2018 LEGISLATIVE CANDIDATES SURVEY RESPONSE

Name Last Name District Party Sanctity of Life Issues DEATH PENALTY ASSISTED SUICIDE ABORTION GUN VIOLENCE Dignity of Life EARNED INCOME TAX AFFORDABLE FAMILY LEAVE Care of Creation RENEWABLE ENERGY AIR/WATER QUALITY PUBLIC LANDS CREDIT HOUSING CONSERVATION SENATE CANDIDATES

CHASE WINDER Winder 2 R VANCE HANSEN Hansen 2 None DEREK LLOYD KITCHENKitchen 2 D JEREMY D. EGAN Egan 3 R Davis 3 D ALAN MONSEN Monsen 4 R Iwamoto 4 D KIMDYL ALLEN Allen 5 R Mayne 5 D BRIAN ZEHNDER Zehnder 8 R Yes, Support Repeal No, Oppose Physician Assisted Oppose abortions, except as Yes, support legislation Support Support Support Support Support Support Suicide required to save the life of the mother. Riebe 8 D JOHN JACKSON Jackson 8 UU ALEXANDER CASTAGNOCastagno 9 UU KIRK A. CULLIMORE JR.Cullimore 9 R CHRISTIAN BURRIDGE Burridge 11 D DAN MCCAY McCay 11 R Collard 12 D ABRIAN B. VELARDE Velarde 12 Green DANIEL W. THATCHER Thatcher 12 R TOMMY WILLIAMS Williams 15 I LEE D HOUGHTON Houghton 15 UU Grover 15 R Sandall 17 R MICHAEL A KEIL Keil 17 D JASON YU Yu 18 D KEVIN L. BRYAN Bryan 18 Lib Yes. I support eliminating Yes. A person should be free to Yes. I do not like abortion Yes. However explicit Yes. I support reducing the No. I don't feel that Yes. However I No. I support renewable Yes. A good place to Yes. the death penalty. Our end their life we they choose and personally except in emergency evidence would have to be tax burden as much as this is an appropriate do not think the energy, but the best thing start would be to justice system is not seek help in bringing that about. cases, however I do not want lws provided. possible for as many people role for the state. state should the stare could do is to get eliminate the law that perfect and innocent The state should not interfere in passed prohibiting it. I believe as possible. mandate it. out of the way and let the prevents auto people are convicted. If this. this is an issue that will have to free market handle it. manufacturers from we keep the death penalty be settled outside of selling directly to the in place we continue government. public. This would running the risk of killing allow electric car innocent people. manufacturers to expand in the state. Millner 18 R JERRY W. STEVENSON Stevenson 21 R JAKE PENROD Penrod 21 D STUART ADAMS Adams 22 R CATHY CALLOW-HEUSSERCallow-Heusser 26 UU Winterton 26 R EILEEN GALLAGHER Gallagher 26 D I oppose the death I oppose assisted suicide I firmly oppose abortion but I support legislation to I support the Earned Income I support the I support family I support all legislative I support reasonable I support preservation of penalty in all legislation. As a physician, I am believe abortion should be safe, remove firearms in the Tax Credit for our medium expansion of leave policies and efforts to encourage and business legislation to ’s public lands for circumstances. not willing to have the state legal, and rare. case of imminent harm to and low income families in affordable housing would like them develop renewable and ensure access to clean conservation. legislature determine my choices self or others. State Utah. throughout Utah to expanded to lower carbon energy air and water. One of when caring for a terminally ill legislators play an promote self-reliance, include adoption, economies in Utah. Our my first priorities if patient or to recommend or important role in reducing dignity, and economic elder care, and moral obligation to the elected will be to require that I assist them with gun violence. I look opportunity for Utah's disabled care. next generation and to the immediately address ending the life of a patient. forward to working with families. Creation given to us is an our air and water law enforcement, gun imperative base of our pollution in Utah by owners, and safety government's actions not incentivizing and dis- advocates to ensure the only in the energy sector, incentivizing companies safety of Utah's children but in all decisions. and individuals in Utah and families. to respect and care for our planet, a gift to us all.

MARK CHAMBERS CHAMBERS 28 D EVAN J VICKERS Vickers 28 R

HOUSE CANDIDATES

JOEL FERRY Ferry 1 R JOSHUA HARDY Hardy 1 D SHERRY PHIPPS Phipps 1 C TYLER ALLRED Allred 2 D JEFFERSON R. MOSS Moss 2 R MARILYN MECHAM Mecham 3 D Support Oppose I oppose abortions except in Support. I want people Support Support Yes as long as Support Yes. I would support Yes, I want Utah’s public cases of rape or incest. who don’t have the other avenues renewable energy lands to be available for mental health or have been credits for those who future generations. emotional maturity to exhausted in the use solar or wind make moral decisions to case of elderly or sources. I also would have access to guns. disabled family support regulation of members. coal and oil with replacement of carbon based energy sources.

