
Bruce Tough
Republican | Texas
Candidate Profile
Conservative
BIOGRAPHY
Name
Bruce Tough
Party
Republican
Election Year
2014
Election
Primary
Race
State Rep., Dist. 15
Incumbent
No
EDUCATION
University of Houston, Houston, Undergrad, 1976
University of Houston, Law Center, Houston, J.D., 1980
WORK & MILITARY
(Candidate did not provide)
AFFILIATIONS
Chairman, Boy Scouts of America Tall Timbers Distr, South Montgomery County / The Woodlands Chamber, Chairman, Economic Outlook Conference
Chair, Woodlands Community Association, President, The Woodlands Fire Department, YMCA, Board Member
Memorial Hermann, Board Member, United Way, Board Member, March of Dimes, Board Member
Center for Houston's Future
POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
The Woodlands Township, 2008 - current
Conroe ISD Board of Trustees, 2003 - 3008
POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
(Candidate did not provide)
Race
ENDORSEMENTS
OTHER (1)
Texas Association of Business and Commerce
REPORTED BY CANDIDATE (3)
Texas Association of Business
"A" Rating from the NRA
"A" Rating from the TSRA
SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS
CONSERVATIVE
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (6)
Barbara Cargill
Greg Abbott
Kevin Brady
Republican Women's Organizations
Rob Eissler
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (2)
Associated Builders and Contractors
Tommy Williams
LIBERAL
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (0)
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (2)
Association of Texas Professional Educators
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.
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 The Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) should be repealed by Congress.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.
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.
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.
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, Industry, Congress, Supreme Court
18. Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
I am a Christian. I believe in Jesus Christ. And I believe he died for my sins.
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