Lance Wheeler

Republican | West Virginia

Candidate Profile

Conservative

BIOGRAPHY

Name

Lance Wheeler


Party

Republican


Election Year

2014


Election

Primary


Race

State Senator, Dist. 17


Incumbent

No


Links

Lance Wheeler websites Facebook

EDUCATION

Saint Albans High School, Saint Albans, HS, 08

University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, Econ, 12

WORK & MILITARY

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AFFILIATIONS

NRA, Memeber, Kanwaha Tea Party

Memeber, National Pro-Life Alliance, Memeber

Right to Life, Memeber

POLITICAL OFFICES HELD

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POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT

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SCORECARDS

CONSERVATIVE ORGANIZATIONS


LIBERAL ORGANIZATIONS

ENDORSEMENTS

REPORTED BY CANDIDATE (2)

Liberty for All PAC

WV Republican Liberty Caucus

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 The Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) should be repealed by Congress.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

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.

Strongly Disagree

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

Strongly Agree

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

Our founding fathers understood that our rights come from our creator and not government. With that, elected men do not give permission to their constituents' rights, but are elected to protect those rights given by our creator.

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 Disagree

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.

19. Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.

As a Christian who worships at a Non-denominational church from my hometown, I believe my relationship with God is established by my actions and is not affected by government's oversight and corruption. I will continue to build my relationship, without any hesitation when government attempts to interfere.

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