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California Statewide Office Candidates

WHERE DO THE CANDIDATES STAND ON LIFE?

The candidates' positions on the following issues are determined from signed questionnaires, previous voting records, or confirmed public statements:    

     1) Does the office seeker support the legal protection for uborn children?

     2) Does the office seeker support requiring parental consent before an abortion can be

         performed on a minor child?

     3) Does the office seeker oppose efforts promoting a state policy of euthanasia such as

         "physician assisted suicide"?

[Y=Yes] [N=No] [?= Unclear Position] [No Resp= No Response]

*Candidate is endorsed by the California ProLife Council

Candidates of the five minor parties are listed only if their responses differ from the standard party positions on questions 1, 2, and 3, which are:

     American Independent (AI)          YYY

     Green (G)                                  NN?

     Libertarian (L)                            NYN

     Natural Law (NL)                         NY?

     Peace & Freedom (PF)                NNN

Governor

Candidate's Name Political Party Position
Jerry Brown Democrat NN?
Joe Symmon Democrat YYY
Ken Miller Republican YYY
Larry Naritelli Republican YYY
Robert Newman Republican YYY
Steve Poizner Republican ?Y?
Meg Whitman Republican NY?

Lieutenant Governor

Candidate's Name Political Party Position  
Sam Aanestad* Republican YYY  
Janice Hahn Democrat NN?  
Gavin Newsom Democrat NNN  
Abel Maldonado Republican ?YY  

Secretary of State

Candidate's Name Political Party Position
Debra Bowen Democrat NN?
Damon Dunn* Republican YYY

Attorney General

Candidate's Name Political Party Position  
John Eastman* Republican YYY  
Tom Harman Republican YYY  
Rocky Delgadillo Democrat NN?  
Kamala Harris Democrat NNN  
Chris Kelly Democrat NN?  
Ted Lieu Democrat NN?  
Pedro Nava Democrat NNN  
Alberto Torrico Democrat NNN  
Steve Cooley Repulican N??  

Controller

Candidate's Name Political Party Position
John Chiang Democrat NN?
Tony Strickland* Republican YYY

Treasurer

Candidate's Name Political Party Position
Bill Lockyer Democrat NNN
Mimi Walters* Republican YYY

Insurance Commisioner

Candidate's Name Political Party Positon  
Mike Villines* Republican YYY  
Hector De La Torre Democrat NNY  
Dave Jones Democrat NNN  

 Superintendent of Public Instruction

Candidate's Name Position
Alexia Deligianni YYY
Lydia Gutierrez YYY
Diane Lenning YYY
Gloria Romero NNN
Tom Torlakson NNN

Board of Equalization

District Candidate's Name Political Party Position  
1 Betty Yee Democrat NN?  
2 Paul Avila Democrat YYY  
2 Barbara Alby Republican YYY  
2 Alan Nakanishi Republican YYY  
2 George Runner Republican YYY  
3 Michelle Steel*  Republican YYY   
4 Jerome Horton Democrat  NN?   

 

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