Tom Dent

Republican | Washington

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Candidate Profile

BIOGRAPHY

EDUCATION

Othello High School, Othello, WA., 1968

Big Bend Community College, Moses Lake, WA., 1970

Wagner Aircraft Flight School, Moses Lake, WA., 1976

WORK & MILITARY

Association of WA Aerial Applicators, founding member

Pacific Northwest Aerial Applicators Alliance, Various positions

Cattle Producers of WA., Charter member

Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, member

AFFILIATIONS

Immanuel Lutheran Church, Council member/President, Living Word Lutheran Church

member, Grant County Republican Central Committee, Chairman/State Committeeman

Washington State Republican Party, Member of State Committee, Grant County Sheriffs Posse

member

POLITICAL OFFICES HELD

State Representative, 2015-2016

POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT

none

SCORECARDS

CONSERVATIVE ORGANIZATIONS

2015

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100%, 100%




LIBERAL ORGANIZATIONS

2015-16

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9%, 9%

ENDORSEMENTS

CONSERVATIVE (3)

Human Life of Washington

Life Pac of Southwest Washington

National Federation Of Independent Businesses - the SAFE Trust

LIBERAL (1)

League of Education Voters - WA

REPORTED BY CANDIDATE (6)

Rob McKenna

Wa. State Retail Assn.

League of Education Voters

WACOPS

Senator Judy Warnick

SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS

CONSERVATIVE
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (4)

Bill Bryant

Judith (Judy) Warnick

Local, County, and District Republican Organizations

Luanne VanWerven

RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (0)

OTHER INFORMATION

QUESTIONNAIRE

OTHER IMPORTANT ISSUES

Congress should repeal the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare).

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.

Agree

People should be able to vote without photo identification.

Disagree

Religious liberty is at risk in the United States.

Agree

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

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.

Agree

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

No Answer

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.

No Answer

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.

Disagree

Planned Parenthood should not receive funds from federal, state, or local governments.

No Answer

What in the nature of mankind caused America’s Founders to carefully define, separate, and limit powers in the Constitution?

Did not answer

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.

Did not answer

Under what circumstances should abortion be allowed?

Did not answer

Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.

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Considering all issues (social, economic, national security, etc.), which of these best describes you?

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Please defend your answer to the previous question by referencing your publicly available track record.

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E-mail address and phone number for voters to reach you.

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