Matt Shaheen

Republican | Texas

Candidate Profile

Conservative

BIOGRAPHY

Name

Matt Shaheen


Party

Republican


Election Year

2014


Election

General


Race

State Rep., Dist. 66


Incumbent

No


Links

Matt Shaheen websites Facebook

EDUCATION

Randolph-Macon College, Ashland, VA, BA, 1987

SMU, Dallas, TX, MA, 2003

WORK & MILITARY

(Candidate did not provide)

AFFILIATIONS

Prestonwood Baptist Church, Deacon, Prestonwood Pregnancy Center

Board Member, Ronald Reagan Conservative Society, Founding Chairman

Collin County Republican Men's Club, Board Member, Texas Juvenile Justice Department

Advisory Committee Member, Golden Corridor Republican Women, Associate Member

Colonial PGA Golf Tournament, Finance Committee Member

POLITICAL OFFICES HELD

Collin County Commissioner, 5

POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT

(Candidate did not provide)

SCORECARDS

CONSERVATIVE ORGANIZATIONS


LIBERAL ORGANIZATIONS

ENDORSEMENTS

CONSERVATIVE (3)

Cathie Adams

Texans for Fiscal Responsibility

Texas Home School Coalition

REPORTED BY CANDIDATE (6)

Empower Texans

THSC

Young Conservatives of Texas

North Texas Tea Party Approved

Cathie Adams

SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS

CONSERVATIVE
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (7)

Greg Abbott

Heritage Alliance

John Keating

Local, County, and District Republican Organizations

Mike Huckabee

RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (24)

Accountability First

Bryan Hughes

Cathie Adams

David Simpson

DFW Conservative Voters


QUESTIONNAIRE

OTHER IMPORTANT ISSUES

1. Free enterprise and the right to private property turn mankind's natural self interest into the fairest and most productive economic system there is, and are the key to national prosperity.

Strongly Agree

2. Election of judges by the people for a definite term of office is the best way to select judges.

Strongly Agree

3. More restrictive gun control laws are needed now to protect public safety.

Strongly Disagree

4. Efforts to bring Islamic law (shariah) to America do not pose a threat to our country and its Constitution.

Strongly Disagree

5. Government should enforce laws designed to protect the border and to prevent illegal entry of persons into the country.

Strongly Agree

6. People should be able to vote without photo identification.

Strongly Disagree

7. Human life begins at conception and deserves legal protection at every stage until natural death.

Strongly Agree

8. Marriage is a union of one man and one woman. No government has the authority to alter this definition.

Strongly Agree

9. The Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) should be repealed by Congress.

Strongly Agree

10. There should be a strict constitutional spending limit for state and local governments that would tie the rate of spending to the rate of population growth plus the rate of inflation.

Strongly Agree

11. Judeo-Christian values established a framework of morality which permitted our system of limited government.

Strongly Agree

12. Free market competition for education dollars, rather than a government monopoly, would create a better education for all students.

Strongly Agree

13. Where minor children are involved, divorce laws should be reformed to include mutual consent of both parents and an increased waiting period, unless there is fault or abuse.

Strongly Agree

14. The Ten Commandments should not be displayed in public school buildings.

Strongly Disagree

15. Religious freedom is our most foundational freedom and deserves added protection in our state and federal constitutions.

Strongly Agree

16. The founders established pure democracy in the Constitution because they believed that it is the best form of government to ensure the safety and equitable treatment of all citizens.

Strongly Disagree

17. Based on the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution, please arrange the following entities, starting with the highest source of authority, and continue the list in descending order of authority, skipping any that do not apply: Academia, Congress, Constitution, God, Industry, Media, Professional Sports, Supreme Court, Voters.

God, Voters, Constitution, Congress, Supreme Court

18. Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.

I came to Christ as a young boy led by my mom and dad. Jesus Christ is my Lord and Savior and He is the firm foundation on which I stand.

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