

Tim Huelskamp
Republican | Kansas
Candidate Profile
Verified Conservative
BIOGRAPHY
Name
Tim Huelskamp
Party
Republican
Election Year
2014
Election
General
Race
U.S. Rep., Dist. 1
Incumbent
Yes
EDUCATION
American University, Washington, DC, Ph.D, 1995
College of Sante Fe, Santa Fe, NM, BA, 1991
WORK & MILITARY
(Candidate did not provide)
AFFILIATIONS
Knights of Columbus
POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
Congressman, 5.5
State Senate, 14
POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
(Candidate did not provide)
Race
SCORECARDS
CONSERVATIVE ORGANIZATIONS
2013
100%
2015
100%, 100%†
2015
100%
2015-16
100%
2015-16
100%, 98%†
2016
93%, 97%†
2014
96%, 94%†
2015-16
92%, 92%†
2015
91%
2015-16
87%
2013-14
81%
2013
|100%
2015
|100%, 100%†
2015
|100%
2015-16
|100%
2015-16
|100%, 98%†
2016
|93%, 97%†
2014
|96%, 94%†
2015-16
|92%, 92%†
2015
|91%
2015-16
|87%
2013-14
|81%
LIBERAL ORGANIZATIONS
2014
15%
2013
0%, 9%†
2015
4%, 7%†
2015-16
0%
2015-16
0%
2015
0%
2014
|15%
2015-16
|0%
2015-16
|0%
2015
|0%
ENDORSEMENTS
CONSERVATIVE (12)
American Conservative Union PAC
Campaign for Working Families
Eagle Forum PAC
Freedom Works
Huck PAC
REPORTED BY CANDIDATE (4)
Kansans for Life
Nat'l Right to Life
Freedom Works
National Rifle Association
SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS
CONSERVATIVE
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (25)
Alex Mooney
American Freedom PAC
Barry Loudermilk
Carl Wimmer
David Schweikert
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (74)
American Conservative Union
American Freedom PAC
American Principles
America's PAC (IA)
Associated Builders and Contractors
LIBERAL
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (0)
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (1)
National Air Traffic Controllers Association
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.
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 The Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) should be repealed by Congress.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. The federal government should establish nationwide standards (such as Common Core) for high-school graduation.
Strongly Disagree
15. What in the nature of mankind caused America’s Founders to carefully define, separate, and limit powers within the Constitution?
Our founders had a healthy, well-founded fear of the concentration of power in one man or in a ruling class. The checks and balances were put in the Constitution to protect us from the ruling class and the whims of a popular majority.
16. Briefly list three (3) political or legislative issues of most concern to you, and explain why each is important to you.
Tax reform which harms our competitiveness in the world economy. Over-regulation which threatens our rural way of life and ability to start and grow a small business. Protecting the definition of marriage as between one man and one woman. Every child deserves a mom and dad.
17. Should abortion be allowed under extenuating circumstances? If so, what circumstances?
No
18. 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, Voters, Congress, Supreme Court No authority under the Constitution, except through their elected representatives: Industry, Media, Academia, Professional Sports
19. Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
I am a practicing Roman Catholic and believe that positive law should follow natural law.
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