Martha E. McSally
Republican | Arizona
Candidate Profile*
Conservative
*Additional information appears below for educational purposes; however, only data received prior to the candidate deadline was considered during Panel Evaluation.
BIOGRAPHY
Name
Martha E. McSally
Party
Republican
Election Year
2020
Election
General
Race
U.S. Senator
Incumbent
Yes
Links
EDUCATION
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WORK & MILITARY
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AFFILIATIONS
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POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
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POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
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Race
Previous Races
SCORECARDS
CONSERVATIVE ORGANIZATIONS
2017-18
100%
2017-18
100%
2019-20
100%
2015-16
100%
2020
100%
2018
100%
2017-2018
100%
2019-20
100%
2020
A
2017-18
100%, 95% (cum.)†
2019-20
94%
2017-18
80%
2019
68%, 73% (cum.)†
2019
66%
2019
0%, 66% (cum.)†
2019
58%
2019
34%, 57% (cum.)†
2019-20
71%, 56% (cum.)†
2020
33%, 51% (cum.)†
2019-20
44%, 51% (cum.)†
2019
49% (cum.)†
2019
40% (cum.)†
2019
D
2017-18
|100%
2017-18
|100%
2019-20
|100%
2015-16
|100%
2020
|100%
2018
|100%
2017-2018
|100%
2019-20
|100%
2017-18
|100%, 95% (cum.)†
2019-20
|94%
2017-18
|80%
2019
|68%, 73% (cum.)†
2019
|66%
2019
|0%, 66% (cum.)†
2019
|58%
2019
|34%, 57% (cum.)†
2019-20
|71%, 56% (cum.)†
2020
|33%, 51% (cum.)†
2019-20
|44%, 51% (cum.)†
2019
|49% (cum.)†
2019
|40% (cum.)†
2019
|D
LIBERAL ORGANIZATIONS
2018
C
2019
44%, 44% (cum.)†
2019
31%
2017-18
25%
2019-20
18%
2017-18
13%
2019
12% (cum.)†
2017
8%, 11% (cum.)†
2018
9%, 6% (cum.)†
2017
0%, 3% (cum.)†
2017
0%
2017-18
0%
2017-18
0%
2017-18
0%
2017-18
0%
2019
0%
2017-18
0%
2018
0%
2018
0%
2019
0%
2019
F
2017-18
0%
2018
|C
2019
|44%, 44% (cum.)†
2019
|31%
2017-18
|25%
2019-20
|18%
2019
|12% (cum.)†
2017
|8%, 11% (cum.)†
2018
|9%, 6% (cum.)†
2017
|0%, 3% (cum.)†
2017
|0%
2017-18
|0%
2017-18
|0%
2017-18
|0%
2017-18
|0%
2017-18
|0%
2018
|0%
2019
|0%
2019
|F
2017-18
|0%
ENDORSEMENTS*
*These endorsements were received after the deadline and were not considered in the Panel Evaluations and are for additional educational purposes only.
CONSERVATIVE (13)
Arizona Free Enterprise Club
Arizona Right to Life Action
Center for Arizona Policy Action (CAP Action)
Citizens United Political Victory Fund
Donald Trump
OTHER (5)
*Business - Industry PAC Action Fund (BIPAC Action Fund)
*Maverick PAC (MavPAC)
Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC PAC)
*SEAL PAC
VIEW PAC
SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS
CONSERVATIVE
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (10)
Citizens for Prosperity in America (2018)
Club for Growth (2020)
Committee to Defend the President (2018)
Great America PAC (2018)
Maggie's List (2020)
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (340)
21st Century Majority Fund (2018)
Acton PAC (2014)
Adam Kinzinger (2017)
Adrian Smith (2013)
Alamo PAC (2019)
LIBERAL
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (1)
Ann Mclane Kuster (2020)
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (7)
ActBlue (2019)
Airline Pilots Association (2019)
American Maritime Officers (2018)
Ann Mclane Kuster (2020)
National Air Traffic Controllers Association (2019)
OTHER INFORMATION
QUESTIONNAIRE
RIGHT TO LIFE
Human life begins at conception and deserves legal protection at every stage until natural death.
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iVoterGuide Notes:
"I'm pro-life." She voted to ban abortion after 20 weeks with exceptions for rape, incest, & life of the mother. She voted to defund Planned Parenthood and opposes providing any direct or indirect federal funding to Planned Parenthood and other entities that provide abortions. She supports requiring a health care practitioner to provide medical care to a baby born alive who survives an attempted abortion. She voted in favor of HR 4712 - Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act. (votesmart.org) "Today, I voted to move the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act forward in the Senate. There's no situation in which killing a newborn child should be legal, including when a child is born alive during an attempted abortion." (twitter.com)
Abortion providers, including Planned Parenthood, should not receive taxpayer funds or grants from federal, state, or local governments.
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I support the Born Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, which requires health care providers to provide life-saving treatment for infants who survive an attempted abortion.
