Eric Opiela
Republican | Texas
Candidate Profile
Leans Conservative
BIOGRAPHY
Name
Eric Opiela
Party
Republican
Election Year
2014
Election
Primary
Race
Agriculture Commissioner
Incumbent
No
Links
EDUCATION
University of Texas School of Law, Austin, TX, JD, 2002
Univeristy of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, BA, 2000
WORK & MILITARY
Rancho Grande Management LLC, Member/Rancher, 16
Eric Opiela PLLC, Managing Member/Attorney, 10
Republican Party of Texas, Executive Director, 2
Texas House of Representatives, Committee Counsel, 2
AFFILIATIONS
Catholic Communities Fnd.-San Antonio Archdiocese, Board Member, Karnes City ISD Education Foundation
Immediate Past President, South Texans' Property Rights Association, Eminent Domain Committee Chair
Texas Agricultural Lifetime Leadership Program, Member, Class IX, Knights of Columbus
Member, Texas State Rifle Assn. / National Rifle Assn., Life Member
Independent Cattleman's Association, Member, Republican Party of Texas
POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
State Republican Executive Committeeman, SD 21, 2010-Present
Karnes County Republican Chairman, 2005-2008; 2010-2013
POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
Texas State Representative, HD 35, 2002-2004
Race
ENDORSEMENTS
CONSERVATIVE (1)
Texas Alliance for Life PAC
REPORTED BY CANDIDATE (2)
Texas Alliance for Life
"C" Club of Houston
SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS
CONSERVATIVE
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (13)
Associated Republicans of Texas
Francisco "Quico" Canseco
Hispanic Republicans of Texas
Jerry Patterson
Joe Straus
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (1)
Texas Alliance for Life
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 (the people), Supreme Court, Congress (coequal with Supreme Court)
18. Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
My basic spiritual beliefs are best summed up in the Nicene Creed; beyond that however, I believe I am a tool in the Lord's tool chest to do His will here on Earth. We might not always at the time know why or even exactly how we are accomplishing this, but we should always listen for His call. All we accomplish in this life is through God's grace. Man's rights are not established by fellow man, but are given freely by God to man, those being Life, Liberty and Property. It is the duty and primary function of government at all levels to protect and defend those rights.
