State Candidate Survey

In anticipation of the GeneralElection on Tuesday, November 6, 2012, Oklahomans For Life asked the twelve questions below of candidates for the Corporation Commission and for the Oklahoma State Senate and the Oklahoma State House of Representatives. The most important question is No. 1, and the candidate’s answer to that question is written in capital letters. (We asked Corporation Commission candidates, who could not literally “vote for” these measures, to indicate whether they “support” them.) For House and Senate races, the counties or partial counties (marked by an asterisk) in the district are indicated after the district number. The initial after a candidate’s name represents party affiliation (Republican, Democrat, or Independent). On each question, a “yes” answer indicates agreement with the position of Oklahomans For Life.

1)Upon reversal of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision, will you vote for a law that would protect the lives of unborn children and prohibit abortion except to prevent the death of the mother?

Yes____No____

2)If efforts to enact such a law failed, will you vote for a law that would prohibit abortion except when necessary to prevent the death of the mother, or when the pregnancy is the result of forcible rape (reported to law enforcement authorities within seven days), or when the pregnancy resulted from an act of incest committed against a minor (with the perpetrator reported to law enforcement authorities)?

Yes____No____

3)Oklahoma’s current parental involvement law which applies to minors’ abortions allows a judicial bypass – approval from a judge – in place of notification of a parent of a minor child prior to an abortion. There is anecdotal evidence of pro-abortion organizations and the abortion industry itself funneling minor girls to specific judges they have identified as being supportive of facilitating abortions on minors without parental knowledge or consent. Would you vote for a law that would require that one parent of a minor must be notified before an abortion can be performed on her and which would eliminate from our current law the judicial bypass procedure that allows a pro-abortion judge to rubber-stamp a minor’s abortion without either of the girl’s parents even being aware that she is contemplating an abortion?

Yes____No____

4)Will you support the Personhood Act, based on a Missouri law that was upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court, which affirms that, “The life of each human being begins at conception,” and that, “The laws of this State shall be interpreted…to acknowledge on behalf of the unborn child at every stage of development, all the rights, privileges, and immunities available to other persons, citizens, and residents of this State”?

Yes____No____

5)The right to life of human beings must be respected at every stage of their biological development. Nevertheless, some have proposed taking living human embryos from in vitro fertilization clinics and harvesting their stem cells, thereby killing these embryonic human beings. While we support research on stem cells obtained without killing human embryos – e.g., stem cells harvested from umbilical-cord blood or from adult tissue – we oppose killing embryonic human beings. Would you vote for a law to protect living human embryos from being used for medical experiments that harm or kill them, including so-called “embryonic stem-cell research” that would require the killing of human embryos?

Yes____No____

6)Recently, there have been attempts in several states to pass a state Equal Rights Amendment which would amend the state Constitution to invalidate any law or government policy that discriminates “on account of sex.” In some of the states that have already added this or similar provisions to their state constitutions, courts have used them to invalidate limits on abortion. The New Mexico Supreme Court, e.g., in 1998 unanimously ruled that the New Mexico ERA required state funding of abortion. We oppose the ERA unless an “abortion neutralization” amendment is added to ensure that the ERA will not change abortion policy in any way. The amendment would read: “Nothing in this article [the ERA] shall be construed to grant, secure, or deny any right relating to abortion or the funding thereof.” Would you vote against any proposed ERA if it does not contain this “abortion neutralization” amendment?

Yes____No____

7)Will you oppose the establishing or funding of school-based “health” clinics, unless they are explicitly prohibited from doing abortion counseling or making abortion referrals or referring students to any other entity which counsels for, refers for, or performs abortions?

Yes____No____

8)There is currently an aggressive drive underway to legalize euthanasia and assisted suicide across the United States. Causing the starvation or dehydration deaths of persons with disabilities and of incompetent patients who are deemed to be a burden on others or to have a diminished “quality of life” is the euthanasia movement’s interim goal while they seek eventual public acceptance of killing by lethal injection or by lethal overdose of controlled substances/dangerous drugs. Oklahoma’s Hydration and Nutrition for Incompetent Patients Act protects incompetent persons who have not directed that they be deprived of food and water so they will not be victims of death by starvation or dehydration. Will you oppose any attempt to repeal or weaken this protective law?

