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PVA 2004 Candidate Information

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~ District Attorney - Judicial District 7 ~

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This page contains candidate information about the candidates for District Attorney in Judicial District 7.

Highlights from this race:

• The "Pro-Animal Pick" for this race is Thomas Raynes (Republican Party) because of his questionnaire response score of 100%. PVA has no contact information for Mr. Raynes.
• 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 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

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

JD07

Thomas Raynes (R)

Yes - Dogs, Horse

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

JD07

Thomas Raynes (R)

No

3. Colorado statute contains felony cruelty provisions for aggravated cruelty to animals. Would you be likely to enforce these statutes? Yes/No/Undecided

JD07

Thomas Raynes (R)

Yes

4. What resources would you devote to a suspected case of cruelty to animals?

JD07

Thomas Raynes (R)

All

5. Would you be likely to dedicate significant resources to a suspected case of aggravated cruelty to animals? Yes/No/Undecided

JD07

Thomas Raynes (R)

Yes

6. In a case such as the recent one in Englewood in which a person kidnapped several dogs and set them on fire, what resources would you be likely to dedicate to investigation and prosecution?

JD07

Thomas Raynes (R)

All

7. Please select one or more of the choices listed below to finish the following sentence. Cruelty to animals should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law because of . . . .
a) the pain and suffering of the animals involved
b) the possibility of future crimes against humans by the animal abuser
c) the District Attorney's responsibility to prosecute violations of statute
d) (or) Cruelty to animals should not be prosecuted.

JD07

Thomas Raynes (R)

a, b, & c

8. Given the link that often exists between animal abuse and the abuse of other vulnerable members of a household, would you work to facilitate cross-reporting between agencies addressing all forms of domestic abuse, including animal abuse? Yes/No/Undecided

JD07

Thomas Raynes (R)

Yes

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

JD07

Thomas Raynes (R)

Yes

Please add any other comments ...

JD07

Thomas Raynes (R)

None given

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Candidate questionnaire scores

JD07

Thomas Raynes (R)

Overall Questionnaire Response Score = 100%

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