Read King

Republican | Texas

Candidate Profile

Conservative

BIOGRAPHY

Name

Read King


Party

Republican


Election Year

2014


Election

Primary


Race

State Rep., Dist. 64


Incumbent

No


Links

Read King websites Facebook

EDUCATION

Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, B.S. Physics, 1992

WORK & MILITARY

(Candidate did not provide)

AFFILIATIONS

Boy Scouts of America, Cub Scout Leader, Republican Party

Precinct Chair

POLITICAL OFFICES HELD

Republican Party Precinct Chair, 6

POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT

(Candidate did not provide)

Race

Previous Races

SCORECARDS

CONSERVATIVE ORGANIZATIONS


LIBERAL ORGANIZATIONS

ENDORSEMENTS

CONSERVATIVE (5)

Adams, Cathie

Texans for Fiscal Responsibility

Texas Home School Coalition

Texas Right to Life

Voices Empower

REPORTED BY CANDIDATE (4)

Texans for Fiscal Responsibility

Texas Home School Coalition

Republican Liberty Caucus of Texas

Texas Eagle Forum PAC (Cathie Adams)

SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS

CONSERVATIVE
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (5)

Jane Nelson

Local, County, and District Republican Organizations

National Right to Life Committee

State Republican Party Organizations

Texas Values

RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (5)

Accountability First

Empower Texans

Jonathan Stickland

National Right to Life Committee

William 'Bill' Zedler


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 The Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) should be repealed by Congress.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.

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.

We are a republic using the democratic process. Direct democracy leads to tyranny of the majority. I stand pledged to preserve a republican form of government. Authority flows from God->People->Government. God,Voters,Constitution,(Congress/S.C.)

18. Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.

I am a born-again, Bible-believing Christian. My understanding of liberty comes from the biblical concept and teachings of Christian liberty.

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