Pete Pirsch
Republican | Nebraska
Candidate Profile
Conservative
BIOGRAPHY
Name
Pete Pirsch
Party
Republican
Election Year
2014
Election
Primary
Race
Attorney General
Incumbent
No
Links
EDUCATION
University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Law Degree, 1997
University of Nebraska, Omaha, MBA, 2005
University of VA, Charlottesville, BA, 1992
WORK & MILITARY
(Candidate did not provide)
AFFILIATIONS
St. Vincent de Paul Church, Member, Early Childhood Commission
Member, Appointed by Governor Dave Heineman, Nebraska Crime Commission, Member, Appointed by Governor Mike Johanns
Boy Scouts, Unit Commissioner Volunteer, Republican Party
Chairman, County Convention, Rotary Club, Member and Volunteer
Jaycees, Created Jaycees Educational Scholarships Program, Big Brothers Program
POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
Elected Trustee, S.I.D. #337, 2005-2006
POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
(Candidate did not provide)
Race
SCORECARDS
CONSERVATIVE ORGANIZATIONS
2013-14
|89%
LIBERAL ORGANIZATIONS
ENDORSEMENTS
REPORTED BY CANDIDATE (6)
State Senator Dan Watermeier (Repub.-Syracuse)
State Senator Tom Hansen (Repub.- North Platte)
State Senator Mark Christensen (Repub.- Imperial)
State Senator Jim Scheer (Repub.-Norfolk)
State Senator Tommy Garrett (Repub.- Bellevue)
SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS
CONSERVATIVE
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (2)
Local, County, and District Republican Organizations
State Republican Party Organizations
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (5)
Citizens for a Better Nebraska
Local, County, and District Republican Organizations
National Federation of Independent Business
National Rifle Association
National Right to Life Committee
LIBERAL
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (0)
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (6)
American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations
American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees
Communication Workers of America
International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers
International Union of Police Associations
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.
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.
Strongly Disagree
15. Religious freedom is our most foundational freedom and deserves added protection in our state and federal constitutions.
Strongly Agree
16. What in the nature of mankind caused America’s Founders to carefully define, separate, and limit powers within the Constitution?
They experienced the tyranny imposed by the King, who practiced unchecked despotism. Basic rights- life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness- endowed by our Creator, were denied, including religious liberties. The King made judges dependent on his will alone, kept standing armies among the people in times of peace (without legislative consent) and committed other offenses on human rights. Representative democracy, not pure democracy, was selected as the new Constitutional remedy.
17. 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
18. 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
19. Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
I believe in God, the creator, and through whom alone eternal salvation can be achieved.
