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MN Senate debate
Klobuchar v. Kennedy, Oct. 2006
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MI Senate debate
Stabenow v. Bouchard, Oct. 2006
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MO Senate debate
Talent v. McCaskill, Oct. 2006
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TN Senate debate
Corker v. Ford, Oct. 2006
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OH Senate debate
DeWine v. Brown, Oct. 2006
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MA Governor
Patrick v. Healey v. Mihos, Sept. 2006
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VA Senate
Allen v. Webb, Sept. 2006
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MA Dem. Governor primary
Patrick v. Reilly v. Gabrieli, Sept. 2006
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PA Senate
Santorum v. Casey, Sept. 2006
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RI GOP Senate primary
Laffey v. Chafee, Aug. 2006
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CT Dem. Senate primary
Lieberman v. Lamont, July. 2006
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MN Senate primaries
Klobuchar v. Bell v. Kennedy v. Cavlan, March. 2006
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from MA gubernatorial debate on Fox News (number of quotes indicated):
- Christy Mihos (12)
- Deval Patrick (15)
- Grace Ross (12)
- Kerry Healey (17)
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Abortion
Kerry Healey: I've always been pro choice, even when Romney disagreed.
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Budget & Economy
Deval Patrick: Focus on stimulating economic growth via local aid.
Grace Ross: Shift $3B in more taxes on very rich by flattening tax rates.
Kerry Healey: Focus on local aid and mobilizing people to call for it.
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Corporations
Christy Mihos: Property tax rollback will bring businesses back in-state.
Deval Patrick: Local capital for local biz, & state pays for infrastructure.
Grace Ross: Focus on reducing costs for small biz, not big corporations.
Kerry Healey: Make permitting process easier for businesses.
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Crime
Deval Patrick: Focus on guns & gang violence, not immigration status.
Kerry Healey: Check immigration status when police stop motorists.
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Education
Christy Mihos: MCAS has become a weapon against public education.
Christy Mihos: No state-based merit pay; let cities & towns decide.
Deval Patrick: Favors MCAS, but not as only measure of education reform.
Deval Patrick: Incentives & merit pay on school-wide basis only.
Grace Ross: MCAS is a big part of why kids drop out of high school.
Grace Ross: Constitutional commitment to education--35 kids is too many.
Kerry Healey: Strong supporter of the MCAS and standards.
Kerry Healey: Merit pay for best teachers & those at most-needed schools.
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Energy & Oil
Kerry Healey: I like wind energy, but Cape Wind is a bad idea.
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Environment
Christy Mihos: Cape Wind hurts fishing industry.
Deval Patrick: Engage in DC regulatory fight to protect our fishing fleet.
Grace Ross: Agriculture deserves more economic development attention.
Kerry Healey: Fight new regulations that put fishermen out of business.
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Health Care
Kerry Healey: Save $160M by consolidating city & town insurance purchases.
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Immigration
Christy Mihos: Illegal immigration is illegal--they cost Massachusetts $1B.
Christy Mihos: Dems want immigrants votes; GOP wants their cheap labor.
Christy Mihos: No licenses for illegals; felony for driving without license.
Deval Patrick: In-state tuition ok for illegals; focus on employers.
Deval Patrick: Drivers licenses for illegals, for security and safety.
Grace Ross: Illegal immigrants pay taxes like the rest of us.
Grace Ross: Illegal immigration is only an issue because of jobs.
Kerry Healey: Opposes in-state tuition for illegal immigrants.
Kerry Healey: Urges Attorney General to investigate hiring illegals.
Kerry Healey: Opposes issuing licenses to illegal immigrants.
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Jobs
Deval Patrick: Pledge to work with AFL-CIO means being open to all voices.
Kerry Healey: Deval's pledge to work with AFL-CIO means higher costs.
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Local Issues
Deval Patrick: Governor should take responsibility and get Big Dig reform.
Kerry Healey: Called for Big Dig reform in 2003; still investigating now.
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Principles & Values
Christy Mihos: On being a spoiler: How can you spoil a rotten system?.
Christy Mihos: Not just passing through Massachusetts, like some governors.
Christy Mihos: I represent 50% of voters; no difference between Dems & GOP.
Deval Patrick: Running to reach out to all & create a stake in the future.
Deval Patrick: Do we stay on this path, or do we make a change?.
Deval Patrick: Outsider governor balances entrenched establishment.
Grace Ross: Earns $30K/year; millionaires have no clue what we face.
Grace Ross: Running to rebuild democracy.
Kerry Healey: Republican governor balances 87% Democrat legislature.
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Tax Reform
Christy Mihos: Get money out of Beacon Hill and back to cities & towns.
Christy Mihos: Roll back taxes but restore local aid.
Deval Patrick: Cut property tax; expand circuit breaker & senior exemption.
Deval Patrick: Tax rollback is shell game, shifting burden to property tax.
Grace Ross: We don't have enough income tax.
Grace Ross: Tax rollback kills cities via property tax increase of 35%.
Grace Ross: Tax rollback gives middle class $100s, but $100,000s to rich.
Kerry Healey: Avoid property tax increases by reducing waste.
Kerry Healey: Failure to roll back taxes cost people $2 billion since 2000.
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