VAL K. POTTER Potter 3 R JOSH BRUNDAGE Brundage 4 D DAN N. JOHNSON Johnson 4 R KARINA ANDELIN BROWNBrown 5 D Snider 5 R Maloy 6 R DAVID OWEN Owen 7 D KYLE R. ANDERSEN Andersen 7 R DEANA FROERER Froerer 8 D STEVE WALDRIP Waldrip 8 R CALVIN R. MUSSELMANMusselman 9 R KATHIE J. DARBY Darby 9 D Yes, I would support a Yes, I support assisted suicide I support a woman’s right to Yes, I fully support this Yes, I support a clearly Yes, I support this but Yes, I fully Yes, I absolutely believe Yes, I believe this is one Yes, I fully support the repeal of the death legislation. I think there are make medical and health choices initiative. Passing such a defined EIC Program, as a believe the planning support paid we need to develop more of the most imperative preservation of Utah’s penalty in Utah. many variables and there should regarding her own body and life. law in the state could Senior Analyst for the IRS, I of this housing needs family leave and renewable energy projects issues in our state. I public lands. It is of the Historically it has not been be a lot of research into states However, I chose not to have an prevent deaths from saw the effectiveness of this a lot of work at the would be and will fight hard to get would work very hard utmost importance. humane or cost effective. and Washington DC where it is abortion when I was a pregnant domestic violence and type of credit for low income state level, there are prepared to work appropriate funding for with the existing Please see my blog. I would be an active legal to allow patients to decide teen and my son is wonderful. many others. As of today, families too many variables as on this legislation this effort. committees in the https://www.kathiedarb participant in this work. the best course of action. My Six years later I buried a baby Domestic Violence deaths to what people to assure that it is legislature to resolve y.org/blog/2016/7/20/fe mother and sister were confined that I carried to term with major are at 70% of the believe is properly analyzed problems and deral-vs-state-land in nursing homes for 15 years birth defects. homicides throughout “affordable”. I also to the most coordinate solutions. total and both of them had Utah in 2018. For more believe we need more effective and fair Please see my blog asked to be allowed to be put information on my views low income housing, standards, again, https://www.kathiedar out of their misery. It was on gun safety, please see housing that is by researching by.org/blog/2016/9/18/ dreadful for them and positively my link substantive and where it works air-quality brutal to watch. https://www.kathiedarby. appropriately placed well and how org/blog/2016/4/5/gun- in our cities. they have safety provided it in other states. My many years of Federal Government Leadership experience would be invaluable in writing effective legislation regarding this issue. LORRAINE P. BROWN Brown 10 R LAWANNA 'LOU' SHURTLIFFShurtliff 10 D JASON M. ALLEN Allen 11 D KELLY B. MILES Miles 11 R MIKE SCHULTZ Schultz 12 R RICK EDWIN JONES Jones 12 D 2018 LEGISLATIVE CANDIDATES SURVEY RESPONSE

TAB LYN UNO Uno 13 D I SUPPORT repeal of the I SUPPORT assisted suicide under I am unable to offer a SUPPORT, but only with a Support Support Support Support Support Support death penalty because it certain conditions. Consistent conclusion, definitive opinion on judicial order. precludes forever the with the Christian moral this moral issue. There may opportunity for reasoning of the potentiality even be instances where the life redemption and principle used with the abortion of the mother might be forgiveness. It also argument, the deliberate sacrificed for the life of a precludes the possibility reasoned awareness of one’s potential person. Insufficient of rectifying having likely irreversible terminal death bioethical, political discussion condemned an innocent composed of declining physical has been conducted to offer a human to death. It costs and mental health appears to strong, absolute moral answer more to execute a person preclude a moral basis for on this important topic of life. than it does to house an maintenance of continued life. If Both sides of the issue appear to inmate for life. Denying a a person appears to have ignore or deny the other side’s human freedom as well as reached one’s potential in this arguments. Personally, the allowing that person’s life, then his or her moral potentiality principle used to continued human obligation or right to life appears oppose abortion at or just after awareness of his or her to have been satisfied or conception appears to me the restricted environment is fulfilled. most consistent and strongest in itself a hellish moral argument that I have environment until death. come across. Nevertheless, as Respecting life is a human John Stuart Mills might conclude, quality, not an uncivilized it has not been sufficiently tested animal quality. to see if it can withstand arguments opposed to it.

PAUL RAY Ray 13 R Lisonbee 14 R SHANELL DAY Day 14 D RICH MILLER Miller 15 D Wilson 15 R BRENT ZIMMERMAN Zimmerman 16 Lib STEVE HANDY Handy 16 R CHERYL NUNN Nunn 16 D STEWART E. BARLOW Barlow 17 R DAWN NUNN Nunn 17 D Support Support Support Support Support Support Support Support Support Support ADAM ALBA Alba 18 D TIMOTHY D. HAWKES Hawkes 18 R JOE SPECIALE Speciale 19 Lib Ward 19 R COURTNEY JONES Jones 19 D MELISSA GARFF BALLARDBallard 20 R RYAN L JONES Jones 20 D Sagers 21 R DEBBIE K. VIGIL Vigil 21 D AMBER CHRISTIANSEN ChristiansenBELTRAN Beltran 22 Lib BARBARA M. STALLONEStallone 22 R MARILEE ROOSE Roose 22 C SUSAN D DUCKWORTHDuckworth 22 D Hollins 23 D ARNOLD M JONES Jones 23 R SCOTT ROSENBUSH Rosenbush 24 R I am not a proponent of No - I oppose assisted suicide Abortion is too complicated of No. The legislation that I Yes - I support EITC Yes - I support I believe that this Yes - I am very supportive Yes - I absolutely Yes – I support the Death Penalty because legislation an issue to be answered with a have heard of pre- legislation. This is a good legislative efforts to issue is controlled of renewable energy. I support legislative preservation of our our justice system has yes or no. I accept the reality emptively takes away approach to helping those in expand access to and more by federal have personally invested efforts to improve public lands. Utah has a been known to make that people will chose this people’s 2nd amendment need because it encourages inventory of legislation (FMLA) in solar power in my home Utah’s air and water unique landscape unlike errors in judgement. I am avenue with or without state rights. This is a employment in order to gain affordable housing. than state and now generate almost quality. In addition to anywhere else in the also not in favor (No) of sanction. I recognize that federal Constitutional issue and I benefits. The challenge for the legislation. I 100% of my own energy reasonable regulations world. I would hate to repealing the death law allows for abortions, but I do not support taking legislature is that the would like to usage. The state should on businesses, we must see it spoiled. Utah’s penalty in Utah. I favor think there must be restrictions away someone’s state has no learn more about continue to encourage recognize that nearly beauty is one of the reserving it only for the on late-term abortions. Taxpayer Constitutional rights. responsibility for state solutions investments like these for half of Utah’s air reasons my wife and I most heinous crimes money should not be used to However, If an individual zoning, building or and options on government, individual pollution comes from moved here. against humanity. fund abortions. I would support shows an imminent sign of permitting. The State family leave that and business uses. individuals—our cars state efforts to promote causing harm, family or should pursue fiscal could be and our homes. More adoption over abortion for friends should call public options for supporting considered in the needs to be done to unwanted children. safety resources to defuse affordable housing Legislature. encourage our growing a specific situation. I across the state. This population to reduce would be glad to work on could be leveraged their individual impacts. legislation to make sure with recent changes in that law enforcement can Freddie Mac federal intervene in other ways. legislation to provide financing incentives for affordable housing projects.

