Janet Bewley

Democrat | Wisconsin

Candidate Profile

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BIOGRAPHY

Name

Janet Bewley


Party

Democrat


Election Year

2014


Election

General


Race

State Senator, Dist. 25


Incumbent

No


Links

Janet Bewley websites Facebook

EDUCATION

Univ Maine, Orono ME, M.Ed, 1977

Case Western Reserve U, Cleveland, OH, B.A., 1973

WORK & MILITARY

(Candidate did not provide)

AFFILIATIONS

(Candidate did not provide)

POLITICAL OFFICES HELD

WI 74th Assembly, 2 terms

Ashland City Council, 1 term

POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT

(Candidate did not provide)

Race

Previous Races

ENDORSEMENTS

LIBERAL (6)

Emily's List

Fair Wisconsin PAC

Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin

Sierra Club Wisconsin John Muir Chapter

United Auto Workers

REPORTED BY CANDIDATE (1)

(None listed.)

SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS


LIBERAL
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (10)

Amy Sue Vruwink

Fair Wisconsin

Jennifer Shilling

Jessica King

Lena Taylor

RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (17)

American Federation of Teachers

Frederick Kessler

International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers

International Association of Firefighters

International Union of Operating Engineers

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.

Disagree

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

Neutral

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

Agree

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

No Answer

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

Agree

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

Agree

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

Disagree

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

Disagree

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 The Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) should be repealed by Congress.

Disagree

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.

Disagree

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

Neutral

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

Disagree

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.

Neutral

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

Neutral

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.

Neutral

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

Agree

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

I have limited ability to know the intentions of dead people, but I hope the founders believed that no one branch of government, no one set of people, no one class of citizens, no one level of income, no single state, no single corporation or set of corporations, should have power over the voices of the people.

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.

I can not answer this question, because you do not provide the context. There is no single entity that has ultimate power over all aspects of society, government, or people.

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

Under the current law.

21. Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.

According to expression of religious freedom, I am at liberty not to disclose my spiritual beliefs, just as others are free to express them.

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