
Gary Swing
Liberal
BIOGRAPHY
EDUCATION
University of Colorado, Denver, Masters Public Administration, 1999
University of Colorado, Boulder, BA Political Science, 1991
WORK & MILITARY
Candidate did not provide
AFFILIATIONS
Best Democracy, Spokesperson, Colorado Coalition for Fair and Open Elections
POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
(Candidate did not provide)
POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
US Representative, Arizona 6th Congressional District, 2026-
ENDORSEMENTS
REPORTED BY CANDIDATE (1)
Arizona Green Party
SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS
LIBERAL
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (1)
Green Party (2017)
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (0)
OTHER INFORMATION
Candidate completed Colorado Coalition for a Livable Climate 2024 Candidate Questionnaire on Climate and Clean Energy.
Candidate completed Colorado Coalition for a Livable Climate 2020 Candidate Questionnaire on Climate and Clean Energy.
QUESTIONNAIRE
RIGHT TO LIFE
Human life deserves legal protection from conception until natural death.
Disagree
Human life deserves legal protection from birth until death.
The lives of human embryos created through artificial methods ought to be protected from purposeful destruction.
Disagree
Under what circumstances should an elective abortion be allowed?
Abortion should be allowed in cases involving pregnancy.
Abortion providers, including Planned Parenthood, should receive taxpayer funds from federal, state, or local governments (including Title X grants).
Strongly Agree
The Comstock Act, which bans interstate transportation of abortion-inducing drugs, should be enforced.
Strongly Disagree
ECONOMY
Free enterprise and the right to private property are essential elements of a productive economic system.
Agree
People who can afford to pay more taxes should do so in order to provide relief for working families.
Agree
The government should cut spending in order to reduce the national debt.
Agree
I support cutting the military budget by at least 90 percent.
List your top 3-5 priorities to eliminate government waste.
End all foreign military aid and all foreign military intervention. Shut down all foreign military bases. Abolish nuclear weapons. Abolish ICE. End imprisonment for victimless crimes.
RELIGIOUS LIBERTY
Individuals and businesses should be required to provide services even if it would violate their moral and/or religious beliefs.
Choose not to answer
What does "separation of church and state" mean to you?
Government shall not create an establishment of religion; nor shall it prohibit the free exercise of religion.
HEALTHCARE
What most closely matches your view on healthcare: A) Healthcare for all should be guaranteed and funded by the government with no private healthcare option. (includes "universal healthcare," "medicare for all," etc.) B) Healthcare insurance funded by the government should be available for all who want it, along with private healthcare options. C) Medicaid and Medicare should remain available, but no other taxpayer-funded programs are necessary. D) Taxpayer funded health care should be abolished in all forms, and Medicaid and Medicare should be defunded.
A) I support a single payer, Medicare for All national health insurance system.
The government should keep a database of people with various ongoing medical illnesses to assess the economic burden of treatment.
Disagree
NATIONAL SECURITY
With regard to America's foreign policy, which view most closely resembles yours: A) The United States should intervene whenever freedom is threatened. B) The United States should selectively help countries trying to grow democracy and fight tyranny. C) The United States has become too involved in others' policies and should remain focused on issues regarding our own sovereignty unless in imminent danger. D) The United States should stay out of foreign conflicts completely.
D) The United States military should be strictly limited to non-offensive defense of US territory. I support humanitarian foreign aid including international efforts to end world hunger. I support nonviolent conflict resolution. Permanent membership and veto power in the United Nations Security Council should be eliminated.
The Chinese Communist Party poses serious military, cyber security, intellectual property, and global economic threats to the United States.
Disagree
Is the United States' relationship with Israel important, and if so why?
The United States government has been the primary sponsor of Israeli apartheid and genocide. US aid to Israel should be eliminated. I support international war crimes tribunals to try political and military leaders of both Israel and Hamas for crimes against humanity. I support a one-state solution. A secular government for the territory that includes both present-day Israel and Palestine should be elected by proportional representation, with constitutional protection of civil liberties.
Islamic terrorism is a threat to the United States' national security.
Strongly Disagree
IMMIGRATION
Who should be allowed to immigrate to the U.S. and under what circumstances?
Freedom of travel and migration is a fundamental human right, regardless of nationality. I support open borders. Abolish ICE. End construction of the border wall and dismantle sections that have already been built.
I support the existence of sanctuary cities to protect undocumented persons.
Strongly Agree
EDUCATION
I support eliminating the U.S. Department of Education and giving control back to states and communities.
Strongly Disagree
Foreign governments should be prohibited from funding American education.
Choose not to answer
VALUES
Attempts to physically or socially transition a child to the opposite sex constitute child abuse.
Choose not to answer
Marriage is a God-ordained, sacred and legal union of one man and one woman. No government has the authority to alter this definition.
Strongly Disagree
I firmly believe that marriage is a sacred contract between two or more consenting adults and their online video subscribers.
Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
I am a humanist atheist and a lifelong pacifist.
ELECTIONS AND VOTING
People should be able to vote without photo identification.
Agree
Photo identification is generally required for voter registration. Signature verification is used for verifying mail-in ballots.
EQUALITY
Biological males should not be allowed to participate in women's sports or occupy biological women's spaces whether it be bathrooms, locker rooms, sorority houses, women's shelters, or prison.
Disagree
Government should not be micromanaging people's genitals. These questions should be left to the sports associations, organizations, or facilities concerned.
ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT
What do you believe is the most reliable energy source that will supply the growing demand for electricity?
Transitioning to renewable energy is essential for environmental sustainability. This includes solar, wind, geothermal, and hydroelectric power.
ABOUT YOU
Have you ever been penalized for sexual misconduct in either civil or criminal court? If so, please explain.
No
Have you ever been convicted of a felony? If so, please explain.
No
When you consider your views on a wide range of issues from economic and social matters to foreign policy and religious liberty, which of the following best describes you overall?
Very Liberal
I support the Green values of nonviolence, ecology, grassroots democracy, and social justice.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE & PUBLIC SAFETY
Government has a responsibility to protect children from sexual exploitation during online activities.
Agree
2ND AMENDMENT
What restrictions on gun ownership are needed to protect public safety?
The Second Amendment prohibits Congress from restricting the right to keep and bear arms. I consider the Second Amendment to be an archaic relic of slavery that should be repealed or revised as part of a new constitutional convention. As things stand, Congress lacks the legal authority to address this issue appropriately.
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