Dwight Kay

Republican | Illinois

Candidate Profile

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BIOGRAPHY

Name

Dwight Kay


Party

Republican


Election Year

2014


Election

General


Race

State Rep., Dist. 112


Incumbent

Yes


Links

Dwight Kay websites Facebook

EDUCATION

Taylor University, Upland, IN, Bachelor, 1970

WORK & MILITARY

(Candidate did not provide)

AFFILIATIONS

Gideons International, Central Presbyterian Church in St. Louis

POLITICAL OFFICES HELD

State Representative, 4

POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT

(Candidate did not provide)

Race

SCORECARDS

CONSERVATIVE ORGANIZATIONS

2013

100%


2012

90%, 90%


2012

|

90%, 90%



LIBERAL ORGANIZATIONS

2015

10%, 18%

2015

|

10%, 18%

ENDORSEMENTS

REPORTED BY CANDIDATE (3)

National Federation of Independent Businesses

Illinois Chamber of Commerce

Illinois Education Association

SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS

CONSERVATIVE
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (7)

Brad Halbrook

Charles Meier

David McSweeney

Family-Pac

John Shimkus

RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (2)

Charles Meier

Jeanne Ives


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

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

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. Government should enforce laws designed to protect the border and to prevent illegal entry into the country.

Strongly Agree

2. Government should enforce laws designed to protect the border and to prevent illegal entry into the country.

Strongly Agree

2. Government should enforce laws designed to protect the border and to prevent illegal entry into the country.

Strongly Agree

3. More restrictive gun control laws are needed to protect public safety.

Strongly Disagree

3. More restrictive gun control laws are needed to protect public safety.

Strongly Disagree

3. More restrictive gun control laws are needed to protect public safety.

Strongly Disagree

4. Human life begins at conception and deserves legal protection at every stage until natural death.

Strongly Agree

4. Human life begins at conception and deserves legal protection at every stage until natural death.

Strongly Agree

4. Human life begins at conception and deserves legal protection at every stage until natural death.

Strongly Agree

5. Marriage is a union of one man and one woman. No government has the authority to alter this definition.

Strongly Agree

5. Marriage is a union of one man and one woman. No government has the authority to alter this definition.

Strongly Agree

5. Marriage is a union of one man and one woman. No government has the authority to alter this definition.

Strongly Agree

6. Efforts to bring Islamic law (shariah) to America do not pose a threat to our country and its Constitution.

Strongly Disagree

6. Efforts to bring Islamic law (shariah) to America do not pose a threat to our country and its Constitution.

Strongly Disagree

6. Efforts to bring Islamic law (shariah) to America do not pose a threat to our country and its Constitution.

Strongly Disagree

7. People should be able to vote without photo identification.

Disagree

7. People should be able to vote without photo identification.

Disagree

7. People should be able to vote without photo identification.

Disagree

8. Congress should repeal the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare).

Strongly Agree

8. Congress should repeal the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare).

Strongly Agree

8. Congress should repeal the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare).

Strongly Agree

9. 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

9. 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

9. 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

10. Our state should participate in the nationwide Common Core standards for high-school graduation.

Strongly Disagree

10. Our state should participate in the nationwide Common Core standards for high-school graduation.

Strongly Disagree

10. Our state should participate in the nationwide Common Core standards for high-school graduation.

Strongly Disagree

11. Judeo-Christian values established a framework of morality which permitted our system of limited government.

Strongly Agree

11. Judeo-Christian values established a framework of morality which permitted our system of limited government.

Strongly Agree

11. Judeo-Christian values established a framework of morality which permitted our system of limited government.

Strongly Agree

12. Patients should be permitted and licensed to smoke marijuana for medical purposes without police interference, and authorized persons should be permitted to possess marijuana and operate a motor vehicle after consumption.

Strongly Disagree

12. Patients should be permitted and licensed to smoke marijuana for medical purposes without police interference, and authorized persons should be permitted to possess marijuana and operate a motor vehicle after consumption.

Strongly Disagree

12. Patients should be permitted and licensed to smoke marijuana for medical purposes without police interference, and authorized persons should be permitted to possess marijuana and operate a motor vehicle after consumption.

Strongly Disagree

13. Free market competition for education dollars, rather than a government monopoly, would create a better education for all students.

Agree

13. Free market competition for education dollars, rather than a government monopoly, would create a better education for all students.

Agree

13. Free market competition for education dollars, rather than a government monopoly, would create a better education for all students.

Agree

14. 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.

Neutral

14. 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.

Neutral

14. 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.

Neutral

15. School districts should be required to teach sex education in grades 6-12 using only "comprehensive sex ed" resources, which may include undefined “age-appropriate” information on sexuality, including contraception, homosexuality, bisexuality, and Gender Identity Disorder.

Disagree

15. School districts should be required to teach sex education in grades 6-12 using only "comprehensive sex ed" resources, which may include undefined “age-appropriate” information on sexuality, including contraception, homosexuality, bisexuality, and Gender Identity Disorder.

Disagree

15. School districts should be required to teach sex education in grades 6-12 using only "comprehensive sex ed" resources, which may include undefined “age-appropriate” information on sexuality, including contraception, homosexuality, bisexuality, and Gender Identity Disorder.

Disagree

16. Efforts to expand gambling with new casinos and additional slot machines do not pose a threat to families and businesses.

No Answer

16. Efforts to expand gambling with new casinos and additional slot machines do not pose a threat to families and businesses.

No Answer

16. Efforts to expand gambling with new casinos and additional slot machines do not pose a threat to families and businesses.

No Answer

17. Election of judges by the people for a definite term of office is the best way to select judges.

No Answer

17. Election of judges by the people for a definite term of office is the best way to select judges.

No Answer

17. Election of judges by the people for a definite term of office is the best way to select judges.

No Answer

18. Religious freedom is our most foundational freedom and deserves added protection in our state and federal constitutions.

Strongly Agree

18. Religious freedom is our most foundational freedom and deserves added protection in our state and federal constitutions.

Strongly Agree

18. Religious freedom is our most foundational freedom and deserves added protection in our state and federal constitutions.

Strongly Agree

19. Therapy for children who have unwanted same-sex attraction should be banned.

No Answer

19. Therapy for children who have unwanted same-sex attraction should be banned.

No Answer

19. Therapy for children who have unwanted same-sex attraction should be banned.

No Answer

20. Should abortion be allowed under extenuating circumstances? If so, what circumstances?

No exceptions.

20. Should abortion be allowed under extenuating circumstances? If so, what circumstances?

No exceptions.

21. Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.

I am a Christian and I attend a local Presbyterian Church.

21. Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.

I am a Christian and I attend a local Presbyterian Church.

20. Should abortion be allowed under extenuating circumstances? If so, what circumstances?

No exceptions.

21. Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.

I am a Christian and I attend a local Presbyterian Church.

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