Jonathan Jordan
Republican | North Carolina
Candidate Profile
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BIOGRAPHY
Name
Jonathan Jordan
Party
Republican
Election Year
2012
Election
General
Race
State Rep., Dist. 93
Incumbent
Yes
Links
EDUCATION
UNC-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, JD/MPA, 1996
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, MBA, 1992
Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, BA, 1990
WORK & MILITARY
Jordan and Jordan Law Offices, PLLC, Managing Member, 2005-present
Stokes County, North Carolina, County Attorney, 2003-2006
NC Republican Party, Communications Director, 2001-2003
AFFILIATIONS
Bald Mountain Baptist Church, Member, 5th Congressional Dist. GOP Exec. Committee
Legal Counsel, Ashe County Chamber of Commerce, Board of Directors
Ashe County Free Medical Clinic, Chair, Board of Directors, Ashe County Home Builders Association
Board of Directors, Ashe County Pregnancy Care Center, Board of Directors
POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
NC State House, 4
POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
(Candidate did not provide)
Race
SCORECARDS
CONSERVATIVE ORGANIZATIONS
2013
|100%
LIBERAL ORGANIZATIONS
2013
|13%†
ENDORSEMENTS
OTHER (3)
National Federation Of Independent Business
North Carolina Police Benevolent Association
National Rifle Association
SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS
CONSERVATIVE
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (6)
Committee to Elect Republican Women
Dan F. Soucek
Local, County, and District Republican Organizations
Pat McCrory
State Republican Party Organizations
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (45)
Bryan Holloway
D. Craig Horn
David R. Lewis Sr.
Dean Arp
Donny Lambeth
LIBERAL
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (0)
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (1)
North Carolina Advocates for Justice
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 is the key to national prosperity.
Strongly Agree
2. Government should enforce laws designed to protect the border and to prevent illegal entry of persons into the country.
Strongly Agree
3. Because evolution is widely accepted, students should not be taught about intelligent design.
Strongly Disagree
4. Free market competition for education dollars, rather than a government monopoly, would create a better education for all students.
Strongly Agree
5. It is the government’s responsibility to be sure everyone has health care and a livable income.
Strongly Disagree
6. States should require voters to show photo identification and prove citizenship in order to register to vote or to cast a vote.
Strongly Agree
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. Judeo-Christian values established a framework of morality which permitted our system of limited government.
Strongly Agree
10. Pure democracy is the best form of government to ensure the safety and equitable treatment of all citizens.
Strongly Disagree
11. Who has the primary responsibility to be sure children are properly educated?
Their parents do.
12. Should abortion be allowed under extenuating circumstances? If so, what circumstances?
Yes, under a true threat to a mother's life.
13. What in the nature of mankind caused America’s Founders to carefully define, separate, and limit powers within the Constitution?
The fallen nature of man: James Madison in Federalist No. 51: “If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary. ... you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself.”
14. List your six (6) most important political endorsements.
NC Right to Life; National Federation of Independent Business; National Rifle Association; Rep. Paul "Skip" Stam, Majority Leader, NC House; Rep. Dale Folwell, Speaker Pro Tem, NC House
15. 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 (the People), Constitution, Supreme Court; the others I would dismiss from this analysis.
16. Please list your educational, military and vocational history, and any church and civic leadership positions held, and political positions held or sought.
EDUCATION: JD/MPA (Law and Public Administration), UNC-Chapel Hill; MBA, Vanderbilt University; BA, Wake Forest University; HS Diploma, NC School of Science and Mathematics PROFESSIONAL: Jordan and Jordan Law Offices, PLLC (Jefferson, NC); County Attorney, Stokes County, North Carolina; Communications Director, NC Republican Party (Raleigh, NC); Director of Research, John Locke Foundation (Raleigh, NC) FAMILY AND RELIGIOUS: Married 5/26/2001 to Wife, Tracie McMillan Jordan; two children, 6 years and 4 years; Members, Bald Mountain Baptist Church CIVIC: Board of Directors, Ashe County Chamber of Commerce; Board of Directors, Ashe County Free Medical Clinic (Immediate Past Chairman); Past Member, Board of Directors, Ashe County Home Builders Association; Past Member, Local Advisory Council, Boone Office of Legal Aid of North Carolina, Inc.; Past Member, Ashe County Board of Realtors
17. What charitable, educational, religious, or political organizations have you been affiliated with as a member, contributor, or volunteer.
North Carolina Republican Party Executive Committee Member; Legal Counsel, 5th Congressional District Republican Party Executive Committee; Past Vice Chairman, Ashe County Republican Party; Past Vice Chairman, Wake County Republican Party. See above Civic activities for more information.
