Kirk Tesar
Non-Partisan | Nebraska
Candidate Profile
Liberal
BIOGRAPHY
Name
Kirk Tesar
Party
Non-Partisan
Election Year
2014
Election
Primary
Race
Member of the Legislature, Dist. 24
Incumbent
No
Links
EDUCATION
University of Phoenix, Associates - Business Management, 2012
University of Phoenix, Bachelor's - Business Management, 2015
WORK & MILITARY
None
AFFILIATIONS
None
POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
None
POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
Mayor, 2004
Race
ENDORSEMENTS
REPORTED BY CANDIDATE (1)
None Yet
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.
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.
Neutral
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.
Disagree
7. Human life begins at conception and deserves legal protection at every stage until natural death.
Neutral
8. Marriage is a union of one man and one woman. No government has the authority to alter this definition.
Disagree
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 The Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) should be repealed by Congress.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.
Neutral
12. Free market competition for education dollars, rather than a government monopoly, would create a better education for all students.
Disagree
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.
Agree
15. Religious freedom is our most foundational freedom and deserves added protection in our state and federal constitutions.
Agree
16. What in the nature of mankind caused America’s Founders to carefully define, separate, and limit powers within the Constitution?
Our founders noticed the need to provide for checks and balances of power to prevent our country from being corrupt and overpowering against the people.
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.
Agree
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.
Constitution, Supreme Court, Congress, Voters. The rest do not apply.
19. Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
I believe that everyone is entitled to their own spiritual beliefs and can practice it as needed, but so long as not to forcefully impose it on others. I believe in a higher power, but it is irrelevant on my specific beliefs.
