John Boozman
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Status and Position | Current US Senator of Arkansas |
Political Party and Jurisdiction | Republican, Arkansas |
Elections | Election Jurisdiction | Started Campaign | Campaign Status | Poll Rankings (of the vote) |
| 2022 Senate Election Arkansas 2 | Arkansas 2 | No | N/A | N/A |
Campaign Financing | Raised over $4 million with the majority of contributors being from health professionals and leadership PACS |
Voting Rights | Has not made a public statement regarding this matter |
Opinions on Issues
Issues | Stance | Summary |
| Universal Healthcare | Against | Opposes universal healthcare Opposes universal healthcare |
| Socialized Healthcare | Against | Opposes socialized health care |
| Private Healthcare | For | Believes that the role of patients and health providers must be protected |
| LGBT Rights | Against | Has not supported legislation that protects the LGBT community Has voted against the Employment Non Discrimination Act that would protect the LGBT community from discrimination |
| Taxes | Against | Supports legislation that reduces taxes Voted for retaining reduced taxes on capital gains and dividends, and providing tax relief and simplification |
| Flat Tax Rate | Unknown | Has not made a public statement regarding this matter Voted for retaining reduced taxes on capital gains and dividends, and providing tax relief and simplification |
| Abortion | Against | Has supported legislation that supports abortion Has voted on legislation that restricts interstate transports for minors to get abortion, making it a crime to harm a fetus during another crime, and banning partial birth abortion except to save the life of a mother. |
| Gun Control | For | Supports legislation that supports gun use Voted yes on prohibiting suing gunmakers and sellers for gun misuse |
| Assisted Suicide | Unknown | Has not made a public statement regarding this matter Voted yes on prohibiting suing gunmakers and sellers for gun misuse |
| Government Interference | Unknown | Has not made a public stance on this matter |
| Planned Parenthood | Unknown | Has recently called for an investigation on planned parenthood |
| Welfare | Nuance | Has voted for legislation for and against welfare Voted no on providing $70 million for Section 8 Housing vouchers, but voted yes for promoting work and marriage among TANF recipients |
| Welfare | Against | Voted against stem cell research |
| Death Penalty | For | Supports the death penalty Voted yes for implementing the death penalty |
| Mandatory Prison Sentence | Unknown | Has not made a public stance on this matter |
| Military Spending | Against | Believes that Congress should impose a balanced budget on spending due to the increase in national debt |
| War on Terrorism | For | Voted yes on authorizing military force in Iraq and believes that a strong military is a very important first line of defense along with domestic security |
| Foreign Policy International Interaction | For | Believes it critical to negotiate and benefit from trade deals with other countries Voted yes on cooperating with India as a nuclear power |
| United Nations power | For | Voted yes on reforming the UN by restricting US Funding |
| Nationalism | Unknown | Has not made a public stance on this matter |
| Free Markets | For | Advocates for adopting free market principles Supports a reform that allows free market to be practiced |
| Brexit | Unknown | Has not made a public stance on this issue |
| Affirmative Action | mixed | The NAACP scored him a 36% on affirmative action |
| Government Spending | Against | Supports Congress implementing a balanced budget to be cautious on government spending |
| Charter Schools | Unknown | Has not made a public stance on this matter |
| Common Core | Unknown | Has not made a public stance on this matter Has not made a public stance on this matter |
| Clean Energy | For | Believes that we must expand our energy sources to include renewable sources Although he publicly supports clean energy, he has voted against a lot of legislation that implements clean energy |
| Religious Freedom | For | Publicly supports religious freedom He received in "A" rating for promoting international religious freedom |
| Separation of Church and State | Unknown | Has not made a public stance on the matter |
| Slavery Reparations | Unknown | Has not made a public stance on the matter |
| Border Control | Unknown | Has not made a public stance on the matter Has not made a public stance on the matter |
| Passenger Profiling | Unknown | Has not made a public stance on the matter |
| DACA | Unknown | Has not made a public stance on the matter |
| Sanctuary Cities | Unknown | Has not made a public stance on the matter |
| Legalizing Marijuana | Unknown | Has not made a public stance on the matter |