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Under what circumstances should abortion be allowed?
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iVoterGuide Notes:
Her exceptions are rape, incest and the life of the mother.
ECONOMY
It is the government’s responsibility to ensure everyone has a livable income.
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Free enterprise and the right to private property are essential elements of a productive economic system.
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iVoterGuide Notes:
“It is critical Arizona has leaders and policy makers who are able to articulate and stand up for free market principles and pro-growth policies. This slate of candidates has proven they can and will.” Arizona Free Enterprise Club National Taxpayers Union (NTU) is leading 20 organizations, representing millions of taxpayers, consumers, and free market advocates across the country, in supporting the CREATE JOBS Act from Sens. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Martha McSally (R-AZ). This pro-growth legislation would strengthen America's economic recovery efforts, and the coalition is urging Senators to co-sponsor the bill and press for its inclusion in a future COVID-19 package.
How would you guarantee Social Security benefits for future generations?
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What government spending would you reduce in order to balance the budget?
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Under what circumstances should taxpayers help pay off existing student loans?
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RELIGIOUS LIBERTY
Governments should not discriminate against individuals, organizations or small businesses because of their belief that marriage is only a union of one man and one woman.
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iVoterGuide Notes:
She supports protecting individuals and businesses from being required to provide services or use their artistic expression in a manner that violates their moral or religious beliefs." Philosophically, I believe marriage is between one man and one woman, and it should be left to the states." She accepts same-sex marrage as the law.
Religious liberty is at risk in the United States and deserves the highest level of protection in the law.
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iVoterGuide Notes:
She opposes extending the 1982 deadline for ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. She supports protecting individuals and businesses from being required to provide services or use their artistic expression in a manner that violates their moral or religious beliefs.
I promise to protect the freedom of Christians to share the Gospel and to practice Biblical principles.
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What does "separation of church and state" mean to you?
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HEALTHCARE
It is the government’s responsibility to ensure everyone has health insurance.
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iVoterGuide Notes:
She supports repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare"). She supports flexibility for states, instead of federal one-size-fits-all. "Of course I will always protect those with preexisting conditions. Always." "ObamaCare, which was flawed from the beginning, is collapsing under its own weight." She says it should be replaced with a different plan based on bringing down costs & increasing competition. She believes that only private companies should provide healthcare insurance.
I support the elimination of private healthcare insurance.
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How would you promote healthcare coverage that is adequate, affordable and accessible for all?
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NATIONAL SECURITY
The best way to maintain peace is through a strong military.
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What should the United States do to help eradicate the threat of radical Islamic terrorism?
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IMMIGRATION
I am in favor of construction of a wall and other necessary infrastructure on our border that gives complete control over entering and exiting the United States.
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) should be abolished.
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State and federal funds should be denied to any public or private entity, including but not limited to sanctuary cities, that are not in compliance with immigration laws.
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iVoterGuide Notes:
She supports denying federal funding to “sanctuary cities” that do not comply with federal immigration laws.
Employers should be required to use E-verify to confirm the eligibility of their employees to work in the United States.
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Who should be allowed to immigrate to the U.S. and under what circumstances?
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EDUCATION
Taxpayer-funded public education should be guaranteed through college.
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iVoterGuide Notes:
She supports education vouchers. She backed SOAR Act to help DC students attend private schools. She supports enacting federal tax credits for donations to state-based scholarship programs to provide educational options such as private or homeschools.
VALUES
Judeo-Christian values established a framework of morality which is necessary for our system of limited government.
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I support adding sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression as protected classes in non-discrimination laws.
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iVoterGuide Notes:
She opposes adding “sexual orientation", “gender identity", and “gender expression” to the protected classes of race, religion, age, sex, and ancestry in nondiscrimination law. She supported the Maloney Amendment which would have ratified President Obama's 2014 executive order barring federal contractors from what it describes as "discrimination" on the basis of "sexual orientation and gender identity" in their private employment policies. In practice, it would have required federal contractors to grant biologically male employees who identify as women unfettered access to women's lockers, showers, and bathrooms. .
Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
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ABOUT YOU
When you consider your views on a wide range of issues from economic and social matters to foreign policy and immigration, which of the following best describes you overall?
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Please provide publicly available information validating your answer to the previous question.
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Have you ever been convicted of a felony or been penalized for sexual misconduct? If so, please explain.
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Is there anything else you would like voters to know about you?
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE & PUBLIC SAFETY
Mandatory minimum sentencing should be required and enforced for violent crimes.
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2ND AMENDMENT
What restrictions on gun ownership are needed to protect public safety?
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OTHER IMPORTANT ISSUES
I support BDS (boycott, divestment, and sanction) against Israel if they refuse to allow the creation of a Palestinian state.
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I support the legalization of recreational marijuana.
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Reparations should be given to people on the basis of race.
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The Electoral College should be abolished.
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In priority order, what three areas of legislation do you propose to author or sponsor if elected?
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Is racism a threat to domestic security in the United States? Why or why not?
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