

Linda Collins-Smith
Republican | Arkansas
Candidate Profile
Conservative
BIOGRAPHY
Name
Linda Collins-Smith
Party
Republican
Election Year
2014
Election
General
Race
State Senator, Dist. 19
Incumbent
No
EDUCATION
Williams Baptist College, Walnut Ridge, AR, 1995
WORK & MILITARY
Real Estate Sales, Sales Management
Lodging Management/Ownership, 27 total years
AFFILIATIONS
AR Hospitality Assoc(AHA), Board Member & Contributor to PAC, Rotary
Member, Past Board Member, Sutton FW Baptist Church, Member, contributor
Friends of NRA, Board Member, Donations, NRA, NRA-PVF & NRA-ILA
Membership, Political Action, NFIB & Chamber, Member
Studio for the Arts, Board Pres, Donations, Republican Party of AR & others
POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
State Representative, 2011-2012
POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
(Candidate did not provide)
ENDORSEMENTS
CONSERVATIVE (1)
Arkansas Right to Life
REPORTED BY CANDIDATE (26)
AR Right to Life
NFIB
AR Carry
22 Legislators
Senate: B Hester
SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS
CONSERVATIVE
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (6)
Jason Rapert
Mike Huckabee
Missy Thomas Irvin
Republican National Committee
State Republican Party Organizations
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (20)
Andrea Lea
Bryan King
Cecile Bledsoe
Charlie Collins
Citizens United
LIBERAL
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (1)
State Democratic Party Organizations
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (2)
Local, County, and District Democratic Organizations
State Democratic Party 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.
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?
By nature people are corrupted by power and the Founders spread power among the functions of government to keep power from being concentrated in the hands of a few.
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, Voters, Constitution, Congress, Supreme Court
19. Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
God, Family then Country. I believe in the Almighty God. That I am saved by grace. Jesus lived bled and died to save me from my sins that I might have ever lasting life. I believe in hard work, equal pay for equal work, I believe in less government, less taxes and less regulation. Create the climate for business to create jobs and expand. A man/woman who can go to work and take care of their families have their pride. Give people a hand up...not a hand out. Give back if you are blessed and can. Right is right and wrong is wrong, do what's right and you sleep good at night. I am Pro-Life, Pro-Traditional Marriage, Pro-Sencond Amendment, Pro-Gun, Pro-Veternans and Military, Pro-Property Owners Rights. We must change our education system so we can compete nationally and internationally.
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