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October 31, 2018 | Vol. 17, No. 44 | www.PrinceWilliamTimes.com | 50¢ Covering Prince William County and surrounding communities, including Gainesville, Haymarket, Dumfries, Occoquan, Quantico and the cities of Manassas and Manassas Park.
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10TH DISTRICT
11TH DISTRICT
Sen. Tim Kaine (D)
Corey Stewart (R)
Vangie Williams (D)
Rep. Rob Wittman (R)
Jennifer Wexton (D)
Rep. Barbara Comstock (R)
No
Yes*
No
No
No
No Response
Do you agree with the Trump Administration’s zero-tolerance policy on border crossers that has led to family separations? On the Affordable Care Act, would you: fix it, repeal and replace it, or just repeal it?
1ST DISTRICT
Fix
Repeal and Fix Replace
Rep. Gerry Connolly (D)
No
Repeal and Fix No Response Fix Replace
Jeff Dove (R)
No
Repeal and Replace
Are more laws needed to prevent gun violence?
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No Response
Yes
Yes
Is it possible to combat climate change with new legislation?
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No Response
Yes
No
Where do you stand on abortion rights?
Pro-abortion Anti- Pro-abortion Anti- Pro-abortion No Response Pro-abortion rights abortion rights abortion rights rights
Anti- abortion
No response: Rep. Barbara Comstock did not respond to inquiry. Positions were not clearly expressed on campaign website: www.barbaracomstockforcongress.com *Stewart supports Trump’s immigration policies but does not support separating families.
Where they stand: Candidates split on health care, abortion; but oppose separating migrant families By Jill Palermo
Times Staff Writer
Virginia’s two candidates for U.S. Senate and the six candidates vying to represent parts of Prince William County in the House of Representatives appear most deeply divided about the Affordable Care Act and whether women should retain the right to have an abortion.
But despite their disagreements, all say migrant families should not be separated at the border, and most see possible legislative fixes for climate change and gun violence – even if they disagree on which policies will help. In an effort to break through partisan stereotypes, the Prince William Times sent five-question surveys to all four incumbents and their
challengers on the ballot in the upcoming Nov. 6 midterm election in hopes of revealing both differences and areas of agreement. We received responses from all but one: Rep. Barbara Comstock, the Republican incumbent in the 10th District race.
What about health care?
National polls suggest health care
is top-of-mind for voters, and the candidates are divided along party lines about what to do about the Affordable Care Act, parts of which were scaled back by the federal tax-reform law approved last year. There’s no longer a tax penalty for not having health-care insurance, sometimes called the “individual See FAST 5, page 3
Prosecutors, relatives disappointed with jury’s verdict Jury recommends 7 life terms, 93 years for double homicide
who responded to his wife’s 911 call for help. But the jury also spared Hamilton, 34, of the death penalty on two capital murder charges – an outcome both Commonwealth’s Attorney Paul Ebert and the victims’ mothers said was disappointing. A judge will formally sentence Hamilton at a hearing set for March 7. “We are disappointed,” Ebert said in an interview after Hamilton’s two-and-a-half-month trial ended Oct. 25. “All over the country, people are shooting police officers, and the one way to deter that is to have the death penalty available to keep people from doing such a thing.”
By Jill Palermo
Times Staff Writer
A Prince William County jury Thursday recommended Ronald Williams Hamilton serve seven life terms plus 93 years in prison for the 2016 shootings that killed his wife, Crystal Hamilton, and rookie Prince William police officer Ashley Guindon while seriously injuring two other police officers
Crystal Hamilton, Ashley Guindon
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