JEN DAILEY-PROVOST Dailey-Provost 24 D Support: I support the Support: I support the humane Support: I support unfettered Support: I support quickly Support: I have been fighting Support: I have Support: Support: Vehemently. Support: Vehemently. Support: Vehemently. repeal of the death practice of providing end-of-life access to safe abortions for any passing legislation for Red for the passage of EITC for a worked with and will Research shows penalty because of the relief of pain and suffering for woman, prior to 24 weeks Flag laws in Utah number of years. It is a continue to work with that paid family inherent flaws in our legal terminal patients. gestation, and believe that the program that has some of Rep. Briscoe to pass leave has far system, noting particularly government has no role in the best outcomes known legislation to more social and the recent cases where intervening in these personal for breaking the cycle of draw down up to $100 economic benefit DNA evidence has healthcare decisions. intergenerational poverty. million in bond than the costs. exonerated individuals funding to increase who were wrongly the inventory of accused, convicted and affordable housing. sentenced to death. This would be a good start, but more needs to be done. I would support legislation that required developers to designate a defined percentage of new construction to affordable housing inventories.

JOEL K. BRISCOE Briscoe 25 D GARY ERNEST GABRIELSONGabrielson 25 R I oppose legislation to I oppose legislation for assisted I oppose abortions in all It is up to the families I am going to explore the no legislation needed Family Leave I oppose legislative efforts I oppose legislative I support Utah's repeal the death penalty. suicide instances except to save the life regarding this aspect of Earned Income Tax Credit here and it should be needs to be to encourage renewable efforts to regulate preservation of their of the mother. gun violence. legislation more before I take left to the private decided by the energy development. business regarding own public lands and not a stand on it. sector. employer Utah"s air and water the federal government. involved. quality. CABOT W. NELSON Nelson 25 UU Romero 26 D MAN HUNG Hung 26 R JONATHAN GREENE Greene 26 Lib CURT CROSBY Crosby 27 I JOSEPH GEDDES BUCHMANBuchman 27 Lib Brammer 27 R ELISABETH LUNTZ Luntz 27 D BRIAN S. KING King 28 D I oppose the death I support the death with dignity I support the rights to I support ERPO or GVRO I support a state earned I support legislation to I support paid I support efforts to I support efforts to I support preservation of penalty and would vote to bill filed by Rep. Chavez-Houck in reproductive freedom identified legislation. income tax credit. expand the inventory family leave in encourage and develop improve our air and Utah’s public lands for repeal it. the last legislative session. in Roe v. Wade. I believe of affordable housing Utah. renewable energy water quality through conservation. abortion should be safe, rare, in Utah. sources. reasonable business and legal. I support its legality regulation and by other and availability when the life of means. the mother is in danger, in the cases of rape and incest, and in situations involving fatal fetal abnormalities.

KERRY M WAYNE Wayne 29 D LEE B. PERRY Perry 29 R ROBERT BURCH, JR. Burch 30 R Winder 30 R Yes. Last session I voted in Not sure. Life is sacred, but so is I oppose abortion except in Yes, I would be open to Yes. The EITC is one of the Yes. Affordable Yes. Last session I Yes, support. Yes Yes committee to advance to agency. I would look carefully at cases of rape, incest, or looking at proposals. best ways to help the housing is a major supported Rep. the floor of the House the specifics of anything in this threatening the life of the working poor. issue in Utah, and we Edwards' bill to legislation to begin area. mother. need to take steps to create a pilot phasing out the death improve housing program to help penalty in Utah. affordability. with this in Utah.

