Glenn Callison
Republican | Texas
Candidate Profile
Leans Conservative
BIOGRAPHY
Name
Glenn Callison
Party
Republican
Election Year
2014
Election
Primary Runoff
Race
State Rep., Dist. 66
Incumbent
No
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EDUCATION
Baylor University, Waco, Bachelor of Business Administration, cum laude, 1985
Baylor University, Waco, Juris Doctorate, cum laude, 1988
WORK & MILITARY
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AFFILIATIONS
Baylor Regional Medical Center of Plano, Board Chairman, Heart Hospital at Baylor Plano
Board Chairman, Plano Education Foundation, Past Board Member
The Ronald McDonald House of Dallas, Past Board Member, Plano Family YMCA
Past Board Member, Plano Symphony Orchestra, Past Board Member
Parkway Hills Baptist Church, Deacon and Former Youth Group Bible Study Teacher, The Real Estate Council and NAIOP North Texas
POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
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POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
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Race
ENDORSEMENTS
REPORTED BY CANDIDATE (4)
Texas Association of Business
Texas Hospital Association
Texas Apartment Association
The Real Estate Council
SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS
CONSERVATIVE
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (6)
Dan Branch
James Brian McCall, PhD
Joe Straus
John Cornyn
Sam Johnson (TX)
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (2)
Charlie Geren
Texas Alliance for Life
LIBERAL
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (0)
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.
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.
No Answer
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 Disagree
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 and Supreme Court, Industry, Academia, Media. With respect to 16 above, our government is a Republic. A Republic is representative government ruled by law. A democracy is direct government ruled by the majority.
18. Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
I am a committed Christian who strives to live daily following the example of my personal savior, Jesus Christ. I am guided by my faith, the Bible and the Constitution and as such, I will firmly defend life, traditional marriage, and our traditional family values. Like Christ, I believe in the model of servant leadership, guided by honesty, integrity and humility.
