Jacquelyn Leonard

Republican | Pennsylvania

Candidate Profile

Leans Conservative

BIOGRAPHY

Name

Jacquelyn Leonard


Party

Republican


Election Year

2014


Election

Primary


Race

State Rep., Dist. 115


Incumbent

No


Links

Jacquelyn Leonard websites Facebook

EDUCATION

Millersville University, Millersville, BS, 1991

Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, MS (need to defend thesis)

WORK & MILITARY

(Candidate did not provide)

AFFILIATIONS

Missionary in Latin America, Evangelist, Pocono Community Church

Volunteer

POLITICAL OFFICES HELD

School Director, 2011-present

POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT

Representative General Assembly 115th Distri, 2015-2017

Race

ENDORSEMENTS

REPORTED BY CANDIDATE (1)

PTCC-Pennsylvania Taxpayers Cyber Coalition

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.

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.

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 The Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) should be repealed by Congress.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

No Answer

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

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?

It was their inherent belief that absolute power corrupts absolutely! They saw that BIG government would be the downfall of this country. So they made a provision that if the government got out of control, that we the people could and should dismantlement it and start over.

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.

Strongly 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.

God Constitution Voters Congress Supreme Court

19. Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.

I believe that Jesus is Lord and that he has absolute power in Heaven and on the Earth and that it is his job to legislate morality not the government's. I believe that all men are created equal and endowed with unalienable rights.

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