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Bay City commissioner, state representative facing off for new 35th District Senate seat

Sep 29, 2022 View Original Article
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    -50% Medium Liberal

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  • Policy Leaning

    -8% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    -64% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : What is your position on energy efficiency and renewable energy?
55% : Rivet: Increased police funding, gun-sense legislation that keeps firearms out of the hands of dangerous criminals, investing in community organizations that engage and empower residents to mobilize in their neighborhoods, increased funding for the programs that strengthen the social determinants of health and strengthening and increasing funding for our behavioral health systems.
54% : Glenn: As state representative, I voted in favor of these election reforms: Require a photo ID to vote, a measure supported by 80% of the population, plus state funding to provide photo IDs at no cost.
53% : As a member of the House Appropriations Committee and chair of the Subcommittee on State Police, I voted in favor of increased funding for law enforcement personnel, including $7.5 million for mental health programs, $20 million for signing and retention bonuses, and $10 million for more School Resource Officers.
46% : Repeal the pension tax and exempt up to $40,000 in seniors' retirement income from taxation.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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