Endorsement Questionnaire
for State Candidates
SO YOU WANT THE ENDORSEMENT OF THE WELLSTONE CLUB
CANDIDATES FOR CALIFORNIA OFFICE
America is experiencing a deep and prolonged recession in which as many
as 25 million people are unemployed or underemployed -- unable to provide
for ourselves and our families. Wholesale cut-backs in the social safety
net, the schools, and basic infrastructure are taking place. The country
is embroiled in three costly and misguided military conflicts. Our nation
is deeply divided on issues of race, class, and gender. We suffer from a
profound loss of direction. We need vision and leadership from elected officials.
The WDRC only endorses registered Democrats who campaign on issues substantially
in accord with our Club values. Based on the demands of the present situation,
and referencing our Club's stated values (see our website http://www.wellstoneclub.org/platform.htm),
please address the following questions, and try to keep each answer to 100
words or less.
ISSUES:
1) What are the three most significant issues in your race.
2) Do you support cuts in the next state budget? Yes __ No ___
If yes, what would you cut?
If no, how would you meet all the state's fiscal
demands?
3) What will you do to protect workers rights?, union rights?, including
public unions, to engage in collective bargaining and political action?
4) What are your legislative priorities ? what is the most important legislation
you will seek to introduce or work to pass?
5) Which California taxes, if any, would you raise?
Which, if any, would you lower?
6) Do you support any changes to Prop 13? Yes ___ No ___
If yes, what changes?
If no, why not?
7) How would you address the crises in our health care
system?
What is your position on single payer (Medicare for All)?
8) Do you support cuts to the state budget? Yes __ No ___
If yes, what would you cut?
If no, how would you meet all the state?s financial
obligations?
9) Do you support public financing of elections? Yes __ No ___
Why or why not?
10) Do you support any limitations on a woman?s reproductive rights?
Yes __ No ___
If yes, what limitations do you support?
11) What are your environmental priorities?
12) Which initiatives on the California ballot do you
support and why?
Which do you oppose and why?
13) How do you propose to work with other legislators and grassroots groups
to collectively strive to reduce the federal military budget and free up
funds for use by the states for job creation, rebuilding the social safety
net, energy development and the like?
14) Which of the issues detailed above will you highlight in your campaign?
YOUR CAMPAIGN:
15) Who are your principal opponents?
16) What is your campaign budget?
17) How much have you raised to date?
18) Who are your major donors? Please list them and state the amount of their
donations to date.
19) How are you building a winning coalition?
20) What is your record of activity on the issues listed in this questionnaire
and grassroots politics?
21) Which of your political activities define you as a progressive?
22) Do you commit to designating yourself as a ?Democrat? on the ballot?
Thank you for completing this questionnaire. Following an established WDRC
multi-step process, you will be notified whether you will be considered for
an endorsement by the WDRC. This questionnaire will be retained in Club files.
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