2020 Alabama US Senate Voters Guide
Doug Jones (D) vs Tommy Tuberville (R)
The Candidates
Yes. Fix, not end, Obamacare. Asked Trump to reverse Justice Dept. support for lawsuit seeking to repeal ACA.
No. Calls Obamacare “a failed experiment.” Advocates a “return to the free market.” Supports Health Savings Accounts and companies competing across state lines.
Yes. Backs act to remove barriers to voting, tackle dark money in politics, and “break special interests’ stranglehold” on DC.
No position found.
Yes. Climate change is a scientific reality. “The consequences of our unchecked use of fossil fuels for our planet and our health have been clear for decades. Period.” Invest in renewable energy and conservation, retraining coal miners, and “environmentally friendly” business practices, without “unnecessary and expensive regulations.”
No. Only God changes climate. “You do have a little bit [of] change of weather, but somebody needs to prove to me that it is because we are burning coal or we have cars driving on the streets.” The situation “won’t change enough in the next 400 years to affect anybody. But it [gives] the left an opportunity to scream and yell.”
No. Criticized the administration for failing to ensure adequate nationwide virus testing. Criticized Trump COVID relief executive orders as “more for show than actual help.”
Mixed. “Will support policies that conserve… waterways, lands and wildlife.” Voted against attempt to restore Obama Clean Power Plan.
Loosen. Supports reducing “the size and scope of the federal government.”
Yes. Credits his gay son with helping him to change his views. Co-sponsored anti-discrimination Equality Act.
No. Opposes laws protecting people against discrimination because of sexual orientation.
Mixed. Opposed proposal to roll back restrictions on payday lenders. Voted to relax Dodd-Frank bank rules as too restrictive on smaller banks.
Likely loosen. Strong supporter of “smaller government.” Criticized for being partner in a hedge fund where his partner committed fraud, but points out he also lost money.
No. “Too expensive.” “The last wall … constructed to stop people’s movements between countries was the Berlin Wall. The [U.S.] is better than that.”
Yes. Would give more resources to detention centers and border patrols to fight “illegal immigration that brings drugs, terrorists, and criminals into our country on a daily basis.”
No. Impeachment was a “sham.” “I will stand with President Trump.”
Yes. Co-sponsored Senate resolution requiring congressional approval for sending “our troops into harm’s way.”
No position found.
Legal. Voted against bill to ban abortion after 20 weeks, which “could [lead] to a mother’s death.” Supports “a woman’s freedom to choose what happens to her own body.”
Ban. Only exception to save the life of the mother. Favors state law without exceptions for rape or incest. Abortions may be seen in the future as “this generation’s holocaust.”
States should decide. Take marijuana off federal controlled substances list.
No. Medical use is okay. “If we ever put marijuana on our streets legally, it’s over.”
Yes. Supports “raising the minimum wage to a living wage.”
Likely No. Government shouldn’t be responsible for ensuring everyone has a livable income.
Yes. “Will defend a woman’s access to contraception.” Voted against proposal to defund Planned Parenthood.
No. Abortion providers, including Planned Parenthood, should not receive taxpayer funds.
Unclear. Concerned with the racial gap in student debt, would support forgiveness for work in targeted jobs and locations. Also more apprenticeship programs.
No. Opposes free public college and student loan forgiveness. “One person should not be … paying off someone else’s student loan debts. This doesn’t teach responsibility.”
No. Criticized tax plan. Troubled by “tax breaks for the wealthy …. [and] tax increases or no tax cuts for the middle class.”