddenly reasonable, considerate business owner makes a contributing to the income. They all eat food. strong argument for a regular citizen to become 8. OTHER PRIORITIES: Health care that makes senator. Each day, it is my job to define the goals sense is a very important to solve. National of my client, the scope of the problem and to security is vital, but it must be done without formulate a practical solution based on needs, crushing our constitutional rights. It is critical. to budget and timeframe. Our long term our survival as a strong nation, that our representatives easily forget that they are making representatives once again begin to build decisions that wholly affect other people's lives. relationships and consensus. One can't go there to 2. ECONOMY: Federal government has to get out just fight the other guys. It's been too long since of the way of small & emerging businesses that will important matters are actually solved. directly create job opportunities that, in turn, create more income. I support vast change in the Anthony Seda stifling entitlement programs that need to No response received by deadline. encourage and SUPPORT individuals by providing a pathway out of dependency and into independent, Richard Shawver successful jobs that can support them. 1. QUALIFICATIONS: I have 30 years in the 3. FOREIGN POLICY: We must repair our military, 8 years in the US Marine's, 22 years in relationships with strong allies, like Israel, who will the US Air Force. I worked at Hecht Co for 38 years be instrumental in fighting our war with Islamic as project manager and being in charge of the terrorists. We must also stand on the tails of visual carpenter shop. I studied constitutional law countries that laugh in the face of our policies and at SAP and at the Institute on the Constitution. treaties-North Korea and Iran, for examples-and Also I ran for US Senate in 2010 against Senator be prepared to make them comply, for our safety Mikulski. and the safety of the world. 2. ECONOMY: Our economy is so far out of control 4. IMMIGRATION: Before we can deal or it will take time to straighten out. We have more ultimately manage the millions of illegal American's out of work with more illegals working immigrants, we must be able to contain and that do not belong in our country. We need to control our own borders. Once that step is taken, deport them and give our citizens those jobs and we can then assess what to do next. It is quite help improve out economy, low and middle income complicated with families involved, but we can citizens. most certainly begin to weed out and deport those 3. FOREIGN POLICY: Our foreign policy should be who break even more of our laws right away. It working with the League of Nations. Sanctions and should not take years to become a citizen here. not trading with the nation or nations will some 5. ENVIRONMENT: In Maryland, the health of the time have them trying to work with others nations bay is probably the most critical issue. Our biggest to help to keep their economy working. problem is what comes to us from neighboring 4. IMMIGRATION: The immigration policy has to states. We can regulate our farmers, our urban run stop immediately. To many people are allowed into -off, trash, and septic systems, but if the junk this county and are not kept track of. Immigrants coming out of PA keeps polluting the bay, all of our are to enter out country by being under a sponsor

Page 12 League of Women Voters of Anne Arundel County, MD lwvaacmd.org For updates, election information and personalized ballots, visit Vote411.org. U.S. Senator or a having a job so they will not be a burden on disarming our country, but by rebuilding our the taxpayer. All illegals are to be deported. defense. ‘Peace through strength’ works. Obama’s 5. ENVIRONMENT: Our environment is a serious weakness brought terrible civil wars and matter. Our country has worked hard on this dictatorships to the Middle East, while encouraging problem to water and air pollution. We need to tyrannies like China, Russia, Iran and North Korea to work with nations around the world, but many take advantage of our weakness. nations have no about this problem. Our big 4. IMMIGRATION: As your Senator, I will introduce problem is our country itself. Our water lever is legislation to build the full 2,000 mile border fence going down and we are drilling deeper to find it, and end ‘magnet’ benefits that encourage those who using it faster then we can replace it. All states do not want to work. Just as you have a door, a lock need to work together. and walls on your house or business, and let in only 6. INEQUALITY: Increasing concern about those you trust, we must protect our borders in this inequality, I believe is coming from a few who era of terrorism and letting foreigners displace preach hate and they get all the news coverage. I American workers and drive down wages. believe people working together can make things 5. ENVIRONMENT: The cleanest nations in the peaceful. We need to work together with our state world are the most free. China, Russia and other officials, county officials, our neighborhood leaders Socialist ‘paradises’ are among the most polluted and church officials to make things better. places on earth. The United States invented 7. TAX REFORM: Let us have the government and environmental protection, and nobody protects their IRS collect the taxes that are owed from the own environment better than private owners. The people that owe them. It is not always owed by the joke in Bernie Sanders’ beloved Soviet Union was American citizens. The Constitution said the “when everyone owns it, nobody owns it.” American citizen does not owe a direct tax. Ownership equals care. 8. OTHER PRIORITIES: To make certain we have 6. INEQUALITY: Inequality is the result of anti- clean water, to return back to a gold and silver competitive tax and regulatory laws. Cutting taxes standard with coin money, regulate the value and regulations will allow businesses to hire and thereof, and of foreign coins, and fix the standard prosper, and that is the ticket to restoring the of weights and measures. middle class. There is little that can't be cured with a 5% growth rate. The Obama-Bernie Sanders-Chris Kathy Szeliga Van Hollen-Donna Edwards 'tax-spend-and-food Campaign Website: http://kathyformaryland.com stamp' agenda leads straight to national bankruptcy No response received by deadline. and poverty. 7. TAX REFORM: Our economy is terribly burdened Dave Wallace by having the highest corporate taxes in the Campaign Website: www.davewallace.us developed world, making any other country more 1. QUALIFICATIONS: As a successful attractive in this global economy. I will lead businessman, I brought prosperity to my legislative efforts to cut this tax burden as well as employees and quality products to my customers, encourage the repatriation of foreign income. That which also allowed me to give back to our will help bring jobs back to Maryland from China, community and nation. I work closely with and make American-made products cheaper. Congress and national policy makers, supporting 8. OTHER PRIORITIES: You can trust that on the effective economic and foreign policy answers to first day, I will introduce legislation to completely reverse the devastation here and abroad from repeal Obamacare, and replace it with sound Obama's policies. You can trust I will fight the conservative market-based reforms so you CAN establishment for you keep your policy and your own doctor—and don’t 2. ECONOMY: The best way to help the poor is have to be afraid Obamacare death panels will deny with a paycheck and the reward of having a job-- care for your loved ones. That’s the American way. not a welfare check and the accompanying loss of self respect. The best way to bring jobs to Garry Thomas Yarrington everyone is sound economic reforms which will 1. QUALIFICATIONS: No response received by bring back to life our cities and economy. Tax cuts deadline. and deregulation will un-strangle business so they 2. ECONOMY: No response received by deadline. can create new jobs. 3. FOREIGN POLICY: war, we don't need to get in 3. FOREIGN POLICY: President Ronald Reagan any wars, only if they are declared and support by brought peace to a troubled world, and ended the our congress and all the peoople of the u.s.a. and bloody Soviet empire. Not by being nice and supported by the united nations . we need to stop

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drugs being inport to the united states period. we 8. OTHER PRIORITIES: we need to have a better must keep our bubget reasonable. mental heallth issue and programs to stop the 4. IMMIGRATION: we must stop all the law killing of our own people. get hold of the se breakers that comein to ouyr country that are not isswues and deal with same . .more jobs here in legeal period. how can we let than break our laws. this country and make sure we require that we period make other countrys spend as much from us as we 5. ENVIRONMENT: we need to stop all green buy from than period. we can 't do the wrlds house warning . period we are during a good job. fighting for than they must do there fair share of but we need to do a little better. fighting, period. don't let our wo 6. INEQUALITY: No response received. 7. TAX REFORM: No response received. Democratic Candidates Democrats may vote for no more than 1.

Freddie Donald Dickson, Jr. then become employees!! We need a tax break for Campaign Website: dickson4ussenate.com businesses that hire minorities both black 1. QUALIFICATIONS: As a outside the beltway corperations Asian and Caucasian business and advisor in Politics for 30 years.My 7. TAX REFORM: I think we need to down size advice has been helping politicans in all The IRS not increase stop loop holes and give tax parties.This seat has been locked d up for credits to coaching staff of all sports for fuel/ decades!! We need a non mainstream Senator with equipment/expenses OUR KIDS NEED THIS TIME real life experience, with the education,business AWAY FROM SOCIAL MEDIA GAMES TO GET background. Working my Mechanical, TEAMWORK AND UNITY NOT TAUGHT IN SCHOOL stone,Kitchen and bath businesses since 1968 I 8. OTHER PRIORITIES: I am deeply Concerned have worked with the poor and billionaires same with the homeless/drug inflicted/And mental RESPECT !! illness!! I want to bring federally funded sports 2. ECONOMY: I have a plan for after a 40 hour facilities to the city more!! Last but foremost the work week,the employee recieves Time and a half fight of cancer to treat us and our families more tax free for employee and employer including humanly then currently DONATE TO CANCER NOT state,Federal,local tax This will encourage extra MY OR ANY POLITICAL CAMPAIGN Nano Cellular - work over 40 to compete with illegal and under the Technology warefare is more important than table competition Federal intern working system Nukes !! NANOTECHNOLOGY IS THE FINAL for high school and college FRONTIER!! 3. FOREIGN POLICY: Foreign Aid needs to be reduced on a country to country evaluation!! The Donna F. Edwards technology we have today can be a global supply Campaign Website: of need and excess of commodities. Export taxes www.donnaedwardsforsenate.com and import taxes need to be a sliding rule 1. QUALIFICATIONS: My experience passing 4. IMMIGRATION: We need immigration/as a legislation that positively impacts the lives of grandson of a immigrant my family came to Maryland’s hardworking middle class families is America the hard and correct way it makes you what best prepares me to represent our state in appreciate this country and its love for the U.S. Senate. In the House, I’ve authored immigrants!! Legislation for illegals that have legislation that now provides meals to children in survived more than 5 years and own houses, need, fines big healthcare companies when they cars,businesses need a fast track to LEGAL take advantage of consumers, and supports 10,000 5. ENVIRONMENT: We need a reform protection Maryland jobs at NASA Goddard. bill for private Wells and our public water systems!! 2. ECONOMY: To start, we should raise the We need new communities under construction to minimum wage, ensure equal pay for equal work, have 2/4" sewer lines one for water and the other make childcare and college more affordable, and for waste this waste can be held in a storage tank make significant investments in STEM education. and the methane can be used to generate I’ve led the fight on these issues in the House, and electricity and pumped back as gas heat and fuel will do so in the Senate. We should invest in job 6. INEQUALITY: This starts in the MIND of our training and infrastructure to ensure that children children !! Our educational systems and the homes graduate high school or college prepared for a job of our kids dictate the actions of our children who in today’s economy.

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3. FOREIGN POLICY: The United States must Ralph Jaffe engage with multilateral institutions to bring Campaign Website: stability to troubled regions of the world, including www.fedupwithcrookedpolitics.com the fight to combat the plague of international 1. QUALIFICATIONS: Political science teacher. In terrorism. We must also focus on implementing the Baltimore County, initiated new teaching strategy, Iran deal, establishing a two-state solution STUDENT ACTIVISM IN THE CLASSROOM. Bill born between Israel and Palestine, and bolstering our in my classroom, signed into law by Present Nixon. allies and ideals in Asia to combat a rising China Made national news, documented in Reader’s and unpredictable North Korea. Digest. This strategy is the foundation for 4. IMMIGRATION: The Congress must take the governing the people. lead on passing comprehensive immigration 2. ECONOMY: Get the federal, state, and local reform. We must place a premium on policies that government off the backs of people in the business prioritize families, safety, and our economy, and world - be they small or large companies. Let the that includes a pathway to citizenship for private sector take its course. undocumented immigrants. I am an original co- 3. FOREIGN POLICY: Topic is too complicated to sponsor of this incredibly important legislation in answer in small amount of space. Please call me the House, and was proud to join the fight for the and I’ll be glad ti discuss it with you in detail. passage of the Maryland DREAM Act. 4. IMMIGRATION: Topic is too complicated to 5. ENVIRONMENT: Maryland is the third most answer in small amount of space. Please call me vulnerable state to rising sea levels. I led the fight and I’ll be glad ti discuss it with you in detail. for critical environmental programs: the 5. ENVIRONMENT: Topic is too complicated to Chesapeake Bay Restoration Program and the answer in small amount of space. Please call me Harbor Trust Maintenance Fund. I wrote the law to and I’ll be glad ti discuss it with you in detail. institute green infrastructure techniques for water 6. INEQUALITY: Topic is too complicated to systems, and have fought for transportation and answer in small amount of space. Please call me public transit investments to help reduce emissions and I’ll be glad ti discuss it with you in detail. and create jobs. 7. TAX REFORM: In favor of a flat tax system. 6. INEQUALITY: The fight to alleviate economic Against any tax increases, period. I will try to inequality starts by investing in our nation’s urban abolish the IRS. core. That means targeted investments for 8. OTHER PRIORITIES: I’m a teacher, not a neighborhoods in need by census tract in politician. Leading the Jaffe Movement whose infrastructure, education, and wraparound services mission is getting money out of politics and career necessary to help working families get ahead. politicians out of business. They’re messing up our Federal disinvestment in our nation’s urban core is country. We need a new standard of behavior for tantamount to Congress ignoring the problems that politicians. They need to focus on doing what’s beset cities like Baltimore. right for the people rather than themselves. Check 7. TAX REFORM: We must make affordable out my website, fedupwithcrookedpolitics.com childcare available for families. I authored H.R. 1492, the Child CARE Act, to expand the Child and Theresa C. Scaldaferri Dependent Care Tax Credit and ensure more Campaign Website: in the process of creating families benefit. We need to use the tax code to 1. QUALIFICATIONS: For over 45 years while incentivize job creation tax credits such as the working for the government, I lived under laws and Research and Development tax credits linked to budgets Congress legislated. That makes me well domestic manufacturing, prioritized towards small qualified to proficiently handle the duties of a and medium businesses and innovators. Senator. With all the education and experience 8. OTHER PRIORITIES: We must stand up to the each Senator has had, they still are unable to clear NRA once and for all and pass commonsense gun up these inadequacies. legislation. That means passing real gun laws that 2. ECONOMY: Fair wages or, for a better word, will actually prevent gun violence in our country, living wages, affordable housing and a real including banning high capacity magazines, universal health care act will help a great deal to military style assault weapons, and getting guns lighten the burdens of the lower and middle class out of the hands of domestic abusers. Washington citizens. politicians on both sides of the aisle need to end 3. FOREIGN POLICY: The Middle East, the empty talk, and take action. Afghanistan, Africa, Ukraine, Russia, China, and Korea are matters most important to which the

