Kevin Brady
Republican | Texas
Candidate Profile
Conservative
BIOGRAPHY
Name
Kevin Brady
Party
Republican
Election Year
2014
Election
Primary
Race
U.S. Rep., Dist.8
Incumbent
Yes
Links
EDUCATION
U of South Dakota, Vermillion, BS, 1991
WORK & MILITARY
S. Montgomery County Woodlands Chamber of Commerce, President, 1985-96
Beaumont Chamber of Commerce, Executive VP, 1982-85
Rapid City Area Chamber of Commerce, VP, 1979-1982
AFFILIATIONS
Rotary Club - The Woodlands, Paul Harris Fellow, U of South Dakota
Distinguished Alumni, The Woodlands Texas, Hometown Hero
Texas Jaycees, 5 Outstanding Young Texans, John Ben Shepperd Leadership Institute
Outstanding Texas Leader
POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
U.S. Congressman - Texas, 1997-present
Texas House of Representatives, 1991-96
POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
(Candidate did not provide)
Race
SCORECARDS
CONSERVATIVE ORGANIZATIONS
2013
100%
2013-14
100%
2013-14
100%
2015
100%
2012
100%
2015-16
100%
2014
87%, 95%†
2013-14
92%
2015-16
100%, 87%†
2015
64%, 81%†
2016
80%, 80%†
2015-16
63%, 67%†
2015
57%
2015-16
57%
2013
|100%
2013-14
|100%
2013-14
|100%
2015
|100%
2015-16
|100%
2014
|87%, 95%†
2013-14
|92%
2015-16
|100%, 87%†
2015
|64%, 81%†
2016
|80%, 80%†
2015-16
|63%, 67%†
2015
|57%
2015-16
|57%
LIBERAL ORGANIZATIONS
2015
13%, 6%†
2013
0%, 1%†
2015-16
0%
2014
0%
2015-16
0%
2015
0%
2015-16
|0%
2014
|0%
2015-16
|0%
2015
|0%
ENDORSEMENTS
CONSERVATIVE (1)
Texas Right to Life
REPORTED BY CANDIDATE (4)
Texas Right to Life
Conservative Republicans of Texas
Texas Association of Business
Texas Farm Bureau
SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS
CONSERVATIVE
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (109)
Alex Mooney
Allen West
Barbara Comstock
Ben Quayle
Blaine Luetkemeyer
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (42)
Associated Builders and Contractors
Black Hills Corporation
Brandon Creighton
Brian Babin
Citizens Against Government Waste
LIBERAL
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (2)
Carl DeMaio
Jeff Gorell
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (16)
Airline Pilots Association
American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations
American Wind Energy Association
Communication Workers of America
International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers
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. It is the government’s responsibility to be sure everyone has health care and a livable income.
Strongly Disagree
3. The United States must maintain a nuclear arsenal that is safe, reliable, modern and numerically superior to those of potential adversaries.
Strongly Agree
4. Government should enforce laws designed to protect the border and to prevent illegal entry of persons into the country.
Strongly Agree
5. The Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) should be repealed by Congress.
Strongly Agree
6. Human life begins at conception and deserves legal protection at every stage until natural death.
Strongly Agree
7. Marriage is a union of one man and one woman. No government has the authority to alter this definition.
Strongly Agree
8. Efforts to bring Islamic law (shariah) to America do not pose a threat to our country and its Constitution.
Strongly Disagree
9. Judeo-Christian values established a framework of morality which permitted our system of limited government.
Strongly Agree
10. Governments should pay to develop wind and solar energy solutions when these are not economically feasible.
Strongly Disagree
11. More restrictive gun control laws are needed now to protect public safety.
Strongly Disagree
12. 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
13. People should be able to vote without photo identification.
Strongly Disagree
14. Briefly list three (3) political or legislative issues of most concern to you, and explain why each is important to you.
1) As government grows, individual freedoms shrink. We must change the direction America is headed, to limit the size and power of the federal government while increasing economic and religious freedoms of the people. 2) Debt. As our second president John Adams stated "there are two ways to enslave a people. One is by the sword. The other is by debt." Washington is living far beyond its means and passing to the next generation the debt generated by excessive spending today. We House Republicans have passed legislation cutting $20 trillion in spending - almost all blocked in the Democratically-controlled Senate. 3)We must defund, delay, repeal and replace ObamaCare.
15. Should abortion be allowed under extenuating circumstances? If so, what circumstances?
I am the proud parent of adoptive boys. We have a family only because two women in difficult situations chose life. I am 100% pro-life. The only exceptions can be rape, incest and life of the mother.
16. 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, the people, the Constitution, Congress and the Supreme Court - in that order.
17. Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
As a Christian I live my life by Luke 10:27 and work hard to instill in my children: "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself."
