Kevin Midbust
Republican | Washington
Candidate Profile
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BIOGRAPHY
Name
Kevin Midbust
Party
Republican
Election Year
2014
Election
Primary
Race
U.S. Rep., Dist. 4
Incumbent
No
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EDUCATION
Columbia Basin College, Pasco, AAS
WORK & MILITARY
(Candidate did not provide)
AFFILIATIONS
Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, Member
POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
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POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
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Race
ENDORSEMENTS
REPORTED BY CANDIDATE (1)
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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.
Neutral
4. Government should enforce laws designed to protect the border and to prevent illegal entry of persons into the country.
Strongly Agree
5. The Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) should be repealed by Congress.
Agree
6. Human life begins at conception and deserves legal protection at every stage until natural death.
No Answer
7. Marriage is a union of one man and one woman. No government has the authority to alter this definition.
No Answer
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.
Neutral
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.
No Answer
13. People should be able to vote without photo identification.
Neutral
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?
The drive of every individual to be free and pursue happiness.
16. Briefly list three (3) political or legislative issues of most concern to you, and explain why each is important to you.
The federal reserve printing money. It must be stopped. Stopping the money printing will cause the value of the dollar to return which will also return prosperity. The Income Tax. It is theft. Gun Control. It is all unconstitutional. There is one real solution to the violence in our society and it isn't more gun control. It is stopping the theft of our economy through forced inflation and taxation. Return the value of the dollar and people will stop seeing violence as the only solution.
17. Should abortion be allowed under extenuating circumstances? If so, what circumstances?
I don't know how good medical technology is today. I suppose if the baby somehow posed a threat to life and the medical technology we have today is incapable of saving both lives.
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.
The only entity that could possibly hold any real authority over any individual is God.
19. Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
I consider myself Christian and Non-Denominational.
