
Briscoe Cain
Republican | Texas
Candidate Profile
Conservative
BIOGRAPHY
Name
Briscoe Cain
Party
Republican
Election Year
2014
Election
Primary
Race
State Rep., Dist. 129
Incumbent
No
EDUCATION
South Texas College of Law, Houston, Texas, Juris Doctorate, 2012
University of Houston - Downtown, Houston, Texas, Bachelors of Arts, 2008
WORK & MILITARY
The Cain Law Firm, Owner, 2
Judge Paul Pressler, ret., Personal Assistant, 2
Texas State Guard, 1LT, 2
AFFILIATIONS
Right to Life Advocates, Inc. (Foundation for Life, Board Member, Operation Rescue
Texas State Legal Counsel, Pro-Life Future (Students for Life of America, Member Advisory Board
National Institute of Family & Life Adovacates, Founding Member of the Legal Advisory Counsel, Greater Harvest Community Church
Tenor on Worship Team, Advocates for Life at South Texas, Founder and Past President
POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
(Candidate did not provide)
POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
House Dist. 129, 2014
Race
Previous Races
SCORECARDS
CONSERVATIVE ORGANIZATIONS
LIBERAL ORGANIZATIONS
ENDORSEMENTS
CONSERVATIVE (2)
American Gun Rights
Young Conservatives of Texas
REPORTED BY CANDIDATE (10)
Grover Norquist
Pres. of Americans for Tax Reform
Morton Blackwell
Pres. of Leadership Institute
National Organization for Marriage
SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS
CONSERVATIVE
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (2)
Local, County, and District Republican Organizations
Republican Women's Organizations
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (7)
Conservative Republicans of Texas
Empower Texans
Local, County, and District Republican Organizations
Matt Krause
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.
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, Congress, Supreme Court
18. Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
I am saved by grace through faith in Christ Jesus. I believe that the Bible is the inert word of God. I believe that Christ will one day return for His bride. It is because of my biblical worldview and the fact that when I gave my life to Christ in exchange for eternal life, I gave God control of all of my life, that I became a religious liberty attorney.
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