Luther Olsen

Republican | Wisconsin

Candidate Profile

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BIOGRAPHY

Name

Luther Olsen


Party

Republican


Election Year

2012


Election

General


Race

State Senator, Dist. 14


Incumbent

Yes


Links

Luther Olsen websites Facebook

EDUCATION

Candidate did not provide

WORK & MILITARY

Candidate did not provide

AFFILIATIONS

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POLITICAL OFFICES HELD

Candidate did not provide

POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT

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Race

Previous Races

ENDORSEMENTS

OTHER (3)

Wisconsin Right to Life

Wisconsin Family Action PAC

National Rifle Association

SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS

CONSERVATIVE
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (3)

Local, County, and District Republican Organizations

Scott Walker

State Republican Party Organizations

RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (8)

Associated Builders and Contractors

Edward Brooks

Local, County, and District Republican Organizations

National Federation of Independent Business

National Rifle Association


LIBERAL
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (0)
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (2)

International Union of Operating Engineers

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 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.

Strongly 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.

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.

Agree

11. Who has the primary responsibility to be sure children are properly educated?

Their parents

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

Yes, Rape, Incest, Life of the Mother

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

No Answer

14. 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, Supreme Court, voters, congress

15. Please list, up to six in number, the endorsements (groups or individuals) you would most like to promote.

Right to Life, NRA, Farm Bureau

16. Please list your educational, military and vocational history, and any church and civic leadership positions held, and political positions held or sought.

Bachelors of Science in Meat and Animal Science from UW-Madison; Owner, Operator of a large feed, seed, farm supply grain business; State Senator; Berlin Area School Board, served as President; Grace Lutheran Church, Berlin, First Lutheran Church, Poy Sippi, Church Council President, Luther League Counselor; Grace Lutheran Church Ripon, Adult Forum Leader, VBS leader, Call Committee Chairman, Finance Committee member; Wisconsin Rural Leadership, Group IV; University Hospital and Clinics Board member, Finance and Audit committee member; Education Commission of the States, Vice President, Executive Committee Member, Chaired national search committee for President and CEO, Denver,CO; Regional Education Lab Board member and Executive Committee member, Naperville, IL; Educational Communications Board member, Madison, WI.

17. What charitable, educational, religious, or political organizations have you been affiliated with as a member, contributor, or volunteer?

See Above description

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