Chris McDaniel

Republican | Mississippi

Candidate Profile

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BIOGRAPHY

Name

Chris McDaniel


Party

Republican


Election Year

2014


Election

Primary Runoff


Race

U.S. Senator


Incumbent

No


Links

Chris McDaniel websites Facebook

EDUCATION

William Carey U., Hattiesburg, BS

Ole Miss, Oxford, JD

Jones Co. JC, Ellisville, Assoc.

WORK & MILITARY

(Candidate did not provide)

AFFILIATIONS

West Ellisville Baptist, The Gideons

Federalist Society

Rotary Club, Lions Club

MS GOP

POLITICAL OFFICES HELD

State Senator Dist. 42, 7

POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT

(Candidate did not provide)

Race

Previous Races

ENDORSEMENTS

CONSERVATIVE (21)

Campaign for Working Families

Citizens United Political Victory Fund

Club for Growth

Conservative HQ

Constitutional Freedom Party

OTHER (2)

Senator Tony Smith

Young Americans for Liberty Action Fund

REPORTED BY CANDIDATE (5)

Palin

Schlafly

Beck

Ingraham

Levin

SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS

CONSERVATIVE
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (5)

Alan Nunnelee

Club for Growth

Madison Project

Senate Conservatives Fund

Steven Palazzo

RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (19)

Campaign for Working Families

Campaign to Defeat Barack Obama

Citizens United

Club for Growth

Conservative Strikeforce


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. It is the government’s responsibility to be sure everyone has health care and a livable income.

Strongly Disagree

3. The United States must maintain a nuclear arsenal that is safe, reliable, modern and numerically superior to those of potential adversaries.

Strongly Agree

4. Government should enforce laws designed to protect the border and to prevent illegal entry of persons into the country.

Strongly Agree

5. The Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) should be repealed by Congress.

Strongly Agree

6. Human life begins at conception and deserves legal protection at every stage until natural death.

Strongly Agree

7. Marriage is a union of one man and one woman. No government has the authority to alter this definition.

Strongly Agree

8. Efforts to bring Islamic law (shariah) to America do not pose a threat to our country and its Constitution.

Strongly Disagree

9. Judeo-Christian values established a framework of morality which permitted our system of limited government.

Strongly Agree

10. Governments should pay to develop wind and solar energy solutions when these are not economically feasible.

Strongly Disagree

11. More restrictive gun control laws are needed now to protect public safety.

Strongly Disagree

12. 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

13. People should be able to vote without photo identification.

Disagree

14. The federal government should establish nationwide standards (such as Common Core) for high-school graduation.

Strongly Disagree

15. What in the nature of mankind caused America’s Founders to carefully define, separate, and limit powers within the Constitution?

Man's fallible nature is the cause for checks and balances.

16. Briefly list three (3) political or legislative issues of most concern to you, and explain why each is important to you.

1) Term limits. The founders never intended permanent political class. 2) Repealing Obamacare. We must repeal it to allow our economy to flourish. 3) Ending deficit spending. It is immoral to saddle our children and grandchildren with this much debt.

17. Should abortion be allowed under extenuating circumstances? If so, what circumstances?

Only in the case where the mother's life is at risk.

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, Voters, Constitution, Congress, Supreme Court

19. Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.

I'm a Southern Baptist, saved by God's grace at the age of 13.

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