
John Wilford
Libertarian | Texas
Candidate Profile
Liberal
BIOGRAPHY
Name
John Wilford
Party
Libertarian
Election Year
2014
Election
General
Race
State Rep., Dist. 8
Incumbent
No
EDUCATION
University of Texas at Tyler, Tyler, Texas, B.S. in Electrical Engineering, 2014
WORK & MILITARY
(Candidate did not provide)
AFFILIATIONS
Libertarian Party of Texas, Treasurer, Libertarian Party of Anderson County
Chair, Libertarian Party of Cherokee County, Chair
Jacksonville NORML, Chair, Phi Theta Kappa
Member, Boy Scouts of America, Life Scout
POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
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POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
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Race
ENDORSEMENTS
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. Election of judges by the people for a definite term of office is the best way to select judges.
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.
Neutral
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.
Neutral
7. Human life begins at conception and deserves legal protection at every stage until natural death.
Disagree
8. Marriage is a union of one man and one woman. No government has the authority to alter this definition.
Strongly Disagree
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 The Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) should be repealed by Congress.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 Disagree
11. Judeo-Christian values established a framework of morality which permitted our system of limited government.
Strongly Disagree
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 Disagree
14. The Ten Commandments should not be displayed in public school buildings.
Neutral
15. Religious freedom is our most foundational freedom and deserves added protection in our state and federal constitutions.
Neutral
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 Disagree
17. 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.
Individual Local Government State Government Federal Government (No I did not unintentionally reverse that order. Supreme Court and Congress are equal branches of the Federal Government. Voters make up some of the individuals)
18. Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
I am agnostic. I do not know what lies beyond that which can be tested.
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