Yes____No____

9)Oklahoma law protects against the involuntary denial of life-saving medical treatment by requiring that if a health-care provider’s refusal to comply with a decision made by or on behalf of a patient to receive life-saving medical treatment would, in reasonable medical judgment, be likely to result in the patient’s death, then the health-care provider must provide the life-saving treatment pending transfer of the patient to a willing provider. Will you oppose any attempt to repeal or weaken this protective law? Yes____ No____

10)Will you support legislation requiring that a health care provider shall not deny to a patient a life-preserving health care service the provider provides to other patients, and the provision of which is directed by the patient or a person authorized to make health care decisions for the patient: 1)On the basis of a view that treats extending the life of an elderly, disabled, or terminally ill individual as of lower value than extending the life of an individual who is younger, nondisabled, or not terminally ill; or 2)On the basis of disagreement with how the patient or person authorized to make health care decisions for the patient values the tradeoff between extending the length of the patient’s life and the risk of disability?

Yes____No____

11)Oklahoma’s advance directive (living will) law recognizes the particular importance of food and water. In order to ensure truly informed consent, our law requires a separately-initialed paragraph in an advance directive in order for artificial administration of food and water to be rejected. Some proposals have been made that would, instead, combine food and water with “medical treatment” such as respirators or surgery, so that choosing to forego life-sustaining medical treatment would be assumed to mean the individual wanted to die by starvation and dehydration. In order to avoid confusion and protect individuals who expect to die from their underlying illness or injury, not from starvation or dehydration, will you vote against any bill that would repeal or weaken the existing requirement for a separately-initialed provision in an advance directive to indicate the rejection of food and water?

Yes____No____

12)Will you oppose the legalization of lethal prescriptions or lethal injections to intentionally kill an innocent person or to “assist” someone in committing suicide (“active euthanasia”)?

Yes____No____

Oklahoma Statewide Candidates

Question numbers / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10 / 11 / 12

CORPORATION COMMISSIONER (FULL TERM)

Bob Anthony / R / NO / yes / yes / - / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes

CORPORATION COMMISSIONER (SHORT TERM)

Patrice Douglas / R / Survey not returned to us

Oklahoma State Senate Candidates

(To learn your Senate District number, go to our website and click on “Find Your Legislators,” then enter your address and scroll down to State Senator. The district number appears just below “District Info.” Or you could phone your County Election Board and tell them your address.)

Question numbers / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10 / 11 / 12

DISTRICT 1 - Craig, *Delaware, *Mayes, Ottawa

Charles Wyrick / D / Survey not returned to us

DISTRICT 3–Adair, *Cherokee, *Delaware, *Mayes, *Rogers

Wayne Shaw / R / YES / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes
Jim Bynum / D / Survey not returned to us

DISTRICT 5 - *Atoka, Choctaw, *LeFlore, McCurtain, Pushmataha

Howard Houchen / R / YES / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes
Jerry Ellis / D / YES / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes

DISTRICT 7 – Haskell, *Hughes, Latimer, *Okfuskee, Pittsburg

Larry Boggs / R / YES / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes
J. Paul Lane / D / Survey not returned to us

DISTRICT 9 – *Cherokee, *Muskogee

Barney S Taylor / R / NO / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes
Earl Garrison / D / YES / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes

DISTRICT 11 – *Osage, *Tulsa

Dave Bell / R / YES / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes
Jabar Shumate / D / Survey not returned to us
Curtis J. Mullins / I / Survey not returned to us

DISTRICT 13 – *Garvin, *Hughes, Pontotoc, *Pottawatomie, *Seminole

Fred E Smith / R / Survey not returned to us
Susan Paddack / D / YES / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes

DISTRICT 15 – *Cleveland, *Oklahoma

Rob Standridge / R / YES / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes
Claudia Griffith / D / Survey not returned to us

