Jay Adams

Republican | North Carolina

Candidate Profile

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BIOGRAPHY

Name

Jay Adams


Party

Republican


Election Year

2014


Election

Primary


Race

State Rep., Dist. 96


Incumbent

No


Links

Jay Adams websites Facebook

EDUCATION

The Citadel, Charleston, B.S., 1972

WORK & MILITARY

Adams Commercial Real Estate Services, LLC, owner, 23

AFFILIATIONS

The Catawba Valley Wildlife Club, past President, BOD, officer, Girl Scouts Peaks to Piedmont Council

BOD, Rotary

Elks Club, First Baptist Church, Hickory, NC

Catawba County Chamber of Commerce, many committees

Metropolitan Planning Organization, Technical Coordinating Commitee, Catawba County Republican Party

POLITICAL OFFICES HELD

(Candidate did not provide)

POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT

Mayor, Hickory, 2005

City Council, Hickory, 1994, 99

ENDORSEMENTS

REPORTED BY CANDIDATE (1)

(None listed.)

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.

No Answer

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.

Disagree

7. Human life begins at conception and deserves legal protection at every stage until natural death.

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 The Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) should be repealed by Congress.

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.

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.

Neutral

14. The Ten Commandments should not be displayed in public school buildings.

Neutral

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?

the inherent lust for power

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.

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, Congress, Supreme Court, Media

19. Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.

I am a Christian. The family is the building block of civilization. Every moment of your life you are building your legacy; one moment of weakness can destroy all you have worked to build for yourself and your family. I believe in duty, honor, and respect.

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