Glenn Hegar

Republican | Texas

Candidate Profile

Leans Conservative

BIOGRAPHY

Name

Glenn Hegar


Party

Republican


Election Year

2014


Election

General


Race

Comptroller of Public Accounts


Incumbent

No


Links

Glenn Hegar websites Facebook

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


LIBERAL ORGANIZATIONS

ENDORSEMENTS

CONSERVATIVE (9)

Cathie Adams

Concerned Women for America Legislative Action Committee

National Rifle Association

Senator Ted Cruz

Texans for Fiscal Responsibility

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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