Republican 2019 Statewide Primary Election
Tuesday, August 06, 2019
SAMPLE Official Election Ballot STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
Democratic 2019 Statewide Primary Election
Tuesday, August 06, 2019
Now for the Republican races that have two or more candidates here's my research.
For State Of Mississippi Governor
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- Robert Foster
Tate Reeves
Bill Waller Jr.
- Abortion
- Robert Foster: Protect all innocent life, including unborn children.
Bill Waller: Pro-life; and healthcare is a right-to-life issue.
Budget & Economy
Civil Rights
- Robert Foster: Being discriminated against is part of our free society.
Robert Foster: Denying services to gays different than denying to blacks.
Robert Foster: 2015: Never heard anyone being offended by our state flag.
Corporations
- Robert Foster: Cut the franchise tax; it's a regressive tax on businesses.
Robert Foster: Let businesses deny service to gays for religious reasons.
Robert Foster: A tax on business means a tax on job creation.
Tate Reeves: Government shouldn't pick winners and losers.
Bill Waller: Level playing field on taxes, to avoid special company deals.
Crime
- Robert Foster: Police officers don't shoot at people unless they need to.
Robert Foster: People have to respect police officers and answer questions.
Robert Foster: Reduce recidivism by differentiating non-violent offenders.
Tate Reeves: Blue Lives Matter: public safety workers in protected class.
Drugs
- Robert Foster: We can't punish someone out of addiction.
Robert Foster: Full-on prohibition of drugs does not work.
Education
- Robert Foster: Make pay raise for teachers a priority in Jackson.
Robert Foster: Too much emphasis on trying to send every kid to college.
Robert Foster: No free community college; focus on vo-tech.
Robert Foster: School choice has its place, but we must be very careful.
Robert Foster: Why build duplicate private schools and public schools ?
Tate Reeves: Public charter schools in failing districts.
Bill Waller: Pay raise for good teachers & to attract new ones.
Bill Waller: Community colleges teach job skills at high schools.
Energy & Oil
- Tate Reeves: Developing rural areas could provide viable energy resources.
Bill Waller: Gas tax to sustainably fund roads & bridges.
Environment
Families & Children
- Tate Reeves: Creating family-friendly environment was a platform priority.
Free Trade
- Robert Foster: Support tariffs on China; assist farmers when hurt by them.
Government Reform
- Robert Foster: Power corrupts all men; long-time candidates owe many favors.
Robert Foster: Enact sunset legislation; roll back rules and regulations. Gun Control
Robert Foster: Second amendment is final check & balance in Constitution.
Tate Reeves: Pro-gun rights; lowered barriers to concealed carry.
Health Care
- Robert Foster: Work with federal government to expand Medicaid in MS.
Robert Foster: Everyone has access to healthcare; issue is affordability.
Robert Foster: Consider some form of Medicaid expansion.
Robert Foster: Reform Medicaid to cover 300,000 more Mississippians.
Robert Foster: ObamaCare is bad policy, but let's get Mississippi our share.
Robert Foster: Expand Medicaid with contribution of monthly fee.
Robert Foster: Reform our monopolistic Certificate of Need laws.
Tate Reeves: Let's find solutions instead of over-institutionalizing.
Bill Waller: More accessible, quality health care to address crisis.
Bill Waller: Work with federal government to expand Medicaid in MS.
Bill Waller: Address uncompensated care at rural hospitals.
Bill Waller: Consider some form of Medicaid expansion in MS.
Homeland Security
- Tate Reeves: Honor Vietnam Veteran's service with 50th anniversary book.
Bill Waller: Served in Army National Guard & then on state Supreme Court.
Bill Waller: More accessible, quality health care to address crisis.
Bill Waller: Work with federal government to expand Medicaid in MS.
Bill Waller: Address uncompensated care at rural hospitals.
Bill Waller: Consider some form of Medicaid expansion in MS.
Immigration
- Robert Foster: No sanctuary: report illegal criminals.
Tate Reeves: Supports law enforcement inquiry into immigration status.
Jobs
- Tate Reeves: Protect manufacturers from unfair union negotiating tactics.
Principles & Values
- Robert Foster: Conservative outsider; aligned with Trump on social media.
Bill Waller: Service to God, to family, to state and country.
Tax Reform
- Robert Foster: Eliminate Mississippi's personal income tax.
