Amanda Richards
Independent | Washington
Candidate Profile
Conservative
BIOGRAPHY
Name
Amanda Richards
Party
Independent
Election Year
2016
Election
General
Race
State Senator, Dist. 14
Incumbent
No
Links
EDUCATION
University of Michigan, Flint, MI, BS, 1994
WORK & MILITARY
(Candidate did not provide)
AFFILIATIONS
Klickitat County Republican, PCO, State Committeewoman, Washington State Republican Party
State Committeewoman, Executive board member (CD3), High Prairie Community Council, Facility Coordinator
Republican Liberty Caucus
POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
Precinct Committee Officer, 4
POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
(Candidate did not provide)
Race
ENDORSEMENTS
REPORTED BY CANDIDATE (3)
Washington State Farm Bureau
Clark County Republican Party
Yakima Liberty Caucus
SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS
CONSERVATIVE
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (1)
State Republican Party Organizations
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (0)
OTHER INFORMATION
QUESTIONNAIRE
OTHER IMPORTANT ISSUES
Congress should repeal the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare).
Strongly Agree
Election of judges by the people for a definite term of office is the best way to select judges.
Strongly Agree
More restrictive gun control laws are needed to protect public safety.
Strongly Disagree
Government should enforce laws designed to protect the border and to prevent illegal entry into the country.
Strongly Agree
People should be able to vote without photo identification.
Strongly Disagree
Religious liberty is at risk in the United States.
Strongly Agree
Human life begins at conception and deserves legal protection at every stage until natural death.
Strongly Agree
Free enterprise and the right to private property turn mankind's natural self-interest into the most productive economic system there is.
Strongly Agree
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.
Agree
Marijuana should be legalized and regulated like tobacco and alcohol.
Strongly Agree
Judeo-Christian values established a framework of morality which permitted our system of limited government.
Agree
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.
No Answer
Free-market competition for education dollars, rather than a government monopoly, would create a better education for all students.
Strongly Agree
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.
Neutral
The Ten Commandments should not be displayed in public school buildings.
Neutral
Business owners should be required by law to bake cakes, provide flower arrangements, etc., for same-sex weddings, even when these activities would infringe on their sincerely-held religious beliefs.
Strongly Disagree
Our state should participate in the nationwide Common Core standards for high-school graduation.
Strongly Disagree
Physician-assisted suicide should be legal.
Neutral
The more people live by Judeo-Christian values, the less government is needed.
Agree
Islamic law (Sharia) does not pose a threat to the United States and its Constitution.
Strongly Disagree
Governments should define marriage as between one man and one woman; no other definition of marriage should be legalized or supported with public funds.
Neutral
It is the government’s responsibility to be sure everyone has health care and a livable income.
Strongly Disagree
Planned Parenthood should not receive funds from federal, state, or local governments.
Strongly Agree
What in the nature of mankind caused America’s Founders to carefully define, separate, and limit powers in the Constitution?
History, tradition, and the tendency of men toward tyranny when placed in positions of power. Defense of individual life, liberty and property is the primary aim of our representative republic. The founders believed that three independent, co-equal branches of government was the best protection against the consolidation of power in the hands of the few at the expense of the many.
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, US Constitution, Supreme Court AND Congress, Media. The rest have no authority.
Under what circumstances should abortion be allowed?
Only for the protection of the mother's life, and only as early as possible. However, I want to make it clear that I would sacrifice my own life to protect that of my child.
Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
I hold my spiritual beliefs to be very private and decline to discuss them here.
Considering all issues (social, economic, national security, etc.), which of these best describes you?
Conservative
Please defend your answer to the previous question by referencing your publicly available track record.
I assisted in drafting our state Republican Party platform in 2012. I fought for many of the most conservative points to be included in the final draft.
E-mail address and phone number for voters to reach you.
amanda4leg14@gmail.com - 541.595.8292
Additional comment from candidate:
Regarding question 12: I declined to answer because I disagree with the premise. The founders did not implement a pure democracy. Many of the founders believed pure democracy to be antithetical to the defense of individual liberty, because they believed pure democracy would not sufficiently safeguard the inalienable rights of the minority. They implemented a representative republic form of government. --------------- Regarding question 14 and 21: I would very much like to see government out of marriage and family law altogether. Marriage is a sacrament between two people and their God. The marriage contract could easily be replaced with a private contract between two people, including a prenuptial agreement to settle disputes between parties upon dissolution. (Government is ill-equipped to handle questions of marriage and human relations. In the case of the US Government, it is not granted any authority whatsoever to define or legislate marriage.)
