Barry Jozwiak
Republican | Pennsylvania
Candidate Profile
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BIOGRAPHY
Name
Barry Jozwiak
Party
Republican
Election Year
2014
Election
Primary
Race
State Rep., Dist. 5
Incumbent
No
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EDUCATION
Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pa, Bachelor of Science, Law Enforcement and Correctio, 1978
Pennsylvania State University, Reading, Pa, Associate Degree in Community Services, 1975
National Sheriff's Institute, Longmont, Colorado, Executive Development Progran, 1996
WORK & MILITARY
United States Navy, Machinest Mate 3rd Class, 3
Pennsylvania State Police, Trooper, 25
Pennsylvania Sheriff's Association, President and Executive Board Member, 7
AFFILIATIONS
Hawk Mountain Council Boy Scouts of America, Executive Board Member and volunteer, Camp Cadet Program
Board member for 25 years, President for 10 years, Berks County Criminal Justice Policy Group, Board member 10 years
Crime Alert Advisory Board, Advisory Board Member 15 years, Domestic Abuse Council
Board member 12 years, Berks County Emergency Management Team, Board Member 10 years
Ducks Unlimited, volunteer
POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
Sheriff of Berks County, Pa., 12
Bern Township Supervisor, 1st year
POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
(Candidate did not provide)
Race
SCORECARDS
CONSERVATIVE ORGANIZATIONS
2015
|88%, 88%†
LIBERAL ORGANIZATIONS
ENDORSEMENTS
CONSERVATIVE (1)
National Rifle Association
REPORTED BY CANDIDATE (6)
National Rifle Association
Federates Sportsmen's Clubs of Berks County
Firearms Owners Against Crime
Pennsylvania State Troopers FOP Lodge 365
Pennsylvania State Lodge Fraternal Order of Police
SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS
CONSERVATIVE
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (4)
Local, County, and District Republican Organizations
Mark M. Gillen
State Republican Party Organizations
Tim Krieger
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (8)
Charlie Dent
Jerry Knowles
Mark M. Gillen
National Rifle Association
Pennsylvania Future Fund
LIBERAL
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (0)
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (5)
International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Operative Plasterers' and Cement Masons' International Association
Sheet Metal Workers International Association
United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry
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.
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.
Did not 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.
Agree
16. What in the nature of mankind caused America’s Founders to carefully define, separate, and limit powers within the Constitution?
Did not answer
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.
Did not answer
19. Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
Did not answer