BRIAN L. FABBI Fabbi 31 UU Weight 31 D FRED JOHNSON Johnson 31 R BRAD BONHAM Bonham 32 R Harrison 32 D BJORN N. JONES Jones 32 UU EDWARD BODILY Bodily 33 Green Hall 33 R IRA D. HATCH Hatch 33 D 2018 LEGISLATIVE CANDIDATES SURVEY RESPONSE

DAVID YOUNG Young 34 R Kwan 34 D ROBERT EDGEL Edgel 35 R MARK A. WHEATLEY Wheatley 35 D CHELSEA TRAVIS Travis 35 Lib Arent 36 D TODD E. ZENGER Zenger 36 R DAVID N. SUNDWALL Sundwall 37 R CAROL SPACKMAN MOSSMoss 37 D I support the repeal of the I oppose assisted suicide I believe abortion should be I support Earned Income Tax I support legislative I support paid I support legislative efforts I support legislative I support preservation of death penalty. legislation, as I believe that safe, rare, and legal. This is the Credit legislation. efforts to expand family leave for to encourage renewable efforts to improve Utah’s public lands for Hospice provides humane and policy of my faith tradition, the access to and family members energy development. Utah’s air and water conservation. pain-free end of life care. LDS Church. inventory of caring for a quality through affordable housing. It newborn or an reasonable business is one of the critical adopted child, or regulation. issues facing Utahns an elderly or today. Housing costs disabled family are high and inventory member. is low. Government assistance is necessary to incentivizing builders and apartment owners .

EDGAR HARWOOD Harwood 38 D Hutchings 38 R STEPHEN PECK Peck 39 D JIM DUNNIGAN Dunnigan 39 R DAVID ELSE Else 40 I PETER L. KRAUS Kraus 40 R Pitcher 40 D MARK A. STRONG Strong 41 R STEVE WALSTON Walston 41 UU In our current legal system I ran hospitals for years and Personally, I do not support Yes, I think it is reasonable Yes, I think this is an I believe the bigger I support paid Yes, I think we need to Utah has some of the I grew up in Moab, Utah I do not see the death worked with physicians, who abortion, except in specific to seek removal of important tax benefit for issue is helping people family leave, as it encourage renewable worst air in the nation and value our outdoor penalty as a deterrent to frequently assisted patients to cases. However, I recognize that firearms when individuals income equalization and to attain jobs that pay has been shown energy. during many times of public lands. I support a crime and its process far die. This was generally done with my personal beliefs are not may cause harm to help support our families. enough to afford to be a valuable the year. I support balance between too expensive. Therefore, the administration of higher shared by many and would not themselves or others. housing. However, as tool in keeping efforts to clean our air preservation and given the existing system doses of narcotics that allowed impose my beliefs on others that an interim solution I people in the job and water. appropriate business and possible errors in our the patient to pass away without would choose differently. am willing to support market and use. judicial system I do not pain. Therefore, without affordable housing helping their support the death penalty legislation assisted suicide efforts. incomes. at this time. already exists. The question is if we should it expand it further. I would support its expansion to include those in certain instances with terribly painful and fatal diseases, but would not want to expand it to allow a great scope of patients to access it.

WENDY GARVIN Garvin 41 D Coleman 42 R AMY L MARTZ Martz 42 UU SHAWN CURTIS Curtis 43 Lib CHERYL K. ACTON Acton 43 R DIANE LEWIS Lewis 43 D BRUCE R. CUTLER Cutler 44 R Yes – I would support the I do not support legalizing I oppose abortion except to Why can’t they do that Not sure Support Support Support – non-renewables Support – we all Support – we need to repeal of the death assisted suicide preserve the life of the mother now? I would need to see will eventually run out breathe the same air ensure future penalty for financial or pregnancies caused by rape the bill specifics before I and drink from the generations have access reasons – the legal costs or incest could decide on this one same water sources to open spaces – and I the State to prosecute believe the State is best death penalty sentences is suited to manage these exorbitant and there is lands still a risk that we might kill someone who is innocent remains

ANDREW STODDARD Stoddard 44 D NIKKI CUNARD Cunard 45 D Eliason 45 R LEE ANNE WALKER Walker 46 Lib yes, repeal death penalty Yes, assisted suicide with a living Abortion should continue under I support the second I support the proposed I support your I support family Support Support Support will written while of sound mind, the rules of Roe v Wade. It is Amendment, and earned income credit for proposed additional leave for care of and an option to stop life ridiculous to think people can be reasonable regulations as supporting children, or a housing. Instead of new babies and support once a person faces only high school graduates without background checks, and disabled person supporting letting big developers elderly or a long, terrible death. full and honest sex education, the proposal to allow themselves. get out of paying taxes- handicapped and act like they knew what they family or friends to -require them to pay persons. Elect were doing when they got petition the courts to take taxes and to put in 1 me, and watch pregnant. Nobody really is pro someones guns if they are in 4 housing units a me show the abortion, but it is too complex a worried. wheelchair accessible legislators what is decision to force a woman to low income unit. 1 in involved. I have a carry a child, and raise it. The a fourplex, at ground power wheelchair life and health of mother and level; In a tower and O2. I have child are involved and the building, all the birth effects and mother comes first. She may ground floor units. injuries, but I was already have children who need And solar panels on told I made too her. She may know the father is the roof to bring down much to be legally unsupportive or dangerous. She utility costs disabled per the may work herself into a better law. Very few education and confidence and people disabled have children later. Mormons to the point of and Jews believe life begins at needing a first breath. wheelchair can keep up with the costs of being disabled or get a job.

