Ken Paxton

Republican | Texas

Candidate Profile

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BIOGRAPHY

Name

Ken Paxton


Party

Republican


Election Year

2014


Election

General


Race

Attorney General


Incumbent

No


Links

Ken Paxton websites Facebook

EDUCATION

Baylor University, Waco, B.A., 1985

Baylor University, Waco, M.B.A., 1986

University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, J.D., 1991

WORK & MILITARY

(Candidate did not provide)

AFFILIATIONS

Prestonwood Pregnancy Center, Board Member, Centennial Medical Center in Frisco

Board Member, Texas Health Resources Hospitals, Advisory Board

Lifesavers Foundation, Advisory Board, Prestonwood Church

Member, Marketplace Ministries, Board Member

NRA, Member, Liberty Institute

POLITICAL OFFICES HELD

State Senate, 2013-current

State Representative, 2003-2013

POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT

State Senate, 2012 (won)

State Representative, 2002 (won)

Race

Previous Races

SCORECARDS

CONSERVATIVE ORGANIZATIONS


LIBERAL ORGANIZATIONS

ENDORSEMENTS

CONSERVATIVE (9)

Cathie Adams

Concerned Women for America Legislative Action Committee

Family Research Council Action PAC

Montgomery County TEA Party

Texans for Fiscal Responsibility

REPORTED BY CANDIDATE (6)

Texans for Fiscal Responsibility

Texas Right to Life

Texas Homeschool Coalition

Young Conservatives of Texas

Kelly Shackelford

SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS

CONSERVATIVE
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (9)

GOPAC

Jim Landtroop

Jodie Laubenberg

Linda Harper-Brown

Local, County, and District Republican Organizations

RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (57)

Accountability First

Associated Builders and Contractors

Barry 'Kip' Averitt

Bass Family PACs

Bryan Hughes


LIBERAL
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (0)
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (2)

American Association for Justice

International Union of Police Associations

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.

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 Disagree

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 Voters Constitution Congress Supreme Court

18. Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.

My faith in Jesus Christ guides my life and my desire to pursue God’s will each day through my family and my work. My desire is to mirror Christ in each task I set out to accomplish so that others will know I am a follower of Christ. I seek God’s wisdom and guidance each day to fulfill my elected duties.

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