John Otto

Republican | Texas

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John Otto — State Rep., Dist. 18 (Texas Primary | March 4, 2014)
State Rep., Dist. 18 Texas General | November 4, 2014
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Moderate

BIOGRAPHY

EDUCATION

Texas A&M University, College Station, BBA, 1970

WORK & MILITARY

US Army, Capt, 8

AFFILIATIONS

First Methodist Church Dayton, Lay Leader & Finance Chair, CASA of Liberty/Chambers County

Contributor

POLITICAL OFFICES HELD

Dayton ISD Trustee

Dayton City Council, 2000-2004

POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT

(Candidate did not provide)

SCORECARDS

CONSERVATIVE ORGANIZATIONS


LIBERAL ORGANIZATIONS

2015

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ENDORSEMENTS

CONSERVATIVE (1)

Texas Right to Life

OTHER (1)

Texas Association of Business and Commerce

REPORTED BY CANDIDATE (1)

(None listed.)

SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS

CONSERVATIVE
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (10)

Donald R. "Dee" Margo

Greg Abbott

Hispanic Republicans of Texas

Jimmie Don Aycock

Local, County, and District Republican Organizations

RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (18)

Associated Builders and Contractors

Associated Republicans of Texas

Barry 'Kip' Averitt

Conservative Republicans of Texas

Dan Huberty


LIBERAL
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (0)
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (4)

American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees

American Federation of Teachers

Association of Texas Professional Educators

International Association of Firefighters

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. Election of judges by the people for a definite term of office is the best way to select judges.

Strongly Agree

3. More restrictive gun control laws are needed now to protect public safety.

Strongly Disagree

4. Efforts to bring Islamic law (shariah) to America do not pose a threat to our country and its Constitution.

Strongly Disagree

5. Government should enforce laws designed to protect the border and to prevent illegal entry of persons into the country.

Strongly Agree

6. People should be able to vote without photo identification.

Strongly Disagree

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. The Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) should be repealed by Congress.

Strongly Agree

10. 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

11. Judeo-Christian values established a framework of morality which permitted our system of limited government.

Strongly Agree

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

No Answer

13. 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

14. The Ten Commandments should not be displayed in public school buildings.

Strongly Disagree

15. Religious freedom is our most foundational freedom and deserves added protection in our state and federal constitutions.

Strongly Agree

16. 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

17. 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

18. Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.

I am a Christian and I believe that's all that needs to be said.

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