Steve Long
Democrat | Ohio
Candidate Profile
Liberal
BIOGRAPHY
Name
Steve Long
Party
Democrat
Election Year
2014
Election
General
Race
State Rep., Dist. 3
Incumbent
No
Links
EDUCATION
Ohio Northern University, Ada, Ohio, BA, 1987
University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio, JD, 1994
WORK & MILITARY
(Candidate did not provide)
AFFILIATIONS
St. Rose of Lima, usher, Knights of Columbus, #7978
POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
(Candidate did not provide)
POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
Perrysburg City Counsel, 2009
Race
ENDORSEMENTS
LIBERAL (1)
OHIO AFL-CIO
REPORTED BY CANDIDATE (3)
Ohio State Legislative Board of the Sheet Metal
A
Ohio AFL-CIO
SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS
LIBERAL
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (0)
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (1)
Local, County, and District Democratic Organizations
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.
Disagree
2. Election of judges by the people for a definite term of office is the best way to select judges.
Neutral
3. More restrictive gun control laws are needed now to protect public safety.
Neutral
4. Efforts to bring Islamic law (shariah) to America do not pose a threat to our country and its Constitution.
Agree
5. Government should enforce laws designed to protect the border and to prevent illegal entry of persons into the country.
Neutral
6. People should be able to vote without photo identification.
Agree
7. Human life begins at conception and deserves legal protection at every stage until natural death.
Agree
8. Marriage is a union of one man and one woman. No government has the authority to alter this definition.
Disagree
9. The Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) should be repealed by Congress.
Strongly Disagree
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.
Disagree
11. Judeo-Christian values established a framework of morality which permitted our system of limited government.
Disagree
12. Free market competition for education dollars, rather than a government monopoly, would create a better education for all students.
Strongly Disagree
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 Disagree
14. The Ten Commandments should not be displayed in public school buildings.
Strongly Agree
15. Religious freedom is our most foundational freedom and deserves added protection in our state and federal constitutions.
Disagree
16. What in the nature of mankind caused America’s Founders to carefully define, separate, and limit powers within the Constitution?
The tendency of mankind to try to dominate other members of mankind which need to be tempered by a government of checks and balances. The Founders (if by that you mean those originally were involved in the drafting of the Constitution) did not think highly of mankind. Note, since "The Founders" all passed away, the Constitution has been amended 15 times. Talk of "America's Founders" is often code for those who still think the South won the Civil War.
17. 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
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.
Constitution, voters
19. Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
Did not answer
