2020 Minnesota US Senate Voters Guide
Jason Lewis (R) vs Tina Smith (D)
The Candidates
Ban. Is anti-abortion, and “believes life begins at conception.” Supports making Hyde Amendment permanent.
Keep legal. Women should “have the freedom to decide when and how to raise a family.”
No. Supports Citizen United decision. Says courts have “previously struck down laws limiting campaign spending.”
Yes. Co-sponsored DISCLOSE Act, requiring campaign groups to disclose donors’ names. Would reverse Citizens United decision.
No. Says “market forces and technology” can control carbon emissions. Opposes carbon tax. Voted to weaken environmental regulation.
Yes. Emphasizes incentives for renewable energy more than taxes or limits. Helped introduce the Clean Economy Act in 2020.
Wait. Current rush to replace Ginsburg—after 10-month blocking of Obama from nominating Scalia’s successor—is “hypocrisy.” See CEEP Supreme Court guide.
Yes. Has questioned accuracy of COVID death statistics and launched campaign and lawsuit over shutdowns in MN. Says “small mom and pops” suffer economically from shutdown.
Loosen. Opposes carbon tax and argues “the hard environmental left” is hampering the state’s energy, mining, and logging industries.
Loosen. Voted to roll back parts of Dodd-Frank and to repeal guidance to help consumers prevent markups on auto loans.
Yes. Supports “common-sense gun laws” to keep guns from criminals and some other individuals. Would ban bump stocks, assault weapons and high-capacity magazines.
No. Voted against funding for the border wall. Supports “fiscally efficient methods to secure our border.”
Yes. Co-sponsored bill directing president not to order attacks without congressional approval. Said she was “gravely concerned” Trump lacked strategy to prevent escalation.
No. Says ruling legalizing marriage equality “would undo the entire state criminal code because we’re all treated unequally.”
Yes. Supports “marriage equality” and “LGBTQ equality.”
Can legalize state by state, not federally. Supports states’ rights to determine their marijuana policies without federal interference.
Yes. Co-sponsored legislation to raise federal minimum wage to $15 by 2024, which would “raise the wages of nearly 40 million people.”
Yes. Opposed proposal to block state family planning grants to Planned Parenthood
Yes. Voted against arms sales to Saudi Arabia.
Yes. Voted for the tax cuts and has said about the bill that “rarely has one piece of legislation been so successful so quickly.”
Yes. Supports comprehensive police-reform legislation that would end practices such as choke holds and no-knock warrants.
