David Watts

Republican | Texas

Candidate Profile

Conservative

BIOGRAPHY

Name

David Watts


Party

Republican


Election Year

2014


Election

Primary


Race

Land Commissioner


Incumbent

No


Links

David Watts websites Facebook

EDUCATION

University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, B.S. Political Science, 1993

WORK & MILITARY

(Candidate did not provide)

AFFILIATIONS

Church of Christ, Evangelist, United States Civil Air Patrol

Previous, Adult squadron member, Church of Christ, Extensive preaching trips to India

Home School Legal Defense Association, Parent member, Texas Home School Coalition

Parent member

POLITICAL OFFICES HELD

(Candidate did not provide)

POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT

Kentucky State Representative, 1992

Texas Land Commissioner, 2014

Race

Previous Races

SCORECARDS

CONSERVATIVE ORGANIZATIONS


LIBERAL ORGANIZATIONS

ENDORSEMENTS

CONSERVATIVE (4)

Adams, Cathie

American Gun Rights

Montgomery County TEA Party

Voices Empower

REPORTED BY CANDIDATE (15)

Cathie Adams

President

Texas Eagle Forum

Michelle Smith

President

SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS

CONSERVATIVE
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (6)

Bryan Hughes

David Simpson

Jerry Patterson

Jonathan Stickland

Matt Schaefer

RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (5)

Empower Texans

Jonathan Stickland

Local, County, and District Republican Organizations

Ray Wheless

Texas Home School Coalition


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

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.

Strongly Agree

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

Strongly 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. 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 Voters (but voters can amend the Constitution - otherwise, respecting that it enumerates and protects our rights and liberties, we subject ourselves to it) Supreme Court and Congress (as co-equal, but separate branches of government.

18. Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.

I am fully convinced that the Scriptures are the inspired Word of God. We learn of God's creation of the world, man, and all living things. We learn of man's decision to sin. We learn of God's plan to provide redemption for man. God has extended his grace to all mankind in sending his son, Jesus Christ, to die on the cross for our sins. Man is a free moral agent. God does not force a person to obey him, but commands all men everywhere to repent. Man must believe that Jesus is the Christ, confess the name of Christ, repent from his sins, and be baptized in water for the remission of his sins. All men will someday stand before the judgment seat of Christ and we will answer for how we have lived.

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