

Larry Haler
BIOGRAPHY
EDUCATION
Pacific Lutheran University, Parkland, BA, 1974
City University, Bellevue, MBA, 2001
WORK & MILITARY
United Nuclear Corp, Licensed Nuclear Reactor Control Room Operator, 6
Rockwell Hanford Company, Senior Technical Trainer, 4
Westinghouse Hanford, Senior Technical Trainer, 7
Fluor Hanford Company, Senior Technical Trainer, 14
AFFILIATIONS
Benton County Republican Party, Chair 1976-1978, Benton County Republican Party
State Committeeman 1986-1988, Richland Lutheran Church, Member 1974-Present
Richland Lutheran Church, Growth Group Leader, Hanford Family Nuclear Advocacy Group
Co-Founder, Republican Precinct Committee Officer, 1975 - Present
Tri-Cities Visitor Convention Bureau, 2008 - Present
POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
Richland City Council Member/Mayor, 14
State Representative 8th District, 12
POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
(Candidate did not provide)
SCORECARDS
CONSERVATIVE ORGANIZATIONS
LIBERAL ORGANIZATIONS
ENDORSEMENTS
OTHER (1)
Washington Council of Police and Sheriffs
REPORTED BY CANDIDATE (5)
Washington Council of Police & Sheriffs (WACOPS)
Carpenters Union
LEOFF-1 & TRS-1 Coalition
Washington State Food Industry Association
Washington Retail Association
SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS
CONSERVATIVE
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (3)
Brad Klippert
Local, County, and District Republican Organizations
State Republican Party Organizations
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (0)
LIBERAL
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (0)
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (2)
League of Education Voters
National Education Association
OTHER INFORMATION
QUESTIONNAIRE
OTHER IMPORTANT ISSUES
Congress should repeal the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare).
Strongly Agree
Election of judges by the people for a definite term of office is the best way to select judges.
Agree
More restrictive gun control laws are needed to protect public safety.
Strongly Disagree
Government should enforce laws designed to protect the border and to prevent illegal entry into the country.
Strongly Agree
People should be able to vote without photo identification.
Strongly Disagree
Religious liberty is at risk in the United States.
Strongly Agree
Human life begins at conception and deserves legal protection at every stage until natural death.
Strongly Agree
Free enterprise and the right to private property turn mankind's natural self-interest into the most productive economic system there is.
Strongly Agree
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.
Agree
Marijuana should be legalized and regulated like tobacco and alcohol.
Disagree
Judeo-Christian values established a framework of morality which permitted our system of limited government.
Strongly Agree
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
Free-market competition for education dollars, rather than a government monopoly, would create a better education for all students.
Agree
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.
Agree
The Ten Commandments should not be displayed in public school buildings.
Strongly Disagree
Business owners should be required by law to bake cakes, provide flower arrangements, etc., for same-sex weddings, even when these activities would infringe on their sincerely-held religious beliefs.
Strongly Disagree
Our state should participate in the nationwide Common Core standards for high-school graduation.
Strongly Disagree
Physician-assisted suicide should be legal.
Strongly Disagree
The more people live by Judeo-Christian values, the less government is needed.
Agree
Islamic law (Sharia) does not pose a threat to the United States and its Constitution.
Disagree
Governments should define marriage as between one man and one woman; no other definition of marriage should be legalized or supported with public funds.
Agree
It is the government’s responsibility to be sure everyone has health care and a livable income.
Strongly Disagree
Planned Parenthood should not receive funds from federal, state, or local governments.
Agree
What in the nature of mankind caused America’s Founders to carefully define, separate, and limit powers in the Constitution?
The tendency of Governments to usurp the rights of the people. Hence the separation of powers and the Bill of Rights delineating the inailenable rights that citizens of the United States have that cannot be taken away.
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
Under what circumstances should abortion be allowed?
Only for rape, incest or to save the life of the mother.
Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
I believe in the Triune God. I am saved not by own actions but by my believe that Jesus Christ died so that my sins can be forgiven, if I believe in Him.
Considering all issues (social, economic, national security, etc.), which of these best describes you?
Conservative
Please defend your answer to the previous question by referencing your publicly available track record.
I am fiscally and socially conservative and this can seen in my 12-years of voting in the Washington State House of Representatives.
E-mail address and phone number for voters to reach you.
le.haler@gmail.com (509) 308-1957
Additional comment from candidate:
No additional comment.
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