DISTRICT 17 – *Oklahoma, *Pottawatomie

Ron Sharp / R / YES / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes

DISTRICT 19 –Alfalfa, Garfield, Grant, *Kay

Patrick Anderson / R / Survey not returned to us

DISTRICT 21 –Payne

Jim Halligan / R / Survey not returned to us

DISTRICT 23 –*Canadian, *Grady, *Kingfisher

Ron Justice / R / Survey not returned to us

DISTRICT 25 -- *Tulsa

Mike Mazzei / R / YES / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes

DISTRICT 27 – Beaver, Cimarron, Dewey, Ellis, Harper, Major, Texas,

Woods,Woodward

A. Bryce Marlatt / R / YES / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes
Tommy W. Nicholson / I / Survey not returned to us

DISTRICT 29 – Nowata, *Rogers, Washington

John W. Ford / R / Survey not returned to us

DISTRICT 31 – *Comanche, Cotton, Jefferson, *Stephens, Tillman

Don Barrington / R / Survey not returned to us
Tony Terrill / D / Survey not returned to us

DISTRICT 33 –*Tulsa

Nathan Dahm / R / YES / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes

DISTRICT 35 – *Tulsa

Gary Stanislawski / R / Survey not returned to us

DISTRICT 37 - *Tulsa

Dan Newberry / R / YES / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes

DISTRICT 39 – *Tulsa

Brian A. Crain / R / YES / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes
Julie Hall / D / Survey not returned to us

DISTRICT 41 –*Oklahoma

Clark Jolley / R / YES / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes
Richard Prawdzienski / I / Survey not returned to us

DISTRICT 43 – *Garvin, *Grady, McClain, *Stephens

Corey Brooks / R / YES / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes
Mike Fullerton / D / Survey not returned to us

DISTRICT 45 – *Canadian, *Cleveland, *Oklahoma

Kyle D. Loveless / R / YES / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes

DISTRICT 47 – *Oklahoma

Greg Treat / R / YES / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes

Oklahoma State House of

Representatives Candidates

(To learn your House District number, go to our website and click on “Find Your Legislators,” then enter your address and scroll down to State Representative. The district number appears just below “District Info.” Or you could phone your County Election Board and tell them your address.)

Question numbers / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10 / 11 / 12

DISTRICT 1 - *LeFlore, McCurtain

Curtis McDaniel / D / Survey not returned to us

DISTRICT 2 - *Sequoyah

John R. Bennett / R / YES / no / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes
Rick Agent / D / Survey not returned to us

DISTRICT 3 - *LeFlore

Roger Mattox / R / YES / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes
James H Lockhart / D / - / yes / yes / - / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes

DISTRICT 4 - *Cherokee

Mike Brown / D / Survey not returned to us

DISTRICT 5 - *Delaware, *Mayes

Douglas G. Cox / R / Survey not returned to us

DISTRICT 6 – Craig, *Mayes, *Rogers

Chuck Hoskin / D / Survey not returned to us

DISTRICT 7 - *Delaware, Ottawa

Larry Glenn / D / Survey not returned to us

DISTRICT 8 - *Mayes, *Rogers, *Wagoner

Ben Sherrer / D / Survey not returned to us

DISTRICT 9 - *Rogers

Marty L. Quinn / R / Survey not returned to us

DISTRICT 10 – Nowata, *Osage, *Washington

Steve Martin / R / Survey not returned to us

DISTRICT 11 - *Rogers, *Tulsa, *Washington

Earl Sears / R / YES / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes

DISTRICT 12 - *Wagoner

David Tackett / R / YES / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes
Wade Rousselot / D / YES / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes

DISTRICT 13 - *McIntosh, *Muskogee

Jerry McPeak / D / Survey not returned to us

DISTRICT 14 - *Cherokee, *Muskogee

Arthur Hulbert / R / YES / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes
Jerry Rains / D / Survey not returned to us

DISTRICT 15 - *Haskell, *LeFlore, *McIntosh, *Muskogee, *Pittsburg,

*Sequoyah

Ed Cannaday / D / Survey not returned to us

DISTRICT 16 - *Muskogee, *Okmulgee, *Tulsa, *Wagoner

James Delso / R / Survey not returned to us
Jerry Shoemake / D / YES / yes / yes / no / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes

