VOTERS’ GUIDE : CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATES--42ND DISTRICT

Occupation

Tom Bauer: Aerospace Scientist

Jeffrey R. Burns: Carpenter

Don Davis: Attorney

Dan Farrell: Writer

Stephen Horn:

Guy C. Kimbrough: College Instructor

Andrew Littlefair: White House Advanceman

Dana Rohrabacher: Reagan Speech Writer

Richard D. Rose: Community Consultant

Robert A. Welbourn: Attorney/Businessman

Harriett M. Wieder: Board of Supervisors

Ada Unruh: Fiscal reformist

Birth Date

Bauer: 7-5-54

Burns: 10-10-54

Davis: 9-15-44

Farrell: 9-23-41

Horn: 5-31-31

Kimbrough: 5-30-45

Littlefair: 12-30-60

Rohrabacher: 6-21-47

Rose: 10-28-53

Welbourn: 8-15-37

Wieder: 10-7-20

Unruh: 2-22-46

Party Affiliation

Bauer: Republican

Burns: Republican  Davis: Republican

Farrell: Democratic

Horn: Republican

Kimbrough: Democratic

Littlefair: Republican

Rohrabacher: Republican

Rose: Peace and Freedom

Welbourn: Republican

Wieder: Republican

Unruh: Democrat

Previous Public Offices

Bauer: None

Burns: None

Davis: None

Farrell: California State Democratic Central Committee, 1986 to present.

Horn: None

Kimbrough: None

Littlefair: None

Rohrabacher: None

Rose: None

Welbourn: Palos Verdes Estates City Councilman, 1974-82; Mayor 1980-81.

Wieder: Huntington Beach City Council, 1974-78; Mayor, 1976.

Unruh: None

Do you believe a tax increase is necessary to reduce the deficit significantly?

Bauer: No

Burns: No.

Davis: No

Farrell: Yes

Horn: No

Kimbrough: Yes

Littlefair: No

Rohrabacher: No

Rose: No

Welbourn: No

Wieder: No

Unruh: No

If so, which taxes would you consider raising?

Gasoline

Bauer:

Burns:

Davis:

Farrell: No

Horn:

Kimbrough: No answer

Littlefair:

Rohrabacher:

Rose:

Welbourn:

Wieder:

Unruh:

Cigarettes

Bauer:

Burns:

Davis:

Farrell: No

Horn:

Kimbrough: Yes

Littlefair:

Rohrabacher:

Rose:

Welbourn:

Wieder:

Unruh:

Liquor

Bauer:

Burns:

Davis:

Farrell: No

Horn:

Kimbrough: Yes

Littlefair:

Rohrabacher:

Rose:

Welbourn:

Wieder:

Unruh:

Corporate income

Bauer:

Burns:

Davis:

Farrell: Yes

Horn:

Kimbrough: Yes

Littlefair:

Rohrabacher:

Rose:

Welbourn:

Wieder:

Unruh:

Personal income

Bauer:

Burns:

Davis:

Farrell: No

Horn:

Kimbrough: Yes

Littlefair:

Rohrabacher:

Rose:

Welbourn:

Wieder:

Unruh:

Do you support President Reagan’s appeal for a constitutional amendment requiring a balanced budget? Bauer: Yes

Burns: Yes.

Davis: Yes

Farrell: Yes

Horn: Yes

Kimbrough: No

Littlefair: Yes

Rohrabacher: Yes

Rose: No

Welbourn: Yes

Wieder: Yes

Unruh: Yes

Do you support President Reagan’s appeal for authority to sign spending bills while vetoing particular line items?

Bauer: No

Burns: Yes.

Davis: Yes

Farrell: Yes

Horn: Yes

Kimbrough: No

Littlefair: Yes

Rohrabacher: Yes

Rose: No

Welbourn: Yes

Wieder: Yes

Unruh: No

Do you think the so-called Star Wars defense program could achieve the President’s stated goal of making the country secure against Soviet missiles?

Bauer: Yes

Burns: Yes.

Davis: Yes

Farrell: No

Horn: Yes

Kimbrough: No

Littlefair: Yes

Rohrabacher: Yes

Rose: No

Welbourn: Yes

Wieder: Yes

Unruh: No position

In general, are you inclined to give the President about what he thinks is needed for “Star Wars” research?

Bauer: Yes

Burns: No answer.

Davis: Not sure.

