 |
 |
| Find
Your Representatives |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
 Print
 Share
|
|
Governor Brad Henry (OK)
|
Current Office: Governor
First Elected: 11/05/2002
Last Elected: 11/07/2006
Next Election: Term Limited
Party: Democratic
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Governor Brad Henry REPEATEDLY REFUSED TO PROVIDE ANY
RESPONSES TO CITIZENS ON ISSUES THROUGH THE 2006
NATIONAL POLITICAL AWARENESS TEST WHEN ASKED TO DO SO BY
Key national leaders of both major parties including:
John McCain, Republican Senator
Geraldine Ferraro, Former Democratic Congresswoman
Michael Dukakis, Former Democratic Governor
Bill Frenzel, Former Republican Congressman
Richard Kimball, Project Vote Smart President
Over 100 news organizations throughout the nation also urged their candidates to supply their issue positions through the National Political Awareness Test.
What is the Political Courage Test?
This candidate has responded to a different Political Courage Test. As a continued effort to provide the American public with factual information on candidates running for public office, these archived responses are made available here.
Oklahoma Gubernatorial Election 2002 National Political Awareness Test
Please Note
The Political Courage Test asks candidates which items they will support if elected. It does not ask them to indicate which items they will oppose. Through extensive research of public polling data, we discovered that voters are more concerned with what candidates would support when elected to office, not what they oppose. If a candidate does not select a response to any part or all of any question, it does not necessarily indicate that the candidate is opposed to that particular item.
Project Vote Smart does not permit the use of its name or programs in any campaign activity, including advertising, debates, and speeches.
Abortion Issues
Budgetary, Spending and Tax Issues
Campaign Finance and Governmental Reform Issues
Crime Issues
Educational Issues
Employment and Affirmative Action Issues
Environmental and Energy Issues
Gun Issues
Health Issues
Welfare and Poverty Issues
Gubernatorial Priorities
|
Abortion Issues
(Back to top) Related: Key Votes
| Indicate which principles you support (if any) concerning abortion. | | | a) Abortions should always be illegal. | | | b) Abortions should always be legally available. | | | c) Abortions should be legal only within the first trimester of pregnancy. | | X | d) Abortions should be legal when the pregnancy resulted from incest or rape. | | X | e) Abortions should be legal when the life of the woman is endangered. | | | f) Eliminate public funding for abortions and public funding of organizations that advocate or perform abortions. | | X | g) Other or expanded principles | | I am pro-choice because I feel this is a deeply personal choice that the government should not be involved in. I do oppose late-term abortions unless the woman's life is in danger. |
Budgetary, Spending and Tax Issues
(Back to top)
| State Budget: Indicate the funding levels you will support for the following general categories. | | Greatly Increase Funding | a) Education (Higher) | | Greatly Increase Funding | b) Education (K-12) | | Maintain Funding Status | c) Environment | | Greatly Increase Funding | d) Health care | | Slightly Increase Funding | e) Law enforcement | | Slightly Increase Funding | f) Transportation and Highway infrastructure | | Slightly Increase Funding | g) Welfare | | | h) Other or expanded categories | | State Taxes: Indicate the tax levels you will support. | | Maintain Status | a) Alcohol taxes | | Maintain Status | b) Capital gains taxes | | Slightly Increase | c) Cigarette taxes | | Maintain Status | d) Corporate taxes | | Slightly Increase | e) Gasoline taxes | | Slightly Decrease | f) Income taxes (incomes below $75,000) | | Maintain Status | g) Income taxes (incomes above $75,000) | | Slightly Increase | h) Inheritance taxes | | Maintain Status | i) Property taxes | | Maintain Status | j) Sales taxes | | Maintain Status | k) Vehicle taxes | | | l) Other or expanded categories | | Undecided | m) Should Internet sales be taxed? | | Yes | n) Do you support spending a portion of the "rainy day" fund to help balance the state budget? | | Yes | o) Should Oklahoma create a state lottery with proceeds funding education? | | | p) Other or expanded principles |
Campaign Finance and Governmental Reform Issues
(Back to top)
| Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding campaign finance and government reform. | | Yes | a) Do you support the current limit of two consecutive four-year terms for Oklahoma governors? | | No | b) Do you support the twelve-year combined limit for Oklahoma senators and representatives? | | c) Do you support limiting the following types of contributions to state legislative and gubernatorial candidates? | | Yes | 1) Individual | | Yes | 2) PAC | | Yes | 3) Corporate | | Yes | 4) Political Parties | | Yes | d) Do you support requiring full and timely disclosure of campaign finance information? | | Undecided | e) Do you support partial funding from state taxes for state level political campaigns? | | Yes | f) Do you support voting on-line? | | Yes | g) Do you support adopting statewide standards for counting, verifying and ensuring accuracy of votes? | | No | h) Do you support prohibiting the reporting of media exit polling results until all polling locations in Oklahoma are closed? | | Yes | i) Do you support restricting smoking in most public places? | | Yes | j) Should Oklahoma ban cockfighting? | | Undecided | k) Should Oklahoma recognize civil unions between same-sex couples? | | Undecided | l) Should Oklahoma restrict marriage to a union only between a man and a woman? | | | m) Other or expanded principles |
Crime Issues
(Back to top) Related: Key Votes
