Kim Carver

I believe the life of the mother is in jeopardy, an abortion exemption is warranted.

Strongly Agree

Strongly Disagree

We need to simplify, lower, and broaden the income tax in Louisiana (personal and corporate). We are surrounded geographically by states with 0% income tax, all which happen to be among the fastest growing states in the nation. While we do not have to get to zero to be competitive with the remaining southern states who are all growing in jobs, population, wages & GDP - what we have currently is the worst of both worlds. We have a very middle of the road/average tax burden in national rankings by the American Tax Foundation, but you need an army of CPAs, tax specialists and attorneys to navigate all of the deductions, exemptions and credits. We appear expensive on paper, and we don't attract job creators, retirees and others to move to Louisiana because we aren't competing with neighbors who have zero, or much lower tax rates than ours. We also need to phase out the franchise tax - which is a deterrent to job growth in our state as well. Long term, we need to move to a model where Louisiana parishes, cities and municipalities keep more of their tax revenue locally to find their schools, protection and infrastructure needs. More accountability, closer to the people.

With surplus dollars, we need to reduce the UAL pension debt to open up more flexibility for local governments to spend taxpayer monies on needs closer to home. With so many departments and programs protected in the constitution, the legislature has very little discretion on spending reductions outside of health and higher education. We need to move away from continuation budgeting and towards zero based budgeting, so we analyze budgets based on mission and service to the residents of the state, and not sole fund them based on what the received the year before, and before that, etc,

Strongly Disagree

Strongly Disagree

We learned in the pandemic that the freedom to assemble was compromised by government officials. Waves of restrictions and arbitrary capacity restrictions dictated our schools, businesses and houses of faith. Our freedom to assemble, and to worship is fundamental from our founding, and must be protected. I am encouraged by the constitutional amendment authored by Sen. Beth Mizell and passed by the legislature in the last session - and believe Louisiana voters will agree that churches be allowed and free to operate, despite public health emergencies and edicts.

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The events of the last few years have caused many to question the traditional medical authorities, but after the COVID pandemic, we learned we must guarantee an environment where everyone can make the best decision for their family following their own education, consultation with their own healthcare providers, and system of beliefs - and I believe people need to maintain the freedom to make their own decisions regarding vaccinations.

Strongly Disagree

Strongly Agree

Immigrants who follow our laws and processes in order to better themselves and their families should be allowed to immigrate to the U.S.

Strongly Agree

As Chairman of the Education & Workforce Council at the state's chamber of commerce and manufacturing association (LABI), I have helped lead the effort to expand choice in our state for parents and families of students to find the best fit for their child. I played an instrumental role in helping establish Louisiana Key Academy (Northshore Campus) here in St. Tammany to serve children diagnosed with dyslexia, and currently serve on their board. My 3 children attend public schools here.

Strongly Agree

Strongly Disagree

Strongly Agree

Strongly Disagree

I am a practicing Christian and have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, who I acknowledge as my Lord and Savior. My wife and I were married in a covenant marriage in a Southern Baptist Church, as we both were raised Baptist. She is a professor of counseling at the New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary and we both serve in our local church, First Baptist Covington. I am an ordained deacon, and have served as a deacon (and former Chairman of the deacons) at First Baptist New Orleans. I serve as a deacon at FBC Covington as well, though I am not on current active rotation. I also teach weekly Bible Study in our youth group - to 7th-8th grade boys and have joked on the campaign trail that this may be the toughest job in my life! I have sought to live out my faith in every facet of my life, believing that life changing relationships are available to us through Christ and the body of believers. God built our family through the gift of adoption and foster care, and in addition to that great blessing in our lives, He also gave us a meaningful and a good work. More than a dozen years ago we started a ministry out of our church to recruit, support and train high caliber, high quality foster families from our congregation. Today, that work - Crossroads NOLA is in over 60 churches on both sides of the lake, and has done work around the state to train foster families, DCFS caseworkers, judges, CASA volunteers, school teachers, counselors and physicians in a restorative trauma informed care model that helps bring healing to kids from hard places. I have tried to live out my faith of loving and serving others - in my community and in my state. On the board of Family Promise of St. Tammany, an organization that helps families (especially those with children) move from homeless to home ownership through the generosity and shelter provided by the faith-based community here in St. Tammany, I serve as Treasurer. Here in the community and in our state capitol (on child welfare, adoption, foster care, and education reform) I have tried to serve children and families on the underside of power - the forgotten, the marginalized and the downtrodden, because I believe it is the very heart and character of Almighty God. And I will continue that service in the legislature should I be elected. I want to be more like Him, and I think often about the Old Testament scripture in Deuteronomy 10: 17-18...in verse 17, the test describes God has the God of gods and the Lord of lords, set high above, great, mighty, awesome - not susceptible to bribes. This amazing, powerful description of the supreme God of the Universe. And then, in the very next verse - verse 18, it says He defends the cause of the fatherless and the widow, and loves the foreigner residing among you, giving them food and clothing. That's God's heart and character. When He is everything, and powerful enough to do anything, he chooses the fatherless, the widow, the poor, the refugee. This is my core belief and value - to be more like Christ every day.