Page 15 League of Women Voters of Anne Arundel County, MD lwvaacmd.org For updates, election information and personalized ballots, visit Vote411.org. U.S. Senator U.S. must deal. Mending fences with Israel and Violet Staley Saudi Arabia and dealing with the ISIS crises are Campaign Website: equally important. violetstaleyformarylandsenator.com 4. IMMIGRATION: The U.S. loses over 1. QUALIFICATIONS: As a Military Spouse with $18,250,000,000 in various taxes a year due to over forty (40) years of volunteerism and advocacy 15+ million illegal immigrants in this country. This for children and Military families, I have learned to is a growing problem. An amnesty program to start work with people from all backgrounds and ages. I documenting these people into the fabric of the have volunteered with local government from U.S. going back to the time they came here is my California to Maryland and South Carolina, proposal. continuing my education while working as a Child 5. ENVIRONMENT: Global warming happens twice Development Specialist. I know what works to as fast in the Artic as anywhere else in the world. build strong communities. In order to combat this, a major environmental 2. ECONOMY: I support job creation with a "living impact study is needed to examine a plan to wage" as opposed to a minimum wage and equal redirect flooding waters across the U.S. to those pay for women for equal work. I support extremely dry areas preventing the huge forest affordable, quality early childhood development. I fires as in the past. advocate for clean, safe public schools with good 6. INEQUALITY: I have mixed relatives within my teachers who deserve a pay increase, and "state of extended family I am reminded that no one side is the art" books and technology. I advocate for job more innocent or essential than the other. I believe training & internships to begin in 12th grade. I people are aware of this in their hearts. We need a support paid family leave strategy of sensitivity to start, since sensitivity with 3. FOREIGN POLICY: To address the recrution of each other is all we have. Americans by terrorists over the internet, we need 7. TAX REFORM: IRS is the only organization that strong, secure guidelines that will prohibit access, collects money to keep the government working. as a matter of Homeland Security. Military leaders Each tax report is different. People do not want to should work with internet providers to establish invest time in preparing these forms. Turbo Tax parameters when free speech threatens U.S. and other applications make it easier to fill out citizens. Accountability is needed and enforcement these forms. More information is needed to answer critical. Trade policies should protect American the deductions available. workers jobs and rights 8. OTHER PRIORITIES: Other priorities are 4. IMMIGRATION: I support a legal path to security, jobs, health, safety, women's issues, citizenship by lessening the time and cost involved. education and peace. Informing constituents of all English classes should be taught, as well as job current legislation being considered for passage, training and support services provided to families. and initiating a system for constituents to be able After the immigrant has a job, he or she can pay to reply back either positively or negatively are the taxes and support their families. Many have other priorities from this U.S. Senator's office. opened up their own businesses and furthered their education. Charles U. Smith 5. ENVIRONMENT: Our standards and regulations 1. QUALIFICATIONS: I served the state of on clean air emissions should be encorced. Efforts Maryland for thirty five years / advisor to four to clean up the Chesapeake Bay continued and Governors as Adjutant General Maryland national reviews on the results of "fracking" extended. Guard /aide to Warfield ,Hodges .fretted , before Applicable divisions of county government should ordered back to active duty regular army. Register make keeping drains open a priority as well as with the state medical board. encouraging neighborhood involvement in the anti- 2. ECONOMY: a fair wage above minimum for litter campaigns. Clean, attractive neighborhoods every one . should be rewarded. 3. FOREIGN POLICY: it sure will not be like they 6. INEQUALITY: Restrengthening the Voting are addressing foreign now. Rights Act that the Supreme Court recently 4. IMMIGRATION: that every one should be here weakened is a priority. Once it addresses all legally concerns, a provision should be included that it 5. ENVIRONMENT: the Chesapeake bay . doesn't have to be ratified again; it should be law. 6. INEQUALITY: enforce the laws fairly in the School staff should be reflective of the present not like they did in the past. communities in which they serve, this should also 7. TAX REFORM: tax every one fairly . apply to the Police departments and managers in 8. OTHER PRIORITIES: most important is the restaurants and stores. veterans rights to me . Page 16 League of Women Voters of Anne Arundel County, MD lwvaacmd.org For updates, election information and personalized ballots, visit Vote411.org. U.S. Senator 7. TAX REFORM: Tax breaks should not be given here in the US will matter one iota. One thing that to companies who send their jobs and put their we might do jointly with the People's Republic of money in banks outside of the U.S. The middle China is to produce pollution-free cars, trucks, class should get more tax breaks, because they buses, aircraft, and both maritime/naval vessels. spend more money. The millionaires and It's far better than World War 3! Tax all domestic billionaires should pay their fair share. An equitable offenders until they quit or go out of business. policy will help the lower class move up, and the 6. INEQUALITY: Equal pay for equal work all middle class have more cash to spend in the upper across-the-board. As with Parade magazine each class. year, we can Federally mandate that ALL salaries 8. OTHER PRIORITIES: Our Veterans should be of everyone be published as both the best and respected and appreciated for the sacrifices they quickest way to end this disparity for good. I'll have made for our country. They should receive introduce the National Trade School Bill of 2017. To the highest level of service for their needs, in a end student debt, we need first to know its source, timely manner. The VA should hire more Veterans by auditing all collegiate institutions re: spending. and Veterans should receive more educational Start with TU. credit towards a degree for the job skills they've 7. TAX REFORM: Abolish the Federal Income Tax acquired. Logistics, computer technology, and of 1912 in 2017, and replace it with National Sales personnel mangement are a few. Taxes on income spent to fund the Federal Government; convince States to do likewise to Blaine Taylor fund their governments. As it is now, personal Campaign Website: none income is taxed TWICE: first in full, and second 1. QUALIFICATIONS: Congressional press when it is spent. That is inherently unfair by its secretary on Capitol Hill, 1991-92; successful very nature. It should be taxed as spent, not as winning campaign press secretary for MD House of earned en toto. Delegates, 1974; MD State Senate 1978; Baltimore 8. OTHER PRIORITIES: We find ourselves like a County Executive, 1990; and MD Presidential trio of runaway trains, all running simultaneously Primary 1992. In private sector, 1968-92, worked down parallel tracks toward the same brick wall in banking, public relations, advertisihg, retail upon which all three will collide and be destroyed: sales, newspapers and magazines statewide and Warfare State, Welfare State, and Police State. nationally. At 12, worked in saw sharpening. History shows that Republics fall in all three, 2. ECONOMY: I would introduce the Credit Card resulting in dictatorships and world wars. That is Forgiveness Act of 2017 as its main sponsor the direction we are embarked upon now, and have whereby debtors would be given a one-time-only been since 1945. Reversal! clean slate, never to charge again. The lenders would receive tax credits to offset said losses. A Ed Tinus Balanced Federal Budget as we had on Jan. 20, Campaign Website: united-us.org 2001, pay off the National Debt, and no more 1. QUALIFICATIONS: In looking for the ideal foreign wars without Congressional declaration; resume, You may ignore the ideal candidate. The Senior Citizen Rent Ceiling Act '17 frame work of this country is designed to allow the 3. FOREIGN POLICY: End all foreign aid, repeal farmer to come out of the field and hold any office. current nuclear treaty with Iran, prepare to destroy A candidate would have to be a genius if they were ISIS/ISIL with all military means, with allies if not to follow the frame work our fore fathers possible, but without if necessary. Seal off our established. The voters will govern my leadership. border with Mexico by all means necessary. Adopt I have served for the public good all my adult life a firmer stance with Red China in the Pacific than and will continue. we have now. Enact all possible financial sanctions 2. ECONOMY: First and foremost ask the voters if to prevent further Russian aggression. End world my intentions are for the public good. Subsidize pollution. minimum wage to earn $15.00 per hour. Return 4. IMMIGRATION: Deport all 14 million illegal funds to social security Collect tariffs on all imports aliens now. Either the US is a Sovereign State or it and exports of goods to support our federal is not. Right now, it is not. History shows that any government. Eliminate the temporary income tax. state that doesn't control its own frontiers will fall, Create jobs through infrastructure maintenance, and thus, so will we. There is still time to correct restore the Chesapeake bay. Enact term limits on our current disastrous non-policies. property tax. 5. ENVIRONMENT: That is to work to make China 3. FOREIGN POLICY: First and foremost I would and India do MORE. Failing that, nothing we do ask the voters what is their most important foreign

Page 17 League of Women Voters of Anne Arundel County, MD lwvaacmd.org For updates, election information and personalized ballots, visit Vote411.org. U.S. Senator policy issues. As their representative I would glean common ground to achieve results for Marylanders. the will of the voters. Through transparency inform I’ve been endorsed by Maryland groups like SEIU, them as to what the most uniform way is to MD Firefighters, and UAW. address those concerns. Any candidate that can 2. ECONOMY: I have a plan that cracks down on address foreign policy issues through their opinion Wall Street’s risky financial dealings and boosts is a National Security risk and should not hold paychecks of working Americans with a Paycheck office. Bonus Tax Credit, with a savers bonus to help 4. IMMIGRATION: First and foremost I would ask families prepare for retirement. We must also the voters what changes, if any, they would strengthen the safety net, raise the minimum support in immigration policy. I would disclose to wage, improve access to affordable childcare, the voters all the issues in place. Such issues as provide earned paid sick leave and family leave, the large fee's collected by the fed to become a and ensure equal pay for equal work. citizen, The ability to speak and read English, and 3. FOREIGN POLICY: I opposed the Iraq War listen to what other immigration policy concerns from the start and believe we must work with and the voters may want me to address. support our allies in the Middle East to defeat ISIL. Communicating through the internet . I oppose putting troops on the ground there and 5. ENVIRONMENT: Locally restoring the risking Iraq 2.0. We need to support our soldiers Chesapeake Bay. If it would be the will of the and returning veterans by providing healthcare, voters, I would reorganize all efforts for a healthy education, and job opportunities, and ending bay. My plan is a sound approach that actually will veteran homelessness. restore Maryland's National Treasure. I would ask 4. IMMIGRATION: I support comprehensive the voters what are their most pressing immigration reform to strengthen border security, environmental concerns? I then would seek council streamline our visa system, and create an earned from the voters . Through transparency design a path to citizenship to bring the undocumented out sensible plan . of the shadows. This strategy will boost job 6. INEQUALITY: I would only address the growth, reduce our deficits, increase the Social concerns of policies that do not conflict with the Security Trust Fund, and strengthen our national power that the Constitution grants to the federal security. I’m pleased to be endorsed by CASA de government. I would act as a overseer to the State Maryland. to insure uniform assist to all the citizens needs. I 5. ENVIRONMENT: Every community must be would continually search for the will of the voters safe from toxic pollutants and chemicals like lead. to protect them from any legislature that does not The Sierra Club endorsed me because I fight for give uniform concession to the voters. environmental justice and have a plan to address 7. TAX REFORM: Repel the free trade act. climate change by cutting carbon pollution while Eliminate the federal income tax, and collect a also putting money back in the pockets of middle tariff on all imports and exports of goods. This is class families. I’ve fought to stop oil drilling in the the Constitutions method for the federal Chesapeake Bay watershed and for federal support government to support its needs. for clean-up efforts. 8. OTHER PRIORITIES: To open a line of 6. INEQUALITY: Our country must meet its communication to the voters that has never been promise of equal opportunity and justice for all, but seen before, modernize the voting process ,making we’re not there yet. Our system is rigged for the voting safe and secure from your own home, wealthy and privileged. I want to stop CEOs from protect the Right that all voters can vote in every writing off big bonuses if they don’t give employees election even primaries, protecting restoring social raises. We have to open the doors of opportunity security, investing in transportation, creating jobs, to all - with early education, debt-free college, and strengthening small business, stop terrorism job training. We must end unjust mass through educating women to have value incarceration. 7. TAX REFORM: Our tax code is rigged for those Chris Van Hollen who make money off of money instead of working Campaign Website: www.vanhollen.org Americans. My plan would eliminate tax breaks 1. QUALIFICATIONS: Like Senator Barbara that reward corporations that move jobs overseas Mikulski, I believe in delivering results. In Congress instead of creating jobs here at home, and close and the General Assembly, I’ve worked together loopholes that benefit hedge fund managers. I also with grassroots activists and community leaders to support a Wall Street trading fee to crack down on make a positive difference. I know when to stand risky trading. and fight for what we believe in, and when to find 8. OTHER PRIORITIES: 1.Protect and expand

