Sixty percent of a college student's tuition is professor's salary, Berry said. There's only so much money to go around. On the matter of primary and secondary education, Berry is a strong advocate of vouchers and charter schools. He serves on the school board of a charter school in the area. Rivers opposes vouchers and charter schools.
Health care is another important issue to both candidates.
A wife and mother of two by the age of 21, Rivers said she knows what it is like to struggle without health care. Campaign finance reform is a critical issue for Rivers, who said she would like to see all campaigns publicly financed. Berry would like to see gun laws enforced more strictly nationwide. Otherwise, Berry said he does not believe in an increase in gun laws. Enforcement of current laws, he said, is the key to being safe.