Robert Foster: Sales taxes are best; poor pay more but are taken care of.
Robert Foster: Excise and sales tax, rather than income and property tax.
Tate Reeves: Reduce taxes to help small business.
Technology
- Robert Foster: Resist flashy projects, but must do critical infrastructure.
Robert Foster: Gas tax instead of income tax, for infrastructure.
Tate Reeves: Diverting $600M to Strategic Infrastructure Investment Fund.
Bill Waller: More funds to take care of our crumbling roads and bridges.
Bill Waller: Fixing roads and bridges so far ? A raindrop in a puddle.
Bill Waller: Tax swap to fund infrastructure.
Lieutenant Governor
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Delbert Hosemann
What would be your top three priorities, if elected ?
- Our top priorities for an even better Mississippi include:
- - Quality public education.
- All our children deserve the opportunity to receive a quality education preparing them life after high school, whether on a career and technical or college path.
We want to fully fund 4-year-old pre-K, emphasize career and technical classes, and meet the economic needs of our teachers, our No. 1 educational resource.
- When a small business with 25 employees opens up its shop, it can transform a community.
The same transformation occurs when an existing business expands, offering a few more good paying jobs to skilled workers.
We will focus on cultivating our existing small businesses, the backbone of our economy.
- Despite some strides in the last session, potholes, road closures, and barricaded bridges are still plaguing communities across Mississippi.
We will prioritize solidifying our infrastructure to safely transport our children to school, our people to work, and our products to market.
- Fifty percent of Mississippians live in rural areas, and 50 percent of our rural hospitals are in danger of closing.
We will focus on attracting more healthcare professionals to the state and finding innovative solutions to shore up struggling healthcare providers.
No Mississippian should be more than 30 minutes from an emergency room.
- Sometimes we need government to solve a problem, but most of the time, we just need it to get out of the way.
We want to restructure state government to be taxpayer focused and eliminate waste.
What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about ?
- I was a businessman and business lawyer for years before being elected in 2007 as Secretary of State.
Because of this background, I have a natural interest in policy impacting businesses and economic growth in the State.
During my tenure as Secretary of State, we revised Mississippi’s archaic business laws, lowered filing fees, and moved the process of starting a business online.
Education policy is also a key interest because of its ability to make Mississippi even better for our children and grandchildren.
As Secretary of State, I formed relationships with many educators because of our agency’s role in 16th Section land leasing
- (which funds public education — we have raised almost $1 billion during my tenure)
What characteristics or principles are most important for an elected official ?
- Work ethic, authenticity, the capacity to analyze tough policy issues, the ability to work with many different people with many different perspectives, and the ability to follow through to a solution.
What qualities do you possess that would make you a successful officeholder ?
- As Secretary of State, I have a proven record of fulfilling the commitments I made to voters from the enactment of Voter ID to securing insurance coverage for treatment for children with autism.
When formulating policy and legislation related to these issues, we used a “collective intellect” approach, gathering people of many different perspectives together to come to a solution.
This allowed to build consensus and come to a better final product.
What do you believe are the core responsibilities for someone elected to this office ?
- The Lieutenant Governor helps set the legislative agenda for the session by appointing members, vice chairmen/women, and chairmen/women to committees.
The Lieutenant Governor also has a critical role in allocating the State’s budget.
Additionally, the Lieutenant Governor has appointments on important boards like the State Board of Education and can assume the Governor’s role in certain legal situations.
What qualities does this office possess that makes it a unique and important part of the state government ?
- The Lieutenant Governor is one of the officerholders most closely positioned to the budget and policymaking, so the person elected to the position will have a significant impact on Mississippi’s direction over the next several years.
Delbert Hosemann NCF 2019 ( 12:30 )
YallPolitics Published on Aug 1, 2019
Shane Quick
What would be your top three priorities, if elected ?
- Establish Constitutional minded committees,
develop a strategy of efficiency in the legislative process,
fix lingering issues that have not been resolved.
What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about ?
- Healthcare reform in a wide ranging sense, establishment of a guaranteed Republican form of state government as the Constitution state in Article IV section 4, getting special interest under control.
Who do you look up to ?
Whose example would you like to follow and why ?
- King Solomon, his infinite wisdom and depth of insight have been known by no other.
Also, men like the Founding Fathers; they cared not for the governance of a tyrant and chose their own path.