Page 18 League of Women Voters of Anne Arundel County, MD lwvaacmd.org For updates, election information and personalized ballots, visit Vote411.org. U.S. Senator Social Security and Medicare to guarantee misconduct-government gang- MURDER FRAUD- retirement security 2.Invest in education in every CRIME- INJUSTICE networks”; unjust practices, neighborhood so every child gets a fair opportunity victimization, deprivation, destruction; threat, 3.Reform the criminal justice system to treat drug coercion; unjust arrest, detention, torture. Reduce addiction as a health issue and improve ex- fees, speedy processing of citizen application/ offender reentry to help people rejoin their replacement . communities 4.Reform the campaign finance 5. ENVIRONMENT: End: dependence/subsidies system to get big and secret money out of politics for fossil fuels, coal, nuclear energy, offshore oil drilling, spills. Curb carbon pollution, medical costs. Lih Young Improve regulation/oversight. Promote clean air, Campaign Website: vote-md.org/intro.aspx? water, renewable energy. Protect public health, id=mdyounglih environment. Promote efficiency, technology, 1. QUALIFICATIONS: Reformer/advocate/ research. Reduce unjust practices, hacking, activist. Promote fairness/freedom/justice/peace; manipulation, obstruction; false excuses, productivity/accountability/cost-effectiveness. distortion. Prosecute wrongdoers. Identified “socio- economic-political- election- 6. INEQUALITY: Equal protection, non- media- budget- legislation- system problems”; discrimination; employment/business/activities; local- global; testify/recommend to officials, law rights/homes/vehicles/resources/reputation/ enforcement, 3 branches. TV programs producer freedoms/ affiliation, environment; document, speaker; field/studio. Expertise, commitment: evidence. Equal pay, sick paid leaves. Prosecute intensive/extensive/diversified civic services “official misconduct-government gang- MURDER- 2. ECONOMY: Prosecute/eliminate " official FRAUD- CRIME- INJUSTICE NETWORKS" operation; misconduct-government gang-MURDER-FRAUD- threat/coercion/victimization; physical/mental/ CRIME-INJUSTICE NETWORKS" operation, unjust/ financial/medication/litigations/levies/foreclosures false/misleading practices; private-public; 3 7. TAX REFORM: Prosecute "official misconduct- branches, local- global, inc. non-profit, think tanks. government gang- MURDER-FRAUD- CRIME- Protect people/families/businesses: lives, rights, INJUSTICE NETWORKS” operation, unjust reputation, assets, vehicles, resources. Promote practices= ROBBER-ISM; false/misleading/abuse/ productivity, public interest, cost-benefits, social deprivation; inc. civic non- profit, think tanks. needs, budget constraints. Reduce tax burden/increase revenues. Promote 3. FOREIGN POLICY: SUPPORT drawdown of US productivity, accountability, public interest, social combat forces overseas; promote diplomacy. No needs; solve socio- economic-political- election- War. No Assassinations; OPPOSE: unfair free trade media- budget- legislation-system problems. agreements, genocides, land-grabbing; not for the 8. OTHER PRIORITIES: Prosecute/eliminate best interest of general public for usa and foreign “official misconduct-government gang- MURDER- countries; not to benefit: warmongers; banking, FRAUD- CRIME- INJUSTICE NETWORKS"= "cruel automobiles, military industrial complex, related tyranny"= "robbery machine"= "ROBBER-ISM"= “official misconduct-government gang- MURDER- “super classes of crimes, parasites, welfares, FRAUD- CRIME- INJUSTICE NETWORKS". disservices”; public-private; 3 branches, local- 4. IMMIGRATION: SUPPORT: Comprehensive global. Promote accountability, social needs. immigration reform. Promote humanity, objective evaluations. Televise candidate debate; productivity, justice, peace. Protect people, maintain/disseminate accurate meaningful records. families, environment. Prosecute “official

Page 19 League of Women Voters of Anne Arundel County, MD lwvaacmd.org For updates, election information and personalized ballots, visit Vote411.org. U.S. Representative Districts 2-5 Duties: Representatives share responsibility with Senators for enactment of the nation’s laws, and may conduct investigations on issues of national importance. Laws that require payment of taxes always begin in the House of Representatives. Representatives determine whether a public official should be tried if accused of a crime. How Elected: The United States is divided into 435 Congressional districts that are reapportioned among the states after each decennial census. Every state contains at least one Congressional district, and each district has one elected Representative. All seats in the House of Representatives are up for election in every even-numbered year. Representatives must be at least 25 years old, have been citizens of the United States for at least 7 years and be residents of the state they want to represent. Term: Two years Base Salary: $174,000 Questions for U.S. Representatives: 1. QUALIFICATIONS: How does your experience prepare you for the duties of a Representative? 2. ECONOMY: What economic policies would you support to assist low and middle income citizens? 3. FOREIGN POLICY: What are the most important foreign policy issues and how would you address them? 4. IMMIGRATION: What changes, if any, would you support in immigration policy? 5. ENVIRONMENT: What is the most pressing environmental problem and would measure would you support to address it? 6. INEQUALITY: What policies would you support to address increasing concern about economic, racial, and social inequality? 7. TAX REFORM: What changes, if any, would you support in federal tax policy? 8. OTHER PRIORITIES: What other issues are priorities for you?

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Bill Heine 4. IMMIGRATION: This needs to be a multi prong Campaign Website: www.voteforbillheine.com approach. First and foremost our borders must be No response received by print deadline. secured. Every sovereign nation in the world protects it's borders. Then American companies Carl H. Magee, Jr. must be stopped from hiring illegal immigrants Campaign Website: www.CarlHMageeJr.com through fines and criminal proceedings if need be. 1. QUALIFICATIONS: Well, I am proud to say The taking of American jobs must stop. Third, all that I am not a politician. I am a former Baltimore freebies need to stop. Our welfare system is for City Police officer who has been in harm's way American citizens PERIOD! many times. And over the past few years I have 5. ENVIRONMENT: If you referring to climate become more "politically aware" and I have change I don't believe it exists. The world is become very much disenchanted by what I see. burning right now. People are being beheaded. The two political parties put politics over people People are being burned alive. Kids are being and are very self serving. I am here to become blown up. Sorry, climate change is on the back part of the clean up process. burner. 2. ECONOMY: The answer to that is the age old 6. INEQUALITY: In addressing economic and answer of lowering taxes and creating jobs. We live social inequality in a free market society you are in a State that has some of the highest taxes in the always going to have it. Remember, you are country, and where almost half of the people living always going to have those that rise above the here would rather live somewhere else if they rest, and those who squander. When it comes to could. In the same breathe companies leave this racial inequality we just need to stop worrying State in record numbers. We need be more "tax about and stop talking about it. We elected a black friendly" to attract businesses here as well as new man for President for goodness sake. So let's stop new jobs. being so PC and grow up. 3. FOREIGN POLICY: Defeating the ISIS threat 7. TAX REFORM: Simple. Go to a flat tax. would be at the top of the list. We need to go in to 8. OTHER PRIORITIES: I feel that one of the win, not to appease. Our allies in the region MUST most pressing issues is immigration. There are get heavily involved as this cannot be viewed as many Americans out of work right now because just an American War. they lost their jobs due to illegal immigration. Our Page 20 League of Women Voters of Anne Arundel County, MD lwvaacmd.org For updates, election information and personalized ballots, visit Vote411.org. U.S. Representative District 2

building industry has been crushed. And I don't 7. TAX REFORM: One reform would be to prohibit believe for one second that the illegals are taking large corporations from tax aversion programs jobs that Americans don't want. Tell that to the where they relocate in foreign countries which is roofer, or the contractor, or the drywall guy that becoming more prevalent and dangerous. I would can't find work now. also place a huge transfer tax on any foreign company that wants to purchase an American Pat McDonough company, for example, China now owns Smithfield Campaign Website: Meat Products and Sparrow Point was previously www.patmcdonoughforcongress.com owned by the Russians. 1. QUALIFICATIONS: Eighteen years serving in 8. OTHER PRIORITIES: Repeal of ObamaCare; the Md. General Assembly introducing, reviewing "Second Amendment Protection" first class and voting on legislation. Also, representing treatment of our veterans. Initiatives to end constituents with their problems and sitting in Alzheimer’s and Dementia; legal immigration committee listening to information from the public program that will encourage the best and brightest about legislation. from around the world to come to America and 2. ECONOMY: Small business creates 75% of the make our country an intellectual superpower; Tax jobs in America. 300,000 small businesses are deduction incentive programs permitting families to started every year, but 400,000 fail. An economic invest in their children’s IRA-type investments. growth stimulus tax program is the most important step. For example, zero corporate taxes on all Yuripzy Morgan small business start-ups for 5 years; Zero Campaign Website: Corporate Taxes on manufacturing in order to yuripzymorganforcongress.com create a manufacturing super-power. Reform or 1. QUALIFICATIONS: I am a 31 year old wife, elimination of the Dodd-Frank law. mother and attorney. My father is from Mexico, 3. FOREIGN POLICY: Global terrorism must be and my mother fled the civil war in El Salvador in recognized as a war against America and must be the early 1980's. They settled in East Texas where prosecuted with the full power of the U.S. military. I was born, and from their experiences I learned to The growth of China as a military threat must be never take our rights for granted. I will work every acknowledged and answered by smart national day to ensure that my daughter and all Americans security and defense programs. Cyber warfare and have the same rights and freedoms as every potential space weapons – the U.S. should promote American before them. making our country the number one cyber warfare 2. ECONOMY: There are over 28 million small and defense system in the world. businesses in America, and those small businesses 4. IMMIGRATION: Total border security including account for 54% of our sales and 55% of all jobs. the wall; domestic enforcement including e-verify However since the 1980's, the rate at which new in order to protect jobs; elimination of sanctuary business have started has decreased by 28% due city policies; removal of Obama’s unconstitutional largely to federal regulations. I will work to remove executive orders; and rejection of any amnesty those barriers and ensure that all Americans have program. the opportunity to invest in themselves. 5. ENVIRONMENT: We must begin Innovative 3. FOREIGN POLICY: National security must be recycling and restoration initiative regarding our at the forefront of our foreign policy. Terrorist water supply. This program should include the groups have become an insidious evil, so we must recycling of waste water such as the program used strengthen our military and intelligence in Singapore and other nations. The desalination community, allow them to do their jobs, and must plants should be located on our east and west be smart about how we do these things. We must coasts, like the programs used in Saudi Arabia. rebuild American confidence of in our government, Exploration and Recovery of our underground our law enforcement, and reintroduce our nation to aquifer systems could be in initiated community accountability. 6. INEQUALITY: The spreading schism between 4. IMMIGRATION: We must introduce the wealthy, the middle class, and the working immigration reform that prioritizes securing the families is a result of poor economic policies. border from further illegal immigration. Then we Wages have been static, good jobs have been lost can decide on an approach that acknowledges the which has caused a decrease in the middle class, humanity of the situation without compromising and loss of jobs and the emerging super-wealthy our laws or our Constitution. elitist class. Much of the racial strife has been 5. ENVIRONMENT: Our environmental future is caused by reckless dividers within our nation. precariously balanced on overregulation and poor

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management by the federal government. The "war money" into things like education, business Chesapeake Bay for example is home to a vital development, healthcare, housing, and more. ecosystem that is best protected and managed by Invest in what's important to the long term success the people of Maryland who call the area home. of the country. 6. INEQUALITY: All Americans deserve the 4. IMMIGRATION: As a business owner that deals opportunity and pride that goes along with being with immigration, yes I would make significant able to earn a decent wage and provide for their changes to the immigration policies to remove families. This requires a strong economy that bureaucracy. I recognize that there are significant provides good paying, stable jobs from issues and concerns with illegal/undocumented manufacturing to professional work to vocational immigrants and I recognize that you can't simply work and everything in between. build a wall or throw people out. I want to create a 7. TAX REFORM: Our tax code is a bureacratic path to citizenship. mess that threatens Americans and jobs. We are 5. ENVIRONMENT: The most pressing being overtaxed by an irresponsible government. I environmental issues are with water (access to would support lowering taxes, simplifying the tax water and quality of water). I want to protect our code, and creating tax incentives particularly for water sources and ensure every American has small business that encourage job creation and access to quality water. As for "Global Warming", growth. the human contribution is negligible (less 8. OTHER PRIORITIES: Education is a than .00035C/year) and CO2 is not the main issue. cornerstone of our nation. We must prepare all However, I do have a plan to increase solar power generations to be world leaders and it starts in the in homes to reduce consumption of fossil fuels. classroom. Teachers and students must be 6. INEQUALITY: There are already policies in properly equipped and supported. We must place and I do not support additional policies as maintain the integrity and heart of the Second they really don't change things. What I support is Amend. while also ensuring the safety of the education and business development so that American public by enforcing tailored, common everyone has an opportunity or the chance to be sense laws and strengthening public education on economically stable and have the equality that mental health. everyone deserves. Outside of that I do support the 15th amendment - meaning I support Mark Gerard Shell everyone's right to vote including felons. Campaign Website: www.democracy.com/ 7. TAX REFORM: Having worked at the IRS, I markshell understand the complexities of the tax system and 1. QUALIFICATIONS: I have experience in the recognize that the tax system must change. I following sectors: military, manufacturing, support simplification of the tax system and I government, and financial services. My education support the concepts of flat taxes. I would actually includes a BS in Business, MBA, MS in Information start with business taxes and implement a Systems and a MS in Finance. I am also an structure for a flat tax based on revenue, not entrepreneur with experience with immigrations, profit. language services, IRS ITIN processing, film 8. OTHER PRIORITIES: Sentencing reform, making, and much more. I am able leverage my government budgeting reform, and developing knowledge, skills, and abilities to get things done. cures for Cancer and Diabetes. 2. ECONOMY: I support business development and entrepreneurship as well as education and Democratic Candidates support initiatives to increase economic Democrats may vote for no more than 1. development in underserved communities. I support lowering of tuition rates to make education C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger more affordable. I support a fair and equitable Campaign Website: www.dutchforcongress.com minimum wage and my plan includes two 1. QUALIFICATIONS: An attorney by trade, I components: a federal minimum and locality pay began my career as a prosecutor and managed a (same model the government uses for the GS payroll in private practice. I have served as a salaries). Baltimore County Councilman, then as Baltimore 3. FOREIGN POLICY: Since 1990 all I have seen County Executive, where I managed a workforce of is war, death, and destruction; specifically in the 20,000 and was required to submit a balanced middle east. While I served in the military, I do not budget each year. Since, I have served seven support ongoing wars. We must stop ongoing wars terms in Congress and have developed a and return to peace and prosperity and invest the reputation as a “centrist” for my bipartisanship.

