

Bob Gannon
Republican | Wisconsin
Candidate Profile
Leans Conservative
BIOGRAPHY
Name
Bob Gannon
Party
Republican
Election Year
2014
Election
Primary
Race
Repr. to the Assembly, Dist. 58
Incumbent
No
EDUCATION
(Candidate did not provide)
WORK & MILITARY
Richards Insurance Agency, Owner, 32
AmericInn Hotel West Bend, Owner, 6
AFFILIATIONS
Family Promise of Washington County, President, West Bend Economic Development Corp
President Elect, United Way of Washington County, Board Officer
Homelessness to Housing Capital Campaign, Co-chair, West Bend Sunrise Rotary
Member, West Bend Area Chamber of Commerce, Member
Still Waters United Methodist Church, Member
POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
WI State Assembly, 2
POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
(Candidate did not provide)
SCORECARDS
CONSERVATIVE ORGANIZATIONS
LIBERAL ORGANIZATIONS
ENDORSEMENTS
REPORTED BY CANDIDATE (5)
Kraig Sadownikow - Mayor West Bend
Kevin Steiner - President & CEO West Bend Mutual I
Doug Ziegler - retired Ziegler Companies
Rick Parks - Prsident & CEO Society Insurance
Randy Marquardt - President West Bend School Board
SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS
CONSERVATIVE
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (4)
Glenn Grothman
Local, County, and District Republican Organizations
Scott Walker
Tom Tiffany
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (1)
Local, County, and District Republican Organizations
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.
Strongly 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.
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. The Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) should be repealed by Congress.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.
Strongly 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.
Strongly 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.
Strongly Agree
14. The Ten Commandments should not be displayed in public school buildings.
Strongly Disagree
15. Religious freedom is our most foundational freedom and deserves added protection in our state and federal constitutions.
Strongly Agree
16. 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
17. Our state should participate in the nationwide Common Core standards for high-school graduation.
Strongly Disagree
18. What in the nature of mankind caused America’s Founders to carefully define, separate, and limit powers within the Constitution?
the founders we're fleeing a tyranny, and were in search of religious and economic freedom
19. 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
20. Should abortion be allowed under extenuating circumstances? If so, what circumstances?
no
21. Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
Christian, enough said
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