Austin Keith
Republican | Texas
Candidate Profile
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BIOGRAPHY
Name
Austin Keith
Party
Republican
Election Year
2014
Election
Primary
Race
State Rep., Dist. 81
Incumbent
No
Links
EDUCATION
University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas, Bachelor of Science Education, 1977
WORK & MILITARY
N/A
AFFILIATIONS
Permian Basin Rehabilitation Center, Board Member/ Past President, United Way of Odessa
Campaign team member, Midland Odessa Transportation Alliance, Previous board member
Odessa Chamber of Commerce, Vice President Area Relations, Odessa Development Corporation
Previous board member 6 years/ 2 years as Chairman, Grow Odessa / O.I.D.C., board member
Meals on Wheels Odessa, board member, Crossroads Fellowship Church
POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
N/A
POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
N/A
Race
ENDORSEMENTS
REPORTED BY CANDIDATE (6)
Texas Association of Business
Texas Medical Association
Texas Motor Transportation Association
Texas Apartment Association
Texas Association of Realtors
SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS
CONSERVATIVE
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (14)
David Dewhurst
Greg Abbott
Joan Huffman
Joe Straus
John Cornyn
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (0)
LIBERAL
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (5)
Delwin Jones
Eddie Lucio Jr.
John Whitmire
Judith Zaffirini
Trey Martinez Fischer
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (1)
Texas Parent PAC
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.
Neutral
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.
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 The Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) should be repealed by Congress.
No Answer
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.
No Answer
11. Judeo-Christian values established a framework of morality which permitted our system of limited government.
Agree
12. Free market competition for education dollars, rather than a government monopoly, would create a better education for all students.
Strongly Disagree
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.
Neutral
14. The Ten Commandments should not be displayed in public school buildings.
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 Agree
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, Congress, Supreme Court.
18. Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
Believe in God, that it is not about myself but it is about Him, His grace and unconditional love for us. Know that I am a sinner and will never measure up. That his Son Jesus Christ paid for sins for both past, present and future for all. That he bridged the gap and that he is the gate/pathway to eternal life with God the Father.
