Jim Engstrand
Republican | Texas
Candidate Profile
Conservative
BIOGRAPHY
Name
Jim Engstrand
Party
Republican
Election Year
2014
Election
Primary
Race
U.S. Rep., Dist.36
Incumbent
No
Links
EDUCATION
Liberty University, Virginia, MBA, 2016
Winona State University, Winona, BS, 1992
WORK & MILITARY
U.S. Army, COLONEL, 26
Concentra Medical, Area Operations Director, 1
Independent Defense Consultant Medical Operations, Owner, 2
AFFILIATIONS
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran, Church Elder, TEA Party
Member, Republican Party, Vice - Co-Chair Goodhue Cty
Congressman John Kline Campaign, Executive Committee member, Mn House Rep Steve Drazkowski
Campaign Chairmen, United Way Campaign Chair, Leader for American Family Insurance
American Legion, Member, Veterans of Foreign Wars
POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
None
POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
U.S. Congress TX Dist 36, 2012
Race
Previous Races
ENDORSEMENTS
CONSERVATIVE (1)
Combat Veterans For Congress
REPORTED BY CANDIDATE (3)
Combat Veterans for Congress
TEA Party leaders in East Texas
Christian Coalition of Texas Director
SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS
CONSERVATIVE
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (1)
State Republican Party Organizations
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (0)
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. It is the government’s responsibility to be sure everyone has health care and a livable income.
Strongly Disagree
3. The United States must maintain a nuclear arsenal that is safe, reliable, modern and numerically superior to those of potential adversaries.
Strongly Agree
4. Government should enforce laws designed to protect the border and to prevent illegal entry of persons into the country.
Strongly Agree
5. The Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) should be repealed by Congress.
Strongly Agree
6. Human life begins at conception and deserves legal protection at every stage until natural death.
Strongly Agree
7. Marriage is a union of one man and one woman. No government has the authority to alter this definition.
Strongly Agree
8. Efforts to bring Islamic law (shariah) to America do not pose a threat to our country and its Constitution.
Strongly Disagree
9. Judeo-Christian values established a framework of morality which permitted our system of limited government.
Strongly Agree
10. Governments should pay to develop wind and solar energy solutions when these are not economically feasible.
Strongly Disagree
11. More restrictive gun control laws are needed now to protect public safety.
Strongly Disagree
12. 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
13. People should be able to vote without photo identification.
Strongly Disagree
14. Briefly list three (3) political or legislative issues of most concern to you, and explain why each is important to you.
1) The repeal of Obama care as it will destroy the best and most effective health care system in human history as well it is already devasating our economy by artificially stunting business growth, especially small business due to its unnecessary and punitiv requirements enforcing undesirable healthcare policy. 2) The elimination and defunding of federal regulatory agencies such as EPA, Dept of Education and Interior to name a few. The agencies I have mentioned are onl a few of the ones that should be discontinued due to their outright improper use by the tyrannical administration in power daily seizing more and more individual rights and freedoms as well their continual unconstitutional transferrence of state rights to the federal level without congressional approval. Additionally these federal departments artificially keep or economy from developing our natural resources and from becoming energy independent through fossil fuel reserves development. 3) Repeal Biggert Waters Act.
15. Should abortion be allowed under extenuating circumstances? If so, what circumstances?
No
16. 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
17. Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
I am a member of the Wisconsin Evangelical Luthran Church. It is my belief that God sent his son Jesu Christ to Earth born of the virgin Marry he suffered under pontious pilot, was died , buried and rose again from the dead. He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of God and will come again in glry to judge the quick and the dead. I do believe all mankind falls short of the glory of God and it is only through Christ and belief in him that we are saved and will hav eternal life in heaven. I believe in the sanctity of life from Concenption to natural death, I believe marriage is between a man and a women. I do not support abortion, I do not believe wellfare should be a life style . I believe in hard work in determining ones merit. I believe in a strong military that is used as a deterrent for American security but not as the worlds police force. I also believe we need to secure the border with a border wall and then arm our border patrol, train them to be lethal.
