Phil Moffett
Republican | Kentucky
Candidate Profile
Conservative
BIOGRAPHY
Name
Phil Moffett
Party
Republican
Election Year
2014
Election
General
Race
State Rep., Dist. 32
Incumbent
No
Links
EDUCATION
University of Kentucky, Lexington, BS Finance, 1987
WORK & MILITARY
CCS Partners, Owner & Managing Partner, 12
AFFILIATIONS
School Choice Scholarships, Co-founder www.schoolchoiceky.org, The Bluegrass Institute
Fmr. President and Board Member (www.bipps.org), Kentucky Dept of Agriculture, Member Fuel Lab Task Force 2013
Thomas Massie for US Congress, Campaign Chairman, The Valley Learning and Development Center
Co-founder and supporter, Middletown Christian Church, Member
POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
None
POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
Kentucky Governor, 2011
Race
SCORECARDS
CONSERVATIVE ORGANIZATIONS
2016
100%
2016
80%, 78%†
2015
75%, 75%†
2016
|80%, 78%†
2015
|75%, 75%†
LIBERAL ORGANIZATIONS
ENDORSEMENTS
CONSERVATIVE (2)
Freedoms Heritage Forum
Take Back Kentucky
REPORTED BY CANDIDATE (6)
U.S. Senator Rand Paul
U.S. Congressman Thomas Massie (KY-4)
Take Back Kentucky
Pastor Jerry Stephenson
Midwest Church of Christ
SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS
CONSERVATIVE
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (4)
James R. Comer Jr.
Rand Paul
Ryan F. Quarles
Thomas H. Massie
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (4)
BrettPac
GOPAC
National Right to Life Committee
Richard Viguerie
LIBERAL
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (1)
Jim Gooch, Jr.
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (0)
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.
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.
Disagree
5. Government should enforce laws designed to protect the border and to prevent illegal entry of persons into the country.
Agree
6. People should be able to vote without photo identification.
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.
Agree
9. The Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) should be repealed by Congress.
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.
Neutral
11. Judeo-Christian values established a framework of morality which permitted our system of limited government.
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.
Disagree
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.
Disagree
16. What in the nature of mankind caused America’s Founders to carefully define, separate, and limit powers within the Constitution?
They recognized the corrupting nature of accumulated power. James Madison was a strong proponent of the separation of powers. He went as far as saying the combination of powers of the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial branches were the very definition of tyranny.
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 Voters
19. Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
I am a practicing Christian. I try to live my life in accordance with God's teachings and commandments. I am saved through God's Grace. I believe in self-reliance, individual responsibility, and we should love our neighbors as ourselves. People should be judged on the content of their character and nothing else. A couple of explanations for the above questions. #10 - Government budgets should be truly balanced but I do not know enough about the stated methodology to say I support the prescribed actions. #15 - The US Constitution and Kentucky's Constitution give strong protections for the religious liberty. Our branches of government need to do a better job of protecting these liberties. #17 - Our Founding Fathers did not "establish a pure democracy." They established a Constitutional Representative Republic. Founders like Madison and Jefferson were very much against a pure democracy as the country would be damaged by the "whim of the majority."
