Planned Parenthood Advocates
of St. Louis Candidate Ratings

By Jim Day

 

Publisher’s Comments

    The following listing was produced by Planned Parenthood Advocates (PPA) the political arm of Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region.  It’s a list of candidates who won their primary elections in August of this year who answered a 12 question survey sent to them prior to the primary elections. PPA rated each candidate based upon their voting records (incumbents) and/or how they responded to their survey questions. The candidates listed will be on the November ballot.

    It is important to note that I have chosen to list only those candidates who are within the MetroVoice’s readership area from PPA’s survey. This list does not constitute a complete listing of Missouri candidates who were included in PPA’s survey results.
    Originally, PPA listed the candidates’ responses who were Pro-Life by labeling them as “Anti-Choice” (initials AC on their original listing). Candidates who were supportive of “all FDA-approved birth control options” (i.e., RU-486); funding of “state Family Planning” (i.e., tax-payer funding of abortions); the teaching of “sex education” in public schools (i.e., handing out condoms and teaching kids how to have “safe-sex”); stood behind the Roe v. Wade decision; and a number of other pro-death topics, were labeled “Pro-Choice” (initials PC on their original listing).
    I refuse to use the euphuism “Pro-Choice” coined by this or any other organization that promotes, funds or supports the murdering of innocent children.  The child in its mother’s womb isn’t given a “Choice” when they’re murdered. Therefore, I changed PPA’s code from “PC” (Pro-Choice) to “Pro-Death” which is a much more accurate designation.
    I also changed their label for candidates who stand opposed to the killing of babies. People who think the state should not fund the murder of children in their mother’s womb; people who don’t think our public schools should be handing out condoms, down-playing abstinence, and encouraging children to have “safe sex” or “explore their sexuality by being open to same sex experiences”; and people who know that Roe v. Wade was a murderous decision handed down by an activist Supreme Court, whose only interest was to impose their death sentence upon innocent children with total disregard for the Constitutional guarantees of “life and liberty” for the unborn. PPA had labeled these candidates “AC” for “Anti-Choice.”  I changed their designation to “Pro-life.”


The following is the key to reading PPA’s listing:

(D) = Democrat Party
(R) = Republican Party
(Lib) = Libertarian Party

i = Incumbent candidate

Pro-Death = Had a 100% voting record or agreeable response to their survey.
Pro-Death-- = Mostly supportive with some exceptions which were not listed.
Mixed = Had mixed responses or voting record.
Mixed* = Had mixed responses but PPA did not indicate what the * (asterisk) meant.

Pro-Life =  Pro-Life
Pro-Life* = Did not respond to survey, but were rated pro-life by Missouri Right To Life.

NR = Gave No Response.

 

I believe it can be safely assumed that Missouri Planned Parenthood endorses the Democrat ticket of John Kerry and John Edwards for President and Vice President. They have officially endorsed these federal level candidates:

U.S. Senate Nancy Farmer (D)
U.S. Congress Dist. 1  William Lacy Clay (D)  i
U.S. Congress Dist. 3 Russ Carnahan (D)


The following are PPA’s candidate ratings from their August Primary Election survey:
           