| Indicate which principles you support (if any) to address crime. | | X | a) Increase state funds for construction of state prisons and for hiring of additional prison staff. | | | b) Support contracting with private sector firms to build and/or manage state prisons. | | X | c) Support the use of the death penalty in Oklahoma. | | | d) Support the use of chemical castration for persons convicted of first- or second-degree rape or forcible sodomy. | | X | e) Support programs to provide prison inmates with vocational and job-related skills and job-placement assistance when released. | | X | f) End parole for repeat violent offenders. | | X | g) Implement penalties other than incarceration for certain non-violent offenders. | | | h) Decriminalize the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes. | | X | i) Increase state resources for reducing the use of methamphetamine in Oklahoma. | | | j) Strengthen penalties and sentences for drug-related crimes. | | | k) Minors accused of a violent crime should be prosecuted as adults. | | X | l) Require that crimes based on gender, sexual orientation or disability be prosecuted as hate crimes. | | X | m) Ban the use of racial profiling by law enforcement officers. | | X | n) Increase state funding for community centers and other social agencies in areas with at-risk youth. | | X | o) Increase state funding for additional security of critical infrastructure against terrorist attacks. | | | p) Other or expanded principles |
Educational Issues
(Back to top)
| Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding education. | | X | a) Support national standards and testing of public school students. | | | b) Provide parents with state-funded vouchers to send their children to any participating school (public, private, religious). | | X | c) Increase state funds for school capital improvements (e.g. buildings and infrastructure). | | X | d) Increase state funds for hiring additional teachers. | | | e) Support teacher testing and reward teachers with merit pay. | | | f) Support displaying the Ten Commandments in public schools. | | | g) Endorse teacher-led voluntary prayer in public schools. | | | h) Require public schools to administer high school exit exams. | | X | i) Provide state funding to increase teacher salaries. | | X | j) Increase state funding to expand Head Start programs. | | X | k) Provide state funding for tax incentives and financial aid to help make college more affordable. | | X | l) Support age-appropriate sexual education programs that teach about abstinence, contraceptives and HIV/STD prevention methods. | | | m) Support abstinence-only sexual education programs. | | | n) Other or expanded principles |
Employment and Affirmative Action Issues
(Back to top)
| Employment: Indicate which principles you support (if any) concerning employment. | | X | a) Increase funding for state job-training programs that re-train displaced workers or teach skills needed in today's job market. | | | b) Reduce state government regulations on the private sector to encourage investment and economic expansion. | | X | c) Provide low interest loans and tax credits for starting, expanding or relocating businesses. | | X | d) Provide tax credits for businesses that provide child care for their employees. | | X | e) Increase state funds to provide child care for children of low-income working families. | | X | f) Include sexual orientation in Oklahoma's anti-discrimination laws. | | | g) Other or expanded principles | | Affirmative Action: Should race, ethnicity or gender be taken into account in state agencies' decisions on: | | Yes | a) College and university admissions | | Yes | b) Public employment | | No | c) State contracting | | d) Other or expanded principles | | No Answer |
Environmental and Energy Issues
(Back to top)
| Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding the environment and energy. | | X | a) Promote increased use of alternative fuel technology. | | X | b) Use state funds to clean up former industrial and commercial sites that are contaminated, unused or abandoned. | | Yes | c) Do you support state funding for open space preservation? | | Undecided | d) Should state environmental regulations be stricter than federal law? | | | e) Other or expanded principles |
Gun Issues
(Back to top) Related: Key Votes
| Indicate which principles you support (if any) concerning gun issues. | | | a) Ban the sale or transfer of semi-automatic guns, except those used for hunting. | | | b) Maintain and strengthen the enforcement of existing state restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns. | | | c) Ease state restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns. | | | d) Repeal state restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns. | | X | e) Allow citizens to carry concealed guns. | | | f) Require manufacturers to provide child-safety locks on guns. | | | g) Require background checks on gun sales between private citizens at gun shows. | | | h) Require a license for gun possession. | | | i) Other or expanded principles |
Health Issues
(Back to top) Related: Key Votes
| Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding health issues. | | X | a) Ensure that citizens have access to basic health care through managed care, insurance reforms or state-funded care where necessary. | | | b) Transfer more existing Medicaid recipients into managed care programs. | | | c) Limit the amount of damages that can be awarded in medical malpractice lawsuits. | | X | d) Support patients' right to sue their HMOs. | | X | e) Support patients' right to appeal to an administrative board of specialists when services are denied by their HMO. | | | f) Guaranteed medical care to all citizens is not a responsibility of state government. | | | g) Legalize physician-assisted suicide in Oklahoma. | | X | h) Increase state funding for training health workers to recognize and respond to the release of biological agents. | | | i) Other or expanded principles |
Welfare and Poverty Issues
(Back to top) Related: Key Votes
| Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding welfare. | | X | a) Support current time limits on welfare benefits. | | X | b) Increase employment and job training programs for welfare recipients. | | X | c) Provide tax incentives to businesses that hire welfare recipients. | | X | d) Provide child care for welfare recipients who work. | | X | e) Increase access to public transportation for welfare recipients who work. | | | f) Eliminate government-funded welfare programs. | | | g) Redirect welfare funding to faith-based and community-based private organizations. | | X | h) Use federal TANF (Temporary Assistance to Needy Families) funds to expand state services to include the working poor. | | | i) Other or expanded principles |
Gubernatorial Priorities
(Back to top)
| In a total of seventy-five (75) words or less, please explain what your two main legislative priorities will be if elected. Please explain how you would obtain any additional government funding needed to implement these priorities. | | No Answer |
|
|
|
