
Tara Anura
Democrat | Missouri
Candidate Profile
Liberal
BIOGRAPHY
Name
Tara Anura
Party
Democrat
Election Year
2024
Election
General
Race
State Representative, Dist. 122
Incumbent
No
EDUCATION
Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, BA, 1999
WORK & MILITARY
Rolla Public Library
Texas County Missouri School System
AFFILIATIONS
Phelps County Democratic Committee, Vice-Chair, Democratic Club of Phelps County
member, ProChoice MidMissouri, Founder
POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
Phelps County Democratic Committee Committee Member, 2022-Current
POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
Missouri State Senate District 16, 2022
ENDORSEMENTS
LIBERAL (5)
Missouri AFL-CIO
Pro-Choice Missouri
Planned Parenthood Great Rivers Action
National Organization for Women (Missouri NOW)
Missouri State Women's Political Caucus
REPORTED BY CANDIDATE (3)
MO AFL-CIO
Abortion Action MO
Missouri Women's Political Caucus
SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS
LIBERAL
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (12)
Andrew J. Eye (2024)
Elad Gross (2024)
State Democratic Party Organizations (2024)
Crystal Quade (2023)
Local, County, and District Democratic Organizations (2023)
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (4)
Local, County, and District Democratic Organizations (2024)
Sally Brooks (2024)
Blue Missouri (2022)
Missouri Women's Leadership Coalition (2022)
OTHER INFORMATION
QUESTIONNAIRE
RIGHT TO LIFE
Under what circumstances should an elective abortion be allowed?
Elective abortion to be restricted or banned after Fetal Viability except to protect the life or health of the woman.
Chemical abortion drugs should meet essential safety standards (such as in-person consultation with a medical doctor) and require reporting to gather evidence on reactions and outcomes.
Strongly Agree
These US Supreme Court agress with the FDA that approved abortion drugs are safe. Update, June 21, 2024: The Supreme Court rejected the anti-abortion groups’ lawsuit in a unanimous 9-0 ruling on June 13. The court said the doctors who brought the suit didn’t have legal standing, meaning they didn’t show that they would suffer an injury due to the FDA’s regulations expanding access to mifepristone. The justices didn’t rule on the merits of the case.
Abortion providers, including Planned Parenthood, should not receive taxpayer funds from federal, state, or local governments (including Title X grants).
Strongly Disagree
Planned Parenthood provides residents many types of healthcare services and free to low-cost healthcare for lower-income residents.
I support 'aid in dying' laws which legalize assisted suicide and euthanasia.
Choose not to answer
ECONOMY
Free enterprise and the right to private property are essential elements of a productive economic system.
Agree
What is your position on the minimum wage?
The minimum wage must match the recommended living wage for each State.
Should environmental and social issues, like ESG (environmental, social, and governance) ratings, be used as criteria in deciding where to invest public monies?
Yes
I am endorsed by the MO AFL-CIO and stand with employees. An ESG rating measures a company's exposure to long-term environmental, social, and governance risks. These risks -- involving issues such as energy efficiency, worker safety, and board independence -- have financial implications. But they are often not highlighted during traditional financial reviews. Investors who use ESG ratings to supplement financial analysis can gain a broader view of a company's long-term potential.
RELIGIOUS LIBERTY
Under what circumstances can government close churches?
The US has a seperation of church and state. The only time the government should close a church is if the leadership and congregation allowed child sexual abuse to continue without reporting to the police. If a predator is found guilty, and the church is complicate in these crimes, it must be disbanded.
Individuals and businesses should be required to provide services even if it would violate their moral and/or religious beliefs.
Disagree
People are in the wrong profession if they are healthcare providers and won't set religious differences aside to treat all humans equally.
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.
B) Healthcare insurance funded by the government should be available for all who want it, along with private healthcare options.
Under what circumstances (if any) should a government, school, or employer be allowed to require vaccinations?
Medical facilities should be allowed to require vaccines to prevent the spread of disease because they come into contact with high-risk patients with cancer, auto-immune disorders and other disease that lower immunity.
NATIONAL SECURITY
The Chinese Communist Party poses serious military, cyber security, intellectual property, and global economic threats to the United States.
Strongly Agree
Russia does as well and they interferred in the 2016 election.
Is the United States' relationship with Israel important, and if so why?