Farrell: No

Horn: Yes

Kimbrough: No

Littlefair: Yes

Rohrabacher: Yes

Rose: No

Welbourn: Yes

Wieder: Yes

Unruh: No

Would you exchange SDI for deep cuts of 50% in long-range offensive weapons?

Bauer: No

Burns: No answer.

Davis: No

Farrell: Yes

Horn: No

Kimbrough: Yes

Littlefair: No

Rohrabacher: No

Rose: Yes

Welbourn: No

Wieder: No

Unruh: No answer.

Would you reduce U.S. defense spending?

Bauer: No

Burns: No

Davis: Yes

Farrell: Yes

Horn: Not sure.

Kimbrough: Yes

Littlefair: No

Rohrabacher: No

Rose: Yes

Welbourn: No

Wieder: No

Unruh: Yes

If so, by how much?

Bauer:

Burns:

Davis: 10%

Farrell: 1% to 3% of the GNP proportional to Soviet cuts.

Horn:

Kimbrough: 10%

Littlefair:

Rohrabacher:

Rose: 25%

Welbourn:

Wieder:

Unruh:

Which programs?

Bauer: I would charge Europe, Japan for services we provide.

Burns:

Davis: Defense of our prosperous allies.

Farrell: Star Wars, B-1, battleships, large carriers, field grade officers, bureaucrats.

Horn:

Kimbrough: Delay deployment of Trident II, D-5 system. Stretch out testing of B-2 Bomber.

Littlefair:

Rohrabacher:

Rose: Foreign defense, nuclear defense, chemical and biological research.

Welbourn:

Wieder:

Unruh: Allies should pay fair share.

Would you have voted to approve the INF (intermediate-range nuclear forces) treaty?

Bauer: Yes

Burns: Yes

Davis: Yes

Farrell: Yes

Horn: Yes

Kimbrough: Yes

Littlefair: Yes

Rohrabacher: Yes

Rose: Yes

Welbourn: Yes

Wieder: Yes

Unruh: Yes

Would you vote for continued aid to the Nicaraguan contras? Why?

Bauer: For.

Burns: For. We must aid those who ask for help in a struggle for freedom.

Davis: For. Better their blood than eventually ours.

Farrell: Against. Basically they are terrorists led by former secret policemen, no real democratic support.

Horn: For. If not for the support of the contras , there would be no peace talks.

Kimbrough: Against. While some contra leaders are concerned about democratic values, most are not.

Littlefair: For. The U.S. must support the efforts of people of the world striving to be

free.

Rohrabacher: For. Prevent a communist takeover of Central America without U.S. troops.

Rose: Against. Murder, terrorism, drugs.

Welbourn: For. It’s our first line of defense in Central America.

Wieder: For. Our best defense against Cuban communism.

Unruh: Against. Giving foreign aid inadvertently fosters communism.

Do you favor the deployment of U.S. troops to Honduras?

Bauer: Yes

Burns: Yes

Davis: No

Farrell: No

Horn: Yes

Kimbrough: No

Littlefair: Yes

Rohrabacher: Yes, maneuvers only.

Rose: No

Welbourn: No

Wieder: Yes

Unruh:

Is there any circumstance under which you would vote oil drilling off the coast of Orange County?

Bauer: Yes

Burns: Yes

Davis: No

Farrell: No

Horn: No

Kimbrough: No

Littlefair: No, except in national emergency.

Rohrabacher: Yes

Rose: No

Welbourn: Yes

Wieder: Yes

Unruh: No

If so, what are those circumstances?

Bauer: If national security requires, and if done responsibly.

Burns: When national security is threatened.

Davis:

Farrell:

Horn:

Kimbrough:

Littlefair:

Rohrabacher:

Rose:

Welbourn: If national emergency, with environmental safeguards.

Wieder: Tough air quality emission controls.

Unruh:

Do you support Secretary of State Shultz’s proposed Middle East peace plan calling for Arab-Israeli negotiations to work out Palestinian autonomy on the West Bank?

Bauer: Yes

Burns: No answer.

Davis: Yes

Farrell: Yes

Horn: Yes

Kimbrough: Yes

Littlefair: Yes

Rohrabacher: Yes

Rose: Yes

Welbourn: Yes

Wieder: Yes

Unruh: Yes, but not necessarily on the West Bank.

Do you favor a presidential pardon for Lt. Col. Oliver L. North?

Bauer: Yes

Burns: Yes

Davis: Yes

Farrell: No

Horn: No position

Kimbrough: No

Littlefair: No position.

Rohrabacher: Yes

Rose: No

Welbourn: No

Wieder: No

Unruh: No

What about Rear Admiral John M. Poindexter?