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2. ECONOMY: I am supporting efforts to gradually the economies of its 6-state watershed. I raise the federal minimum wage from $7.25 to $12 supported one of the most aggressive Bay clean-up by 2020. Today, the top 1 percent of the bills in decades, which requires states to meet population owns 35 percent of the country’s pollution caps and authorizes new funding to wealth. If we evened out this disparity, the reduce run-off. paychecks of the lower-wage earners would get 6. INEQUALITY: Raising the minimum wage could pumped right back into the economy and other go a long way toward leveling economic local businesses. Consumer demand goes up, there inequality.We also have to work harder to make is greater productivity and less turnover. sure all children have the opportunity to receive a 3. FOREIGN POLICY: ISIS and Iran. We must quality education, which translates to greater continue air strikes with our allies and using U.S. economic opportunity down the road. We have Special Ops. But we cannot be the sheriff of the seen tremendous racial unrest in Baltimore and world; we must engage other countries in dealing across our nation in the past year and it needs to with ISIS. Regarding Iran, we must focus on be addressed by every level of government. implementation of the recently-passed agreement 7. TAX REFORM: Our tax code is too old and too designed to prevent Iran from building a nuclear complicated. It needs to be systematically weapon for at least 10 years. Iran exports overhauled. We should have lower individual and terrorism and can’t be trusted. corporate tax rates and have fewer tax brackets. 4. IMMIGRATION: I support comprehensive We should get rid of unfair loopholes and tax immigration reform, not amnesty. We must first breaks for certain industries such as oil and gas work to prevent illegal immigration by securing our companies. I supported extending the Bush tax borders and deporting immigrants who have cuts for the vast majority of American households. committed crimes. But can’t deport our way out of 8. OTHER PRIORITIES: Cybersecurity is one of the problem. We should establish a rigorous “legal the single biggest challenges our country faces status” process similar to the system established today. It also presents a tremendous opportunity by the bipartisan Senate bill, which included paying for Maryland because we are home to so many back taxes and a penalty. federal agencies, contractors and military 5. ENVIRONMENT: In Maryland, the most instillations – so any investment in cybersecurity pressing environmental problem is cleaning up the means jobs for our region.I have championed a Chesapeake Bay, which contributes $1 trillion to national strategy since my first days in Congress.

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Thomas E. "Pinkston" Harris & al-Queda even if it means boots on the 1. QUALIFICATIONS: I have a diverse and varied ground.We also must restore our Israel friendship education. I studied business and economics in a and an cancel the Iran deal. Johns Hopkins MBA program. I owned and operat- 4. IMMIGRATION: We must get serious about ed my own successful financial services firm. I immigration. We don't need new laws. Just enforce know how to create jobs. the old ones. Ban sanctuary cities and states. 2. ECONOMY: We need to cut personal income Strengthen the border. taxes and corporate taxes. The people will spend 5. ENVIRONMENT: Man-made climate change a more because they have more The US has the hoax, It's just a skam so that Obama and his cro- highest corporate tax rates in the world. That's nies can raid the treasury and to take away our why many of our wealthiest companies opt to stash freedoms. The President's climate change confer- a lot of their cash over-seas.With less taxes they ence,they spent 300,000 tons of fossil fuels.Gore will bring this money home because they want to has a 10,000 sq ft house. They're hypocrites. The bring it home and invest here. Less taxes results in ice in Antarctica is getting thicker. We've had ice a greater gov .income. ages and another is predicted 15 years.The wind- 3. FOREIGN POLICY: Reassert our selves as the mills kill 1000's birds. world Number 1 super power Our enemies must 6. INEQUALITY: Most of the economic, racial, and know that we will l defend our interest by whatever social inequality is self imposed. We must impress means necessary. And our allies need to know that upon our children that it's their personal responsi- we will live up to the terms our treaties and stand bility to rise above their circumstances. Not make by them to the nth degree.We must wipe out ISIS babies out of marriage. Get as much education as

Page 23 League of Women Voters of Anne Arundel County, MD lwvaacmd.org For updates, election information and personalized ballots, visit Vote411.org. U.S. Representative District 3 they can.And to strive for their highest heights. 5. ENVIRONMENT: Protecting our home is the Most of the racial and social inequality imaginary. first responsibility of mankind. But we must not do Fear and paranoia stirred up by the Democrats to it at the expense of our fellow man. I will support keep power. enacting sensible environmental protections while 7. TAX REFORM: I favor a national sales tax.This trimming the excesses of the EPA that strangle would mean everybody would have some skin in commerce and manufacturing. We can have a the game.Even the blackmarketeers, dope dealers clean bay and clean energy, and we can have it and those flourishing in the underground economy without choking our ability to prosper. would pay a tax. 6. INEQUALITY: Equal opportunity is the founda- 8. OTHER PRIORITIES: We must rebuild our mil- tion of what makes America great. But everyone itary.Rehire all the warrior Generals Obama does not start at equal places. Rather than hold fired.Stop using the military for social experimen- someone back, I will support policies that give eve- tation. Obama's obsession with genitalia issues is ryone the opportunity to compete equally to weakening our military.We have huge supplies of achieve the full measure of their potential and ef- fossil fuels.Everybody else is using theirs.We must fort. Further, I will support restrictions on policies use ours.Approve the Keystone pipeline.It'll create that favor one group over another. over 20,000 jobs. 7. TAX REFORM: Congress needs to streamline regulations and the tax code so the innovative, en- Mark Plaster trepreneurial potential of the American people can Campaign Website: www.plasterforcongress.com flourish. The tax code needs to be simplified and 1. QUALIFICATIONS: My experience is practical, flatter so that government gets out of the business real world rather than inside the bubble of politics. of picking winners and losers. The corporate tax I’ve had successful careers in the military, medi- code should be globally competitive and the death cine, and business. I saw the cost of freedom while tax should end. I was deployed twice in Iraq. As a physician, I 8. OTHER PRIORITIES: Health care insurance know the importance of working as a team and lis- premiums and deductibles continue to spiral up- tening to people’s problems. I took a business from ward. I will support policies that open up competi- my basement to a multimillion dollar publishing tion and innovation that lowers the cost of company. healthcare while improving quality and maintaining 2. ECONOMY: Small business is the economic en- universal coverage for everyone. gine that creates jobs and allows upward mobility. Lower taxes overall and a streamlined regulatory environment will help more Americans achieve Democratic Candidates Democrats may vote for no more than 1. their dreams of owning their own businesses. More government involvement feels benevolent, but John Rea ends up stifling the real potential of economic 1. QUALIFICATIONS: I have worked on growth. Access to capital is also essential to growth campaigns. I have Interened at the State House. I and opportunity. have run for office. I am a 25 year private sector 3. FOREIGN POLICY: As a twice-deployed Iraq businessman. War veteran, I know the human cost of war. Diplo- 2. ECONOMY: I would help with education matic and economic measures should always be vouchers. I would push to increase the minimum exhausted before resorting to force. However, if wage to 12 to 15 dollars an hour. armed conflict is necessary for American security 3. FOREIGN POLICY: I support our stance and liberty, then our military and allies must have against the existing Syrian regime. I support Ben the resources, direction, and rules of engagement Cardins policy against Iran. I believe in a tough required to bring the fight to our enemies. We stance against North Korea. should not wait to fight at home. 4. IMMIGRATION: I would build a wall along the 4. IMMIGRATION: Securing our borders and Mexican border. I would mainstream the Hispanic ports of entry is the top priority and first step to- Population that already lives in the U.S. wards a workable immigration reform plan. The 5. ENVIRONMENT: I would continue to support Border States and governors are struggling to pick the cleanup of the Chesapeake Bay. up the pieces because of Washington’s failure to 6. INEQUALITY: No Comment. enforce existing laws and work towards reform. We 7. TAX REFORM: I support the Tax Code as is! need to take these steps so those who want to 8. OTHER PRIORITIES: I would like to see our come here the right way can do so in a respectable kids have the educational tools to compete in and fair process. tomorrows U.S. Economy.

Page 24 League of Women Voters of Anne Arundel County, MD lwvaacmd.org For updates, election information and personalized ballots, visit Vote411.org. U.S. Representative District 3 John Sarbanes 5. ENVIRONMENT: The most pressing Campaign Website: www.johnsarbanes.com environmental problem is climate change and the 1. QUALIFICATIONS: Prior to entering Congress, government can do many things to address it: I had nearly 20 years of experience in the private, invest in clean energy technologies; cap and public and non-profit sectors. I worked with the MD reduce greenhouse gases; require utility State Dept of Education, represented non-profit companies to generate energy from renewable hospitals and senior living providers and sources; develop capabilities to capture and store championed efforts to protect consumers and carbon emissions; and advance smart grid ensure fair treatment in the workplace. This technologies so electricity is delivered efficiently. prepared me well for the diversity of issues one 6. INEQUALITY: Inequality is among the most must manage as a member of Congress. pressing issues facing our nation today. We must 2. ECONOMY: We must create good jobs and lift up every struggling community & provide hope support policies that grow the middle class. This and opportunity to those Americans who feel left includes ending tax breaks for corporations that out and left behind. This includes policies that ship American jobs overseas, investing in national would strengthen voter protections, raise the infrastructure and raising the minimum wage. I minimum wage, expand the affordability and also strongly support access to and affordability of accessibility of health insurance and improve our K health insurance and education as well as paid sick -12 and higher education systems. and family leave. 7. TAX REFORM: The tax code should reflect our 3. FOREIGN POLICY: The threat from ISIS is real nation’s values— encouraging private enterprise and the US and international community must and innovation, strengthening communities and address it. I support a strategy that would build a ensuring that the shared costs of government are broad and diverse coalition of international distributed equitably. Changes to the current tax partners to protect the US and its allies and to structure must be undertaken with the greatest destroy ISIS. While the US military can be used to caution so as not to cause unanticipated stem the violence, it is up to the Arab nations to consequences for American taxpayers or create and ensure a long-term strategy for a safe compromise the Nation’s overall fiscal outlook. and secure region. 8. OTHER PRIORITIES: One of my top priorities 4. IMMIGRATION: I support a policy that is to end the reign of big money in our political considers both national security and economic system that has corroded our institutions of interests, as well as the need to provide a fair, democracy. That’s why I introduced the legal and humane framework for people who want Government By the People Act which would amplify to come to America. I support improved border the voices of everyday Americans by empowering security and law enforcement, a focus on punishing grassroots supporters, providing a tax credit for employers who knowingly hire undocumented campaign contributions and supporting candidates workers, and a practical approach to addressing when they are up against Super PACs. undocumented workers currently in the country.

Republican Candidates Republicans may vote for no more than 1. District 4

Robert "BRO" Broadus return as much tax money as possible to their Campaign Website: www.justiceandliberty.us pockets. I would increase job opportunities by 1. QUALIFICATIONS: I have been a citizen supporting policies that are friendly to business. activist and advocate for the rights of the People in The government should only spend money on Annapolis and Washington, D.C. for more than 8 those things assigned to it. years. I have read and respect the Maryland and 3. FOREIGN POLICY: We have made a mess of U.S. Constitutions. We need people in elected the Middle East and Africa. Because of this, office who understand and care about the concerns jihadists control large swaths of these regions of the People, not professional politicians who send where the United States have attempted regime us form letters and force the will of the rich elites change and nation building. We should bring our upon us. troops home from unconstitutional foreign 2. ECONOMY: I support taxing the rich and wealth adventures and defend our borders, instead. Our redistribution (just kidding.) The best thing the trade deficit and economic policies with foreign government can do to help private citizens is nations also disadvantage American businesses.