MARIE H. POULSON Poulson 46 D I support the repeal of the I do not support assisted I don’t support abortion except I support legislation that I support the Earned Income I support legislative I support paid I support legislative efforts I support legislative . I support preservation death penalty. The death suicide. I believe Hospice is in rare cases such as rape, incest would enable family Tax Credit. Utah has high efforts to expand family leave for to encourage renewable efforts to improve of Utah's public lands for penalty is often wrong, providing humane and excellent or a threat to the health of the members to seek removal cost of living costs and low access to and family members energy development. Utah's air and conservation. targets ethnic groups and end-of-life care. mother as my LDS faith of firearms when an wages. We need to offer inventory of caring for a new water quality through the poor unfairly, and has stipulates. individual shows assistance to the working affordable housing or adopted child reasonable business became extremely imminent signs of causing poor. across Utah. or elderly or regulation. expensive because of extreme harm to self or disabled family years of appeals. A close others member family member was a murder victim and I have struggled with this issue. However, I believe that the death of the perpetrator would not have brought closure or comfort to our family. Living through all of those years of appeals is very painful for the families of victims.

GREG JOHNSON Johnson 46 R Oppose-As an ordained Oppose-Again, I believe in the Support--I strongly affirm life in Support--I believe it is Support--I believe we must Support-While costs Generally Support-I think we must Utah needs clean water I do believe in land minister, I have a sacred nature of life and feel that the womb as sacred and believe imperative that those do all that we can to help must be reviewed in speaking, I do continue to use all the and clean air and we conservation and being a reverence for the sacred assisted suicide allows for the in life beginning at conception. I closest to an unstable struggling families, consideration of support paid renewable energy that we must work together good steward of the nature of human life and possibility of too many support the pro-life movement person be the societal particularly with children, as expanding access to family leave, but can use to meet our across local business resources in our state believe it is a gift from individuals thinking that their and believe in supporting alarm that removes the they navigate the effects of affordable housing, I like all things, we energy needs as a state and legislators to and communities. I God. However, I believe pain is too great to continue women and men as they face guns from such an poverty in their life situation. do support doing all do need to and as a nation. We must maintain high health believe state legislators that the death penalty living or for the possibility of unplanned pregnancies. environment of instability. we can to aid people consider the always evaluate all standards for our and not the federal should be available for the individuals unduly influencing with safe affordable financial costs of initiatives against or ability citizens. government should most heinous of criminals emotionally and physically housing. any program to to fund such exploration. decide what and how and mass murders. I challenged people to commit the government much land should be believe ultimately the suicide. and our small used for conservation death penalty is a businesses. and how much can be deterrent but must be used development and used only in the most exploration. extreme cases.

SCOTT BELL Bell 47 D Ivory 47 R KEVEN J. STRATTON Stratton 48 R AARON HEINEMAN Heineman 48 I ANTHONY SUDWEEKS Sudweeks 49 D Spendlove 49 R MARK RUSSELL Russell 49 UU 2018 LEGISLATIVE CANDIDATES SURVEY RESPONSE

MEGAN WIESEN Wiesen 50 D Pulsipher 50 R JEFF STENQUIST Stenquist 51 R MICHELE WEEKS Weeks 51 UU DAN MCCLELLAN McClellan 52 D Knotwell 52 R Wilde 53 R CHRISTOPHER NEVILLENeville 53 D MEAGHAN MILLER Miller 54 D TIM QUINN Quinn 54 R SCOTT H. CHEW Chew 55 R CHRISTINA HIGGINS Higgins 55 D KAY J. CHRISTOFFERSONChristofferson 56 R Oppose Oppose Oppose Support Support, but would have to Oppose--this isn't the Oppose--this Support. It depends on Support Oppose - God made the see the language and government's role --it should be an how the encouragement is earth for us to till and amount of the tax credit is the role of generous arrangement framed take care of – making people like you and made between these lands off-limits me. employer and reduces our ability to employee - not a care for ourselves and government the less fortunate. Some mandate. preservation is important, but not the majority of Utah

HILLARY STIRLING Stirling 57 UU JON HAWKINS Hawkins 57 R I believe in some rare Oppose Oppose Support Support Support Support Support Support Support cases, the death penalty should apply, but it should be rare and only for extreme cases.

DERRIN R. OWENS Owens 58 R LYNN ZARITSKY Zaritsky 58 D I oppose the death I oppose legislation allowing I oppose abortion as a casual Yes, I would support Yes, I support Earned Yes, I support Yes, I support Yes, I support legislative Yes, I support legislative Yes, I support penalty in Utah (support assisted suicide because : 1) as means of birth control. I would legislation enabling family Income Tax Credit legislative efforts to paid family leave efforts to encourage efforts to improve preservation of Utah’s the repeal), leaving life Jack Kervorkian demonstrated, personally never have had an members to seek removal legislation. People who work expand access and for family renewable energy Utah’s air and water public lands for without parole as the the slippery slope easily slides abortion and would never of firearms when an hard but still have a low inventory of members caring development. It’s part of quality through conservation. I strongly highest level of penalty for into “assisting” people with encourage another person to individual shows income should get all the affordable housing for a new or my platform for my reasonable business oppose selling or even these reasons : 1) Too disabilities to die when all other have one, making exception in imminent signs of causing help they need. (I would across Utah, especially adopted child or district, actually. regulation. I also leasing such lands for many people (especially options have not even been the cases of rape, incest, or life harm to self or others. also have a lot to say about with the current elderly or support efforts to private use, especially minorities) have been explored; 2) people who have of the mother. Legally and large and wealthy president and disabled family improve public for fossil fuel extraction wrongly found guilty; 2) been “saved” from their own realistically, however, I think this corporations not paying their administration trying member. The transportation using which, frankly, needs to everyone deserves the suicide often later find their is settled law and would be very, employees enough for them to essentially raise majority religion clean and renewable be left in the ground. opportunity and time to purpose to live and meaning to very difficult to revisit. The to stay off of public rent on individuals in Utah believes energy sources. (If change; and, 3) life; and 3) people with terminal better options might be to assistance and such things as who have no money. that family comes public transportation practically, the death illness can be treated much more simply make affordable birth the Earned Income Tax That’s deplorable. first - we need to were frequent, penalty costs so much aggressively in pain control readily available to Credits, but until those act like it. ubiquitous, affordable, more than a lifetime in management, etc. if legal prevent pregnancy, to corporations are doing the and reliable, as it is in prison. restrictions in such instances thoroughly educated young right thing, we need such many European were relaxed. people in sex education, and to things…) countries, maybe more encourage adoption. Those are people would use it, much more proven ways to deal helping to keep the air with this issue, given the current much cleaner, as well.) and longstanding law.

