Becky Hites
Bio | Becky Hites is a business woman and Wall Street analyst. She ran in the 2020 congressional election. |
Status and Position | Former Candidate of N/A |
Political Party and Jurisdiction | Republican, N/A |
Elections | Election Jurisdiction | Started Campaign | Campaign Status | Poll Rankings (of the vote) |
| 2020 House of Representatives Election GA-13 | GA-13 | Yes | Running | N/A |
Campaign Financing | Hites' campaign was mostly funded by individual contributions (about 70% of funds) with some self-financing as well (about 30%). Source: https://www.opensecrets.org/races/candidates?cycle=2020&id=GA13&spec=N |
Voting Rights | No clear stance on issue. |
Opinions on Issues
Issues | Stance | Summary |
| Universal Healthcare | Against | Hites is opposed to universal healthcare measures like the Affordable Care Act and instead advocates that we make lesser reforms while still keeping the current private insurance system. Source: https://hitesforcongress.com/my-platform/ Hites supports the maintenance of a capitalistic, private insurance system, however she does support reforms such as protections for pre-existing conditions and lowered prescription drug costs. Source: https://hitesforcongress.com/my-platform/ |
| Socialized Healthcare | Against | Hites is strongly opposed to any socialized measures in healthcare and other areas of politics, holding that capitalism and limited government should be the foundation of all government policy. Source: https://hitesforcongress.com/my-platform/, https://hitesforcongress.com/why-me/ |
| Private Healthcare | For | Hites seeks to keep the current private healthcare system, while also implementing reforms such as protections for pre-existing conditions and lowered prescription drug costs. Source: https://hitesforcongress.com/my-platform/ |
| LGBT Rights | Against | Hites has not disclosed much on her views of same-sex marriage, however she has expressed concerns about gender identification in public schools and sees this as bordering on "child abuse." Source: https://hitesforcongress.com/we-must-protect-our-childrens-innocence/ Hites seeks to protect the innocence of children and pass stricter regulations on what may be taught in public school sex education, including the elimination of pronoun identification, which she sees as highly problematic. Source: https://hitesforcongress.com/my-platform/, https://hitesforcongress.com/we-must-protect-our-childrens-innocence/ |
| Taxes | Against | Hites supports the tax cuts that have taken place under the Trump administration and believes that "households are better consumers of their funds than governments." Source: https://hitesforcongress.com/my-platform/ Hites seeks to limit government spending and therefore government earnings by cutting taxes and putting more money in the hands of individuals to use freely in the economy. Source: https://hitesforcongress.com/my-platform/ |
| Flat Tax Rate | Unknown | No clear stance on issue. Hites seeks to limit government spending and therefore government earnings by cutting taxes and putting more money in the hands of individuals to use freely in the economy. Source: https://hitesforcongress.com/my-platform/ |
| Abortion | Against | Hites is strongly opposed to abortion, believing that every life, whether intentionally created or not, has the right to live. Source: https://hitesforcongress.com/my-platform/ Hites supports Georgia's Heartbeat Bill, which criminalizes abortion when the heartbeat of a fetus is detectable (at around six weeks), and sees abortion as a violation of one's own right to live. Source: https://hitesforcongress.com/my-platform/ |
| Gun Control | Against | Hites opposes any gun regulation measures and upholds the second amendment right to bear arms as an unalienable constitutional right. Source: https://hitesforcongress.com/my-platform/ Hites sees gun ownership as a basic freedom and essential self-defense measure, and also supports the reciprocity of firearms licenses between states. Source: https://hitesforcongress.com/my-platform/ |
| Assisted Suicide | Unknown | No clear stance on issue. Hites sees gun ownership as a basic freedom and essential self-defense measure, and also supports the reciprocity of firearms licenses between states. Source: https://hitesforcongress.com/my-platform/ |
| Government Interference | Against | Hites supports small government and believes that more rights and powers should be transferred from the federal to state and individual levels in order to protect individual interests rather than the agendas of political parties. Source: https://hitesforcongress.com/my-platform/ |
| Planned Parenthood | Against | Hites is opposed to abortion and favors Georgia's Heartbeat Bill, which criminalizes any abortion which occurs once a fetus's heartbeat is detected, except for special circumstances. Source: https://hitesforcongress.com/my-platform/, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_House_Bill_481 |
| Welfare | Against | Hites opposes welfare measures, advocating against excessive government spending on public programs. Source: https://hitesforcongress.com/my-platform/, https://hitesforcongress.com/ Hites believes that everyone has equal opportunity under the current economic and political system, but that this equal opportunity does not guarantee an equal outcome. Thus, she opposes welfare measures and believes everyone should be treated equally and given equal access under the law. Source: https://hitesforcongress.com/, https://hitesforcongress.com/who/ |
| Welfare | Unknown | No clear stance on issue. |
| Death Penalty | Unknown | No clear stance on issue. |
| Mandatory Prison Sentence | Nuance | Hites has not stated much on her views in regards to prison sentencing and reform, however she does not support amnesty for immigrants and believes that those who have immigrated to the U.S. illegally should face prison sentencing. Source: https://hitesforcongress.com/what-makes-america-great/ |
