Mark Keough

Republican | Texas

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Mark Keough — State Rep., Dist. 15 (Texas Primary | March 1, 2016) Mark Keough — State Rep., Dist. 16 (Texas Primary | March 4, 2014)
State Rep., Dist. 15 Texas General | November 8, 2016
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BIOGRAPHY

EDUCATION

Dallas Theological Seminary, Dallas, S.T.M, 82

Grace Theological Seminary, Winona Lake, IN, M.Div, 80

Cedarville University, Ceadarville, OH, B.A, 77

WORK & MILITARY

The Woodlands Bible Church, Senior Pastor, 2

Northside Lexus, General Sales Manager, 14

AFFILIATIONS

The Woodlands Bible Church, Senior Pastor, Pathfinders Fellowship

Pastor/Contributor, Celebration Church, Single Adult Instructor

Woodsedge Community Churhc, Single Adult Pastor, Child Advocates of The Woodlands

Contributor, United Way Northside Lexus, Contributor

POLITICAL OFFICES HELD

State Representative, District 15, 1

POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT

State Representative, District 15

SCORECARDS

CONSERVATIVE ORGANIZATIONS


LIBERAL ORGANIZATIONS

ENDORSEMENTS

CONSERVATIVE (3)

Texas Home School Coalition

Texas Right to Life

Texas Values Action

OTHER (1)

Texas Association of Business BAC PAC

REPORTED BY CANDIDATE (6)

Texas Values

Young Conservatives of Texas

Cathie Adams

Montgomery County TEA Party

Texas Patriots PAC

SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS

CONSERVATIVE
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (1)

Local, County, and District Republican Organizations

RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (0)

OTHER INFORMATION

QUESTIONNAIRE

OTHER IMPORTANT ISSUES

Congress should repeal the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare).

Strongly Agree

Election of judges by the people for a definite term of office is the best way to select judges.

Strongly Agree

More restrictive gun control laws are needed to protect public safety.

Strongly Disagree

Government should enforce laws designed to protect the border and to prevent illegal entry into the country.

Strongly Agree

People should be able to vote without photo identification.

Strongly Disagree

Religious liberty is at risk in the United States.

Strongly Agree

Human life begins at conception and deserves legal protection at every stage until natural death.

Strongly Agree

Free enterprise and the right to private property turn mankind's natural self-interest into the most productive economic system there is.

Strongly Agree

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

Marijuana should be legalized and regulated like tobacco and alcohol.

Strongly Disagree

Judeo-Christian values established a framework of morality which permitted our system of limited government.

Strongly Agree

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 Agree

Free-market competition for education dollars, rather than a government monopoly, would create a better education for all students.

Strongly Agree

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

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

Strongly Disagree

Business owners should be required by law to bake cakes, provide flower arrangements, etc., for same-sex weddings, even when these activities would infringe on their sincerely-held religious beliefs.

Strongly Disagree

Our state should participate in the nationwide Common Core standards for high-school graduation.

Strongly Disagree

Physician-assisted suicide should be legal.

Strongly Disagree

The more people live by Judeo-Christian values, the less government is needed.

Strongly Agree

Islamic law (Sharia) does not pose a threat to the United States and its Constitution.

Strongly Disagree

Governments should define marriage as between one man and one woman; no other definition of marriage should be legalized or supported with public funds.

Strongly Agree

It is the government’s responsibility to be sure everyone has health care and a livable income.

Strongly Disagree

Planned Parenthood should not receive funds from federal, state, or local governments.

Strongly Agree

What in the nature of mankind caused America’s Founders to carefully define, separate, and limit powers in the Constitution?

I believe this question is best answered by looking to the Declaration of Independence. God as Creator has endowed us with specific rights, which through the course of history, mans fallen nature has used governments to usurp those rights. Our founders knew this and sought to protect those unalienable rights by instituting the checks and balances in our government.

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,Congress,Supreme Court.

Under what circumstances should abortion be allowed?

Only in the instance where an abortion would be necessary to save the mothers life.

Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.

I believe that all men are created in the image of God. I also believe that because of Adams sin a sin nature was passed on to all men and because of this they are in need of restoration to God. God understanding this, sent his son Jesus Christ to die on the cross and rise again so that men would have the means by which to be restored to God. If men believe that Jesus died and rose again , they are saved from the consequences of unbelief which is eternal separation from God. I believe that this believe in Jesus Christ was held by many if not most of our founding fathers. I believe with them that a constitutional republic cannot survive without the moral undergirding of a people who follow the ways of God found in the bible which addresses the natural condition of man , a means for restoration and is a guide for living daily life. This is the key to our nations issues. With God in Jesus we stand as a nation, without God in Jesus Christ we fall. I choose God in Jesus...how about you?

Considering all issues (social, economic, national security, etc.), which of these best describes you?

Very Conservative

Please defend your answer to the previous question by referencing your publicly available track record.

For my voting record during the 84th Legislative Session I was scored by numerous organizations that consistently graded me in the top tier of conservatives in the Texas House. Texas Right to Life, Concerned Women of America, Texans for Fiscal Responsibility, Rice University Index, Americans for Prosperity, Texas Values, and Young Conservatives of Texas to name a few.

E-mail address and phone number for voters to reach you.

mkeoughtx@gmail.com

Additional comment from candidate:

I am honored to serve the people of House District 15, and truly humbled by their trust in me to represent them in Austin. I look forward to having another successful session in the 85th, and ensuring the conservative values of my district are represented in the Texas Capitol.

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