Whittney Wood
Democrat | Ohio
Candidate Profile
Liberal
BIOGRAPHY
EDUCATION
Fairfield Union High School, Lancaster, Diploma, 2006-2009
WORK & MILITARY
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POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
State Representative District 73, 2026-
ENDORSEMENTS
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Ohio Association of Public School Employees OAPSE/AFSCME Local 4
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OTHER INFORMATION
QUESTIONNAIRE
RIGHT TO LIFE
Abortion providers, including Planned Parenthood, should not receive taxpayer funds from federal, state, or local governments (including Title X grants).
Strongly Disagree
Abortion is a medical procedure that is largely used in emergent situations. Abortions are not going to stop happening, without funding they will be sought out in less than safe and unsterilized environments and I would rather have a mother with young children lose her pregnancy than her life and ability to raise her other small children.
Under what circumstances should an elective abortion be allowed?
In what circumstances have medical procedures been banned or disallowed for men? In what situation is it acceptable for another person to determine what YOU personally do with your body?
Human life deserves legal protection from conception until natural death.
Strongly Disagree
The woman creating and carrying the life has a life before the fetus, does her life not deserve legal protection?
The lives of human embryos created through artificial methods ought to be protected from purposeful destruction.
Did not answer
The Comstock Act, which bans interstate transportation of abortion-inducing drugs, should be enforced.
Strongly Disagree
If a medical professional is prescribing a medication to a patient, then it is not the place of a governing body to say whether the patient can receive said medication through the mail. Medications are between patient and doctor. Period.
ECONOMY
What is your position on the minimum wage?
Minimum wage by definition is supposed to be the minimum a person can live on. Nobody can live on $11/hr with rent prices and grocery costs skyrocketing in recent years.
Free enterprise and the right to private property are essential elements of a productive economic system.
Neutral
Businesses have the right to operate, but not to take advantage of their workforce and bleed customers dry. Corporations have too much freedom to price gouge customers, short workers on wages, and monopolize entire industries together. Ethically ran business is how we sustain our communities, not monopolies that crush the middle class.
List your top 3-5 priorities to eliminate government waste.
1) Restrictive policy on corporations tax breaks and monopolies 2) Accountability for ALL elected officials 3) Preventing reduction of tax funding of education, food, and housing 4) Increase regulation of sunshine laws to prevent hidden agenda by corporation and elected officials 5) No subsidizing billionaires vanity projects.
RELIGIOUS LIBERTY
What does "separation of church and state" mean to you?
There is no gray area here, government policy and decision making should never be based on religion or religious restriction. Churches should never have a horse in these races.
Individuals and businesses should be required to provide services even if it would violate their moral and/or religious beliefs.
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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.
I align with a mix of A and B. Healthcare is a pillar of the well-being of our people. I think the health insurance companies are the biggest problem and reason for skyrocketing costs across the realm of healthcare. I do believe that universal healthcare should be provided by the government, but people should also be able to make their own choices when seeking medical advice or services.
The government should keep a database of people with various ongoing medical illnesses to assess the economic burden of treatment.
Strongly Disagree
This question is a HIPPA violation. Absolutely not.
NATIONAL SECURITY
The Chinese Communist Party poses serious military, cyber security, intellectual property, and global economic threats to the United States.
Disagree
I think China is worried about China. I do not think there is an impending threat we need to focus our attention on with China. I believe this is a fear tactic to keep people on edge and afraid.
Is the United States' relationship with Israel important, and if so why?
YES!!! There should be NO relationship with Israel! We should not be fighting their wars, we should not be sending billions of dollars to them for free healthcare for their people when here in the US countless people die just simply because they can't afford to go to the doctor!
IMMIGRATION
I support the existence of sanctuary cities to protect undocumented persons.
Strongly Agree
Human dignity and respect to your fellow people is important moral ground. The things you allow the government to do to your neighbor... they will eventually do to you!
EDUCATION
I support eliminating the U.S. Department of Education and giving control back to states and communities.
Disagree
Foreign governments should be prohibited from funding American education.
Strongly Agree
VALUES
Government should recognize and support the fundamental right and essential duty of parents to direct their child's health and educational well-being.
Strongly Agree
Unless the parent(s) are a danger to the child(ren) then yes; every mother, every father, should get to make decisions how to raise their kids.
Attempts to physically or socially transition a child to the opposite sex constitute child abuse.
Strongly Disagree
If a child is choosing to identify as the opposite sex then the parents should be supportive. That is support and accepting your child as who they truly are at their heart. I have never heard of anyone forcing their kid to transition.... have you?
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
LOVE IS LOVE. This question is redundant because God-ordained/sacred and Legal are not compatible ideals in this. Religion has no place in governance in the US.
I support the expansion of gambling in my state.
Neutral
Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
Did not answer
ELECTIONS AND VOTING
People should be able to vote without photo identification.
Neutral
There should not be a cost to the photo identification if it is required to vote. That would be a poll tax, which is illegal in the US. If a "voter ID" is required separate of your state ID or driver's license, then I believe every person that registers to vote should received their Voter ID for FREE via USPS first class mail within two weeks of registration.
EQUALITY
Reparations should be given to people on the basis of race.
Choose not to answer
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.
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ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT
Man-made climate change is a global threat and requires urgent political action.
Strongly Agree
We did not inherit the Earth from our ancestors, but instead we are borrowing it from our children and their children. We need to ensure there is a world for them to live in.
What do you believe is the most reliable energy source that will supply the growing demand for electricity?
Renewables. Solar, wind, and water; these things are infinite. Oil and gas are finite resources that will run out eventually and also do more harm to the environment then good. Big oil execs don't like this answer :)
ABOUT YOU
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?
Choose not to answer
I do not adhere to strict party lines. Some of my views may be more conservative, my views on other topics are more liberal. One side or the other cannot define me and my ideals.
Have you ever been penalized for sexual misconduct in either civil or criminal court? If so, please explain.
No. No one with that type of background should be permitted to run for any office, ever.
Have you ever been convicted of a felony? If so, please explain.
No.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE & PUBLIC SAFETY
What should be the goal of the criminal justice system?
Rehabilitation over profit. The prison system should not have been privatized. It shouldn't be about a profit margin. Teach inmates how to function in society rather than commit crimes again.
Government has a responsibility to protect children from sexual exploitation during online activities.
Agree
Harsher laws/punishment for pedophiles and websites or servers that make it easier for pedophiles to access children.
Sharia law should not be accepted or incorporated in any form within the legal framework of the United States.
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2ND AMENDMENT
What restrictions on gun ownership are needed to protect public safety?
Did not answer
