Stephen Nass

Republican | Wisconsin

Candidate Profile

Conservative

BIOGRAPHY

Name

Stephen Nass


Party

Republican


Election Year

2014


Election

General


Race

State Senator, Dist. 11


Incumbent

No


Links

Stephen Nass websites

EDUCATION

UW-Whitewater, Whitewater, WI, M.S., 1990

UW-Whitewater, Whitewater, WI, B.S., 1978

WORK & MILITARY

Wisconsin Air National Guard, Chief Master Sgt., 33

AFFILIATIONS

American Legion, Post Commander, VFW

Madison Assn. of Parliamentarians

POLITICAL OFFICES HELD

Whitewater City Council, 4

Wisconsin State Assembly, 23

POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT

(Candidate did not provide)

Race

Previous Races

ENDORSEMENTS

CONSERVATIVE (1)

Wisconsin Right to Life

REPORTED BY CANDIDATE (6)

WI Realtors Assn.

Tavern League of WI

WI Grocers Assn.

WI Builders Assn.

Republican Party of Walworth County

SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS

CONSERVATIVE
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (5)

Howard Marklein

Joe Knilans

Local, County, and District Republican Organizations

Republican Women's Organizations

Scott Walker

RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (2)

Associated Builders and Contractors

Local, County, and District Republican Organizations


LIBERAL
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (0)
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (1)

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

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 are the key to national prosperity.

Strongly Agree

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

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

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.

Neutral

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

Neutral

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

Strongly Agree

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

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.

Agree

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

Agree

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

Agree

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

Agree

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 The Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) should be repealed by Congress.

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.

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.

Agree

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

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

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.

Neutral

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.

Neutral

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.

Agree

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

Disagree

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

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

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

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 Founders established the Constitution for the purpose of clearly defining that we are a government of laws. Not a government of men. America's founders placed the highest value in each person's Creator­ endowed rights to life, liberty, and property.

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

The Founders established the Constitution for the purpose of clearly defining that we are a government of laws. Not a government of men. America's founders placed the highest value in each person's Creator­ endowed rights to life, liberty, and property.

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, Constitution, Congress, Supreme Court

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, Constitution, Congress, Supreme Court

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

I do believe that state law should permit abortions under extremely limited circumstances relating to the medical need to protect the life of the mother, rape and incest.

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

I do believe that state law should permit abortions under extremely limited circumstances relating to the medical need to protect the life of the mother, rape and incest.

21. Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.

I cherish my personal religious beliefs and the values that my parents instilled in me as a child. As an elected official, I work to represent the people with sensitivity to their beliefs and values.

21. Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.

I cherish my personal religious beliefs and the values that my parents instilled in me as a child. As an elected official, I work to represent the people with sensitivity to their beliefs and values.

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