Is there a book, essay, film, or something else that best describes your political philosophy ?
- The Patriot, if you leave a man a free man he'll never have to become a minute man.
What characteristics or principles are most important for an elected official ?
- Strive for incorruptibility.
Be able to discern everything wrong with a given scenario and have a contingency on multiple angles.
What qualities do you possess that would make you a successful officeholder ?
- I am highly analytical, skeptical, think outside the box, and strategic/methodical in nature.
What do you believe are the core responsibilities for someone elected to this office ?
- Oversee bill passing activities and be sure the will of the people is not usurped by lobbyist.
Weed out bad actors in the political realm.
What legacy would you like to leave ?
- The legacy of a man who was never put in a box and stayed true to the cause.
What is the first historical event that happened in your lifetime that you remember ?
How old were you at that time ?
- I was about 20 or so, the event was 9/11.
It was a pivot point and an awakening of who is an enemy in American history.
What was your very first job ?
How long did you have it ?
- Sacking groceries, had that job for about 2 years, then off to a real job after high school.
What happened on your most awkward date ?
- The lady and I were absolutely opposite and not even able to really chat.
What is your favorite holiday ?
Why ?
- Thanksgiving maybe, because of the uniquely American traditionalist aspect of it.
What is your favorite book ?
Why ?
- My favorite book, philosophically speaking, is what ever book I have an overwhelming desire to read.
That varies like the wind.
If you could be any fictional character, who would you be ?
- Forrest Gump.
He was free to live in his own reality, and had a positive outlook along with good fortune most of the time.
What is your favorite thing in your home or apartment ?
Why ?
- The air of comfort and familiarity.
The very essence of "home", just being there.
What was the last song that got stuck in your head ?
- Blue Moon, by Ryan Upchurch.
It is a song about solitude and reflection, inner peace, and being integral to the world around you.
What is something that has been a struggle in your life ?
- Being partially deaf has been a very defining part of life in many positive ways.
It has also been its share of a curse in having to rely on electronic man made devices to hear and being practically deaf without them.
What qualities does this office possess that makes it a unique and important part of the state government ?
- Oversight mainly, the ability to strike down bills.
What responsibilities of this office do you personally consider the most important ?
- Carefully vetting who will be on committees to be sure corporate shills and lobby pawns are not on them.
Are there any little-known powers or responsibilities held by this office that you believe more people should be aware of ?
- As Lt. Governor you have the ability to assemble whole teams of Constitutional minded intellectuals.
Also that you may strike down any bill that is bad for Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.
Do you believe that it’s beneficial for holders of this office to have previous experience in government or politics ?
- Yes if you have had good government, no if you are trying to correct problems of a legislature controlled by special interest.
What kind of skills or expertise do you believe would be the most helpful for the holders of this office to possess ?
- A knowledge of history, blue collar knowledge with one's hands, and knowledge of how things work behind the scenes.
Basically being educated and open to always learning.
As with all surveys like this one times and experience may mold and shape thoughts and opinions in different ways.
If the answers never change then the answerer may not have evolved-remember that.
Secretary Of State
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Sam Britton
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Sam Britton NCP 2019 ( 9:21 )
YallPolitics
Published on Aug 1, 2019
Michael Watson
- What would be your top three priorities, if elected ?
- 1. To ensure clean, fair and secure elections.
2. To minimize the regulatory burden on businesses.
3. To move the DMV under the Secretary of State's office.
What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about ?
- Pro-life issues, defending the 2nd Amendment, Election law, Education, Illegal Immigration, and shrinking the size of government.
What characteristics or principles are most important for an elected official ?
- Honesty, integrity, principled leadership, accessibility and empathy.
Attorney General
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Mark Baker
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Mark Baker NCF 2019 ( 11:29 )
YallPolitics
Published on Aug 2, 2019
Lynn Fitch
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Lynn Fitch NCF 2019
YallPolitics
Published on Aug 2, 2019
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Andy Taggart for AG
Published on Aug 1, 2019
State Treasurer
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Eugene S. 'Buck' Clarke
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Senator Buck Clarke for State Treasurer ( 5:51 )
Courtney Carter
Published on Jul 15, 2019
David McRae
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David McRae NCF 2019 ( 7:38 )
YallPolitics
Published on Aug 2, 2019
Public Service Commissioner
Central District
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Brent Bailey
- What would be your top three priorities, if elected ?
