Jeff Collins
Republican | North Carolina
Candidate Profile
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BIOGRAPHY
Name
Jeff Collins
Party
Republican
Election Year
2012
Election
General
Race
State Rep., Dist. 25
Incumbent
Yes
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Race
SCORECARDS
CONSERVATIVE ORGANIZATIONS
2013
|100%
LIBERAL ORGANIZATIONS
2013
|6%†
ENDORSEMENTS
OTHER (2)
North Carolina Chamber of Commerce
National Rifle Association
SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS
CONSERVATIVE
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (13)
Brent Jackson
Brian Brown
Gaston Pridgen
George Cleveland
Jim Fulghum
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (29)
D. Craig Horn
Dale C. Bone
Dale Folwell
Edgar Starnes
Efton Sager
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 is the key to national prosperity.
Strongly Agree
2. Government should enforce laws designed to protect the border and to prevent illegal entry of persons into the country.
Strongly Agree
3. Because evolution is widely accepted, students should not be taught about intelligent design.
Strongly Disagree
4. Free market competition for education dollars, rather than a government monopoly, would create a better education for all students.
Strongly Agree
5. It is the government’s responsibility to be sure everyone has health care and a livable income.
Strongly Disagree
6. States should require voters to show photo identification and prove citizenship in order to register to vote or to cast a vote.
Strongly Agree
7. Human life begins at conception and deserves legal protection at every stage until natural death.
Strongly Agree
8. Marriage is a union of one man and one woman. No government has the authority to alter this definition.
Strongly Agree
9. Judeo-Christian values established a framework of morality which permitted our system of limited government.
Strongly Agree
10. Pure democracy is the best form of government to ensure the safety and equitable treatment of all citizens.
Disagree
11. Who has the primary responsibility to be sure children are properly educated?
their parents
12. Should abortion be allowed under extenuating circumstances? If so, what circumstances?
if the mother's life is in jeopardy
13. What in the nature of mankind caused America’s Founders to carefully define, separate, and limit powers within the Constitution?
a good understanding of the phrase "power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely". An understanding of the fallibility of every human being caused the founders to disdain concentration of power in any one person or group of persons.
14. List your six (6) most important political endorsements.
NC Right to Life, NFIB, NC Chamber of Commerce, NRA, American Conservative Union, NC Free Enterprise Foundation
15. 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, Supreme Court, Industry, Academia
16. Please list your educational, military and vocational history, and any church and civic leadership positions held, and political positions held or sought.
BA in Journalism/English from UNC-CH; taught high school math for 12 years at Falls Road Christian School; last 20 years have worked as financial consultant with a multinational firm; am a founding elder of Rocky Mount Bible Church and teach adult Sunday school there; have served on Rocky Mount Human Relations Commission.
17. What charitable, educational, religious, or political organizations have you been affiliated with as a member, contributor, or volunteer.
Served as pastor of a church of Haitian migrant workers for five years; contribute regularly to Pregnancy Care Center of Rocky Mount, Moscow Evangelical Christian Seminary, and to a myriad of other charities.