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4. IMMIGRATION: Immigration is mentioned community service for victims of our corrupt nowhere in the Constitution, and is an issue that judicial system. See secretjustice.com 1100 should be left to the States. "Dred Scott" was programs chronicling my successes and fighting for wrongly decided on the false notion that the justice and our Constitution. which is the Rule of national government could determine who a Law. States' citizens were. The 14th Amendment 2. ECONOMY: Number 1 Use the office of as a perpetuates this flawed view. I would repeal the Congressman to put together a panel and coalition. 14th Amendment and make it clear that it is the Of citizens groups to both in the district and States who can decide immigration policy. throughout the nation. To investigate the financial 5. ENVIRONMENT: Urban sprawl is eating away clout of the housing and foreclosure crisis which at our farmlands and forests. Too few people are bankrupted the United States and made able to afford a home with (land) acreage--the MegaBanks out of three of the largest predatory chief component of private property. Ownership of lenders in the nation. turning our citizens into debt private property is a critical component of a free- slaves while rewarding Crims market economy. When people don't own property, 3. FOREIGN POLICY: Foreign policy must start at they have less to protect, and so are much more home, when inhabitants of the nation season we likely to surrender their rights to the governing do not respect the rule of law, are judges are powers. attorneys in our legislative members disrespect the 6. INEQUALITY: Super-rich elites have taken over citizens constitutional rights, disrespect the same every public institution: Hollywood, the Media, laws they hold citizens accountable for. Public Education and many Churches. They've made all- servants who do not show respect for their own out war on people with traditional values, and have oath of office.Makes it impossible for foreign denied many the right to even earn a living. nations to trust us as Honest. Gender confusion has replaced standards of 4. IMMIGRATION: I would support me for modesty. I would protect religious liberty as immigration reform with other like-minded inviolable and ensure that none are coerced to members of the house and Senate.we cannot betray their conscience or their God forget our history approximately 93% of our 7. TAX REFORM: The Constitution provides for a population are descendents of immigrants who way to raise large sums of money by taxing the were brought to corporate America as indentured entire nation, and it is called "Apportionment" of servants slaves and forced labor who built this Direct Taxes. Congress may also collect "duties, nation.we need to get past the rhetoric and scare imposts, and excises." A progressive income tax tactics and pass meaningful immigrant legislation. violates the spirit of these provisions. I would 5. ENVIRONMENT: No response received. repeal the 16th Amendment, reduce government 6. INEQUALITY: As victims rights advocate I have spending, pay off our debts, and return to witnessed and continue to witness economic social Constitutional taxation only. and physical judicial terrorism against my fellow 8. OTHER PRIORITIES: The 17th amendment citizens. We have to return to the principles of should also be repealed, and the 10th should be equal justice under the law and equal protection strengthened to reflect the language requested by under the law. So that politicians, public servants several States in ratifying the Constitution: "That in state and federal governments, and our judicial each State retains its sovereignty, freedom & branch of government adhere to our Constitution/ independence respectively, and every power, rule of law. jurisdiction and right, which is not EXPRESSLY 7. TAX REFORM: Tax reform is needed, right now delegated by this constitution to the Congress or corporate America and its lawyers in the A.B.A. the departments of the federal government." and accountants.especially through banking frauds and foreclosure frauds are not being prosecuted by Rob Buck our US Justice Department. As recently No response received by print deadline. demonstrated when Eric Holder retired from office and got a $75 million bonus from J.P. Morgan George E. McDermott Chase for not prosecuting banking fraud or sending Campaign Website: www.secretjustice.com one bank executive to jail.??? 1. QUALIFICATIONS: I have unique qualities 8. OTHER PRIORITIES: 1. Stop the looting of our after 50 years of building experience., 20 + of Social Security trust fund by Congress make it those years was spent fighting corruption in repaid the trillions it has taken out of the fund in Maryland courts, taking on corruption in the the last 20 years, 2. Support Sen. Graham Maryland Bar Association, and providing Grassley's bill.for creation of an independent office

Page 26 League of Women Voters of Anne Arundel County, MD lwvaacmd.org For updates, election information and personalized ballots, visit Vote411.org. U.S. Representative District 4 of Inspector General not connected with the Justice decreases are warranted for exceptional/bonused Department or the courts. To investigate and bring work, substandard, overtime, longevity, or other charges against court agents. Violating citizens criteria that is applicable regardless of who the legal rights /liberties individual may be. 7. TAX REFORM: Tax structure must be reformed/ David Therrien restructured. Corporate taxes must be lowered and Campaign Website: 0therrienforcongress.com tax any import from U.S. company that moves out 1. QUALIFICATIONS: Cryptologic Naval Officer of U.S. to avoid paying taxes. Simplify tax system. excelled in Fiscal management of 50 million dollar Current structure heavily taxes average worker procurement of technology based system, while tax holes exist that allow some to pay zero participated in immigration, anti-drug trafficking taxes. No one should be paying zero taxes. If seen, and high value communications intelligence then there is a problem with the system. Fix it. targets. Chief Technology Officer of Keller Williams, 8. OTHER PRIORITIES: 2nd Amendment. MOST 3 college degrees including Law, Operating Partner states are NOT reporting ALL of their felony of 2 large companies. Employed by USMS. Disabled convictions into NICS. Require 100% reporting. Vet 80%, knows VA support systems. Felons that apply to purchase firearms are 2. ECONOMY: Move education funding to State committing another felon upon applying but are level management. Provide opportunities for adult not prosecuted. Should be automatic fine and education and retraining. Invest and Incentivize prosecute all. Mental health issue must be small business start-ups. Remove overseas addressed through due process and declared benefits for corporations to relocate outside, ineligible to purchase a firearms. If cured, then bringing jobs back. Incentivize corporations to train allow purchase. unskilled workforce. Initiate Federal programs to rebuild highway/bridge infrastructure creating Democratic Candidates jobs. Democrats may vote for no more than 1. 3. FOREIGN POLICY: Middle East organization to be lead by Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Jordan, Anthony G. Brown and other countries to steady region. Focus on Campaign Website: www.anthonybrown.com terrorist cessation and foster peace and religious 1. QUALIFICATIONS: My experience as a retired tolerance. Get U.S. forces out ASAP. Strengthen U.S. Army Colonel with a tour of duty in Iraq, relationship with Israel. NAFTA voided and practicing attorney representing businesses and negotiate replacement trade agreements. Trade individual clients, former member of the House of imbalances are costing U.S. billions annually and Delegates and Lt. Governor have prepared me to we cannot continue to bleed. lead people, build coalitions and forge consensus 4. IMMIGRATION: Vetting process instituted to on many issues ranging from domestic violence stop ISIS infiltration w/in Syrian refugees. Mexico prevention to Veterans services, expanding pre-K border and Caribbean shores to be closed off to and access to affordable healthcare. illegal immigration and drug trafficking. Establish 2. ECONOMY: To assist low and middle income clear process to citizenship. Increase numbers of citizens, we must grow the economy with good- legal immigrants admitted to U.S. with paying jobs, train and educate the most understanding they are adopting our customs. We competitive workforce, and support families with are not changing our laws to accommodate them. greater Infrastructure investments, better foreign Deport criminals and terrorists. trade agreements, stronger collective bargaining, 5. ENVIRONMENT: Eliminating carbon pollution expanded career technology education, paid sick continues as first priority. Incentivize tech leave, higher minimum wage, tax credits for development of bio diesel fuels/engines, combo caregivers, and equal-pay-for-equal-work. electric battery/gas engines. Safely process oil/gas 3. FOREIGN POLICY: ISIS is the fastest growing resources in U.S. Continue incentivizing and national security threat. America must lead the developing wind/solar/water power alternatives. fight to defeat ISIS with regional allies, particularly Incentivize develop alternative fuels, i.e. hydrogen, Arab nations, involving air campaigns, Syrian no- H2O breakdown, garbage consumption, etc. fly zone, more intelligence assets, and non-US 6. INEQUALITY: Equal pay for equal work across forces to regain ISIS held territory; disrupting and all categories. A persons sex, race, religion, height, dismantling the growing global terrorist weight, etc. should have no bearing on pay. If infrastructure; and hardening defenses against someone produces the acceptable amount/level of external and homegrown threats. work, then pay should be same. Increases or

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4. IMMIGRATION: America’s immigration system and supported small business via contract is broken. I support comprehensive immigration opportunities. reform that will provide a pathway to citizenship 2. ECONOMY: We must raise wages because the that requires an undocumented immigrant to pass more money you have flowing through the a criminal background check and pay their fair economic system, the better we all do. We must share of taxes, streamlines our legal immigration invest in career and technical education to meet system to support our economy where needed, the needs of industry and ensure our residents can cracks down on employers who hire undocumented find jobs in growing fields. We must invest workers, and strengthens our borders. innovation in green energy as well as fight for 5. ENVIRONMENT: Climate disruption is our gender pay parity, universal paid sick leave and greatest environmental challenge. Science paid maternity/paternity leave. demands that we take bold action to reduce carbon 3. FOREIGN POLICY: I think addressing the pollution by at least 50% by 2030. I will support Islamic state and ensuring we sustain our part of initiatives, legislation and specific actions to reduce the Iran agreement are vital to our success and the carbon pollution from power plants, expand the success of our regional partners. We must use the clean energy economy, build a clean energy 5 elements of national power (diplomacy, infrastructure, and cut energy waste in homes, information, military, economics and security) to businesses, and factories. achieve national security. With regard to peace in 6. INEQUALITY: The greatest challenge we face the Middle East, we need American leadership to as a nation is the growing inequalities, disparities, help guide a regional solution. inequities and gaps that exist in our classrooms, 4. IMMIGRATION: I support comprehensive prisons, job markets and neighborhoods. To immigration reform. Although we must ensure our address these concerns, I support greater security, once immigrants pass national security investments in pre-K education, criminal justice and criminal background checks, and pay all reforms and police accountability, more career necessary taxes, individuals should have the technology education and affordable housing opportunity to earn a pathway to citizenship. options, and expanding voting rights. 5. ENVIRONMENT: We must address climate 7. TAX REFORM: Federal tax policy should change, invest in green energy solutions to include promote economic growth and investments, as well wind and solar technologies, eliminate subsidies to as opportunities for more Americans. I support a oil companies and make our buildings more more progressive income tax where the wealthiest efficient. I support a cap and dividend system individuals and largest corporations pay their fair which would force companies which emit fossil share of taxes, and tax credits for working families fuels to reduce their emissions or pay residents like in need of greater relief, such as expanding the stakeholders; thereby reducing the cost of heating earned income tax credit and tax credits for child or cooling their homes, etc. care and caregivers 6. INEQUALITY: Raising wages--to include the 8. OTHER PRIORITIES: Preventing Iran from federal minimum wage--we can begin to address building a nuclear weapon must be among our income inequality, set the conditions for women most important foreign policy priorities, and and minorities to gain access to prime government compliance with the recent agreement will contracts, federal grants and access to capital. necessarily require close Congressional oversight. Finally, we must also reform our justice system Campaign finance reform is essential to reduce the and expunge the records of non-violent offenders influence Wall Street has on government and the in order to give our residents a true second economy. And Congressional redistricting must be chance. transparent and not favor one political party. 7. TAX REFORM: We must eliminate loopholes for special interest groups--to include fossil fuel Warren Christopher companies. I support the Buffet rule to ensure all Campaign Website: of our citizens are paying their fair share. Finally, warrenchristopherforcongress.com we must modify or eliminate the so called 'Cadillac 1. QUALIFICATIONS: As a Veteran, a single dad tax'. of two daughters and being raised by my 8. OTHER PRIORITIES: As Congressman, I will grandmother, I have been afforded the opportunity work to achieve the following. I will work to to understand the needs of our communities across achieve a Senior Protection Act to ensure our the board. This was the foundation for my seniors are protected against rising rents and experience with the Department of the Interior. As medication. I will work to expunge the records of the Chief of Staff, I managed over 50 billion dollars non-violent offenders and reform our justice

Page 28 League of Women Voters of Anne Arundel County, MD lwvaacmd.org For updates, election information and personalized ballots, visit Vote411.org. U.S. Representative District 4 system. Finally, I will work to change the definition can have a meaningful impact on poverty, tax of a small business so that true small businesses fairness and income inequality. The state and local can better compete globally. tax system requires low to middle-income families to pay a greater share of their incomes in taxes Matthew Fogg than the rich. A federal tax plan to make the rich Campaign Website: www.linkedin.com/in/ pay more is fair usmarshal 8. OTHER PRIORITIES: I vow to fight to improve 1. QUALIFICATIONS: I served 32 years of public the education and graduation rate of students in service. I supervised joint multi-government our schools. PG's County Public Schools had a Federal, State and Municipal drug & gun 69.5% graduation rate; and ranked second to last. interdiction task forces that captured 300 of I am also involved with helping to legislate Police America's most wanted fugitives in the U.S. & Reform. It is vital that longstanding discriminatory abroad charged with murder, rape, child policing practices, policies, and customs of black molestation, organized crime and more. I won a communities cease. 1998 Title VII ($4 million) judgment for blowing the whistle on discrimination & racism in the US Glenn F. Ivey Marshals. Campaign Website: www.iveyforcongress.com 2. ECONOMY: I support the Earned Income Tax 1. QUALIFICATIONS: As State’s Attorney and as Credit (EITC) for low and moderate-income an aide on Capitol Hill, I built a proven record of workers. It encourages & rewards work, offsets leadership. I took on tough fights and achieved federal payroll and income taxes, and helps meet meaningful change for families: fighting domestic basic needs. I support the Child Tax Credit (CTC) violence, pioneering reentry programs for ex- which also helps working families offset part of the offenders, mentoring our youth, and protecting cost of child rearing. Together, the EITC and low- seniors, all without costing taxpayer dollars. I income CTC promote work and help workers with worked on Motor Voter legislation and McCain- children escape poverty. Feingold campaign finance reform. 3. FOREIGN POLICY: It is my belief the U.S. 2. ECONOMY: I will fight to restore fairness and should continue to support Israel. I support the build opportunities for everyday families. We need United States ending its trade embargo and travel to raise the minimum wage, expand middle class ban on Cuba. I believe the U.S. should also remain tax cuts, invest in public school and transportation in the United Nations. infrastructure, pass equal pay for women and 4. IMMIGRATION: I supported The Maryland develop incentives for small businesses to grow. I Dream Act back in 2012 and I also support will stand against Republican extremism that President Obama's reprieve from deportation for threatens vital programs like Social Security, millions of adult immigrants living in the country Medicaid and Medicare. illegally; but whom work and are law abiding 3. FOREIGN POLICY: The US must work with citizens. regional allies to stop nuclear proliferation, 5. ENVIRONMENT: Our nation's waters are in confront violent extremism, and defeat ISIS. We jeopardy because of loopholes in the Clean Water should work to strengthen NATO, contain Russian Act. This has negatively impacted 10,000 miles of aggression, protect human rights, and extend the Maryland's streams and leaves them open to rule of law. Military action should be a last resort. pollution. The Maryland Department of the Instead, we should address the root causes of Environment (MDE) enforces federal water disorder: poverty, illiteracy, and hopelessness. pollution standards in the state. I would increase 4. IMMIGRATION: Donald Trump and Ted Cruz funding to insure the water supply remains safe. are dead wrong. The US is a nation of immigrants 6. INEQUALITY: Income inequality has been and we are stronger when we work together. We growing over the past few years. Some of this is need comprehensive immigration reform with a related to the relationship between education and pathway to citizenship. Reform should support income earning potential but discrimination in family unity and the DREAMers. I support the hiring, by far, continues to be a major issue. After President’s executive actions to halt deportations decades of widening inequality, Maryland's richest of children and families. Deportation should be households have dramatically bigger incomes than reserved for violent felons. its poorest households. 5. ENVIRONMENT: Climate change is the biggest 7. TAX REFORM: Strategic use of Earned Income long-term threat to world economic and political Tax Credits, property tax circuit breakers, targeted stability, and is a moral challenge. Multiple low-income tax credits and child-related tax credits solutions are needed; I support the President's