DISTRICT 17 - Latimer, *LeFlore, *Pittsburg

Brian Renegar / D / Survey not returned to us

DISTRICT 18 - Coal, *Hughes, *McIntosh, *Pittsburg

Donald A. Condit / D / Survey not returned to us

DISTRICT 19 – *Atoka, *Bryan, Choctaw, Pushmataha

R.C. Pruett / D / Survey not returned to us

DISTRICT 20 – *Cleveland, *Garvin, *McClain, *Pottawatomie

Bobby Cleveland / R / YES / yes / yes / yes / yes / - / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes
Matt Branstetter / D / Survey not returned to us

DISTRICT 21 - *Bryan

Dustin Roberts / R / Survey not returned to us
Jerry L. Tomlinson / D / Survey not returned to us

DISTRICT 22 - *Atoka, *Garvin, Johnston, *Murray

Charles A. McCall / R / YES / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes
Doris Anne Row / D / YES / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / - / yes / yes / yes

DISTRICT 23 - *Rogers, *Tulsa, *Wagoner

Terry O'Donnell / R / Survey not returned to us
Shawna Keller / D / Survey not returned to us

DISTRICT 24 - *Hughes, Okfuskee, *Okmulgee

Steve Kouplen / D / Survey not returned to us

DISTRICT 25 - Pontotoc

Todd Thomsen / R / Survey not returned to us

DISTRICT 26 - *Pottawatomie

Justin Freeland Wood / R / YES / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes
Patty Sue Wagstaff / D / Survey not returned to us

DISTRICT 27 - *Cleveland, *Pottawatomie

Josh Cockroft / R / YES / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes
Randy R Gilbert / D / NO / yes / yes / no / yes / yes / no / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes

DISTRICT 28 - *Pottawatomie, Seminole

Tom Newell / R / YES / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes
Marilyn Rainwater / D / Survey not returned to us

DISTRICT 29 - *Creek, *Tulsa

Skye McNiel / R / Survey not returned to us
David W. Narcomey / D / NO / no / - / no / - / - / - / - / - / - / yes / -

DISTRICT 30 - *Creek, *Tulsa

Mark E. McCullough / R / Survey not returned to us

DISTRICT 31 - *Logan, *Oklahoma

Jason W. Murphey / R / YES / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes

DISTRICT 32 – Lincoln, *Logan

Jason Smalley / R / YES / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes
Keith Kinnamon / D / Survey not returned to us

DISTRICT 33 - *Logan, *Payne

Lee R. Denney / R / Survey not returned to us

DISTRICT 34 - *Payne

Cory T. Williams / D / Survey not returned to us

DISTRICT 35 - *Creek, *Noble, *Osage, Pawnee, *Payne

Dennis Casey / R / YES / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes

DISTRICT 36 - *Osage, *Tulsa

Sean Roberts / R / YES / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes
Jim Massey / D / YES / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes

DISTRICT 37 - *Kay, *Osage

Steven E. Vaughan / R / YES / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes
Nancy L. Niemann / D / Survey not returned to us

DISTRICT 38 - *Garfield, Grant, *Kay, *Logan, *Noble

Dale R. DeWitt / R / Survey not returned to us

DISTRICT 39 - *Oklahoma

Marian Cooksey / R / YES / yes / yes / - / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes

DISTRICT 40 - *Garfield

Mike Jackson / R / Survey not returned to us

DISTRICT 41 - *Canadian, *Garfield, *Kingfisher, *Oklahoma

John T. Enns / R / YES / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes

DISTRICT 42 - *Garvin, *McClain

Lisa J. Billy / R / Survey not returned to us
Steven Vines / D / Survey not returned to us

DISTRICT 43 - *Canadian

Colby Schwartz / R / Survey not returned to us

DISTRICT 44 - *Cleveland

Emily Virgin / D / Survey not returned to us

DISTRICT 45 - *Cleveland

Aaron Stiles / R / YES / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes
Paula Roberts / D / Survey not answered and returned to us

DISTRICT 46 - *Cleveland

Scott Martin / R / Survey not returned to us

DISTRICT 47 - *Canadian, *Grady

Leslie Kathryn Osborn / R / YES / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes
Leon A Pivinski / D / Survey not returned to us

DISTRICT 48 - *Carter, *Garvin, *Murray

Patrick Ownbey / R / YES / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes
Brian Spencer / D / Survey not returned to us

DISTRICT 49 - *Carter, Love, Marshall