Jeffrey Pyle
Republican | Pennsylvania
Candidate Profile
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BIOGRAPHY
Name
Jeffrey Pyle
Party
Republican
Election Year
2012
Election
General
Race
State Rep. , Dist. 60
Incumbent
Yes
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EDUCATION
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WORK & MILITARY
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AFFILIATIONS
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POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
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Race
SCORECARDS
CONSERVATIVE ORGANIZATIONS
2013-14
100%
2015
85%, 89%†
2013-14
|100%
2015
|85%, 89%†
LIBERAL ORGANIZATIONS
2012
|45%
ENDORSEMENTS
OTHER (5)
Firearms Owners Against Crime
National Rifle Association
Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry
Pennsylvania National Federation Of Independent Business
LifePAC of Southwest Pennsylvania
SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS
CONSERVATIVE
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (1)
State Republican Party Organizations
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (3)
Donald White
National Federation of Independent Business
Pennsylvania Life Political Action Committee
LIBERAL
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (0)
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (1)
American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations
OTHER INFORMATION
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 is the key to national prosperity.
Strongly Agree
2. Government should enforce laws designed to protect the border and to prevent illegal entry of persons into the country.
Strongly Agree
3. Because evolution is widely accepted, students should not be taught about intelligent design.
Disagree
4. Free market competition for education dollars, rather than a government monopoly, would create a better education for all students.
Agree
5. It is the government’s responsibility to be sure everyone has health care and a livable income.
Strongly Disagree
6. States should require voters to show photo identification and prove citizenship in order to register to vote or to cast a vote.
Strongly Agree
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. Judeo-Christian values established a framework of morality which permitted our system of limited government.
Strongly Agree
10. Pure democracy is the best form of government to ensure the safety and equitable treatment of all citizens.
Strongly Agree
11. Who has the primary responsibility to be sure children are properly educated?
parents and family
12. Should abortion be allowed under extenuating circumstances? If so, what circumstances?
allow only for rape/incest or life of mother
13. What in the nature of mankind caused America’s Founders to carefully define, separate, and limit powers within the Constitution?
The Founders framed the Constitution to reflect oppression by the distant English king. Their work prohibited many of the previous abuses and established a nation of constitutional freedoms free of unjustified royal whims.
14. List your six (6) most important political endorsements.
PA ProLife Federation; National Rifle Association (A+); FARMER (PA Farm Bureau); PACoal Alliance; National Federation of Independent Businesses and the PA Chamber of Business and Industry
15. 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.
1.God 2.Constitution 3.Voters 4.Supreme Court/Congress (tie) 5.Industry 6. Academia7.Media 8.sports
16. Please list your educational, military and vocational history, and any church and civic leadership positions held, and political positions held or sought.
Ford City High School 1982; West Virginia University BA- Political Science 1986; Indiana University, BSed-Secondary Education Social Studies,1991. Armstrong School District teacher 1992-2004; Educator of the Year, 1999. Conservation Educator of the Year, 2000. Mayor, Ford City, Pennsylvania 2001-2004. State Representative, 60th Legislative District 2004-Present. subcommittee chairman of railroads (Transportation), sub committee chairman, mining (Energy Environmental Resources committee; chairman of Coal Caucus; chairman, Republican Sportsmens Caucus
17. What charitable, educational, religious, or political organizations have you been affiliated with as a member, contributor, or volunteer.
American Cancer Society, Ford City Lions Club, Kittanning Elks, Friends of the NRA, Ford City Economic Revitalization Project; too many local projects and efforts to remember
