Editorial: Heck a champion for better discourse, government

Believes housing must remain a priority at a state and national level.

- Believes housing must remain a priority at a state and national level.

Economy

As of October 7, 2024, Denny Heck’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Energy & the Environment

Education

Supports Project for Civic Health, which intends to promote civil discourse and improve governance and public accountability.

- Supports Project for Civic Health, which intends to promote civil discourse and improve governance and public accountability.

Voting & Elections

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Healthcare

Foreign Policy and Immigration

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Supports reducing government spending and lowering taxes.

Supports compassionate responses to homelessness.

Wants to "compassionately respond" to homelessness.

- Supports reducing government spending and lowering taxes.
- Wants to "compassionately respond" to homelessness.

Supports policies that aim to increase domestic energy production.

Plans to increase domestic energy production.

Supports using alternative energy sources.

- Plans to increase domestic energy production.
- Supports using alternative energy sources.

Believes failing public schools should meet higher standards and supports charter and private schools as options to create competition and improve education for all children.

Believes charter and private schools should be options to create competition and improve education for all children.

Supports school voucher programs that allow parents to enroll their children in schools beyond their local options, including private schools.

- Believes charter and private schools should be options to create competition and improve education for all children.
- Supports school voucher programs that allow parents to enroll their children in schools beyond their local options, including private schools.

Supports "enhanced" voter identification measures.

Supports improved voter identification measures.

- Supports improved voter identification measures.

Supports legislation that aids first responders, increases penalties for repeat and violent offenders, and addresses drug-related crime.

Supports stronger laws against drug dealing and distribution, and advocates for more treatment and occupational training options to help recovering addicts become self-reliant.

Advocates for stronger laws against drug dealing and distribution, and Wants more treatment and training options to help recovering addicts.

Supports addressing human and drug trafficking.

Wants to address human and drug trafficking.

- Supports legislation that aids first responders, increases penalties for repeat and violent offenders, and addresses drug-related crime.
- Advocates for stronger laws against drug dealing and distribution, and Wants more treatment and training options to help recovering addicts.
- Wants to address human and drug trafficking.

Believes in addressing drug abuse and homelessness with long-term, proven treatment solutions.

Believes in addressing drug abuse and homelessness with long-term treatment solutions.

- Believes in addressing drug abuse and homelessness with long-term treatment solutions.

As of October 7, 2024, Dan Matthews’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Dan Matthews

- The lieutenant governor is the first officer in the line of succession to the governor’s office. In the event of the governor's death, resignation, removal, absence, or inability to serve, they would assume office.
- The lieutenant governor is also the president of the Washington State Senate. They vote as a tiebreaker in the event that there is a tie. 
- The lieutenant governor appoints persons to 41 different committees and commissions.
- They are elected to 4-year terms. Requirements to be lieutenant governor include being a citizen of the United States and a qualified elector in Washington.
- They are paid a salary of $117,300.