RUSSELL G. HATCH Hatch 58 C GREGORY HMURA Hmura 59 I VAL L PETERSON Peterson 59 R ALAN F. KEELE Keele 60 D Daw 60 R ERIC CHASE Chase 61 UU Yes, I support the repeal I think that suicide is a terrible I do not support abortion in Yes, I will support Gun Yes, I will support tax policies Yes. Utah is facing a I support paid I support those efforts. I support these efforts. State lands should be of the death penalty. epidemic that we are not doing most cases, except when there Violence Restraining that reduce tax burdens on shortage of all housing family leave for The heavy subsidies we Not protecting our air managed for the long enough as a society to address. I are health risks to the mother, or orders and similar those with a reduced ability types. We need to both mothers and provide to fossil fuel and water quality will term benefit of the would only consider legislation in cases of abuse, rape or incest. legislation that will protect to pay and move us away encourage 21st fathers. producers should be have tremendous, public, not for short term permitting assisted suicide if it However, I also believe that the victims of abuse, reduce from a regressive tax developments that shifted to developing expensive, long-term gains or for special was limited to cases of a small decision to have an abortion is suicides, and improve structure. will have reduced renewable sources. consequences. interest groups. We are subset of terminal illnesses. between the woman, her family, public safety for everyone. impact on traffic, responsible for her doctor, and her God, with pollution, water use. maintaining the natural the final decision belonging to Our housing policies beauty and biodiversity the woman. I will support should be designed to of our state for future legislation to reduce abortions, encourage the generations. including better access to creation of additional healthcare and education. I do affordable housing. not think that criminalizing abortion is an effective public policy.

MATT STYLES Styles 61 Green Judkins 61 R TRAVIS M. SEEGMILLERSeegmiller 62 R ADAM ROBERTSON Robertson 63 R DANIEL CRAIG FRIEND Friend 64 D HAL MILLER Miller 64 UU Thurston 64 R Oppose Oppose Oppose Support in limited Support as part of a Oppose. This is an Support for state No opinion As worded, this Support in some cases. circumstances comprehensive meaningful issue for local employees. question cannot be Not all public land needs tax reform that broadens the governments to Private answered. What does to be conserved and base and lowers the rate, address. companies "reasonable" mean? some of it could better guaranteeing stable funding should make their serve the state by for education. own decision. generating revenue to support education.

SUE A. WOMACK Womack 65 D FRANCIS D. GIBSON Gibson 65 R MIKE MCKELL McKell 66 R PAUL JONES DAYTON Dayton 66 D MARC ROBERTS Roberts 67 R DENYSE HOUSLEY COXCox 68 Lib MERLE TRAVIS WALL Wall 68 D WARREN ROGERS Rogers 68 I KIRK D PEARSON Pearson 68 C Nelson 68 R CHRISTINE F. WATKINSWatkins 69 R TIM GLENN Glenn 69 D CARL R. ALBRECHT Albrecht 70 R ROBERT GREENBERG Greenberg 70 D I support the repeal of the It depends on the specific Perhaps even more than with I would support legislation I support the Earned Income I am a strong I am a strong We must work to end our As some businesses I support the death penalty. It is bad legislation. I understand that the death penalty and assisted that enables family Tax Credit and in general supporter of supporter of paid dependence on sources of seem to place near- preservation and public policy for a wide even in states where people suicide, choosing to end a life is a members (and others) to efforts to reduce the large programs that support family leave to energy that polite our air, term profits above conservation of our variety of reasons. have the option of ending their great tragedy. I believe that seek removal of firearms inequities in income we now and fund affordable support families land and water. The above the common public lands and oppose lives under certain public policy must become more when the owner of such see through our tax system. housing. As the as they address dichotomy that some draw good and our future, either transferring them circumstances, that option is very supportive of having and raising arms shows imminent or supervisor of the issues such as the between these efforts and reasonable business to the state or selling rarely used even by people who children with support for science- substantial signs of county’s mental birth or adoption a strong economy is a false regulations are required them to the highest have gone through the process based sexuality and parenting causing extreme harms to health and substance of a child or the one. We must always take to tip the balance bidder. Our physical, to obtain permission. I am by education, family planning, self or others. abuse agency, I was care of an elderly due care to make sure that toward stewardship. mental and spiritual principle supportive of access to contraception, able to build housing or disabled workers that are displaced We must also be aware health rest in part on our individuals having the maximum substantial parental leave, for very low income relative. by such efforts are given of the policies that have access to nature and control over their own lives and quality daycare, and access to individuals using help, including skills allowed minority and wild places. would not find it easy to sit in healthcare for infants and funding from LIHTCs, training to find alternative low income judgement of another’s decision children. Right now, America the Olene Walker means of making a living. communities to on this matter. However, when enjoys a very low abortion rate. I Housing Trust Fund disproportionately that control includes the ability support a woman’s right to and a variety of other suffer the burdens of to end one’s life the utmost care choice but will be a strong sources. hosting polluting must be taken to insure that advocate to programs that make industries. such decisions are made with that choice less likely. great clarity, self-awareness and free from any influence of mental illness, pressure, or impulsiveness and only in the most extreme of situations. It would be a struggle for me to support such legislation, but I do not rule out voting for a carefully BRAD LAST Last 71 R crafted bill. CHUCK GOODE Goode 71 D 2018 LEGISLATIVE CANDIDATES SURVEY RESPONSE