Page 29 League of Women Voters of Anne Arundel County, MD lwvaacmd.org For updates, election information and personalized ballots, visit Vote411.org. U.S. Representative District 4 Paris agreement, the new carbon emissions and promote democratic governments as the key standards, cap and trade, methane reduction, and to advancing human dignity, security and empowering the EPA. We need to invest in prosperity. We should engage with our allies to renewables and efficiency; tax subsidies to fossil assist and build up stable local governments. fuels should be reallocated to renewables. Military intervention should be a last resort. 6. INEQUALITY: The long-term solution to 4. IMMIGRATION: We need secure borders. But inequality is providing excellent education for all. A we also need a humane solution for the 11 million top spending priority should be teachers and undocumented immigrants already in the US. Left schools. To make sure our economy works for in the shadows these immigrants would form a everybody, I support raising the minimum wage, permanent underclass that never becomes equal pay for women, paid sick and maternity “American” and feels alienated from our society. leave, permanent middle class tax relief as well as For that reason, I support President Obama’s plan criminal justice reform and protections against for a path for undocumented immigrants to earn a discrimination in housing and lending. green card and eventually citizenship. 7. TAX REFORM: The vast majority of recent 5. ENVIRONMENT: I have a strong record of economic gains have gone to the wealthy. To voting for environmental stewardship. I received a restore economic fairness we need to close 100% rating from the League of Conservation corporate tax loopholes, institute a tax on Wall Voters and the endorsement of the Sierra Club for Street speculation, raise capital gains taxes on my campaign. Climate change is a global problem those earning over $500,000 and lift the payroll that we need to address with decisive action. I tax cap on those earning over $250,000. This will support President Obama’s Clean Power Plan which strengthen Social Security and can fund would substantially reduce CO2 emissions from the transportation and public school infrastructure. electricity generating sector. 8. OTHER PRIORITIES: Today, Congress just 6. INEQUALITY: This is the most important issue isn’t working for everyday people. I will fight to facing our nation. I have working class roots and preserve the accomplishments of President Obama was first in my family to earn a college degree. I and stop Republicans as they attempt to cut vital believe in creating opportunities and giving people programs like Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, the tools to lift themselves up. That’s why I and Obamacare. I will fight for the 4th District’s support apprenticeship and workforce development fair share to improve schools and create jobs to programs in Maryland’s secondary schools and strengthen families. community colleges and will keep fighting for opportunities for all. Joseline Peña-Melnyk 7. TAX REFORM: We need a fair tax system to Campaign Website: joselinepenamelnyk.com pay for our government. Corporations and others 1. QUALIFICATIONS: I am the toughest with fancy tax strategies should not escape paying progressive in this race, with nine years’ their fair share of the costs of government. I am experience representing Anne Arundel and Prince for progressive taxation and closing corporate tax George’s Counties. I have fought the NRA to pass loopholes with combined reporting. Fairer taxation historic gun control legislation, have increased the would help us pay for needed investments to minimum wage and protected families from home rebuild our infrastructure, strengthen the economy foreclosure, and I’ve fought for better healthcare and add good jobs. for women and families. I’ll protect our rights from 8. OTHER PRIORITIES: I am committed to extremist attacks. fairness, justice and civil rights. You deserve a safe 2. ECONOMY: I have long been a fighter for community, free of fear of violent crime and police working families. It is not just a campaign slogan; abuses alike. I have improved police procedures I’ve experienced poverty and I’m committed to for suspect lineups which are inaccurate and lead lifting people up and stopping the erosion of our to many erroneous convictions. I also “banned the middle class. I believe in strong unions, living box” on state employment forms to help ex- wages, and educating and training our children so offenders find work and escape the cycle of they can succeed, compete in our new economy, incarceration. I will fight for you. and earn enough to raise a family as part of America’s middle class. Terence Strait 3. FOREIGN POLICY: Terrorism and nuclear Campaign Website: www.straitforcongress.com weapons proliferation are the most serious threats. 1. QUALIFICATIONS: My experience puts me in Our foreign policy should make America more the position to see past the propaganda that secure, support our interests through fair trade, attempts to drive policy. Whether it is going to war

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based on lies, or the claim that deregulation is environmental problem is global warming, and it good for the economy, or the cycle of lowering will be an even bigger issue if we fail to stop it taxes leading to deficits leading to lowering before we pass the tipping point where the government services, we need somebody who can permafrost begins melting and releasing methane see the false narrative for what it is and will call it into the atmosphere. We need to transition to a out. I can do that. green energy grid as quickly as possible and 2. ECONOMY: I believe that as a short term electrify our transportation system soon measure, we need to increase the minimum wage afterwards. to $15/hr and invest in a comprehensive 6. INEQUALITY: Addressing all the sources and infrastructure revitalization program. This will types of inequality would take far more space than provide hundreds of thousands of jobs while we is available here. I would support any policy that make more permanent, structural economic was brought to my attention that would help make changes. Long term, to address automation driven this country a more equal place. Opportunities and unemployment, I support implementing a universal legal treatment should not depend on who you are basic income. or how much money you have, and we have a lot 3. FOREIGN POLICY: I believe our most of work to do before that is the case. important foreign policy issue is our tendency to 7. TAX REFORM: I support taxing capital gains use military force to solve every problem. the same as earned income. There is no legitimate Diplomacy is seen as a nice option when it's reason to privilege wealth over labor, and doing so possible, but not a priority. Even the reaction to results in tax avoidance schemes like the carried the Iran nuclear deal was saber rattling and interest loophole. Additionally, corporate tax policy threats. I don't know how to address this problem, needs to be changed to prevent the movement of but we need a voice that sees it as a problem in profits to foreign countries to avoid paying taxes. Congress. Companies that make billions in profits should pay 4. IMMIGRATION: The United States is a nation their taxes. of immigrants, made of people who were searching 8. OTHER PRIORITIES: My biggest priority is for a better life or fleeing the threat of violence, ensuring that in all our actions, we consider the and our immigration policy needs to reflect that. long term consequences of our actions. We cannot This is especially true for children fleeing violence continue the partisan gridlock and crisis to crisis in their home countries. Rather than locking them governance. Our foreign policy, economic policy, up and sending them back, we should be taking and environmental policy have all been care of them and reuniting them with their families characterized by a blindness to anything more than when possible. an election cycle out. We are facing problems that 5. ENVIRONMENT: I believe our greatest can't be solved at the last minute.

Republican Candidates Republicans may vote for no more than 1. District 5

Mark Arness healthcare plan that really works for Marylanders. Campaign Website: www.arnessforcongress.com Folks are now working two 30-hour jobs after 1. QUALIFICATIONS: Mark's career in aviation cutbacks to evade tax penalties! medicine and experience as a licensed pilot with 3. FOREIGN POLICY: Mark will vote for viable over 1500 flight hours and 150 hours flown in 25 military readiness of our Nation and to protect our combat missions under enemy fire in the skies over interests abroad. This administration has war-torn Bosnia, Iraq, Kuwait and Afghanistan emboldened our adversaries by pusillanimously qualifies him for the most challenging service to allowing the former Soviets, led by former KGB constituents. Mark is a decorated veteran and chief and self-styled"New Tsar" Vlad Putin to roll caring physician, awarded the Air Medal for service unchallenged into the Crimea and now Eastern under fire in aerial combat. Ukraine. Our NATO borders, Alaska are next- the 2. ECONOMY: "Whatever you tax, you get less Russians have so stated on public record! of!" Mark will vote FOR House Resolution 25, to 4. IMMIGRATION: Mark will not support "Blanket revoke the 16th Amendment and defund the IRS to amnesty" for all illegals! Mark does support a case- stop abusive collections and end taxpayer by-case legal pathway to naturalization for tax- harassment! Mark will vote to revoke Obamacare, paying immigrant workers who make valuable which is just a failed insurance scheme, and craft a contributions to our communities! Mark will vote to

Page 31 League of Women Voters of Anne Arundel County, MD lwvaacmd.org For updates, election information and personalized ballots, visit Vote411.org. U.S. Representative District 5 stop 'free rides' and enforce our border laws in the to make people more comfortable in poverty. We interests of national security! Mark does support need to be empowering them to get themselves legal paths to naturalization, including the military out of poverty. service pathway. 3. FOREIGN POLICY: We are confronted abroad 5. ENVIRONMENT: We must preserve our natural by a host of enemies, a resurgent Russia, an resources for our own use and enjoyment and for increasingly aggressive China and a host of radical future generations. Mark supports initiatives to Islamic groups and nations. We should not be the clean up the Bay and insure wildlife preservation world’s policeman, but we do need to remain for posterity, but taxing rain and chickens is not vigilant and to stand up for American national the way to pay for it! Mark will fight for Federal interests when confronted. funding for the Chesapeake bay watershed 4. IMMIGRATION: Ultimately, we are going to program to support our fishing and farming have to find a way forward and resolve the status industries. of the millions of illegal immigrants already here. 6. INEQUALITY: Preserve, protect and defend our Before we can do that, however, we have to regain Constitutional rights to liberty and the right of control over our southern border and immigration. every citizen, no matter how small, to life! Mark The first step in doing so is to enforce existing will vote for legislation that recognizes that life immigration laws. begins at conception by divine inspiration to 5. ENVIRONMENT: The most immediate protect our children of all ages, and to preserve environmental issue for Marylanders is the cleanup our God-given, fundamental second Amendment of the Chesapeake Bay. We have talked about it for right to defend our persons and property, decades. It is time to make it reality. We need to guaranteed by the Constitution! find practical, common sense ways to address the 7. TAX REFORM: We must reform the IRS, or needs of the watershed while sustaining economic defund it and revoke the 16th Amendment! The growth. Efforts to promote oyster aquaculture are IRS routinely violates citizens' Constitutional rights a prime example of the kind of efforts that are to due process; it levies penalties, garnishes wages possible if we work together. and imposes harsh fees without any court order or 6. INEQUALITY: We need to address the problem legal review, as an 'administrative' process; of the millions of American trapped in deep taxpayers have no legal rights in defending poverty. In order to do so we have to fix our themselves against this agency! We can raise educational system and stimulate economic revenue with a national sales tax. growth. We don’t need programs to make poor 8. OTHER PRIORITIES: ISIS is a clear and people a little more comfortable. We need to create present danger which the current administration the conditions that will allow people to pull has failed to address. We need to pursue United themselves out of poverty. States' interests overseas and aggressively 7. TAX REFORM: Changes to tax policy should be confront and neutralize ISIS assets, materials, geared toward stimulating the economy and funding and curtail weapons. We must mount a creating jobs. We need to cut taxes on the middle multi-targeted campaign to destroy ISIL physical class and made the tax code fairer and simpler. We infrastructure, restrict weapons access, cut off need to cut corporate taxes, do away with double banking assets and destroy ISIL logistics train. taxation of income owned abroad and make other changes to encourage investment. Government Charles Sam Faddis cannot create jobs. It can create the conditions, Campaign Website: http://samfaddis.com/ which will encourage job growth. 1. QUALIFICATIONS: I have been an Army 8. OTHER PRIORITIES: We are $19 trillion in officer and CIA operative. I spent twenty years debt. If we do not balance the budget and get abroad working against the enemies of this nation. spending under control nothing else matters. We Since my retirement I have taught college and will be bankrupt as a nation. The way ahead in this graduate school, written six books and commented regard will be painful, but the longer we wait to on national security and terrorism. I have run large confront this issue the harder it will get. organizations and worked under intense pressure in unforgiving environments. 2. ECONOMY: If we are serious about helping low and middle income citizens, we need to get the economy moving and start creating jobs that pay a living wage. We don’t need to be looking for ways

