Bert Jones
Republican | North Carolina
Candidate Profile
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BIOGRAPHY
Name
Bert Jones
Party
Republican
Election Year
2012
Election
General
Race
State Rep., Dist. 65
Incumbent
Yes
Links
EDUCATION
UNC, Chapel Hill, DDS, 1988
UNC, Chapel Hill, BA, 1983
WORK & MILITARY
(Candidate did not provide)
AFFILIATIONS
many
POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
(Candidate did not provide)
POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
(Candidate did not provide)
Race
SCORECARDS
CONSERVATIVE ORGANIZATIONS
2013
|100%
LIBERAL ORGANIZATIONS
2013
|9%†
ENDORSEMENTS
OTHER (1)
National Rifle Association
SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS
CONSERVATIVE
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (6)
Allen McNeill
Committee to Elect Republican Women
George Cleveland
Jeffrey Elmore
Jonathan Jordan
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (6)
Allen McNeill
Don East
Harold Brubaker
Jeff Collins
Mike Hager
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 is the key to national prosperity.
Strongly Agree
2. Government should enforce laws designed to protect the border and to prevent illegal entry of persons into the country.
Strongly Agree
3. Because evolution is widely accepted, students should not be taught about intelligent design.
Strongly Disagree
4. Free market competition for education dollars, rather than a government monopoly, would create a better education for all students.
Strongly Agree
5. It is the government’s responsibility to be sure everyone has health care and a livable income.
Disagree
6. States should require voters to show photo identification and prove citizenship in order to register to vote or to cast a vote.
Strongly Agree
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. Judeo-Christian values established a framework of morality which permitted our system of limited government.
Strongly Agree
10. Pure democracy is the best form of government to ensure the safety and equitable treatment of all citizens.
Strongly Disagree
11. Who has the primary responsibility to be sure children are properly educated?
Their parents or guardians.
12. Should abortion be allowed under extenuating circumstances? If so, what circumstances?
In the rare instance to save the mother's life.
13. What in the nature of mankind caused America’s Founders to carefully define, separate, and limit powers within the Constitution?
The sinful nature of mankind dictates that all these powers should be carefully defined, separated and limited. Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.
14. List your six (6) most important political endorsements.
The citizens of my district. NC Right to Life, NC Family Council, Grassroots North Carolina, NRA. Many conservative elected officials.
15. 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.
1)God has all authority and grants all rights. 2)The Constitution. We are a nation of law. 3)"We the People" ultimately establish the law. (Voters/indirectly.) We grant authority through the Constitution to the government. Others here do not appl
16. Please list your educational, military and vocational history, and any church and civic leadership positions held, and political positions held or sought.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (B.A., Doctor of Dental Surgery). Dentist by profession. Very active as a leader in the church. Many positions in civic leadership over 20+ years (including Kiwanis President and Lt. Governor, Board of Directors of the Free Clinic of Rockingham County, Rockingham Council for Bible Education, Rockingham County Board of Health, Scout leader/Eagle Scout, Juvenile Crime Prevention Council, too many to list). NC House of Representatives (2011-present). Former county commissioner.
17. What charitable, educational, religious, or political organizations have you been affiliated with as a member, contributor, or volunteer.
See my answer above for a partial list. Also, the Rockingham Pregnancy Care Center, Mountain Top Youth Camp, Boy Scouts of America, YMCA, Salvation Army, American Red Cross, Right to Life, NRA, Rockingham County Republican Party (former chairman), local school volunteering, others too many to list.
