Dean Knudson

Republican | Wisconsin

Candidate Profile

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BIOGRAPHY

Name

Dean Knudson


Party

Republican


Election Year

2014


Election

General


Race

Repr. to the Assembly, Dist. 30


Incumbent

Yes


Links

Dean Knudson websites Facebook

EDUCATION

Iowa State University, Ames, IA, DVM, 1986

North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, 1979

WORK & MILITARY

Veterinary Service Corp, VP, 25

St Croix Valley Professionals, President, 19

AFFILIATIONS

Trinity Lutheran Church, past Church Council member, Hudson Daybreak Rotary Club

past President, Hudson Area Chamber of Commerce, past President

Hudson SAFE, past co-chair, St Croix Valley Christians for Life

member, St Croix Business Park Corporation, director

St Croix County Republican Party, past chairman, 3rd District Republican Party

POLITICAL OFFICES HELD

Mayor, City of Hudson, 3

State Representative, 3

POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT

City Council, 6

SCORECARDS

CONSERVATIVE ORGANIZATIONS


LIBERAL ORGANIZATIONS

ENDORSEMENTS

CONSERVATIVE (1)

Wisconsin Right to Life

REPORTED BY CANDIDATE (1)

(None listed.)

SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS

CONSERVATIVE
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (5)

Local, County, and District Republican Organizations

Scott Walker

Sheila Harsdorf

State Republican Party Organizations

Ted Cruz

RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (5)

Associated Builders and Contractors

National Rifle Association

Pro-Life Wisconsin

Scott Walker

State Republican Party Organizations


LIBERAL
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (2)

International Union of Operating Engineers

United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry

RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (2)

International Union of Operating Engineers

United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry

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.

Agree

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

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. Our state should participate in the nationwide Common Core standards for high-school graduation.

Strongly Disagree

18. What in the nature of mankind caused America’s Founders to carefully define, separate, and limit powers within the Constitution?

The separation of powers and constitutional limited government is necessary to limit the human tendency to accumulate and exercise power over others. Without strict limits, the size and scope of government will relentlessly grow at the expense of the individual freedom and liberty.

19. 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

20. Should abortion be allowed under extenuating circumstances? If so, what circumstances?

No, the right to life exists regardless of the circumstances of the conception.

21. Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.

I believe in an all powerful God who through his love for us sent his Son to die so that we might have eternal life.

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