Stephen B. Hollingshead
Republican | Virginia
Candidate Profile
Conservative
BIOGRAPHY
Name
Stephen B. Hollingshead
Party
Republican
Election Year
2015
Election
General
Race
State Senator, Dist. 33
Incumbent
No
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EDUCATION
University of Houston, Houston, B.S., 1991
Marquette University, Milwaukee, M.A., 1992
Marquette University, Milwaukee, Ph.D., 1996
WORK & MILITARY
(Candidate did not provide)
AFFILIATIONS
Americans for Prosperity, COO
POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
Senior Advisor to the HUD Secretary, 2006-9
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement, 2007-9
POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
(Candidate did not provide)
ENDORSEMENTS
REPORTED BY CANDIDATE (1)
(None listed.)
SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS
CONSERVATIVE
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (1)
Local, County, and District Republican Organizations
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (2)
Local, County, and District Republican Organizations
Morton Blackwell
QUESTIONNAIRE
OTHER IMPORTANT ISSUES
People should be able to vote without photo identification.
Disagree
Religious freedom is our most foundational freedom and deserves added protection in our state and federal constitutions.
Agree
Human life begins at conception and deserves legal protection at every stage until natural death.
Strongly Agree
There are times when American judges should alter U.S. case law in order to comply with foreign case law.
Disagree
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
Congress should repeal the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare).
Agree
Governments should define marriage as between one man and one woman; no other definition of marriage should be legalized or supported with public funds.
Agree
The more people live by Judeo-Christian values, the less government is needed.
Agree
Government should enforce laws designed to protect the border and to prevent illegal entry into the country.
Agree
More restrictive gun control laws are needed to protect public safety.
Disagree
Our state should participate in the nationwide Common Core standards for high-school graduation.
Disagree
The Ten Commandments should not be displayed in public school buildings.
Disagree
Capital punishment should not be allowed for any reason.
Disagree
What in the nature of mankind caused America’s Founders to carefully define, separate, and limit powers in the Constitution?
"If men were angels, no government would be necessary." --Publius Men seek power over others. Government's role is to defend individual human rights (to control the governed, in founders' phrase). The separation and limitation of government powers is to then oblige the government to control itself. The Constitution does this by setting interest against interest. Only by aligning the interests of many different KINDS of majorities can anything be done in our system. That is by design.
Under what circumstances should abortion be allowed?
None. Unless by "abortion" you include procedures like hysterectomy or tubalectomy that are rarely but sometimes immediately required to save the life of the pregnant mother.
Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
I am a practicing Roman Catholic. I also believe as our founders did that the fact of human dignity is a self-evident truth accessible to all humans by reason, and therefore the obligation to defend the rights of human persons may be imposed on others by law.
E-mail address for voters to reach you (for publication)
mail@Hollingshead.com