BARRY EVAN SHORT Short 72 Lib Yes, I support repeal of Assisted suicide: Yes, I would No, I do not support further I would consider Taxation is the separation of I support removing I do not support I support legislation that The release of I believe firmly that our the death penalty. It is support assisted suicide restrictions on abortion. Utah legislation to make it individuals from their barriers that continue further regulatory would remove taxpayer pollutants into our air open lands are Utah's absolutely certain that legislation. Other people's lives already has one of the lowest possible to remove guns rightfully gained property to limit the housing controls on support for traditional and water can be great treasure. I would innocent individuals have are not my property, and I have abortion rates in the country, from the possession of a under a coercive threat of available, and also the business: these energy sources. No new identified as an act of seek to defund the been executed in the past. no right nor any legitimate and it is clear to me that the family member who is violence – surrender your housing options always result in taxpayer supported aggression, because it Governor's Office of My conscience cannot authority to prevent them from solution is to make abortion properly diagnosed as property or be punished. A available. I do not the loss of jobs. I refineries and pipelines, contaminates other Economic Development's allow the state to kill on doing as they wish. I do not undesirable or unnecessary, not presenting a clear and good legislator has a support taxpayer do support no tax that gets given to people's property, and tourism efforts, which, my behalf. suggest that suicide is ever the unlawful. I support efforts to present threat to others. I responsibility to limit taxes funded solutions, expanding our energy producers to as such the government while well-intentioned, right decision, but it would be make birth control pills available would, however, be very to no more than is absolutely which always end up economic encourage them to expand has a role to play in its have resulted in our unconscionably presumptuous OTC, at a highly reduced price, wary of such a law being necessary. I will consider any being just conduits of opportunities and our reliance on fossil fuels. mitigation. The parks being overrun and of me to make that decision for an action which I believe would used improperly, and legislation that will reduce tax money to favored creating a more The way to level the question, of course, is overwhelmed, and our others. immediately reduce the number would want strong everyone's tax liability, but in developers and are inviting business energy playing field is to what is 'reasonable'. state resources taxed to of abortions by 50% or more. safeguards to prevent its this case I am not convinced always far behind the climate in which remove supports for fossil Most government their limit. I would seek abuse. The right to self that the EITC is the best or demand curve, solving businesses will be fuels, not by adding more regulation, new vision and possible defense is one of the most most equitable way to little or nothing. The forced to taxpayer burdens for unfortunately, doesn't expansion for our state fundamental of all human accomplish that. Raising the system needs to be compete for unproven technologies. prevent pollution, but park system, which rights, and must not be personal exemption, to at repaired, not labor, which will rather enshrines it: “If should contribute to the abridged casually. least meet the poverty line, bandaged. result in their you release less than state's economy, not be seems like a more even offering vacation, x%, then your actions a taxpayer burden. And, approach. family leave, and are legal.” I want to while I personally value many other job remove these existing access to our lands, I benefits in order protections for cannot presume that to attract their corporate polluters. government ownership desired of land is necessarily the employees. Labor best form of scarcity is always preservation. I point to the best driver of the incredible Nine Mile REX P SHIPP Shipp 72 R wages and Canyon, where the land, ZENO B. PARRY Parry 72 D PHIL LYMAN Lyman 73 R MARSHA M HOLLAND Holland 73 None V. LOWRY SNOW Snow 74 R DANIEL HOLLOWAY Holloway 74 Lib I support repeal of the I support assisted suicide I am LDS and i believe in the LDS In order for someones I support Earned Income Tax I oppose legislative I would not I like the idea of Government regulation I support preservation of death penalty. Research legislation, while also teachings on abortion, which is it 2nd amendment right to Credit legislation in Utah. I efforts for support renewable energy, but to is rarely reasonable, nor Utah's public lands. shows it is encouraging people not to do it is wrong except in cases where be taken away there must also support any and every government to build legislation to support or oppose is it as effective as free extremely more costly as I find suicide morally wrong there is concern for the life of be first due process, I tax cut legislation that comes affordable housing, force companies legislative efforts would market forces. than life in prison, it does personally, but people should be the mother, complications where would oppose any forward. that should be left to to provide such depend on what the not deter murder, AND free to make their own choices the child is not expected to live legislation that tries to individuals and the services, but I do legislation does and if it wrongful convictions do about their life, and making a long after birth, or in cases of circumvent due process to free market. support fits the proper role of occur, and I feel I rather safe process for them to die rape and incest. remove any companies to government. have 9 guilty people be in when terminally ill seems like a constitutional rights. provide them and prison for life than to kill choice between the patient and in a free market a by death penalty one the doctor. companies have innocent person. incentives to offer benefits to it's employees.

