Van Taylor
Republican | Texas
Candidate Profile
BIOGRAPHY
EDUCATION
Harvard College, Cambridge, MA, BA, 1996
Harvard Business School, Cambridge, MA, MBA, 2001
WORK & MILITARY
US Marine Corps, Captain, 1995-1999
US Marine Reserves, Major, 2000-2003
Churchill Capital Company, Director, 2002- now
AFFILIATIONS
Vets for Freedom, State Vice Captain, Veterans of Foreign Wars
Life Member, National Rifle Association, Life Member
Texas State Rifle Assn., Life Member, American Legion
Life Member
POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
State Representative, 2010-15
POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
US Congress, 2006
SCORECARDS
CONSERVATIVE ORGANIZATIONS
2015
100%
2015
100%
2015
100%
2015
94%
2015
84%
2015
|100%
2015
|100%
2015
|94%
2015
|84%
LIBERAL ORGANIZATIONS
ENDORSEMENTS
CONSERVATIVE (5)
Cathie Adams
Texans for Fiscal Responsibility
Texas Home School Coalition
Texas Right to Life
Young Conservatives of Texas
REPORTED BY CANDIDATE (6)
Texans For Fiscal Responsibility
Texas Right to Life
Young Conservatives of Texas
Conservative Republicans of Texas
Every State Rep. in Senate District 8
SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS
CONSERVATIVE
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (13)
David Dewhurst
GOPAC
Jodie Laubenberg
John Otto
Local, County, and District Republican Organizations
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (63)
American Success PAC
Associated Builders and Contractors
Back Americas Conservatives PAC
Badger Fund
Barbara Comstock
LIBERAL
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (0)
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (2)
International Association of Firefighters
National Association Of Social 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. Election of judges by the people for a definite term of office is the best way to select judges.
Neutral
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.
Strongly 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.
Strongly Agree
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.
Strongly 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 endows us with rights, and we establish government to protect those rights. Government’s power comes from the consent of the governed. The Constitution established the Supreme Court and Congress as equal branches of government.
18. Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
My faith lies central in my life. I grew up in a Christian household and attended a Christian boarding school, where I served as the head acolyte and a sub deacon. I attended services typically 10 times a week voluntarily. As I prepared for war in Iraq I took time to participate in Bible study and gave my Marines the opportunity and encouragement to attend religious services. My faith sustained me in battle as it sustains me in life. I begin each day reading the Bible and my family ends every night saying prayers together. I am a member of St. Michael’s and All Angels Church in Dallas. I began my journey with Christ there shortly after my birth. In Austin, I attend weekly Bible study to keep my legislative efforts grounded.
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