| Military Spending | For | Although Hites is fiscally conservative and generally opposes government spending, she supports the funding of the military to ensure the nation's security and strengthen the troops. She also supports government support of veterans and those returning from combat. Source: https://hitesforcongress.com/, https://hitesforcongress.com/my-platform/ |
| War on Terrorism | For | Hites sees the war on terrorism as essential to protecting our national security and advocates for military funding and strong intelligence operations to address this threat. Source: https://hitesforcongress.com/never-forget/, https://hitesforcongress.com/my-platform/ |
| Foreign Policy International Interaction | Nuance | Hites believes that the United States should not hold responsibility for the fiscal and political stability of foreign countries, however she does support the U.S.'s allyship with Iran and advocates for peace in the Middle East. Source: https://hitesforcongress.com/my-platform/ Hites supports the transferring of global fiscal and political responsibilities to their respective countries rather than allowing the U.S. to carry the burden. Thus, she has a laissez-faire approach to international relations, however she does express support for U.S. allyship with Israel and U.S. proactivity in terrorism-prevention measures. Source: https://hitesforcongress.com/my-platform/ |
| United Nations power | Unknown | No clear stance on issue. |
| Nationalism | For | Hites is a strong advocate for a return to foundational American values and the strengthening of the country through increased military power and decreased international interference. Source: https://hitesforcongress.com/my-platform/, https://hitesforcongress.com/who/ |
| Free Markets | For | Hites believes that capitalism is the foundation of the American economy and that the free-market system must be protected from big government and partisan interests. Source: https://hitesforcongress.com/my-platform/, https://hitesforcongress.com/why-me/ Hites believes that under a free-market system, economic opportunity is already available to everyone without government interference, and that capitalism is the best way to protect individual freedoms and foster entrepreneurship. Source: https://hitesforcongress.com/why-me/ |
| Brexit | Unknown | No clear stance on issue. |
| Affirmative Action | Nuance | Hites has not explicitly addressed affirmative action, however she has stated that she believes in "equal opportunity for all but not in guaranteed outcomes." Source: https://hitesforcongress.com/who/ |
| Government Spending | Against | Hites is against government spending, advocating that the government address the national debt and balance the budget before taking on expensive initiatives. Source: https://hitesforcongress.com/my-platform/ |
| Charter Schools | Unknown | No clear stance on issue. |
| Common Core | Unknown | No clear stance on issue. |
| Clean Energy | Nuance | Hites has stated that she does not support the "vilification of coal-based power" and that she only supports clean energy sources that are affordable and financially feasible. Source: https://hitesforcongress.com/my-platform/ Hites supports the United States' energy independence and encourages the development of U.S. resources to limit dependency on the Middle East. She does support nuclear energy but does not see air and solar power as worth the cost of production. Source: https://hitesforcongress.com/my-platform/ |
| Religious Freedom | For | Hites supports religious freedom and sees any law restricting individuals from practicing their own beliefs as unconstitutional. Source: https://hitesforcongress.com/church-state/ Hites does not believe there should be a religion mandated by the law, or that religion should be addressed in the law at all, but also upholds institutions' as well as individuals' rights to practice according to their own religions and belief systems regardless of outside influences. Source: https://hitesforcongress.com/church-state/ |
| Separation of Church and State | For | Hites believes that religion should be kept out of law and government and left up to individuals to pursue or not pursue for themselves. Source: https://hitesforcongress.com/church-state/ |
| Slavery Reparations | Unknown | No clear stance on issue. |
| Border Control | For | Hites supports a strong border control policy, including the building of the wall, zero amnesty for immigrants, and the elimination of "sanctuary cities." Source: https://hitesforcongress.com/immigration-reform-is-required-for-the-protection-of-citizens-rights/, https://hitesforcongress.com/ Hites values strict adherence to the law of the land and as such, advocates for strong border security and compliance with immigration laws. She does not support amnesty or the expansion of rights to individuals who are not citizens, regardless of where they were born or how long they have been in the United States. Source: https://hitesforcongress.com/immigration-reform-is-required-for-the-protection-of-citizens-rights/, https://hitesforcongress.com/ |
| Passenger Profiling | Unknown | No clear stance on issue. |
| DACA | Against | Hites has expressed sympathy for DREAMERs, but upholds that the law does not recognize them as citizens and therefore they should not be granted citizenship or citizen's rights. Source: https://hitesforcongress.com/immigration-reform-is-required-for-the-protection-of-citizens-rights/ |
| Sanctuary Cities | Against | Hites is strongly opposed to sanctuary cities, seeing them as unsafe and defiant of U.S. laws. She advocates penalties for states and cities that violate the law by declaring themselves as having or being sanctuary cities. Source: https://hitesforcongress.com/immigration-reform-is-required-for-the-protection-of-citizens-rights/ |
| Legalizing Marijuana | Unknown | No clear stance on issue. |