Tim Schaffer

Republican | Ohio

Candidate Profile

Leans Conservative

BIOGRAPHY

Name

Tim Schaffer


Party

Republican


Election Year

2014


Election

General


Race

State Rep., Dist. 77


Incumbent

No


Links


EDUCATION

Mt. Union College, Alliance, OH, BA, 1985

Lancaster High School, Lancaster, OH, Diploma, 1981

WORK & MILITARY

Association Executive, Executive Director, 1993-Present

AFFILIATIONS

Fairfield County Republican Party, Past Chairman, Fairfield Center for Disabilities & Cerebral Palsy

Past President, Past Treasurer, Past Board Member, Fairfield County Young Republican Club, Past President

Fairfield County Lincoln Republican Club, Past President, Ohio Society of Association Executives

Member, Board of Directors, Fairfield Heritage Association, Member, Donor

Lancaster Festival, Donor, Ohio Chamber of Commerce

POLITICAL OFFICES HELD

State Senator, 31st district, 2007-2014

State Representative, 2001-2006, 2015-pres

POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT

Fairfield County Board of Elections, 1998-2000

Chairman, Fairfield County Republican Party, 1996-2002

Race

Previous Races

SCORECARDS

CONSERVATIVE ORGANIZATIONS


LIBERAL ORGANIZATIONS

ENDORSEMENTS

CONSERVATIVE (3)

Citizens for Community Values

Ohio Right to Life

Ohioans for Concealed Carry

REPORTED BY CANDIDATE (5)

Sheriff Dave Phalen

Congressman Steve Stivers

Former Congressman Steve Austria

State Rep. Gerald Stebelton

State Senator Troy Balderson

SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS

CONSERVATIVE
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (2)

John Kasich

National Federation of Independent Business

RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (16)

Associated Builders and Contractors

Buckeye Firearms

Gary Scherer

Local, County, and District Republican Organizations

National Federation of Independent Business


LIBERAL
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (1)

Frank LaRose

RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (8)

American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations

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

International Association of Firefighters

International Union of Operating Engineers

Laborers International Union of North America

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.

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.

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.

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?

Did not answer

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.

Did not answer

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.

Did not answer

19. Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.

Did not answer

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