Bauer: No

Burns: Yes

Davis: Yes

Farrell: No

Horn: No position

Kimbrough: No

Littlefair: No position.

Rohrabacher: Yes

Rose: No

Welbourn: No

Wieder: No

Unruh: No

Do you favor opening up large portions of California’s coastline to oil exploration?

Bauer: Yes

Burns: No

Davis: No

Farrell: No

Horn: No

Kimbrough: No

Littlefair: No

Rohrabacher: Yes

Rose: No

Welbourn: No

Wieder: No

Unruh: No

Do you support federal funding for abortions for the poor thru Medi-Cal?

Bauer: No

Burns: No

Davis: Yes

Horn: Yes, so long as it is held constitutional.

Kimbrough:Yes

Littlefair: No

Rohrabacher: No

Rose: Yes

Welbourn: No

Wieder: No

Unruh: No

Do you favor or oppose the Supreme Court’s ruling that, except in limited circumstances, states may not forbid women from obtaining abortions?

Bauer: Oppose

Burns: Oppose

Davis: Favor

Farrell: No position. Supreme Court must determine when life begins.

Horn: No answer.Opposes abortion except under very limited circumstances.

Kimbrough: Favor.

Littlefair: No position.

Rohrabacher: Oppose

Rose: Favor

Welbourn: Favor

Wieder: Favor.

Unruh: Favor

Would you favor a half-cent sales tax in Orange County for transportation?

Bauer: No position.

Burns: Yes

Davis: Yes

Farrell: No

Horn: No position. Not a federal issue.

Kimbrough: Yes

Littlefair: Yes

Rohrabacher: No

Rose: No

Welbourn: Yes, if voters approve.

Wieder: No

Unruh: No

Do you support the slow growth initiative that will go before voters in Orange County on June 7?

Bauer: No position.

Burns: No

Davis: No answer

Farrell: Yes

Horn: Yes

Kimbrough: Yes

Littlefair: Yes

Rohrabacher: No position.

Rose: Yes

Welbourn: Yes

Wieder: No position.

Unruh: Yes

Do you support joint military-civilian use of El Toro Marine Corps Air Station?

Bauer: Yes

Burns: No

Davis: No

Farrell: Yes

Horn: No

Kimbrough: No

Littlefair: No position.

Rohrabacher: No answer.

Rose: Yes

Welbourn: No

Wieder: No

Unruh: No

Do you favor funding and construction of the Santa Ana River Project?

Bauer: No answer.

Burns: Yes

Davis: Yes

Farrell: Yes

Horn: Yes

Kimbrough: Yes

Littlefair: Yes

Rohrabacher: No answer.

Rose: Yes

Welbourn: Yes, if environmentally ok.

Wieder: Yes

Unruh: Yes

Did you, or would you have, voted for the recent civil rights legislation that restored broad anti-discrimination protections limited by the U.S. Supreme Court four years ago? (President Reagan’s veto of this legislation was overridden. The legislation broadens provisions that prohibit institutions that receive federal aid from discriminating against women, minorities, the elderly and the disabled.)

Bauer: No

Burns: No

Davis: No answer

Farrell: Yes

Horn: No position

Kimbrough: Yes

Littlefair: Not sure.

Rohrabacher: No

Rose: Yes

Welbourn: No

Wieder: No

Unruh: Yes

Should the government require private companies with which it has contracts to use affirmative action in hiring and promoting women and members of minorities in the work force?

Bauer: No

Burns: No

Davis: No

Farrell: Yes

Horn: Yes, but does not favor quotas.

Kimbrough: Yes

Littlefair: No

Rohrabacher: No

Rose: Yes

Welbourn: No

Wieder: Yes

Unruh: Yes

Do you believe that local public school officials should be allowed to mandate spoken prayers to be recited by students in classrooms?

Bauer: No

Burns: No

Davis: No

Farrell: No

Horn: No

Kimbrough: No

Littlefair: Supports voluntary prayer.

Rohrabacher: Favors voluntary prayer.

Rose: No

Welbourn: Yes

Wieder: No

Unruh: Yes, if prayer is generic.

Do you favor federally financed day care as an incentive for poor people to find work?

Bauer: No

Burns: No

Davis: Yes

Farrell: Yes

Horn: Yes

Kimbrough: Yes

Littlefair: No

Rohrabacher: No

Rose: Yes

Welbourn: No, I would support block grant programming.

Wieder: No

Unruh: Yes, or state funding.