Page 32 League of Women Voters of Anne Arundel County, MD lwvaacmd.org For updates, election information and personalized ballots, visit Vote411.org. U.S. Representative District 5 Democratic Candidates panels, wind turbines, advanced batteries, fuel Democrats may vote for no more than 1. cells and other products that traditional American industry is not concerned with. I will work to create Kristin Beck a high end home appliance industry here in Campaign Website: www.beck4congress.us Maryland. 1. QUALIFICATIONS: I am a retired Navy SEAL with experience in foreign affairs that cover the Steny H. Hoyer Balkans, Middle East, Africa and Asia. I have Campaign Website: www.hoyerforcongress.com combat experience in three wars and 13 1. QUALIFICATIONS: For over 30 years in deployments. I am a public speaker, fighting for Congress, I have been an effective leader who human rights on a national level. I work as a works in a bipartisan way to deliver results for my volunteer helping veterans and a board member of constituents. I continue to fight tirelessly for a suicide prevention organization known as 41 economic development, have helped create and percent. save nearly 23,000 jobs, and am dedicated to 2. ECONOMY: I have been a long standing ensuring all Marylanders have access to middle advocate for setting the federal minimum wage at class opportunities. $15 per hour. Everyone should be able to earn a 2. ECONOMY: I’m leading a jobs plan in Congress living wage. I am also a proponent of the Earned called Make It In America, which aims to spur the Income Tax Credit for low income workers with creation of well-paying jobs across the country and families. ensure that all Americans have the tools they need 3. FOREIGN POLICY: The rise of global terrorism to get ahead in today’s new economy. I support an is the most immediate threat to the interests of the increase in the minimum wage, access to US. ISIS and other groups are determined to kill or affordable child care, and ensuring equal pay in the maim as many Americans and our allies as workplace - all of which would help American possible. We cannot negotiate with them. We must families. eliminate this terrorist organization and the 3. FOREIGN POLICY: Two of the most important networks that support them. issues are the Iran nuclear deal and destroying 4. IMMIGRATION: We are a compassionate ISIL. I've been a leader in calling for the most nation. We are a nation of immigrants. We will find vigorous monitoring and enforcement regime compassionate solutions to the issues while possible - and for America to play a leading role in encouraging legal immigration into our country. We ensuring Iran abides by its commitments. In the will enforce E-Verify and implement new systems effort to destroy ISIL, I am encouraging the to record and monitor the locations of foreign Obama Administration to increase its efforts to visitors to make sure they do not overstay their demolish ISIL’s energy resources. visas. 4. IMMIGRATION: I support comprehensive 5. ENVIRONMENT: Rising sea levels are immigration reform that will provide a timely threatening low-lying areas from Maine to Florida. pathway to citizenship. Fixing our broken Once we loose a major subway system to immigration system is not only good for our encroaching tidal waters we will see a national economy, but it’s the right thing to do and is outcry to reduce greenhouse gasses. I intend to supported by the majority of Americans. place solar panels on all schools as one step in 5. ENVIRONMENT: We must take steps to cutting the production of CO2. address climate change. Climate change is a threat 6. INEQUALITY: I have been fighting to end to our environment - including the Chesapeake Bay inequality on a number of fronts for years. There - public health, the economy, and national should be no difference between women’s pay and security. I will continue to support legislation to men’s. The income inequality gap must be reduced advance renewable energy technologies and by starting with an increase in the minimum wage improve energy efficiency, which will save families and the creation of new and high paying jobs. and businesses money, spur innovation and create 7. TAX REFORM: I will propose a new transaction well-paying jobs. tax on stock sales. I will support the export of oil, 6. INEQUALITY: I have cosponsored legislation to natural gas and manufactured exports to generate raise the federal minimum wage to $12 an hour by new tax revenue. I will support a simplified 2020. I am also a cosponsor of the Paycheck personal income tax as well as the elimination of Fairness Act which would end wage discrimination all business tax loopholes. against women and promote higher wages to help 8. OTHER PRIORITIES: I will focus on creating more Americans secure a place in the middle class. public private partnerships to manufacture solar I also support bipartisan efforts that will help fix

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our country’s broken criminal justice system. FBI headquarters to Prince George’s County. I am 7. TAX REFORM: I support comprehensive tax dedicated to improving Maryland schools and reform that simplifies the tax code, creates an keeping them among the best in the nation, as well environment for companies to bring jobs back to as investing in our infrastructure and protecting the U.S., and strengthens American our natural resources. competitiveness. 8. OTHER PRIORITIES: I remain focused on Debbie F. Wilson protecting our military installations and federal No response received by print deadline. facilities, as well as bringing the new, consolidated

Party Convention Delegates

Duties: Convention delegates elected in the primary are the people who officially elect their party’s Presidential candidate at the national conventions. Presidential nominees are not elected directly by the voters in the primary. Rather, voters in each state choose delegates to represent them at the national conventions. How Elected (Republican Primary): The Republican ballot lists candidates for delegates to the Republican National Convention and the Presidential candidate each one supports. Republican voters in each Maryland congressional district will elect 3 delegates and 3 alternates. The Spring 2016 State Republican Convention will select 11 at-large delegates. Those delegates will go to the Republican National Convention, which will be held July 18 – July 21, 2016 in Cleveland, Ohio. How Elected (Democratic Primary): The Democratic ballot lists candidates for delegates to the Democratic National Convention and the Presidential candidate each one supports. Maryland will send 126 delegates to the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, PA, July 26 – July 28, 2016. Democratic voters in the Congressional districts will elect 64 delegates. Party rules determine the number of delegates to be elected from each district. The remaining 62 are chosen by the Maryland Democratic Party and consist of 31 appointed party leaders, 23 elected officials, and 8 alternate delegates. Questions for Convention Delegates: QUALIFICATIONS: What are your qualifications to serve as a convention delegate? ISSUES: Why have you decided to pledge your support to your candidate?

Because of the very large number of candidates for convention delegates in both parties, it is not possible to include their responses in printed Voters’ Guides. A list of candidates for delegate, and, when applicable, the Presidential candidate they support, may be found on pages 38. Complete information on all candidates for convention delegate is available at VOTE411.org. Please take time to learn about these important delegates before you go to the polls.

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Duties: Judges preside in the Circuit Court, which is a trial court of general jurisdiction covering major civil cases and more serious criminal matters. Circuit Courts also may decide appeals from the District Court and certain administrative agencies. How elected: The state is divided into 8 Judicial Circuits. The General Assembly determines the number of judges in each circuit and county. When there is a vacancy, the Governor appoints a qualified person to fill the office. Each newly appointed Circuit Court judge then must stand for office at the first election that occurs at least one year after the vacancy happened. One or more other qualified members of the bar may also run to fill the vacancy. All candidates run on both the Democratic and Republican primary ballots. The winners of each primary (equal to the number of seats to be filled) advance to the general election ballot, but without party designation. Term: Fifteen years, no term limit. Mandatory retirement age of 70 years. Salary: $154,433. Questions for Circuit Court Judges: 1. QUALIFICATIONS: How does your experience prepare you for the duties of a Judge of the Circuit Court? 2. COURT NEEDS: What are the areas of greatest need in Maryland's judicial system? 3. ACCESS TO JUSTICE: What actions would you propose to provide individuals with more access to the judicial system and legal assistance? 4. EQUALITY: What steps can the courts take to reduce the risk that prejudices may influence the outcome of legal proceedings?

Candidates (nonpartisan) is not uneven in any way just because someone of All registered voters vote for no more than 4 importance is before you. Fairness counts

Claudia Barber Mark W. Howes Campaign Website: Campaign Website: www.judicialcampaignclaudiabarber.com www.markhowesforjudge.com 1. QUALIFICATIONS: For over ten years, I have 1. QUALIFICATIONS: I was with the Anne adudicated cases brought by government agencies. Arundel County Police for over 22 years, retiring as My legal career as judge and attorney spans 26 a sergeant. I have been a practicing trial attorney years including experience as a criminal and civil for 25 years. Through both careers I developed law litigator. As a judge, I am a public servant and honed the ability to be a good listener and to first. I provide fair and equitable service to people communicate effectively with people from all walks from all walks of life. My opinions address every of life. My experience has also allowed me to argument raised by the parties. appreciate the weighty responsibility of serving the 2. COURT NEEDS: Two of the greatest needs are citizens of Maryland. understanding mental health issues in criminal 2. COURT NEEDS: Transparency and accessibility cases and maintaining a strong drug rehab with respect to case filings are the two areas of program for first time offenders. Violent offenders greatest need for Maryland’s courts. Both the must be incarcerated. Another critical need is to public and the court system at large would benefit provide legal resource centers to litigants to ensure from broader access to a dependable, timely, and equal access to justice. The courts need to also user-friendly electronic filing system. Being more ensure equity in sentencing. efficient in this regard would enable the court to 3. ACCESS TO JUSTICE: Create special divisions handle cases more efficiently across the board. in courts to address mental health, elderly matters, 3. ACCESS TO JUSTICE: Our Judiciary and many and legal resource centers with direct contact Bar Associations can work together to better information. There should also be programs to publicize the various clinics, informative websites, simplify legal processes in order to make legal and reduced fee representation services that exist. services more affordable. Outreach events in community spaces like schools 4. EQUALITY: Judges should be aware of studies and libraries should be offered. I also support done reflecting racial or ethnic biases in the judicial mediation being an option for parties in every kind system. Judges should have mandatory training by of case as it can substantially reduce or even avoid the National Judicial College on The Neuroscience the cost of litigation. of Implicit Bias. Judges should read The New Jim 4. EQUALITY: Court personnel – clerks, judicial Crow by Michelle Alexander. Make sure sentencing assistants and judges, regularly attend training to

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keep up with changes in the law or courthouse County. procedures. They can just as easily have routine 2. COURT NEEDS: Our judicial system needs to trainings on diversity, and recognizing and better establish a comprehensive approach to both combatting implicit biases. I also strongly believe a mental health and drug abuse treatment. These judge should always articulate the legal reasoning two of our society's greatest problems are reflected behind all decisions – either in writing or on the in many of the persons before the courts and a record. marshaling of programs and options would allow judges to best serve and protect the community. I Rickey Nelson Jones especially see a need for a juvenile drug court in Campaign Website: RRNJ-justiceforall.com our county. 1. QUALIFICATIONS: Because of [1] my diverse 3. ACCESS TO JUSTICE: I am proud to say that and multi-state law practice for nearly 25 years in in our county we have a fine public defender's both state and federal court, [2] my legal office for criminal defendants, and an excellent experience with civil law, criminal law, lawyer referral service established by our bar administrative law, and appellate law, and [3] my association. Our bar library operates a wonderful representation of men, women, children, and self-help center for people without lawyers. But businesses, I have a very broad perspective. Being such self-help could be expanded to other locations a Pastor also, I am uniquely concerned about throughout the county, if volunteers and resources people, their affairs, and safe communities. could be identified. 2. COURT NEEDS: The Maryland Judicial System 4. EQUALITY: My fellow judges and I are mindful needs [1] more judicial outreach to the public in everyday of the risks presented by both overt understanding the law (I have seen many in court prejudice and institutional prejudice. We have "lost" in the process), [2] more patience with the taken a sworn oath to render our duties without un-represented (I have seen overly harsh partiality or prejudice. Our vigilance, in every case, treatment of those without attorneys), [3] more to carefully guard against any bias or prejudice judicial diversity (I have seen judges struggle to from creeping into a proceeding is our best understand people and communities they are defense. But public awareness is also key to foreign to), and [4] more justice. fairness and justice. 3. ACCESS TO JUSTICE: [1] There should be bi- monthly classes by judges on "The Law & What To Stacy W. McCormack Do When Going To Court." [2] Judges should be Campaign Website: www.4judgesstrong.com more willing to assign attorneys who "frequent the 1. QUALIFICATIONS: I have been a practicing courts" to give aid to someone there completely attorney for almost 20 years. The majority of my "lost" in the process. [3] Judges should make legal career was spent as an Assistant Public monetary contributions to pro-bono organizations Defender handling criminal cases in the Court of or organizations/churches serving the poor and Appeals, the Court of Special Appeals, as well as in needy. [4] Reduce costs the Circuit Court and District Court for Anne 4. EQUALITY: [1] Assure more diversity on the Arundel County. My experience in that area of law bench [2] Assure yearly sensitivity training for will be extremely valuable as criminal cases make judges [3] Assure judgments are consistent, up a large portion of our docket regardless of race, color, creed, national origin, 2. COURT NEEDS: Our judicial system is in need sex, sexual orientation, etc. [4] Assure competent of consistent and comprehensive treatment for representation for the poor and less fortunate [5] individuals suffering from mental health and Assure "Equality Before The Law" for everyone, no substance abuse issues. The overwhelming exceptions majority of individuals that come before the criminal court system are suffering from mental Glenn Klavans health and substance abuse issues. An increase in Campaign Website: www.4JudgesStrong.com awareness of those issues and in programs to 1. QUALIFICATIONS: I spent 36 years in the address those issues is definitely needed. practice of law, as a prosecutor in Baltimore for 10 3. ACCESS TO JUSTICE: I would propose years, and then in private practice in Anne Arundel increasing the volunteer efforts of lawyers County for 26 years. I have brought to the bench throughout our County to help provide individuals an uncommonly wide range of legal experience in with more access to the judicial system and legal criminal, civil, domestic and business law. As a assistance. While are fortunate to have an sitting judge I have put that experience into daily excellent lawyer referral service established by our practice on behalf of the citizens of Anne Arundel bar association and a large pro-bono program,

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those services could be expanded to areas reflecting prejudice cannot be tolerated and must throughout the county with additional volunteers. be met with immediate disciplinary action. The 4. EQUALITY: Certainly the judges on our bench public needs to be aware of the reporting are mindful of the perception of prejudice in any procedure for any improper judicial practices. legal proceedings. We have all taken a sworn oath to render our duties without partiality or prejudice Cathy Vitale and we abide by that oath everyday. The ability of Campaign Website: www.4JudgesStrong.com the public to walk into a courtroom at any time and 1. QUALIFICATIONS: Current Judge; 26 yrs watch any legal proceeding certainly helps guard private practice; 17 yrs Court mediator;5 yrs State against bias or prejudice and educate the public. legislator; 11 yrs County Councilmember. I have practiced, advocated, and legislated the law & now Donna M. Schaeffer as a Judge I interpret and enforce it, handle both Campaign Website: Www.4JudgesStrong.com the traditional cases as well as matters arising 1. QUALIFICATIONS: As a trial attorney in the from State and local law which include zoning, Anne Arundel County Circuit Court for nearly 30 personnel issues, and challenges to laws enacted years, I have participated in hundreds of trials and by the State legislature. hearings and have extensive experience in the 2. COURT NEEDS: Ensuring that litigants are litigation process. Since my experience has been given the benefit of adequate legal representation primarily in private practice, I am very attuned to and full access to the judicial system; The Courts the impact a court case can have on private should develop & implement initiatives to expand citizens, and I am keenly aware of the import of access to & enhance the quality of justice for judges' decisions. persons who need language, educational and legal 2. COURT NEEDS: All citizens deserve equal assistance; restoring confidence in the judicial access to justice and the fair, affordable and system & continuing to insist that judges are efficient administration of their court system. competent, fair & impartial Maryland's judicial system must better insure that 3. ACCESS TO JUSTICE: Consult with community these needs are met for everyone. For criminal members with barriers to understand the needs; cases, public defenders are available to qualified Expansion of free self-help services, online access individuals. However, there is no similar service for to attorneys through a volunteer "call a lawyer" the poor in civil matters such as divorce and program; increase access to the pro-bono clinic; domestic violence cases. expand AA County's community law day (at 3. ACCESS TO JUSTICE: Some good pro bono AACC); develop a monthly community based law and legal assistance programs currently exist, but day; expand access to language interpreters to those in need are often not aware of them. We assist in document preparation & filings need to better communicate these opportunities to 4. EQUALITY: Require judges & staff to the public. Also, attorneys need to be encouraged participate in implicit bias training sessions to volunteer their services more often, either including educational programs on racial, gender through mandatory requirements or greater and ethnic diversity; create “bench cards” which awareness. judges can use for checks & balance on best 4. EQUALITY: Courts need to conduct greater practices or questions during proceedings;, permit training and education of the judiciary to heighten independent review of cases and decisions for data awareness and acceptance of societal and cultural and benchmarks to assist the Court in addressing differences. Prejudice or decision-making patterns promptly any real/perceived bias

