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PVA 2002 Candidate Information
~ U.S. Congressional District 6 ~

This page contains candidate information about the candidates for U.S. Representative for Colorado Congressional District 6.

Highlights from this race:

The "Pro-Animal Pick" for this race is Tom Tancredo (Republican Party) because of his voting record. To volunteer to help his campaign, please call 720-482-9040.
Tom Tancredo (Republican Party) is the incumbent for this office. The current Congress (107th Congress) is still in progress, but his animal-related voting record to date is 73%. During the 106th Congress, his score was 60% with two pro-animal pieces of legislation sponsored and two pieces co-sponsored. Also, during the 107th Congress, Representative Tancredo took the lead in adding an amendment to the Farm Bill that will disallow the exportation of birds and dogs for fighting purposes and will triple the federal fines for animal fighting violations. His leadership on this issue is another reason he was chosen as the "Pro-Animal Pick" for this race.
All candidates in this race are listed below, along with their responses or a notation that they did not respond.

Notes:

Responses are given exactly as they were written. Spelling, punctuation, and grammatical errors were not corrected.
PVA imposed a 25-word limit on comments because of space limitations; however, if a candidate exceeded this limit we did not cut the text off in mid-sentence. In any case where a candidate's comment is not shown in full, we have included a note to contact us for the full comment.
PVA's selections for "Pro-Animal Picks" and "Paws Down" candidates in congressional races are based solely on the candidates' stances on animal-related issues.
Each candidate's party affiliation is indicated in parentheses immediately following his or her name below. Party abbreviations are as follows. "ACP" - American Constitution Party; "COPI" - Concerns of People, Inc. Party; "CRP" - Colorado Reform Party; "D" - Democratic Party; "G" - Green Party; "L" - Libertarian Party; "N" - Natural Law Party; "R" - Republican Party; "U" - Unaffiliated.

Candidate questionnaire scores

1a. Did you grow up with animals? Yes/No
1b. If so, what kind?

CD6	Lance Wright (D)	No
CD6	Adam D. Katz (L)	No
CD6	Tom Tancredo (R)	Yes - Dogs

2a. Does your family have animals? Yes/No
2b. If so, what kind?

CD6	Lance Wright (D)	Yes - one dog
CD6	Adam D. Katz (L)	No
CD6	Tom Tancredo (R)	Yes - Dogs, Cats

3a. Do you believe that aggravated cruelty/violence to animals should be a felony? (Choose one answer.)
(Y) yes; (N) no; (U) undecided; (C) yes, in certain cases (e.g., extreme cases only, or after the first offense)
3b. If so, would you be likely to support federal legislation to this end? Yes/No/Undecided

CD6	Lance Wright (D)	(C)/No
CD6	Adam D. Katz (L)	No answer selected/Yes
CD6	Tom Tancredo (R)	(Y)/Undecided

4. Do you think the Endangered Species Act should be (a) strengthened, (b) weakened, or (c) kept as it is?

CD6	Lance Wright (D)	(c)
CD6	Adam D. Katz (L)	(a)
CD6	Tom Tancredo (R)	No answer selected - "made relevant"

5. Would you be likely to support federal legislation to prohibit recreational trapping on national wildlife "refuges" (NWRs)? (It is currently permitted on over 70 NWRs.) Yes/No/Undecided

CD6	Lance Wright (D)	Yes
CD6	Adam D. Katz (L)	Undecided
CD6	Tom Tancredo (R)	Yes

6. Would you be likely to support federal legislation to require that animals raised for slaughter be protected from inhumane forms of slaughter, housing, and transportation? Yes/No/Undecided

CD6	Lance Wright (D)	Undecided
CD6	Adam D. Katz (L)	Yes
CD6	Tom Tancredo (R)	Undecided

7. Would you be willing to consider factual documentation from PVA on a given issue? Yes/No/Undecided

CD6	Lance Wright (D)	Yes
CD6	Adam D. Katz (L)	Yes
CD6	Tom Tancredo (R)	Yes

8. Given that many companies develop, test, and sell cosmetics and household products without testing their products on animals, what is your position on the use of animals in the testing of cosmetics and household products? Oppose/Support/Undecided

CD6	Lance Wright (D)	Undecided
CD6	Adam D. Katz (L)	Undecided
CD6	Tom Tancredo (R)	Undecided

9. Would you be likely to support federal legislation prohibiting the use of elephants in traveling acts, such as circuses? Yes/No/Undecided

CD6	Lance Wright (D)	Undecided
CD6	Adam D. Katz (L)	Undecided
CD6	Tom Tancredo (R)	Undecided

10. Would you be likely to support federal legislation to require that educational institutions at all levels provide (and advertise to students) an alternative to animal dissection? Yes/No/Undecided

CD6	Lance Wright (D)	Undecided
CD6	Adam D. Katz (L)	Yes
CD6	Tom Tancredo (R)	No

11. To the best of your knowledge, do you have the endorsement of any humane organizations? Yes/No

CD6	Lance Wright (D)	No
CD6	Adam D. Katz (L)	No
CD6	Tom Tancredo (R)	No answer selected

Please add any other comments ...

CD6	Lance Wright (D)	None given
CD6	Adam D. Katz (L)	None given
CD6	Tom Tancredo (R)	None given

Candidate questionnaire scores

CD6	Lance Wright (D)	Overall Questionnaire Response Score = 28%
CD6	Adam D. Katz (L)	Overall Questionnaire Response Score = 56%
CD6	Tom Tancredo (R)	Overall Questionnaire Response Score = 28%

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