The United State's relationship with all of our allies is important. It is also important that we hold governments accountable for their actions.
IMMIGRATION
The U.S. should do more to physically secure the southern border.
Strongly Disagree
Currently, refugees spend up to ten years to enter the US legally. Cut the red tape, make it easier for potential employees to become citizens, and we'll save tax money and have people to keep our agriculture economy legally operating. US agriculture is the biggest employer of migrants and refugees. Let's quickly legalize the employees who keep America feed.
EDUCATION
The state should fund education by allowing dollars to follow the child through programs which protect parents' freedom to choose their child's school – public, private, or homeschool.
Strongly Disagree
Voucher programs are a scam to put money into the pockets of grifters. Public schools accept disabled children. Private schools do not. Private voucher schools only operate in urban areas so voucher schemes will divert tax money from already struggling rural schools.
VALUES
Children are the most vulnerable members of society and must be protected from abuse, including gender ideology, grooming, and bodily mutilation.
Choose not to answer
This is a poorly worded question. Of course children must be protected from abuse. Only adults are allowed gender affirming surgery. The Catholic Church, Southen Baptist Convention, and religious boarding schools must be held accountable for allowing child abuse.
Parents should have the right to make decisions for their minor children.
Strongly Agree
That includes deciding what books their kids can read. Book bans tell parents what their children can or can't read.
Taxpayer funds should be used to provide gender transition services.
Strongly Agree
We forget there are human beings born as hermaphrodites who have their gender chosen by their parents and undergo surgery. These people may choose or continue gender affirming care as adults.
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
America is blessed with people from many different ethnic, culture, and religious backgrounds. That is why we have the separation of Church and State. We do not have an official religion.
Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
We have a moral obligation to protect all people's rights to dignity, shelter, food, clean water and air, living wages, education, and healthcare.
ELECTIONS AND VOTING
People should be able to vote without photo identification.
Strongly Agree
If they are verified when they register, they can use their voter registration card to vote at the poils.
States should join the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact which makes the Electoral College irrelevant.
Neutral
The Electoral College is an outdated system that is no longer needed.
EQUALITY
Is racism a threat to domestic security in the United States? Why or why not?
Yes. White nationalists and supporters desecrated the Capitol on Jan. 6th.
I agree with Critical Race Theory (CRT) which asserts that the institutions in the United States are fundamentally racist.
Strongly Agree
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.
Neutral
When high school girl's sports team visit another school to compete, they use the boys lockerroom. They stay safe. Let's use common sense here instead of making reactionary judgments and laws.
ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT
Which comes closest to your view? (Select all that apply) A) Stricter environmental laws and regulations cost too many jobs and hurt the economy. B) Stricter environmental laws and regulations are worth the cost. C) Stricter environmental laws undermine U.S. energy independence and deter development of reliable electricity sources. D) Climate change is real and requires urgent policy action.
D) Climate change is real and requires urgent policy action.
What do you believe is the most reliable energy source that will supply the growing demand for electricity?
Solar, wind, and hydroelectric.
ABOUT YOU
Have you ever been penalized for sexual misconduct in either civil or criminal court? If so, please explain.
I have not. Trump; however, has and yet there are people who still want him to run for office. America has fallen far from our sense of morality.
Have you ever been convicted of a felony? If so, please explain.
No.
What do you think is the general purpose of government?
The purpose of government is to: Provide parameters for everyday behavior for citizens. Protect citizens from outside interference. Often provide for their well-being and happiness. Exercise executive, legislative, and judicial powers.
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
CRIMINAL JUSTICE & PUBLIC SAFETY
I support redirecting funds from police departments to community programs.
Disagree
I support providing a living wage for our police officers. I support finding ways to fund community programs that will send social workers instead of armed officers to non-emergency situations that occur in our community such as wellness checks, unhoused citizens who are lingering or sleeping in public places, and residential mental health crises.
2ND AMENDMENT
What restrictions on gun ownership are needed to protect public safety?
We need common sense gun laws that include: back ground checks, training, and licensing. We must stop manufacturing long-guns and other weapons of war for citizen use.
Should teachers be allowed to carry guns at school?
No
Let's get real. We expect a teacher in a classroom of 30 five-six year olds to stop a murderer with a high powered rifle? We don't even pay them enough to teach.
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