Jeff Jobe

Republican | Kentucky

Candidate Profile

Conservative

BIOGRAPHY

Name

Jeff Jobe


Party

Republican


Election Year

2014


Election

General


Race

State Rep., Dist. 23


Incumbent

No


Links

Jeff Jobe websites Facebook

EDUCATION

Greenup County High School, Greenup, 1981

University of Kentucky, Lexington, 1985

WORK & MILITARY

Press Association, Board Member, 12

Long Term Policy Research, Board Chairman, 4

Chamber Board, Chairman and member, 12

Kentucky Alcohol and Substance Abuse Board, Board Member, 4

AFFILIATIONS

Boys and Girls Club, Board President, Community Church

Small group leader and greeter, Reel Generation Film Festival/scholarship, Founding board member/contributor

College Fraternity Scholarship Fund, Founding member/contributor, Kentucky Press Association

Long Standing Elected Board member, DAR, Community Award Recipient

Long term Policy Research Center, State Board/Chairman, Information and Technology

POLITICAL OFFICES HELD

(Candidate did not provide)

POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT

Kentucky State Senate, 2008

Race

ENDORSEMENTS

CONSERVATIVE (1)

Freedoms Heritage Forum

REPORTED BY CANDIDATE (1)

Kentucky Right to Life

SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS

CONSERVATIVE
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (3)

David Givens

Mitch McConnell

State Republican Party Organizations

RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (7)

Associated Builders and Contractors

C. B. Embry, Jr.

GOPAC

Mike Wilson (KY)

National Right to Life Committee


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.

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.

Strongly 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.

Strongly Agree

14. The Ten Commandments should not be displayed in public school buildings.

Disagree

15. Religious freedom is our most foundational freedom and deserves added protection in our state and federal constitutions.

Agree

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

Because man is imperfect in all areas of life and government our founding fathers created a system of checks and balances for our government to guard against one branch of government from becoming more powerful than another.

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.

Strongly Agree

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, Constitution, Supreme Court, Congress, voters, industry, academia, media, professional sports...

19. Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.

My walk with God stands witness to the fact that while I may stumble along the way, God has consistently blessed me for doing nothing more than striving to honor Him in my daily walk. As a boy of 13, I was in an accident that left me in an Intensive Care Unit for several months. This experience introduced me to God as I witnessed the love and care of caring and compassionate people. Even though I was left with a permanent injury, I would not change a thing. I was reared by a single mother who struggled to care for me and my siblings in an environment where the thought of education beyond high school wasn’t even a consideration. Because of the accident, my life’s path changed to include higher education and personal relationships that blessed me and gave me a future I could never have imagined. As a 50 year old, I can reflect on my accomplishments as a businessman and father and confidently witness that God has been the guiding hand in allowing me these blessings. While my life and

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