

Glenn Hegar
Republican | Texas
Candidate Profile
Conservative
BIOGRAPHY
Name
Glenn Hegar
Party
Republican
Election Year
2014
Election
Primary
Race
Comptroller of Public Accounts
Incumbent
No
EDUCATION
Texas A&M University, College Station, Bachelor's, 1993
St. Mary's University, San Antonio, Law, 1997
St. Mary's University, San Antonio, Master's, 1997
WORK & MILITARY
N/A
AFFILIATIONS
St. Peter's United Methodist Church, member & contributor, Krause Center
contributor, Texas A&M University, contributor
POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
State Representative, HD 28, 2003-2007
State Senator, SD 18, 2007-Present
POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
N/A
Race
Previous Races
SCORECARDS
CONSERVATIVE ORGANIZATIONS
2013
132%
2013
91%
2012
76%
2013
73%
2013
71%, 61%†
2013
|132%
2013
|91%
2012
|76%
2013
|71%, 61%†
LIBERAL ORGANIZATIONS
2013
|0%
ENDORSEMENTS
CONSERVATIVE (8)
Adams, Cathie
Concerned Women for America Legislative Action Committee
National Rifle Association
Texans for Fiscal Responsibility
Texas Alliance for Life PAC
OTHER (1)
Texas Farm Bureau Friends of Agriculture Fund
REPORTED BY CANDIDATE (14)
Texans for Fiscal Responsibility
Young Conserv-
atives of Texas
Texas Home School Coalition
Texas Alliance for Life
SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS
CONSERVATIVE
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (13)
Craig Estes
Greg Abbott
Jeffrey E. Wentworth
Joan Huffman
Kenneth "Kim" Brimer
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (35)
All Children Matter PAC
Associated Builders and Contractors
Barry 'Kip' Averitt
Bass Family PACs
Charles Schwertner
LIBERAL
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (1)
International Union of Police Associations
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (8)
American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees
American Wind Energy Association
Association of Texas Professional Educators
Filemon Vela
International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employes, Moving Picture Technicians, Artists and Allied Crafts
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, Constitution, Voters, Congress, Supreme Court
18. Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
First and foremost, my values and belief system comes from my Christian faith. As a person of faith, I cannot separate my values from my job.
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