Should the federal government help pay for long-term care for the elderly?

Bauer: No

Burns: No answer

Davis: Yes

Farrell: Yes

Horn: Yes

Kimbrough:Yes

Littlefair: Yes

Rohrabacher: No answer.

Rose: Yes

Welbourn: No

Wieder: Yes

Unruh: Yes

Do you favor mandatory AIDS testing?

Bauer: Yes

Burns: Yes

Davis: Yes

Farrell: Yes

Horn: Yes

Kimbrough: No

Littlefair: No

Rohrabacher: Yes

Rose: No

Welbourn: No

Wieder: No

Unruh: No

If so, for what groups?

Bauer: Rape suspects, arrested individuals, people that bleed on others, blood donors.

Burns: Health care, food service employees; convicted criminals.

Davis: All criminals.

Farrell: Prison inmates.

Horn: Those with high security classification, prisoners and others where government has cust ody.

Kimbrough:

Littlefair: Those who pose some risk to others, medical profession.

Rohrabacher: Applicants for marriage licenses, health workers, military.

Rose:

Welbourn:

Wieder:

Unruh:

Do you believe that persons who test positive for AIDS should be allowed to teach school?

Bauer: No

Burns: No

Davis: No answer

Farrell: Yes

Horn: Yes

Kimbrough: Yes

Littlefair: Undecided

Rohrabacher: No answer.

Rose: Yes

Welbourn: Yes

Wieder: Yes

Unruh: No

If no, from what other jobs would your ban people with AIDS?

Bauer: Any job with potential of infecting others.

Burns: Health care; food service employees.

Davis:

Farrell:

Horn:

Kimbrough:

Littlefair:

Rohrabacher: Any job in which there is a significant chance they could infect others.

Rose:

Welbourn:

Wieder:

Unruh:

Would you vote for additional allocations for AIDS research?

Bauer: No

Burns: No answer

Davis: Yes

Farrell: Yes

Horn: Yes

Kimbrough: Yes

Littlefair: Yes

Rohrabacher: No answer.

Rose: Yes

Welbourn: Yes

Wieder: Yes

Unruh: Yes

Should the President put more pressure on the South African government to abandon its policy of apartheid?

Bauer: No

Burns: No answer

Davis: No

Farrell: Yes

Horn: Yes

Kimbrough: Yes

Littlefair: No

Rohrabacher: Yes

Rose: Yes

Welbourn: No

Wieder: No

Unruh: Yes

If so, what kind of action should he take?

Bauer:

Burns:

Davis:

Farrell: Embargo arms, pressure Britain to approve sanctions by Commonwealth nations

Horn: Diplomatic pressure.

Kimbrough: Additional trade sanctions.

Littlefair:

Rohrabacher: More personal pressure, but no economic sanctions.

Rose: Divest

Welbourn:

Wieder:

Unruh: Non--military, non--economic. We should set a moral example.

In the past 14 years, the number of political action committees has increased sevenfold and contributions to candidates have skyrocketed. Critics believe this has made officeholders unduly beholden to special-interest groups. Are you in favor of additional limits on the amount of money Congressional candidates may receive from PACs?

Bauer: No

Burns: Yes

Davis: Yes

Farrell: Yes

Horn: Yes

Kimbrough: Yes. Lower maximum limits for PACs from $5,000 to $2,500 or less.

Littlefair: No

Rohrabacher: No

Rose: Yes

Welbourn: No

Wieder: No

Unruh: Reform is needed. This is the wrong question.

Would you support an immigration bill that would encourage more Europeans to immigrate to the United States?

Bauer: Yes

Burns: No

Davis: Yes

Farrell: Yes. Open doors to everyone.

Horn: Yes

Kimbrough: Yes

Littlefair: No answer.

Rohrabacher: No answer.

Rose: No

Welbourn: No

Wieder: No

Unruh: No

Do you favor imposing automatic penalty tariffs on other countries that amass huge trade surpluses with the United States?

Bauer: No

Burns: No

Davis: No

Farrell:

Horn: Yes, if imposed under executive discretion.

Kimbrough: No

Littlefair: No

Rohrabacher: No

Rose: Yes

Welbourn: No

Wieder: No

Unruh: Yes

Would you support federal tax credits for private schools?

Bauer: No

Burns: Yes

Davis: Yes

Farrell: Yes

Horn: No

Kimbrough: No

Littlefair: Yes

Rohrabacher: Yes

Rose: No

Welbourn: No

Wieder: No

Unruh: Yes