Strongly Disagree

Strengthen Voter ID laws - states IDs should be issued for all citizens, and they must be produced in order to vote - make it easier to vote, harder to cheat!

A breakdown in race relations and constant gaslighting in the media and by left wing establishment has generated more civil unrest and ...I wish we could return to a time when we were all Americans first. This type of division is un-Christian, it is un-American, and it is dangerous. We are better than this as a people and a society.

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Strongly Agree

As a conservative (fiscal and social conservative), I believe in limited government and the power of the individual to improve outcomes for themselves and the country. I believe federal powers under our democratic republic should be limited to the power of the states. I believe in free market solutions and capitalism - free trade, less regulations, lower spending, and the increased role of the private and nonprofit sectors to address and solve problems. The purpose stated in the Constitution's Preamble is to "establish justice, ensure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity." The government's purpose should be to protect its citizens, creating and enforcing the laws that govern our society, to engage in foreign affairs/diplomacy, and to provide the framework for economic freedom (legal and social framework, maintain competition in the marketplace, stabilizing actions, etc.).

Very Conservative

I have op-ed and articles written by the Advocate on my pro-life beliefs and my work in foster care and on behalf of children in our community and state. https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/opinion/guest-opinion-as-we-celebrate-roe-s-end-abortion-opponents-have-more-work-to-do/article_ad2019d2-f823-11ec-a1ee-4fe09ab0534c.html https://www.nola.com/louisiana_inspired/crossroads-trains-church-families-for-foster-care/article_cf219690-7be1-11ed-8d66-1f65bdcd586b.html https://www.nola.com/news/communities/st_tammany/hope-house-names-this-years-champions-for-children/article_3b2d7e96-d414-11ed-a743-2b27dbcda812.html?fbclid=IwAR0ooE4gec7wLFIQk9utdRNt7DK0GoNgKfPb1VU2-SuAVH5DVgMprSXLfUg

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I have worked in our community and in our state - in every facet of my life: faith, business, non-profit and community to improve outcomes for others. I am ready to go to work for my district on Day One because I have been doing the work for more than a decade from the outside. Louisiana is underperforming - we are losing jobs and population; our wages are down, and our GDP is contracting. Our cities are on fire with crime, and three cities in our state occupy the nation's most violent list. Crime is choking out the life of our state. We have an insurance crisis that is making it unaffordable to live here. Homeowners, commercial and automobile insurance rates are skyrocketing and if we do not address it on Day One, this will be a region killer for south Louisiana. Nearly half of our third graders are not reading on grade level - a hair on fire moment for our state - as kids who struggle to read, struggle to learn and are destined to live their lives in the margins. But this is not how our story has to end - I believe we can author a brighter future for our state - one that is teeming with the people we love, enjoying the rewards of opportunity and prosperity that come from a Baton Rouge that works - and one that is accountable to the people and businesses who pay for it. Decline is a choice. We have been witness to states that have changed their trajectories. Many states in the south have been saddled with similar challenges and problems over the decades, but through good policy, strong leadership, and bold innovative thinking have made their states competitive - destinations for job creators and those seeking brighter futures and success. We can choose a different path as well. It is not a zero-sum game - we can enjoy the wonderful attributes of our state - our food, culture, music, festivals, ports, energy resources, and our hard-working people AND have better outcomes in our economy, in education and in healthcare. We can author a turnaround story for Louisiana that is as good and noble as our people. This is not the beginning of my public service, but rather a continuation of service to those who pay too much in taxes, businesses who face too much regulation, kids who are trapped in failing schools and kids and families stuck in a broken child welfare system. I am the leader in my race who can do that work on the first day - not simply because I espouse the right beliefs and values - but because I have a long record of service - putting them into practice to improve outcomes here in St. Tammany Parish and in Baton Rouge.

Strongly Agree

Strongly Disagree

The present laws regarding ownership by convicted felons should be maintained (felonies, and those convicted, not charged).

Strongly Agree

Strongly Agree

Strongly Agree