Matt Rinaldi

Republican | Texas

Candidate Profile

Conservative

BIOGRAPHY

Name

Matt Rinaldi


Party

Republican


Election Year

2014


Election

General


Race

State Rep., Dist. 115


Incumbent

No


Links

Matt Rinaldi websites Facebook

EDUCATION

Boston University School of Law, Boston, MA, J.D., 2001

James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA, B.B.A., Economics, 1997

WORK & MILITARY

(Candidate did not provide)

AFFILIATIONS

St. Ann Catholic Parish, Member / Volunteer, Knights of Columbus

Member, Rotary Club of Dallas, Chairman, Ambassadorial Scholarship Committee

Greater Irving Republican Club, VP - Programs, Federalist Society

Member, National Rifle Association, Member

Texas State Rifle Association, Member, Northwest Dallas Tea Party Coalition

POLITICAL OFFICES HELD

State Rep., Dist. 115, 2015-2016

POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT

State Representative, District 115, 2012

District Judge, 191st District Court, 2010

Race

Previous Races

SCORECARDS

CONSERVATIVE ORGANIZATIONS


LIBERAL ORGANIZATIONS

ENDORSEMENTS

CONSERVATIVE (8)

Cathie Adams

American Gun Rights

Gun Rights Across America

Texans for Fiscal Responsibility

Texas Home School Coalition

REPORTED BY CANDIDATE (6)

Texans for Fiscal Responsibility

Young Conservatives of Texas

Kelly Shakelford

Cathie Adams

Concerned Women for America

SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS

CONSERVATIVE
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (10)

Bryan Hughes

Conservative Republicans of Texas

Fred D. Thompson PAC

John Keating

Local, County, and District Republican Organizations

RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (22)

Accountability First

American Majority Action

Associated Builders and Contractors

Cathie Adams

David Simpson


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.

I believe Jesus Christ is my personal Lord and Savior and strive to live my life by the Word of God in all my actions and deeds.

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