- Mississippians are ready for more choice in utility services, more competition in the utility marketplace and being respected as consumers.
Mississippians also want relief from nuisance, scam robocalls, want more options for rural internet, want certainty against increasing utility rates, and want certainty against another Kemper Lignite IGCC-type boondoggle.
I want to be your Public Service Commissioner and I’m ready to work FOR the consumer.
What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about ?
- As Commissioner, I will embrace energy diversification that ensures reliability, affordability and safety while recognizing the economic contribution of all energy resources.
My other passion is using Mississippi’s energy and natural resources wisely.
I will continue to support and expand the opportunities for energy efficiency and alternative energy technologies that create jobs, build resilience in infrastructure, and unlock economical solutions that lower customer costs.
I will ensure transparency in all proceedings at the Public Service Commission and encouraging utility customers to get engaged by understanding how decisions made by the Commission directly impact family budgets.
In others words, we need more open government.
What characteristics or principles are most important for an elected official ?
- Honesty and integrity in yourself and the system is key.
What qualities do you possess that would make you a successful officeholder ?
- Since 2008, I have been directly engaged in matters before the PSC and have participated in numerous cases serving as a voice and advocate for consumers of utility services to ensure that the interests of homeowners, business owners and rural communities are represented.
I put customers’ interests first and will continue to do so.
What do you believe are the core responsibilities for someone elected to this office ?
- State laws and regulations must be enforced fairly and effectively in a way that will benefit consumers while providing utilities the incentive to invest in infrastructure and improve services.
This is the type of leadership that garners a win/win situation for consumers and the utilities.
What legacy would you like to leave ?
- Many important decisions impacting consumers' wallets will be made at the PSC in the next year and beyond.
Voters need someone with the knowledge and know-how to protect their interests as a utility customer and as a citizen of Mississippi.
I intend to leave behind a smarter, vibrant and resilient energy system.
I also want to stop all unwanted robocalls and scam calls from contacting citizens over their phones.
What qualities does this office possess that makes it a unique and important part of the state government ?
- The office is probably the most important, least known elected position.
This office regulates everyone from billion dollar, multi-state utilities to local phone companies.
Any increases in rates or major changes in services must be evaluated and approved by the Public Service Commission.
Decisions made at the PSC will have monthly impacts on your household budget.
What responsibilities of this office do you personally consider the most important ?
- This position is responsible for responding to the needs of nearly 1 million people who purchase utility-based services (electric, nat gas, water, sewer, telecomms).
Rates must be fair and affordable, services must be reliable and safe, and consumers must have a committed official to represent them and work with them to resolve any issues they may have with their utility service provider.
Do you believe that it’s beneficial for holders of this office to have previous experience in government or politics ?
- Not necessarily in government or politics.
Ratemaking is complex and technical in nature.
So, a background in utility operations and utility policy is preferred.
Since 2008, I have been directly engaged in matters before the Public Service Commission and have intervened in numerous rate cases, rule-makings and project development dockets serving as a voice and advocate for consumers of utility services and to ensure that the interests of homeowners, business owners and rural areas are represented at the Mississippi Public Service Commission.
What kind of skills or expertise do you believe would be the most helpful for the holders of this office to possess ?
- Good analytic and communication skills are necessary to evaluate rate increase applications, project petitions and other filings that utilities submit seeking to build infrastructure, expand services, and/or recover costs plus a return on equity.
I posses those qualities to ensure that consumers are getting a fair shake each time.
Brent Bailey NCF 2019 ( 7:28 )
YallPolitics
Published on Jul 31, 2019
Nic Lott
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Nic Lott NCF 2019 ( 11:03 )
YallPolitics
Published on Aug 1, 2019
Transportation Commissioner
Central District
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Butch Lee
Butch Lee NCF 2019 ( 10:27 )
YallPolitics
Published on Jul 31, 2019
Ricky Pennington Jr.
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State Senate 31
District 31
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Hampton Gardner
www.electhamptongardner.com/on-the-issues.html
Hampton Gardner is the BEST MAN for the Job. Elect Hampton Gardner Senate District 31 ( 0:31 )
Hampton Gardner
Published on Jul 29, 2019
Tyler McCaughn
On the Record - Mississippi Senate District 31 Race (Link to 4 video interviews)
