Todd Staples

Republican | Texas

Candidate Profile

Conservative

BIOGRAPHY

Name

Todd Staples


Party

Republican


Election Year

2014


Election

Primary


Race

Lt. Governor


Incumbent

No


Links

Todd Staples websites Facebook

EDUCATION

Texsa A&M University, College Station, TX, Agricultural Economics, 1984

WORK & MILITARY

Senate Republican Caucus, Chair, 2003

One Man, One Woman, Senate Sponsor, 2005

Texas Association of Business, Fighter for Free Enterprise

Texas Citizens for a Sound Economy, Friend of the Taxpayer

AFFILIATIONS

Norwood Heights Baptist Church, Deacon/Teacher, Norwood Heights Baptist Church

Interim Youth Director (former), Texas Republican Party, Chairman's Circle

Civil Justice Leadership Award, Texans for Lawsuit Reform, Realtors Hall of Fame

Texas Association of Realtors, Consistently rated one of the top conservatives, Texas House and Senate

POLITICAL OFFICES HELD

Texas Agriculture Commissioner, 2007-2014

Texas House and Senate, 1995-2006

POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT

Palestine City Council, Served 1989-1991

Race

ENDORSEMENTS

REPORTED BY CANDIDATE (5)

Over 100 leading members of the TFRW

Texas Tea Party Leaders

South Texans’ Property Rights Association

Texas Cattle Feeders Association

Realtors for Todd Staples

SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS

CONSERVATIVE
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (16)

Associated Republicans of Texas

Dan Patrick

David Dewhurst

Don Willett

Glenn Hegar

RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (39)

Associated Builders and Contractors

Barry 'Kip' Averitt

Bascom W. Bentley III

Bass Family PACs

Brandon Creighton


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, supreme court, congress

18. Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.

Jesus Christ is my Lord and Savior. Man's first responsibility is to serve God and follow His precepts, then we would have a more orderly society and the role of government would be minimized in our lives.

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