WALT BROOKS Brooks 75 R No. I value life, but I No. I have great empathy for I oppose abortion. Life is I stand firm for the Yes, I support NON- Generally No. I support paid We have to be careful not I do support efforts to Yes, believe the option must those that are suffering. I valuable and when we lose that 2nd Amendment. The C REFUNDABLE tax credits. For however, there have family leave, but to be on the “bleeding improve air and water I support preservation of be there. We must protect watched my mother struggle sense of value our country will protects our rights but those that are struggling I been situations that this should be edge” of technology. We quality, however Utah public lands. life, however those that with health issues that resulted fail because we are turning away those rights do end if we support tax credits to justify legislative between have a responsibility to be regulation is usually not However I do not believe are actively seeking to in her passing. I believe we are from the greatest God given gift, harm others. (I have the reduce their tax burdens, but efforts. the employer and frugal stewards of tax the right way. A carrot locking up land and take it away from to succor and morning life. In case of the mothers life, right to swing my arms, not to the point where they employee not the payer monies. The return to drive innovation is preventing use is innocent must have all with those that suffer, not just would be an exception. but that right ends before are being paid. We have government. on investment with many more effective than the conservation. options available look for the path of least However, in this case I believe all it hits your face.) If an multiple social programs to renewals can often be stick of regulation pain. This is difficult but I believe efforts still should be given to individual shows signs of help those in need and those unsound even though it and the status quo. we should do be empathic and save the baby. causing EXTREME harm to that truly cannot pay taxes sounds good. There have more patient and kind even others, family should be should not. seen when faced with such terrible able to use DUE PROCESS some additional efficiencie afflictions. I believe God is in to protect their own right s because renewable control and his ways are not our to live Just as the C sources have forced coal ways. articulates. I would base load plants to learn support a timely process how to power up and to give due process in down quicker and better certain circumstances. resulting in overall improvements in how we utilize energy resources.

MICHAEL A GARDNER Gardner 75 Lib Yes-repeal the death Yes-I support assisted suicide. Yes-support legal abortion-I Yes-if a family member No. No-it is not the No-if a business No-it makes more sense No-your wording is too Yes-but again it comes penalty That doesn't mean I encourage don't support abortion. I believes it best to have business of state to or corporation for business to choose ambiguous. down to a question of to it. I do support a patients right to support that it is not a matter of weapons removed from determine. And when chooses to that route themselves. "Reasonable" is relative. what extent and at what choose it. the state. Nor is it something their home for any reason, the state becomes include paid From a government cost. that taxpayers or insurance they are free to do so. I involved housing family leave as a bureaucratic view it should pay for. It is a choice, not oppose making it a matter becomes less benefit, I support looks very different a healthcare issue. In the cases of law. affordable. their freedom to than a business point of of a mothers physical life at risk, run their business view. Yes, I would like it then becomes a medical issue. as they choose. clean air and water. As a matter of Questioning massive law, no. legislation does not equate to wanting dirty air and water. I live in this beautiful state also.

KEITH R. KELSCH Kelsch 75 I I am not in favor of the No. I do not support this. I do not support abortion. We Yes but the only police Yes, this supports labor. No, I have a proposal Yes, but this Support Support Support death penalty unless the need more local culture involved powers should be given to more focused on local should be a convicted chooses to give and less state subsidy. county sheriffs not the philanthropy than pooled resource his life. If they do nit state. state funding. I have countywide. choose, the state cannot 10 years ecperience in impose it. affordable housing and what we can do local is ignored.

All State House and Senate candidates were asked the following questions:

SANCTITY OF LIFE ISSUES:

Death Penalty: Do you support or oppose repeal of the death penalty in Utah, leaving life without parole as the highest level o f penalty? Please provide a yes or no answer. You may also explain your answer if you would like, including specific proposals y ou might consider. Assisted Suicide: Do you support or oppose assisted suicide legislation?Please provide a yes or no answer. You may also explain your answer if you would like, including specific proposals you might consider. Abortion: Do you support or oppose abortions in all cases, except as required to save the life of the mother? Please provide a yes or no answer. You may also explain your answer if you would like, including specific proposals you might consider. Gun Violence: Do you support or oppose legislation that would enable family members to seek removal of firearms when an individual shows imminent signs of causing extreme harm to self or others? Please provide a yes or no answer. You may also explain your answer if you would like, including specific proposals you might consider.

DIGNITY OF LIFE ISSUES:

Do you support or oppose Earned Income Tax Credit legislation in Utah? Please provide a yes or no answer. You may also explain your answer if you would like, including specific proposals you might consider. Do you support or oppose legislative efforts to expand access to and inventory of affordable housing across Utah? Please provide a yes or no answer. You may also explain your answer if you would like, including specific proposals you might consider. Do you support or oppose paid family leave for family members caring for a new or adopted child, or elderly or disabled famil y member? Please provide a yes or no answer. You may also explain your answer if you would like, including specific proposals you might consider.

CARE OF CREATION ISSUES:

Do you support or oppose legislative efforts to encourage renewable energy development? Please provide a yes or no answer. You may also explain your answer if you would like, including specific proposals you might consider. Do you support or oppose legislative efforts to improve Utah's air and water quality through reasonable business regulation? Please provide a yes or no answer. You may also explain your answer if you would like, including specific proposals you might consi der. Do you support or oppose preservation of Utah's public lands for conservation? Please provide a yes or no answer. You may also explain your answer if you would like, including specific proposals you might consider.

PARTIES: R=Republican D=Democratic I=Independent America C=Constitution None=Unaffiliatted UU=United Utah Lib=Libertarian