
Sara Beth Gregory
Republican | Kentucky
Candidate Profile
Conservative
BIOGRAPHY
Name
Sara Beth Gregory
Party
Republican
Election Year
2014
Election
Primary
Race
State Senator, Dist. 16
Incumbent
Yes
EDUCATION
University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, JD, 2007
University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, BA, 2003
WORK & MILITARY
Carroll & Turner, PSC, Attorney, 5
U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, Law Clerk, 1
AFFILIATIONS
Wayne County Fair & Horse Show, Inc., Board Member, Center for Rural Development
Full Board Member, McConnell Center, Advisory Board
Republican Party of Kentucky Executive Committee, Member, Wayne Republican Women
Member, Monticello Kiwanis Club, Member
POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
State Senator, 2013-2014
State Representative, 2011-2013
POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
(Candidate did not provide)
SCORECARDS
CONSERVATIVE ORGANIZATIONS
LIBERAL ORGANIZATIONS
ENDORSEMENTS
CONSERVATIVE (1)
National Rifle Association
REPORTED BY CANDIDATE (1)
(None listed.)
SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS
CONSERVATIVE
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (11)
Addia Wuchner
Alice Forgy Kerr
Donna Mayfield
Hal Rogers
James R. Comer Jr.
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (31)
Adam Koenig
Bart Rowland
Bluegrass Committee
Bob DeWeese
Brad Montell
LIBERAL
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (0)
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (1)
National Education Association
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.
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 The Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) should be repealed by Congress.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.
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.
Neutral
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.
No Answer
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.
Strongly Agree
16. What in the nature of mankind caused America’s Founders to carefully define, separate, and limit powers within the Constitution?
The need to ensure checks and balances on authority is an inherent part of our Constitution.
17. 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.
No Answer
18. 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
19. Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
I am member of the First Baptist Church of Monticello, which is a Southern Baptist church. One of my chief goals as a member of the legislature is to protect our traditional, Christian values.
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