Fletcher Hartsell
Republican | North Carolina
Candidate Profile
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BIOGRAPHY
Name
Fletcher Hartsell
Party
Republican
Election Year
2014
Election
Primary
Race
State Senate, Dist. 36
Incumbent
Yes
Links
EDUCATION
UNC-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, JD, 1972
Davidson College, Davidson, NC, AB, 1969
WORK & MILITARY
US Army, 1st Lieutenant, Infantry, 1972
Hartsell & Williams, PA, Attorney, President, 1972-2014
AFFILIATIONS
First Baptist Church, Kannapolis, NC, SS Teacher, usher, missions volunteer Guatemala, Cabarrus County Schools
Attorney, 1979-1997, Cabarrus County, Attorney, 1985-2004
Water & Sewer Authority of Cabarrus County, Incorporator, Director, Cabarrus Community Health Center
Incorporator, Director
POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
NC Senate, 1991-2014
POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
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Race
SCORECARDS
CONSERVATIVE ORGANIZATIONS
2013
|75%
LIBERAL ORGANIZATIONS
2013
|61%†
ENDORSEMENTS
REPORTED BY CANDIDATE (1)
(None listed.)
SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS
CONSERVATIVE
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (5)
Committee to Elect Republican Women
John Sidney McCain
Pat McCrory
Richard Burr
State Republican Party Organizations
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (6)
Fred Steen II
James and Anne Goodnight
Linda Johnson
National Rifle Association
Next Century Fund
LIBERAL
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (1)
North Carolina Advocates for Justice
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (5)
League Of Conservation Voters
North Carolina Advocates for Justice
North Carolina Association of Educators
North Carolina Voters for Animal Welfare
Service Employees International Union
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.
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2. Election of judges by the people for a definite term of office is the best way to select judges.
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3. More restrictive gun control laws are needed now to protect public safety.
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4. Efforts to bring Islamic law (shariah) to America do not pose a threat to our country and its Constitution.
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5. Government should enforce laws designed to protect the border and to prevent illegal entry of persons into the country.
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6. People should be able to vote without photo identification.
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7. Human life begins at conception and deserves legal protection at every stage until natural death.
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8. Marriage is a union of one man and one woman. No government has the authority to alter this definition.
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9. The Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) should be repealed by Congress.
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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.
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11. Judeo-Christian values established a framework of morality which permitted our system of limited government.
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12. Free market competition for education dollars, rather than a government monopoly, would create a better education for all students.
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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.
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14. The Ten Commandments should not be displayed in public school buildings.
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15. Religious freedom is our most foundational freedom and deserves added protection in our state and federal constitutions.
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16. What in the nature of mankind caused America’s Founders to carefully define, separate, and limit powers within the Constitution?
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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.
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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.
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19. Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
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