2022 Alabama Senate race: debates and news coverage


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Abortion     Will Boyd: Funding for organizations providing women's healthcare.     Mike Durant: 100% pro-life, overturn Roe v. Wade; opposes choice.     Lynda Blanchard: Sanctity of life for all God's children, born and unborn.

Budget & Economy     Mike Durant: Cut costs, cut programs, get to a balanced budget.     Terri Sewell: Frontline cities need more direct COVID assistance.     Jessica Taylor: I'm a big supporter of the free market.     Mo Brooks: 2010: Trend towards socialism will bankrupt America.

Civil Rights     Will Boyd: Close the gender wage gap & champion race relations.     Will Boyd: Add LGBTQIA to the Civil Rights Act of 1965.     Mike Durant: Radicals redefine American values with Critical Race Theory.     Katie Britt: Supports equality of opportunity, not equality of outcome.     Lynda Blanchard: Radical attempts to force transgender agenda an abomination.     Lynda Blanchard: No one can choose gender because God made that choice.     Terri Sewell: Backed Congressional Medal for 1963 church bombing victims.     John Merrill: 2016: Recognized by the ACLU as the Champion for Democracy.     Mo Brooks: 2014: Democrats wage war on whites.

Corporations     Mo Brooks: Stay out of politics or adopt pro-America positions.

Crime     Will Boyd: Seek equal sentences for equal justice.     Mo Brooks: Stand up for law and order, back law enforcement community.

Drugs     Mo Brooks: Allow doctors and patients right-to-try medical marijuana.

Education     Will Boyd: Ensure that no public dollars go to support private schools.     Will Boyd: Close gap between cost of living and cost of education.     Jessica Taylor: Will end brainwashing of children with Critical Race Theory.

Energy & Oil     Will Boyd: Invest in renewable energy, but include coal in the mix.     Brandaun Dean: For Green New Deal, reparations won't help living in bubbles.     Lynda Blanchard: Democrats trying to force Green New Deal on American People.     Lynda Blanchard: Climate fanatics are no better than snake oil salesman.     Jessica Taylor: Let the private sector handle climate change.

Environment     Will Boyd: Ensure access to clean drinking water and clean air for all.     Terri Sewell: League of Conservation Voters: highest score from Alabama.

Families & Children     Will Boyd: Oppose efforts to limit Family and Medical Leave Act.     Lynda Blanchard: Improved the lives of thousands of families in 16 countries.     Lynda Blanchard: An advocate for people with special needs.

Foreign Policy     Lynda Blanchard: Ambassadors bring bilateral relationships to next level.

Free Trade     Will Boyd: Oppose agreements without recognized workers' rights.     Mike Durant: 100% pro-Trump, wants to get tougher with China on trade.     Jessica Taylor: For free trade, but China has been a bad actor.

Government Reform     Will Boyd: Support all efforts to end voter suppression.     Mike Durant: We were robbed of Trump's second term; can't happen again.     Katie Britt: Fight senseless federal regulations, overreach and red tape.     Lynda Blanchard: Election reform bill is a socialist wish list.     Lynda Blanchard: DC statehood & Court-packing are power grabs.     Mo Brooks: Democrats stole election: pretty much it for our country.     Terri Sewell: Voting Rights Act protects voices of the minority.

Gun Control     Mike Durant: Will fight for Constitutional Carry, opposes red flag laws.     Lynda Blanchard: Against restrictions on the 2nd Amendment.     Lynda Blanchard: Executive order an assault on law abiding gun owners.     Mo Brooks: Socialists hope for mass gun confiscations.     Will Boyd: I want you to have as many guns as you want.

Health Care     Will Boyd: Support a health care program affordable to all.     Mike Durant: Opposes mask and vaccine mandates; should be free choice.     Jessica Taylor: Would vote to repeal the Affordable Care Act.

Homeland Security     Mike Durant: Strong national defense force important to Alabama economy.     Lynda Blanchard: Ending transgender ban will turn military into MTV show.

Immigration     Will Boyd: Pathway to citizenship; undocumented shouldn't have to leave.     Mike Durant: Build the wall, no pathway to citizenship for "illegals".     Brandaun Dean: As mayor, declared Brighton, Alabama a sanctuary city.     Lynda Blanchard: Trump not to blame for border crisis; build the wall!     Mo Brooks: Don't flood labor market with cheap foreign labor.

Jobs     Will Boyd: Support Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act.     Will Boyd: Raise minimum wage to $20, then to a Living Wage.     Lynda Blanchard: Dangerous socialists try to force workers into unions.     Mo Brooks: Mandate employers use E-Verify with harsh penalties.     Terri Sewell: Supports Amazon workers voting on whether to unionize.

Principles & Values     Mike Durant: America is a beacon of hope and freedom for entire world.     Jessica Taylor: Flames of liberty make our country a shining city on a hill.     Brandaun Dean: I am Christian, I am open to other faiths.     Katie Britt: Jesus Christ most important thing in life, then family.     Lynda Blanchard: Seek divine guidance in all we do, including government.     Lynda Blanchard: MAGA Agenda here to stay; it's America First.     Mo Brooks: Trump endorsement: Brooks has COURAGE and FIGHT.     Mo Brooks: Spoke at rally: start taking down names and kicking ass.     Lynda Blanchard: Culture war will be won or lost over "transgender agenda".     Terri Sewell: Black women need a seat at the table.     John Merrill: Eagle Scout and involved with Boy Scouts of America.     Terri Sewell: Received Princeton distinguished public service award.     Terri Sewell: More things that combine and bind us than separate us.

Social Security     Will Boyd: Oppose privatization of Social Security; protect benefits.     Mo Brooks: Introduced No Social Security for Illegal Aliens Act.

Tax Reform     Katie Britt: Signed pledge: will not support any tax increases.

Technology     Mike Durant: Big Tech has censored the voices of conservatives.

War & Peace     Mike Durant: Held as POW in Somalia when his Blackhawk was shot down.     Mike Durant: Should have declared victory in Afghanistan.

Click for quotations from other sources by: Brandaun Dean Democratic Senate Challenger Alabama Jessica Taylor Republican Senate Challenger Alabama John Merrill Republican Senate Challenger Alabama Katie Britt Republican Challenger Alabama Lynda Blanchard Alabama Republican Challenger Mike Durant Republican Challenger Alabama Mo Brooks Republican Challenger Alabama Terri Sewell Democrat U.S. Rep Alabama-7 Will Boyd Democratic Senate Challenger Alabama