Alabama House of Representatives District 45 candidate surveys, 2022
This article shows responses from candidates in the 2022 election for Alabama House of Representatives District 45 who completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey.
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Candidates and election results
General election
General election for Alabama House of Representatives District 45
Susan DuBose defeated Kari Whitaker in the general election for Alabama House of Representatives District 45 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Susan DuBose (R)  | 85.6 | 12,060 |
 | Kari Whitaker (L) | 13.8 | 1,950 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.6 | 86 | ||
| Total votes: 14,096 | |||
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Susan DuBose (R)
Education. The time is now to do something to bring real change to our education system. The answer is not throwing more money at a broken system. In District 45, I believe the residents feel we have good schools, but we must be diligent to continue to improve. I will work with and l listen to the educators in our district as well as parents to always try to represent what is best for our children.
Protecting the Integrity of our Elections. People should know their vote is safe and that each vote cast is legal. I support election audits. I believe the state should handle our elections not the Federal government. I believe a paper ballot should back up each electronic vote and the ballot must be protected and secured. No drop boxes . Absentee ballots for authorized reasons only .
Kari Whitaker (L)
Personal Freedom and Privacy
Individual Responsibility
Susan DuBose (R)
Term Limits- When it come to state elections I feel that 2 terms (eight years )is enough. The constitutional offices of Governor, Lt. Governor, Auditor, Treasurer and Agriculture Commissioner and others all are limited to two terms . I believe the State House and State Senate should be limited to 2 terms as well. I support term limits bill HB317 in the current session.
Limiting Special Interest Donations- Alabama is one of only five states that allows unlimited contributions from special interest groups. These special interest groups buy votes and favor in our state and it needs to stop.
Kari Whitaker (L)
TERM LIMITS: Enough is enough. We have to stop politicians from occupying office for decades and doing little to nothing for the people of Alabama. Representatives should be limited to a maximum of two terms. Public office should be where dedicated people go to work hard to solve difficult problems — not where lazy people go to relax and gather wealth.
EDUCATION: We are fortunate to have highly-ranked school systems in much of our district, but there is still too much power in the hands of administrators and not enough with parents who pay the taxes and entrust their children’s minds to these systems. In too many cases, administrators and association members forget that the priority is educating children in the fundamentals of academics. When schools fall short, parents need the ability to choose a school system that better reflects their children’s educational needs. I support funding families — rather than systems alone — to ensure parental choice is protected.
Susan DuBose (R)
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Kari Whitaker (L)
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Kari Whitaker (L)
2. Improving academics in education and empowering parents to have more voice in our educational systems. On a related note, we need to prevent radical political ideologies from being pushed in schools.
3. Prison overpopulation and mismanagement. Alabama incarcerates more of its citizens per capita than any other state or COUNTRY in the world. This is an unacceptable distinction. The prison system in Alabama is a billion-dollar private industry that feeds on taxpayer dollars, and I feel our money and our community would be better served if we took a hard look at how the system is currently operating.
Kari Whitaker (L)
Susan DuBose (R)
Kari Whitaker (L)
Susan DuBose (R)
Kari Whitaker (L)
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