Donald May
Republican | Texas
Candidate Profile
Leans Conservative
BIOGRAPHY
Name
Donald May
Party
Republican
Election Year
2014
Election
Primary
Race
U.S. Rep., Dist.19
Incumbent
No
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EDUCATION
University of Illinois Eye & Ear Infirmary, Chicago, Retina Surgery Fellowship, 1977
University of Illinois Eye & Ear Infirmary, Chicago, Ophthalmology Surgical Residency, 1976
University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, MD, 1972
WORK & MILITARY
Texas Tech Health Sciences Ctr. School of Medicine, Professor, Dept. Chair, Associate Dean, 1989 - 2001
Texas Tech Health Sciences Center, Professor Health Organization Mgmt. MBA Program, 1989 - 2001
Tulane University, Professor/Charity Hospital Dept. Chair, 1984 - 1989
United States Air Force, Major - Retina/Ocular Trauma Surgeon, 1973 - 1980
AFFILIATIONS
American Legion, Member Post 575, Lubbock, Texas, The Military Officers Association of America
Member, American Farm Bureau Federation, Member since 1991
Christian Medical Association, Member since 1968, Rotary and Lions
Member of each, Sigma Xi, National Research Honorary Society, Member, past chapter president
United States Eye Injury Registry, Past President, Republican National Committee
POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
1st place Delegate Republican National Convention, 2008
1st place Delegate Republican National Convention, 2012
POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
U.S. House of Representatives., 2003
U.S. House of Representatives, 2014
ENDORSEMENTS
REPORTED BY CANDIDATE (6)
Donna Garner
Lawrence D’Souza
Quang Nguyen
J. Collier Adams
Jr.
SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS
CONSERVATIVE
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (11)
Charles Lee Perry
Dan Patrick
David Dewhurst
Greg Abbott
Jim Landtroop
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (0)
LIBERAL
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (1)
Delwin Jones
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (0)
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. It is the government’s responsibility to be sure everyone has health care and a livable income.
Strongly Disagree
3. The United States must maintain a nuclear arsenal that is safe, reliable, modern and numerically superior to those of potential adversaries.
Strongly Agree
4. Government should enforce laws designed to protect the border and to prevent illegal entry of persons into the country.
Strongly Agree
5. The Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) should be repealed by Congress.
Strongly Agree
6. Human life begins at conception and deserves legal protection at every stage until natural death.
Strongly Agree
7. Marriage is a union of one man and one woman. No government has the authority to alter this definition.
Strongly Agree
8. Efforts to bring Islamic law (shariah) to America do not pose a threat to our country and its Constitution.
Strongly Disagree
9. Judeo-Christian values established a framework of morality which permitted our system of limited government.
Strongly Agree
10. Governments should pay to develop wind and solar energy solutions when these are not economically feasible.
Strongly Disagree
11. More restrictive gun control laws are needed now to protect public safety.
Strongly Disagree
12. 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
13. People should be able to vote without photo identification.
Strongly Disagree
14. Briefly list three (3) political or legislative issues of most concern to you, and explain why each is important to you.
If government controls health care access, government fully controls the people. ObamaCare must be repealed and replaced with free-market solutions that put patients in charge. Health care, like education and welfare, is best managed at the state and local levels. The American people need to be in control of determining what is best for their families and how to best take care of the poor and defenseless in their own communities. Our national security requires we have a military superior to any potential enemy. One military power will be dominant - the World will be safer and more stable if that remains the U.S. Diplomacy with hostile powers must be backed up with the threat of military force. Our borders must be secured. We need to know who and what is entering and leaving our sovereign land. Increasing energy and fresh water production is essential to our national security, economic growth, and public health. Plentiful cheap energy is the solution to droughts and food shortages.
15. Should abortion be allowed under extenuating circumstances? If so, what circumstances?
A Constitutional Amendment is needed to establish when “personhood” begins and when “personhood” ends. I believe “personhood” begins at conception and ends at natural death. Our federal government has no Constitutional authority to grant the unencumbered ability to execute specific classes of people such as the newborn, the disabled, and the elderly. There is no right granted by our Constitution to kill others to accommodate the wishes or perceived convenience of others. Rape and incest are crimes that must be investigated and prosecuted. The unborn child is not a guilty party and is not responsible for the crime of one or both of its parents. There are times when terminating a pregnancy could be morally and medically justified. Such times include when the life of the mother is at serious risk, when the womb is filled with a tumor and no child is present (hydatidiform mole), and when the infant is not viable, such as an infant developing without much of its brain or head (anencephaly)
16. 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, Voters, Constitution, Congress, Supreme Court
17. Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
Our rights come from God, and our federal government was established to protect these rights. God’s moral laws are fixed and no human law is valid that is in disagreement with God’s laws as codified in the Ten Commandments and the Golden Rule of Christ. If we Americans do not stand up at this time in history, we will one day need to answer to our Creator why we did not do more to preserve this great Experiment in Liberty, which is the United States of America. We must work together to restore our nation and our Constitution. We must return God to our schools and to our universities, to our political institutions, and to our public square. The American people hunger for a spiritual renewal and a return to honor, integrity, courage, morality, and family. We need to end the idea that government can pick the winners and losers. It is the God-given right of free men and women to choose their own destiny.