Page 37 League of Women Voters of Anne Arundel County, MD lwvaacmd.org For updates, election information and personalized ballots, visit Vote411.org. Anne Arundel County 2016 Primary Election Ballot Federal Office Judge of the Circuit Mattie Procaccini (Cruz) Philip L. Bikle Mirah Devora Ippolito (Sanders) Vote for no more than 1. Rick Saffery Carl Lee Brady (Bush) Brooke Elizabeth Lierman (Clinton) Court, Circuit 5 Brian A. Sailer (Bush) Carol M. Brady (Bush) Cheryl Ann Menke (Un) U.S. PRESIDENT Vote for no more than 4. REPUBLICANS Susan Carroll Schwab (Bush) Mary Burke-Russell (Kasich) Donna S. Plamondon (Sanders) Claudia Barber Scott Shaffer (Bush) Charles W. “Wick” Caldwell Joan Taylor (Sanders) Jeb Bush (Withdrew) Mark W. Howes Ben Carson (Withdrew) Duane E. Shelton (Kasich) Chris Cherest Lynn Morrison Venetoulis (Clinton) Rickey Nelson Jones Justin Shuy Kevin Cioppa (Kasich) DISTRICT 3 MALE Chris Christie (Withdrew) Glenn Klavans Ted Cruz Jonathan Erich Stitzinger Marc A. B. Conley (Carson) Vote for no more than 4. Stacy W. McCormack Nigel Hames Sutton Jim Crawford (Trump) Guy Guzzone (Clinton) Carly Fiorina (Withdrew) Donna Schaeffer Mike Huckabee (Withdrew) Mary Beth Tung (Christie) Joe Crawford (Cruz) Noel Levy (Un) Cathy Vitale Shannon Wright (Trump) Mark Crawford Al Liebeskind (Sanders) John R. Kasich Rand Paul (Withdrew) Chris Yates (Trump) Hoyt A. Cruze Michael G. Miller (Clinton) Marco Rubio (Withdrew) Republican Convention Sally Marie Yates Tom Desabla Todd Reynolds (Clinton) Rick Santorum (Withdrew) Delegates & Alternates Mark Young (Carson) William John Dotson C.A. Cory Ruppersberger, IV Donald Trump Vote for no more than 3 delegates DISTRICT 3 ALTERNATES Michael Esteve (Rubio) (Clinton) DEMOCRATS and 3 alternates per district. Timothy Boston (Trump) Deena B. Fisher Keanuu Smith-Brown (Sanders) Hillary Clinton DISTRICT 2 DELEGATES E. J. Cavanagh (Kasich) Terry Green William Reed White (Sanders) Roque “Rocky” De La Fuente Ana T. Blair (Carson) Dorothy Cawthorne (Carson) George Grieninger Dean K. Yates (Sanders) Bernie Sanders Joseph C. Boteler, III Michael Eisenberg (Carson) Millie Havrilla DISTRICT 4 FEMALE Antonio Campbell (Carson) Elaine M. Furth (Cruz) Kevin Igoe (Christie) Vote for no more than 5. U.S. SENATOR J. Michael Collins (Trump) Mary P. Gassmann Cindy Jones Angela Alsobrooks (Clinton) REPUBLICANS Steve Dishon (Cruz) Ruth E. Goetz Benjamin Krause Angela Angel (Un) Chris Chaffee John C. Fiastro, Jr. (Cruz) Rick Hansen (Carson) Robert Richard Ray Marston (Rubio) Yvonne N. Baicich (Sanders) Sean P. Connor Fred Fleischmann (Carson) Thomas Kelso (Christie) James R. McDonough Wala Blegay (Sanders) Richard J. Douglas Glen Glass (Cruz) Marcos A. Lora Fiona Alexandra Moodie Aisha Braveboy (Clinton) John R. Graziani Robin Grammer Mary O’Keeffe Margaret I. Moodie Cynthia Collins (Clinton) Greg Holmes Julianne Grim (Bush) Richard D. Paugh Todd B. Morgan Carolyn J.B. Howard (Clinton) Joseph David Hooe Christina Louise Harris (Fiorina) Joyce Pope (Rubio) Mark Polansky, Sr. (Carson) Melody Jones (Sanders) Chrys Kefalas Thomas A. Harris, Jr. (Fiorina) Tony Ristaino (Cruz) Katherine Kelley Poole (Bush) Virginia Kase (Sanders) Mark McNicholas William Hicklen (Bush) Lisa Abbe Robin Lederman (Cruz) Edward R. Reilly (Carson) Jameelah Malik (Sanders) Lynn Richardson Dee Hodges Jeff Robinson (Rubio) Deb Rey (Cruz) Mary Rocca (Un) Anthony Seda Charlene Kurland (Christie) Timothy Sutton R. Chris Rosenthal (Christie) Linda Greer Spooner (Un) Richard Shawver William F. Martin (Bush) Meredith Leigh Thompson (Rubio) Susan Ellsworth Shaw Karen Toles (Clinton) Kathy Szeliga Brian J. Noon (Trump) Tim Walters (Trump) Marcus W. Skelton DISTRICT 4 MALE Dave Wallace Patrick O’Keefe (Rubio) Chevy Fleischman Weiss (Kasich) Della R. Stull (Christie) Vote for no more than 5. Garry Thomas Yarrington Greg Ottensmeyer (Trump) DISTRICT 4 DELEGATES Mike Turner Erek L. Barron (Clinton) DEMOCRATS Christopher W. Pate (Bush) Jeff Andrade Jerry Walker (Rubio) Julian Ivey (Sanders) Freddie Donald Dickson, Jr. Jerome C. Payne, Jr. Dana Bailey (Bush) Steve Waugh (Cruz) Touko B. Leuga (Sanders) Donna F. Edwards Tim Robinson (Rubio) Shannon Chatlos (Christie) DISTRICT 5 ALTERNATES Brian L. Morris (Un) Ralph Jaffe J.D. Russell (Kasich) Brandon F. Cooper James Appel (Rubio) Carlo Alberto Sanchez (Clinton) Theresa C. Scaldaferri Louis A Sarkes, Jr. (Bush) JoAnn Y. Fisher (Trump) Douglas Arnold (Rubio) Maurice Simpson, Jr. (Clinton) Charles U. Smith Mitch Shank (Bush) Chuck Gast (Rubio) Jacinta Bottoms-Spencer Charles W. Sims, Sr. (Clinton) Violet Staley Kathleen A. Smero (Christie) Terry R. Gilleland, Jr. Jennifer Hayden Boyd (Carson) Jimmy Tarlau (Sanders) Blaine Taylor Byron G. Tosi, III (Christie) Eric Grannon J.T. Crawford (Cruz) Edward Terry (Sanders) Ed Tinus Jeanne L. Turnock Keturah Denise Harley (Christie) Dennis Di Bello (Trump) Nathaniel L. Wallace (Sanders) Chris Van Hollen Joshua Wolf (Rubio) Julie S. Heller Ray Emmanuel Ron Watson (Un) Lih Young DISTRICT 2 ALTERNATES Robert Henry Heller, Jr. Roussan Etienne, Jr. (Carson) Anthony Christopher Woods Joseph Arcieri (Rubio) Frederick S. Hill, Jr. Vanessa Jones (Trump) (Clinton) U.S. REPRESENTATIVE D. Shannon Crider (Carson) Greg Holmes Donna Wiesner Keen (Cruz) DISTRICT 5 FEMALE DISTRICT 2 Joe Fleckenstein (Cruz) Branch R. Jones, Sr. (Trump) Steve Krukar Vote for no more than 4. REPUBLICANS James Kane (Rubio) Karen M. Kirksey (Bush) Daniel Lathrop (Cruz) Suchitra Balachandran (Sanders) Bill Heine Janice MacGregor (Rubio) Glen C. Knecht (Carson) Fulton Jude Letourneau (Carson) Amanda Cross (Clinton) Carl H. Magee, Jr. Patrick L. McGrady (Cruz) Faith Loudon (Cruz) Tony Medoro (Trump) Marie L. Duffield (Clinton) Pat McDonough Michael Steven McKelvey (Carson) Michael Edward Malone (Kasich) Kelly T. Schneider Sandra Falwell (Sanders) Yuripzy Morgan Shalina Murrell-Ford (Carson) Anthony W.Marsh (Carson) Joseph Lee Swartz, Jr. (Rubio) Edith J. Patterson (Clinton) Mark Gerard Shell David Serenda (Cruz) Tony McConkey (Cruz) Jocelyn B. Price (Sanders) DEMOCRATS Lori Serenda Bryan McVae (Bush) Democratic Convention Monica Lee Silbas (Clinton) C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger Danny Stephenson (Trump) Stephen Jeffery Michelsen (Christie) Jacqueline Steele McCall (Un) Heather Lynn Olsen (Rubio) Delegates Amanda Stussman (Sanders) DISTRICT 3 DELEGATES DISTRICT 2 FEMALE U.S. REPRESENTATIVE J. Lee Annis, Jr. (Kasich) Randall W. Pack (Bush) DISTRICT 5 MALE Sandra Misao Pennoyer (Carson) Vote for no more than 4. Vote for no more than 5. DISTRICT 3 E. “Chiké” Anyanwu Vicki L. Almond (Clinton) REPUBLICANS Diane M. Baker (Christie) Fred Price, Jr. (Kasich) Timothy J. Adams (Clinton) Anne Elizabeth Rutherford Cathy Bevins (Clinton) Babatunde Alegbeleye (Sanders) Thomas E. “Pinkston” Harris William H. Campbell (Cruz) Linda Dorsey-Walker (Sanders) Mark Plaster Joe Collins, Jr. (Trump) Sid Saab (Cruz) Darius Baxter (Sanders) Adam J. Schmidt (Rubio) Marietta A. English (Clinton) Brendan J. Benge (Un) DEMOCRATS Mike Collins (Kasich) Cheryl D. Glenn (Sanders) John Rea Janet Moye Cornick Kathy Worthington (Trump) Colin Byrd (Sanders) DISTRICT 4 ALTERNATES Megan Ann Mioduszewski (Un) J. Darrell Carrington (Sanders) John Sarbanes Julie E. Cram (Bush) Feyisanmi Oluyemisi Ojo (Sanders) Leonard Cutler (Carson) Angelette Aviles (Rubio) John Coller (Un) Kory Boone (Cruz) Shyrone R. Ridley (Sanders) Jaime Contreras (Clinton) U.S. REPRESENTATIVE Jean C. Edwards Nichelle Danette Schoultz (Clinton) DISTRICT 4 Jamie Falcon (Bush) Jenny DuMont Mel Franklin (Clinton) Joan Harris (Trump) DISTRICT 2 MALE Paul G. Pinsky (Sanders) REPUBLICANS Gail Elizabeth Filerino Vote for no more than 3. Robert “Bro” Broadus Greg Fox Gregory M. Kline (Cruz) Jay Walker (Clinton) Spear Lancaster (Trump) Frank Blatt (Sanders) Alonzo T. Washington (Un) Rob Buck David J. Frankel (Fiorina) Michael Wayne Brookins (Un) George E. McDermott Tom Gardner (Kasich) Kristine L. Mase (Carson) Russell Yates (Clinton) Mike McKinnon (Carson) Benjamin Brooks (Clinton) David Therrien John C. Gordon Peter N. Dimitriades (Un) DEMOCRATS Nathan Hall James Reeder (Cruz) Un = Uncommitted Jim Wass (Trump) Dion F. Guthrie (Clinton) Anthony G. Brown Melanie Harris (Cruz) Stephen Lafferty (Clinton) Warren Christopher Joseph David Hooe Melissa Anne Wittke (Rubio) Alex Yarema (Rubio) Jason G. Robertson (Sanders) Matthew Fogg Jonah Jarosz Jim L. Robinson (Sanders) Glenn F. Ivey Henry S. Kim DISTRICT 5 DELEGATES Caleb Bailey (Trump) DISTRICT 3 FEMALE Joseline Peña-Melnyk Dick Ladd (Carson) Vote for no more than 4. Terence Strait James David Lashar Collins A. Bailey (Trump) Janet Beck (Fiorina) Lee Finney (Clinton) Herb McMillan (Rubio) Barbara Friedland (Sanders) U.S. REPRESENTATIVE Townsend Lange McNitt Shelly Hettleman (Clinton) DISTRICT 5 Christian Miele (Rubio) REPUBLICANS Candice A. Morrison Mark Arness Laura Neuman (Rubio) Charles Sam Faddis Eugenia Korsak Ordynsky DEMOCRATS Tracey Paliath (Christie) Kristin Beck Christopher Panasuk Steny H. Hoyer Peter Pollak (Fiorina) Debbie F. Wilson Lewis Porter

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