Andy Cargile
Republican | Texas
Candidate Profile
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BIOGRAPHY
Name
Andy Cargile
Party
Republican
Election Year
2014
Election
Primary
Race
State Rep., Dist. 92
Incumbent
No
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EDUCATION
Texas A&M Commerce, Commerce, TX, Masters, 1971
Texas A&M Commerce, Commerce, TX, Bachelors, 1970
WORK & MILITARY
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AFFILIATIONS
Ordained Presbyterian Elder, Member of the Texas Association of Secondary Sch, 6 Stones Ministry Volunteer
Member of the Texas High School Coaches Associat, Member and Officer of the Noon Optimist Club, Just for Kids Principal of the Year, 2007
Member of the Hurst Euless Bedford Retired Schoo, Inducted into the Thomas Jefferson High School, Lifetime member of the Parent Teacher Associatio
Inducted into the Thomas Jefferson High School A, Started the Angel Fund which help students stay, Coach of the Year for Dallas ISD, 1978
?Mentor for the Trinity High School character Edu, Member of the Texas Association of School Boards
POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
Hurst Euless Bedford ISD Board of Trustees, 6
POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
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ENDORSEMENTS
REPORTED BY CANDIDATE (6)
Mayors of both Bedford and Euless
Entire Euless City Council
Five Bedford City Council Members
Five HEB ISD School Board Members
Numerous Community Leaders including former Mayors
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.
Strongly 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 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.
Strongly 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.
Strongly 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.
1. God 2. Constitution 3. Voters 4. Supreme Court 5. Industry 6. Congress
18. Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
I am an Ordained Elder in the Presbyterian Church.
