All candidates for U.S. Congress, Idaho Statewide Offices, and the Idaho Legislature were sent a questionnaire concerning 18 key family issues. 

Candidate responses

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• Blank spaces:  Questionnaire not returned or no response given
• Symbols:  Support (S), Oppose (O), Undecided (U), Written Response (*)

Questionnaire statements

1. Abortion:  Prohibiting abortions except to save the life of the mother.
2. Choice in Education:  Expanding parental choice through tax credits or  vouchers to allow children to attend any public or private school of the parents choosing.
3. Hate Crimes:  Expanding hate crime statutes to provide homosexuals with enhanced protections.
4. Public Preschools:  Prohibiting public preschool programs to children under the age of 5 years except as mandated by federal law.
5. Religious Liberty:  Passing stronger legal protection for religious liberties and rights of conscience from coercive or intrusive government laws and actions.
6. Physician-Assisted Suicide:  Treating physician-assisted suicide as a criminal offense.
7. Balanced Budget:  Requiring government spending to be cut, rather than taxes increased, in a budget shortfall.
8. Marriage:  Prohibiting the recognition or validation of “Civil Unions” or “Domestic Partnerships” between unmarried persons in Idaho.
9. Health Care:  Requiring federally mandated health insurance to be purchased by all individuals.
10. Cloning:  Treating the cloning of human embryos as a criminal offense.
11. Stem Cell Research:  Prohibiting embryonic stem cell research.
12. Pornography:  Requiring filters that block all obscene materials on computers operated by public schools or libraries.
13. Home Education:  Permitting students taught at home to be free from state required registration or testing.
14. Immigration:  Providing amnesty for illegal immigrants.
15. Adoption:  Giving preference to married couples over unmarried persons among applicants for adoptions.
16. Abstinence-Based Sex Education:  Giving priority to abstinence-based sex education over “safe sex” teaching in public schools.
17. Tax Policy:  Funding budget shortfalls by increasing taxes on the wealthy.
18. Evolution:  Requiring public schools to teach the science on both sides of the debate over the evolutionary theory.

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Party

Office

Lastname

First Name

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UNITED STATES SENATOR

Sullivan

P. Tom

UNITED STATES SENATOR

Bergquist

Randy

S

S

O

S

S

S

S

S

O

U

U

S

S

O

S

S

O

S

UNITED STATES SENATOR

Crapo

Mike

2

US REPRESENTATIVE

Crawford

Mike

2

IND

US REPRESENTATIVE

Schad

Brian

S

S

O

S

S

O

S

S

O

S

U

S

S

O

S

S

O

S

2

US REPRESENTATIVE

Simpson

Mike

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Office

Lastname

First Name

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ATTORNEY GENERAL

Wasden

Lawrence

GOVERNOR

Allred

Keith

IND

GOVERNOR

Kemp

Jana

IND

GOVERNOR

Pro-Life

S

O

O

S

S

S

S

S

O

S

S

S

S

O

S

S

O

S

GOVERNOR

Dunlap

Ted

O

S

O

S

U

O

S

O

O

O

O

O

S

O

U

U

O

O

GOVERNOR

Otter

C.L. "Butch"

S

S

O

S

S

S

S

O

O

S

S

S

S

O

S

S

O

S

LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR

Venable

Paul

LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR

Wallace

Eldon

LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR

Little

Brad

S

S

O

*

S

S

S

O

S

S

S

*

O

S

S

O

S

SECRETARY OF STATE

Sermon

Mack

SECRETARY OF STATE

Ysursa

Ben

STATE CONTROLLER

Robinett

Bruce

STATE CONTROLLER

Jones

Donna

STATE TREASURER

Crane

Ron

S

S

O

S

S

S

S

S

O

S

S

S

S

O

S

S

O

S

SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION

Olson

Stan

SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION

Luna

Tom

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Office

Lastname

First Name

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STATE REPRESENTATIVE, POSITION A

Smith

Leon

24

STATE REPRESENTATIVE, POSITION B

Block

Sharon

24

STATE SENATOR

Heider

Lee

S

S

O

S

S

S

S

S

O

S

S

S

S

O

S

S

O

O