Congressional Candidate Questionnaire Responses

The American Institute of Architects (AIA) is the voice of the architecture profession and the resource for its more than 83,000 members in service to society. America's architects are committed to serving the public as designers of our built environment and as advocates for policies that protect people and strengthen our communities.

This year, the AIA initiated DesignVote08, a nonpartisan program to get architects and their supporters front and center in the 2008 campaign.

As part of that initiative, the DesignVote team reached out to over 1,200 candidates for congressional office to answer a questionnaire aimed at discerning the candidates' attitudes on issues critical to architects and the built community (see the AIA issues agenda).

The AIA does not endorse or otherwise express opinions on candidates for federal office; we have, however, invited all known candidates to respond to this questionnaire and have published all received responses without edit below for review by the AIA membership and the general public.  Simply click on the candidate's name to review his or her positions on important issues to the design community.

For questions or concerns regarding DesignVote or the AIA Congressional Candidate Questionnaire, please contact Hannah Wesolowski, manager, Political Programs.

Alaska

  Bob Bird, Senate

Arizona

  Brent Maupin, District 1
  Joe Cobb, District 4
  Rebecca DeWitt, District 4

California

  Nicholas Gerber, District 10
  Joyce Stoer Cordi, District 15
  Larry Johnson, District 21
  Ted Brown, District 26
  Douglas Arthur Tuma, District 3
  Christopher Balding, District 34
  Diane Lenning, District 39
  John Roberts, District 43
  Ernst P. Gasteiger, District 46
  David Lee Joy, District 51
  Camden W. McConnell, P.E., S.E., District 7

Florida

  Stephen Blythe, District 15
  Jay McGovern, District 4

Idaho

  Larry LaRocco, Senate
  Jim Risch, Senate

Illinois

  Antoine Members, District 1
  Donald A. Manzullo, District 16

Illinois

  Scott Summers, District 16

Illinois

  Jan Schakowsky, District 9

Illlinois

  Danny K. Davis, District 7

Indiana

  Nels Ackerson, District 4
  Eric Schansberg, District 9

Kansas

  James Bordonaro, District 1
  Steven A. Rosile, District 4

Kentucky

  Michael J Kelley, District 4
  Jim Holbert, District 5

Maryland

  Peter James, District 4

Massachusetts

  John W. Olver, District 1
  James P. McGovern, District 3
  Congressman Barney Frank, District 4

Michigan

  Candace R. Caveny, District 10
  Neil Kiernan Stephenson, District 10
  Gregory Creswell, District 13
  Vernon J. Ehlers, District 3
  Gregory Merle, District 6
  George Zimmer, District 8
  Will Tyler White, District 8

Minnesota

  Michael Cummins, District 8

Mississippi

  Joel L. Gill, District 3

Missouri

  Kevin Babcock, District 3
  Chris Sander, District 3
  Jeff Parnell, District 4
  Dave Browning, District 6
  Judy Baker, District 9

New Jersey

  Dale Glading, District 1
  Bill Pascrell, Jr., District 8
  Roland Straten , District 8

New Mexico

  Harry Teague, District 2
  Daniel K. East, District 3

New York

  Cartrell Gore, District 11
  Robert Goodman, District 17

North Carolina

  Carl Mumpower, District 11
  Keith Smith, District 11
  Teresa Sue Bratton, M.D., District 6
  Will Breazeale, District 7
  Christopher Cole, Senate

Ohio

  Jim Trakas, District 10
  David Krikorian, District 2
  Mike Carroll, District 4

Oklahoma

  Georgianna W. Oliver, District 1
  Steven L. Perry, District 5

Oregon

  Joel Haugen, District 1

Pennsylvania

  John P. McDermott, District 13
  Dan Frank, District 16
  Jim Gerlach, District 6
  Bob Roggio, District 6

South Carolina

  C. Faye Walters, District 4
  Frank Waggoner, District 5

Tennessee

  Bob Scott, District 2
  Ed Choate, District 3
  Chris Lugo, Senate

Texas

  Roger J. Waun, District 13
  Eddie Zamora, District 15
  Mike Taylor, District 18
  Michael Idrogo, District 20
  Robert Litoff, District 20
  William "Willie" Vaden, District 27
  Robert Powell, District 27
  Ross Lynn Leone, District 28
  Yvonne Adams Schick, Senate

Utah

  Kirk D. Pearson, District 1

Virginia

  Nathan Larson, District 1
  Andrea Miller, District 4
  William Redpath, Senate

Washington

  Mark Mays, District 5
  Steve Beren, District 7

West Virginia

  Marty Gearheart, District 3

Wisconsin

  Michael D. LaForest, District 4

Wyoming

  Mike Enzi, Senate