The Access Press Candidate Survey
The Issues
The results
of the 2006 election could have huge implications for voters with
disabilities. Recent budget cuts aimed at deficit reduction have
reduced critical funding for a variety of services, programs, and
initiatives serving people with disabilities. Areas of concern
include potentially harmful changes to the CA program, increased
premiums and co-pays for medical services covered by Medicaid (Medical
Assistance/MA), and significant confusion and increased cost sharing
for prescriptions for Medicare Part D beneficiaries.
The Questions
We’re
inviting you to address our readers — people with disabilities,
professionals, and their family and friends — regarding issues
related to disability rights and services. In particular, what have
you done — and
what will you do — to safeguard and expand the rights and participation
of people with disabilities in Minnesota? Beyond this, what are your
beliefs surrounding society’s responsibility to people with
disabilities and the elderly, and what role (if any) should government
play in fulfilling that responsibility?
The Responses
For Governor
(Alphabetical, by party):
Mike Hatch
(DFL endorsed)
Becky Lourey
(DFL)
Ole Savior
(DFL)
Ken Pentel
(Green Party)
Pam Ellison
(Independence Party)
Peter
Hutchinson
(Independence Party endorsed)
Sue Jeffers
(Republican)
Tim Pawlenty - no response
(Republican endorsed)
For
US Senate (Alphabetical, by party)
Amy Klobuchar
(DFL)
Peter Idusogie
(No party affiliation)
Ben Powers - no response
(Constitution Party)
Michael Cavlan - no
response
(Green Party)
Robert Fitzgerald -
no response
(Independence Party)
Mark Kennedy - no response
(Republican - endorsed)
Harold Shudlick - no
response
(Republican)
John Uldrich - no response
(Republican)
