Anna Flatt
Republican | Oklahoma
Candidate Profile
Moderate
BIOGRAPHY
Name
Anna Flatt
Party
Republican
Election Year
2014
Election
Primary
Race
U.S. Rep., Dist. 4
Incumbent
No
Links
EDUCATION
Southeastern Oklahoma State University, Durant, BS, 91
Southeastern Oklahoma State University, Durant, MAS, 93
WORK & MILITARY
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AFFILIATIONS
Carter County Republican Party Chairman, Chairman, HOPE Community Services
Vice-Chairman, Foster Care Association of Oklahoma, Board Member
Southern Oklahoma Foster Parent Association, President, CHESCO Homeschool Group
Board Member, Southern Oklahoma Republican Women, Vice-President
Ardmore Beautification Council, Volunteer
POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
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POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
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Race
ENDORSEMENTS
CONSERVATIVE (1)
Sooner Republican Assembly
REPORTED BY CANDIDATE (1)
(None listed.)
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. It is the government’s responsibility to be sure everyone has health care and a livable income.
Strongly Disagree
3. The United States must maintain a nuclear arsenal that is safe, reliable, modern and numerically superior to those of potential adversaries.
Disagree
4. Government should enforce laws designed to protect the border and to prevent illegal entry of persons into the country.
Agree
5. The Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) should be repealed by Congress.
Strongly Agree
6. Human life begins at conception and deserves legal protection at every stage until natural death.
Strongly Agree
7. Marriage is a union of one man and one woman. No government has the authority to alter this definition.
Neutral
8. Efforts to bring Islamic law (shariah) to America do not pose a threat to our country and its Constitution.
Disagree
9. Judeo-Christian values established a framework of morality which permitted our system of limited government.
Agree
10. Governments should pay to develop wind and solar energy solutions when these are not economically feasible.
Strongly Disagree
11. More restrictive gun control laws are needed now to protect public safety.
Strongly Disagree
12. 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 Disagree
13. People should be able to vote without photo identification.
Strongly Disagree
14. The federal government should establish nationwide standards (such as Common Core) for high-school graduation.
Strongly Disagree
15. What in the nature of mankind caused America’s Founders to carefully define, separate, and limit powers within the Constitution?
A lower desire of mankind to control others vs the higher desire of mankind to be free from control of others led to a carefully crafted form of government designed to balance and spread out control so that one group did not grow too big and abuse it's power.
16. Briefly list three (3) political or legislative issues of most concern to you, and explain why each is important to you.
1. Shrinking the size and reach of the federal government. This is important because "that Government is best which governs least." 2. Bringing back the enforcement of accountability and restitution to individuals who wrong others (at ALL levels). It is important because without it, people do not self-regulate. 3. See number 1. Shrinking the size and reach of the federal government encompasses so much. e.g. Abolishing the IRS, the Department of Education, repealing the Affordable Care Act, ending indefinite detention, ending drone attacks, auditing the fed...
17. Should abortion be allowed under extenuating circumstances? If so, what circumstances?
When the life of the mother is in danger, and possibly severe genetic defects.
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, the Voters. All else are documents, organizations, or institutions created by man, and as such can be altered or abolished.
19. Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
I believe in the Golden Rule, that we should do to others what we would like to have done to us. For example, I want to be in control of my own life, even if that means making bad decisions, as long as I'm not harming anyone in the process, and so I must allow others to be in control of their own lives, even if that means making bad decisions, as long as they are not harming anyone in the process.
