
Robert D. Hentschel
Republican | Michigan
Candidate Profile
Moderate
BIOGRAPHY
Name
Robert D. Hentschel
Party
Republican
Election Year
2014
Election
Primary
Race
State Rep., Dist. 104
Incumbent
No
EDUCATION
Northwestern Michigan College, Traverse City, MI, 1996
Spring Arbor University, Spring Arbor, MI, 1998
WORK & MILITARY
Roy's General Store, Manager, All
AFFILIATIONS
Rotary Club of Traverse City, Secretary, National Rifle Association
Member in good standing, National Cherry Festival, Volunteer
Boy Scouts of America (Troop 22), Eagle Scout, Assistant Scout Master, Salvation Army
Red Bucket volunteer, NMC Barbeque, Grill volunteer
Buckley Old Engine Show, Working member, East Bay Calvary Church
POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
Grand Traverse County Comm, 2011-12
Northern Lakes Community Mental Health Board, 2011-12
POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
Grand Traverse County Treasurer, 2012
Race
SCORECARDS
CONSERVATIVE ORGANIZATIONS
LIBERAL ORGANIZATIONS
ENDORSEMENTS
CONSERVATIVE (1)
Michigan Right to Life
REPORTED BY CANDIDATE (1)
Michigan Right to Life
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 Agree
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 The Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) should be repealed by Congress.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.
No Answer
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.
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.
No Answer
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. 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
17. Our state should participate in the nationwide Common Core standards for high-school graduation.
Strongly Disagree
18. What in the nature of mankind caused America’s Founders to carefully define, separate, and limit powers within the Constitution?
Mankind is fallen from grace, imperfect and generally selfish. Our Constitution is established to protect the weak from the strong and to ensure the most possible liberty within the confines of a society of laws.
19. 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, Congress, Supreme Court.
20. Should abortion be allowed under extenuating circumstances? If so, what circumstances?
An unborn child deserves every right and protection as any other human being, whether young or old. Therefor, abortion is only justifiable in those circumstances in which one could conscionably end the life of any other living person.
21. Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
I am a Bible believing Christian. God created the universe and mankind. Man was separated from a relationship with God through sin, but God sent his son Jesus Christ to die as atonement for that sin to those who accept Him. I believe in Heaven and Hell. We will be judged by what we do in this life.
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