

Nino Vitale
Republican | Ohio
Candidate Profile
Conservative
BIOGRAPHY
Name
Nino Vitale
Party
Republican
Election Year
2014
Election
Primary
Race
State Rep., Dist. 85
Incumbent
No
EDUCATION
The Ohio State University, Columbus, BA, 1991
Franklin University, Columbus, MBA, 1998
Franciscan University, Steubenville, MA Theology
WORK & MILITARY
(Candidate did not provide)
AFFILIATIONS
St. Mary Catholic Church, Lector, Minister, Donor, Emmanuel Church
Altar Boy leader and trainer, Donor, Champaign County Right to Life, Vice President and Donor
Sycamore House Pregnancy Center, Board Member and Donor, Caring Kitchen Homeless Center
Donor and Volunteer, St. Vincent DePaul Society, Donor
Catholic Social Services, Donor, Ohio Department of Job and Family Services
POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
State Rep., 1
POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
(Candidate did not provide)
SCORECARDS
CONSERVATIVE ORGANIZATIONS
LIBERAL ORGANIZATIONS
ENDORSEMENTS
CONSERVATIVE (1)
Ohio Right to Life
REPORTED BY CANDIDATE (6)
Family First
Associated Builders and Contractors
Conservative Republican Leadership
Citizens for Community Values
Ohio Citizens PAC
SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS
CONSERVATIVE
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (4)
Jim Jordan
John Kasich
Keith Faber
Rick Santorum
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (6)
Associated Builders and Contractors
Jim Buchy
John Adams (OH)
Kristina Roegner
Local, County, and District Republican Organizations
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 The Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) should be repealed by Congress.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.
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?
An imperfection in human nature across all time, proclivity toward sin. We are not angels, as Publius said and we need a system of checks and balances, in order to govern ourselves. Had we been angels we would need no government.
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, Voters, Constitution, Congress,Supreme Court
19. Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
I am a Christian who believes Jesus Christ is my Lord and savior and died for me and all individuals on the cross for our redemption. He is the way, the truth and the life.I believe in one God in three person, Father, Son and Holy Ghost. I also believe He created us equal but not the same and that we have a proclivity toward sin, which comes from original sin. I believe we are created in the image and likeness of God and are temples of the Holy Spirit. I believe the Bible to be the inspired word of God and this is how we come to know Jesus, through the Gospels. I believe we will be individually judged and believe in the resurrection of the human body. My family also believes strongly in religious freedom which is why our family business is one of 36 companies suing Obamacare and the HHS mandate.
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