Martha McSally
Bio | Martha McSally is a US Air Force combat veteran who currently serves as a Senator for the state of Arizona. She has held this position since 2018. |
Status and Position | Former US Senator of Arizona |
Political Party and Jurisdiction | Republican, Arizona |
Elections | Election Jurisdiction | Started Campaign | Campaign Status | Poll Rankings (of the vote) |
| 2020 Senate Election Arizona 1 | Arizona 1 | Yes | Running | 45.0% |
Campaign Financing | McSally has been fined for campaign finance violations. She accepts campaign contributions from corporations and PACs. |
Voting Rights | McSally has not made voting rights a focus of her campaign. |
Opinions on Issues
Issues | Stance | Summary |
| Universal Healthcare | Against | McSally has not embraced proposals for universal healthcare. McSally has not been an advocate for universal healthcare, and has voted to repeal socialized healthcare initiatives such as the Affordable Care Act. |
| Socialized Healthcare | Against | McSally has voted to repeal the Affordable Care Act, one of the most prominent facets of socialized healthcare in the United States. |
| Private Healthcare | For | McSally would not support abolishing private health insurance. |
| LGBT Rights | Against | McSally has frequently taken opposing positions to pro-LGBT groups on issues of LGBT equality. McSally has been labeled as 'anti-LGBT' by pro-LGBT organizations such as Human Rights Campaign due to her opposition to marriage equality and support for measures that would allow for discrimination against LGBT individuals. |
| Taxes | Against | McSally opposes proposals to increase taxes. McSally voted for GOP tax cuts and has spoken against proposals to increase the federal income tax. |
| Flat Tax Rate | Unknown | Has not spoken either for or against flat rate taxes. McSally voted for GOP tax cuts and has spoken against proposals to increase the federal income tax. |
| Abortion | Against | McSally considers herself to be strongly pro-life and opposes abortion with limited exceptions. McSally opposes abortion, except for in the cases of rape, incest, and extreme risks to the mother's health. |
| Gun Control | Nuance | McSally is neither strongly in favor of or opposed to gun control legislation. McSally has been hesitant to embrace calls for comprehensive gun control, given the precarity of her Senate seat, but has said that she would support legislation to require universal background checks. McSally has also received a considerable amount of money from the NRA, which may contribute to her hesitancy to support sweeping gun reform. |
| Assisted Suicide | Unknown | McSally has not articulated a clear position on this topic. McSally has been hesitant to embrace calls for comprehensive gun control, given the precarity of her Senate seat, but has said that she would support legislation to require universal background checks. McSally has also received a considerable amount of money from the NRA, which may contribute to her hesitancy to support sweeping gun reform. |
| Government Interference | Against | McSally is generally opposed to big government. |
| Planned Parenthood | Against | McSally opposes the federal funding of Planned Parenthood, and has said that she does not believe that many of its services, including contraception services and HIV testing, do not qualify as 'actual healthcare'. |
| Welfare | For | McSally supports several welfare programs. McSally has spoken in specific support of Social Security and Medicare. |
| Welfare | Unknown | McSally has not articulated a specific position on this issue. |
| Death Penalty | For | McSally believes the death penalty should be on the table for certain crimes. McSally introduced legislation that would expedite the capital punishment process for perpetrators of mass violence. |
| Mandatory Prison Sentence | Unknown | McSally has not articulated her position on this specific issue. |
| Military Spending | For | McSally has advocated for increased spending on a number of defense programs. |
| War on Terrorism | Unknown | McSally has not made her position on the War on Terror clear. |
| Foreign Policy International Interaction | For | McSally has advocated for international trade interaction. McSally was a supporter of NAFTA. |
| United Nations power | Unknown | McSally is neither a vocal supporter of or opponent to the United Nations. |
| Nationalism | Against | Has expressed concerns about the role of rising nationalist sentiment in domestic terrorism incidents. |
| Free Markets | For | McSally supports international free trade. McSally has spoken against the use of tariffs and has previously supported free trade agreements such as NAFTA. |
| Brexit | For | McSally signed a letter pledging to support the United Kingdom throughout the process of leaving the European Union. |
| Affirmative Action | Unknown | McSally has not been outspoken on this topic. |
| Government Spending | Nuance | While McSally supports defense spending, she has also opposed increasing government spending on some social programs. |
| Charter Schools | For | McSally has a history of supporting charter schools in Arizona. |
| Common Core | Against | McSally reportedly opposes Common Core standards, although this has not been a focus in her policymaking. N/A |
| Clean Energy | For | McSally supports efforts to incentivise the production and use of renewable energy. McSally was one of the Senators to introduce the Public Land Renewable Energy Development Act of 2019, which would incentivise the development of renewable energy. |
| Religious Freedom | For | McSally believes that religious freedom is an essential right. McSally supports religious freedom, but does not believe that it should be used as a basis for discrimination. |
| Separation of Church and State | For | McSally supports the separation of church and state. |
| Slavery Reparations | Unknown | McSally has not made her position on reparations for slavery clear. |
| Border Control | For | As a Senator from a border state, McSally sees border security as a priority. McSally has advocated for both technological and physical border security solutions. |
| Passenger Profiling | Unknown | McSally has not spoken specifically on this issue. |
| DACA | Against | McSally believes that President Obama's implementation of the DACA program was inappropriate, and that Congress should draft legislation to address the status of DREAMers. |
| Sanctuary Cities | Against | McSally opposed an initiative to transform Tucson, Arizona into a sanctuary city. |
| Legalizing Marijuana | Against | Voted against legislation that would allow states to legalize marijuana for recreational or medicinal purposes. |