
Chris McDaniel
Republican | Mississippi
Candidate Profile
Verified Conservative
BIOGRAPHY
Name
Chris McDaniel
Party
Republican
Election Year
2014
Election
Primary Runoff
Race
U.S. Senator
Incumbent
No
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 The Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) should be repealed by Congress.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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