Missouri Statewide Races   PPA Rating    Missouri Statewide Races   PPA Rating    Missouri Statewide Races   PPA Rating   
Governor   District 15   District 82  
Claire McCaskill (D)  Pro-Death Thomas Green (D) i   Pro-Life Sam Page (D)   i  Pro-Death--
John Swenson (Lib)      NR Sally Faith (R)  Pro-Life* Diann Bomkamp (R) Pro-Life*
Matt Blunt (R)    Pro-Life        
    District 16   District 85  
Lt. Governor       Steve Felder (D)   NR Jeff Wagener (D)  Pro-Life
Rebecca Cook (D)   Pro-Death Carl Bearden (R) i Pro-Life Jim Craig (Lib) Mixed
Mike Ferguson (Lib) NR     Jim Lembke (R) i Pro-Life
Peter Kinder (R) Pro-Life District 17      
    Matt Schmitz (D)       Mixed* District 87  
Secretary of State     Vicki Schneider (R) i  Pro-Life Marilyn Morton (D)  Pro-Death
Robin Carnahan (D) Pro-Death     T. Scott Muschany (R) Pro-Life*
Christopher Davis (Lib)      Mixed District 18      
Catherine Hanaway (R)  Pro-Life Tom Dempsey (R) Pro-Life District 90  
        Rick Johnson (D) i Pro-Death
Treasurer    District 19   Angela  Alter-Wren (R) Pro-Life*
Mark Powell (D) NR Jeff Simpson (D)   Pro-Life*    
Lisa Emerson (Lib)      NR Cynthia Davis (R) i Pro-Life District 93  
Sarah Steelman (R) Pro-Life     William Konecnik (D)  NR
    District 59 Jodi Stefanick (R)  i Pro-Life
Attorney General     Jeanette Mott Oxford (D) Pro-Death    
Jay Nixon (D) i   NR Robert  Christophel (Lib) Pro-Life District 94  
David Browning (Lib)   NR Alan Cotton (D) Pro-Death--
Chris Byrd (R) Pro-Life* District 63 Richard Byrd (R) i Pro-Life
    Robin Wright Jones (D) i      Pro-Death    
Missouri State Senate   Sandra Chance (R) NR District 96  
District 1       Patricia Yaeger (D) i  Pro-Life
Harry Kennedy (D)   Pro-Life District 64 Ronald Levy (Lib) NR
Bob Yeckel (R)    Pro-Life Rachel  Storch (D)  Pro-Death Mike Becker (R) NR
    Patricia Verde (R)        Pro-Life*    
District 3    District 97  
Dan Ward (D)  Pro-Life District 65 Jane Koeller (D)  Pro-Life*
Kevin Engler (R)   Pro-Life Fred Kratky (D) i Pro-Life Walt Bivins (R) i             Pro-Life
    Christopher Zoellner (R) NR    
District 5      District 98  
Maida Coleman (D) i       Pro-Death District 66   Gloria   Sennert (D)     Pro-Death
Robb Cunningham (Lib)  NR   Michael Vogt (D) i Pro-Life* Brian Nieves (R) i Pro-Life
    Robert  Weiter  (R) NR    
District 7       District 100  
Mark Schuler (D) Pro-Death-- District 67   Sue Schoemehl (D) i   Pro-Life
John Loudon (R) i Pro-Life Mike Daus (D)  i Pro-Life Michael Rohrbacker (R)  Pro-Life*
    Leonora Kham (Lib) Pro-Death--    
District 13        District 101  
Timothy Green (D)  Pro-Life District 70   Tim Meadows (D) i      Pro-Life
Chester Kath (R)     NR  John Bowman (D) Pro-Death Flo Penrod (R) Pro-Life*
    Don Benski (Lib) Mixed    
District 15          District 102  
Jeanne  Kirkton (D)   Pro-Death District 73   Jeff Roorda (D)      Pro-Death--
Frank Gilmour (Lib)    NR Margaret Donnelly (D) i Pro-Death Marvin Lutes (R)  Pro-Life*
Michael Gibbons (R) i    Pro-Life Jared Novelly (R) Mixed    
        District 103  
District 23   District 75   Ron Casey (D)       Pro-Life
Mindy  Primm (D)    Pro-Death Bruce Darrough (D) i Pro-Death Gary Davis (R)     Pro-Life*
Chuck Gross (R) i   Pro-Life        
    District 76   District 104  
Missouri House of Representatives   Michael Spreng (D) i Pro-Life Wes Wagner (D) i     Pro-Life
District 10   Jeanette Wansing (R) Pro-Life* Terry Varner (R) Pro-Life
Terry Witte (D) i   Pro-Death        
Gary Linnenbringer (R) Pro-Life* District 78   District 106  
    Clint Zweifel (D) i  Pro-Death David Cramp (D)  Pro-Life*
District 11      Rosanne Vrugtman (R) Pro-Life* Steven  Tilley (R)    Pro-Life*
Wayne Henke (D) i   Pro-Life        
Michael Clynch (R)   Pro-Life* District 79   District 110  
Gregory Arrigo (Lib)  Pro-Death-- Albert Liese (D) i Pro-Life Belinda Harris (D) i      Pro-Life
    Kathryn Fitzgerald (R) Pro-Life* Gilbert  Rains (R)     Pro-Life*
District 13          
James Lloyd Jr. (D)  Pro-Death District 80      
Scott Rupp (R) i   Pro-Life Theodore Hoskins (D) i Pro-Death    
           

     

The following are the Illinois Planned Parenthood Council Candidate Endorsements for candidates within the MetroVoice’s readership area in Illinois.

 

President:   John Kerry (D)   Illinois State Senate
Vice President: John Edwards (D)   Dist. 56  No endorsement found
U.S. Senate:  Barack Obama (D)  i      
         
U.S. Congress     Illinois House of Representative
Dist. 17 Lane Evans (D)  i   Dist. 111     No endorsement found
Dist. 19 Tim Bagwell (D)   Dist. 114  Wyvetter Younge  i