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Candidate Name: Brent Barker
Office Candidate is running for: United States Senate
Campaign Website: https://www.brentbarkerfororegon.com/
# ISSUE ANSWER
Please answer using the drop-down on the right of question. The optional explanations are limited to 120 characters and will not appear on comparison guides with other candidates.
1 Is it your pledge to represent the constitution in Oregon's best interest over party politics? Yes
  United States Constitution
2 Do you support limiting the number of terms that a person can serve in Congress? Yes
  3 Term US House of Representatives and 2 Terms for US Senate
3 Do you believe the Second Amendment protects the rights of American citizens to keep and bear arms? Yes
  Practice, Safety and Training are critical
4 Are you monitoring your campaign for compliance with Oregon Constitution Article 2 Section 22, limiting donations outside of Oregon to 10%? Yes
  This rule applies to State candidates - based on court rulings
5 Do you support free market energy independence? Yes
  Limit state gas sales tax
6 Do you believe the U.S. should increase security on the nation's electrical grid to prevent an attack by an Electro-Magnetic Pulse (EMP)? Yes
 
7 Do you believe the government is prepared to counter cyber security threats? Yes
  This is a day to day challenge
8 Do you support categorizing violent demonstrations as terrorists? Yes
  Demonstrations are to be clean, orderly, and any kind of violence or property destruction is unacceptable
9 How important is it to U.S. sovereignty to secure borders to prevent illegal aliens and illegal drugs from entering the U.S.? Very
 
10 Do you agree with terminating automatic birthright citizenship? Yes
  The 14th Amendment original intent of jurisdiction did not mean birth tourism
11 Do you support restricting the sale of U.S. land to U.S. citizens only? Yes
 
12 Do you think the Green New Deal should remain a priority? No
 
13 Do you support reduction in livestock and the development of plant-based meat? No
 
14 Do you support the National Forest Service holding prescribed burns every 5 years to clear ground cover without harvesting the good lumber first? No
  Harvesting, followed by controlled burns are critical to forest management and community safety
15 Should the federal government return land to the states it controls that is not for the purposes authorized by the Constitution? Decline
  Supreme Court emphasize's Congress's plenary authority to manage federal lands
16 Do you support the federal government restoring constitutional elections? Yes
 
17 Do you think it is constitutional for people to vote in more than one state? No
 
18 Do you think it is constitutional to allow non-citizens to vote? No
 
19 Do you think ‘Ranked Choice Voting’ is an equivalent and constitutional way to tally votes. No
 
20 Do you support using DEI policies in K-12 schools? No
 
21 Should biological males who identify as female be allowed to compete in female sports? No
 
22 Do you support the work of DOGE establishing anti-fraud measures? Yes
  DOGE has been tremendously successful
23 Do you support changing the IRS to external collection of tariffs and eliminating internal income taxation? Yes
  Tariffs funded federal government, the defense of the states and nations borders by the founders original design
24 Do you support work requirements to receive welfare benefits? Yes
 
25 Do you support the Women's Health Protection Act designating abortion as an essential health care service? No
 
26 Do you support giving control of the U.S. to the World Health Organization when they declare a world health emergency? No
 
27 Do you support changing health care putting patients and doctors back in control making it a competitive system? Yes
 
28 Do you support a national law legalizing recreational marijuana? No
  Oregon's recreational legalization remains in conflict with interstate commerce laws
29 Do you support Israel's right to the West Bank for their security? Yes
 
30 Do you see the World Economic Forum as a threat to U.S. sovereignty? Yes
 
31 Do you support Governor Kotek and AG Rayfield using taxpayer funds to sue the federal government regarding the right to exercise constitutional powers? No
 
32 Do you think President Trump has improved U.S. standing in the world? Yes
  Passing the Save America Act is the Civil Rights issue of our time