Ken Sukhia
Republican | Florida
Candidate Profile
Verified Conservative
BIOGRAPHY
Name
Ken Sukhia
Party
Republican
Election Year
2016
Election
Primary
Race
U.S. Rep., Dist. 2
Incumbent
No
Links
EDUCATION
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY w/distinction in all subjects, B.A., 1975
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL w/high honors in top 5% of class, J.D., 1978
WORK & MILITARY
Department of Justice, United States Attorney-Northern District of Fla., 1990-1993
Department of Justice, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Tallahassee, 1980-1990
Fowler White Boggs Banker PA, Senior Partner, 1993-2006
Sukhia & Williams Law Group PLC, Founder and Partner, 2006-present
AFFILIATIONS
Calvary Presbyterian Church, Member, Faith Church
Elder, Rotary Club of Tallahassee, Chaplain, Member
Four Oaks Church, Member, National Center on Sexual Exploitation
Treasurer, Board Member, Focus on the Family, Attorney Advisory Board Member
The Federalist Society, Member, Federal Bar Association
POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
United States Attorney Presidential Appointment, 1990-1993
POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
(Candidate did not provide)
Race
ENDORSEMENTS
CONSERVATIVE (1)
Florida Right to Life PAC
OTHER (1)
Senator Jeff Sessions
REPORTED BY CANDIDATE (2)
U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions
Former CD2 Congressman Bill Grant
OTHER INFORMATION
QUESTIONNAIRE
OTHER IMPORTANT ISSUES
Congress should repeal the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare).
Strongly Agree
Human life begins at conception and deserves legal protection at every stage until natural death.
Strongly Agree
I am in favor of construction of a wall and other necessary infrastructure on our border that gives complete control over entering and exiting the United States.
Strongly Agree
The U.S. military should wait for militant Islamic groups to directly threaten our national security on our shores, rather than eradicate them now wherever they may be worldwide.
Strongly Disagree
The United States must maintain a nuclear arsenal that is safe, reliable, modern and numerically superior to those of potential adversaries.
Strongly Agree
I support legislation such as the First Amendment Defense Act (FADA) that would prohibit discrimination against individuals, organizations and small businesses because of their belief that marriage is only a union of one man and one woman.
Strongly Agree
The federal government should establish Common Core as a nationwide academic standard for high school graduation.
Strongly Disagree
I oppose the resettlement of Syrian refugees into the U.S. without proper vetting.
Strongly Agree
Current regulations on domestic oil exploration and drilling are more restrictive than are necessary.
Strongly Agree
It is the government’s responsibility to be sure everyone has health care and a livable income.
Strongly Disagree
Judeo-Christian values established a framework of morality which permitted our system of limited government.
Strongly Agree
More restrictive gun control laws are needed to protect public safety.
Strongly Disagree
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
Free enterprise and the right to private property turn mankind's natural self-interest into the most productive economic system there is.
Strongly Agree
Governments should pay to develop wind and solar energy solutions until they are economically feasible.
Strongly Disagree
Religious liberty is at risk in the United States.
Strongly Agree
Governments should define marriage as between one man and one woman; no other definition of marriage should be legalized or supported with public funds.
Strongly Agree
People should be able to vote without photo identification.
Strongly Disagree
The United States should help defend Israel from attack by its enemies.
Strongly Agree
Planned Parenthood should not receive funds from federal, state, or local governments.
Strongly Agree
Marijuana should be legalized and regulated like tobacco and alcohol.
Strongly Disagree
Islamic law (Sharia) does not pose a threat to the United States and its Constitution.
Strongly Disagree
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 (I do not believe the others listed are properly described as authority in the sense the question is framed).
Under what circumstances should abortion be allowed?
Because I believe God has formed us in our mother's wombs and that life begins at conception, I do not feel there is any circumstance in which abortion is permissible except where the mother's life is imminently threatened. When we call on the government to preserve and defend the lives of infants whose hearts are beating, whose brains are functioning, and who respond to pain, we are not asking the state to be the church, we are asking the state to be the state. Our legislators and justices must be reminded that “Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people.” And what could bring greater reproach upon us than the killing of over 58 million children, each created in the image of God, since Roe v. Wade? But in December 2015, after revelations about Planned Parenthood’s outrageous conduct, the majority of the Republicans in Congress (150 of 234) voted to use our taxpayer money to fully fund Planned Parenthood, the nation's largest abortion provider.
What in the nature of mankind caused America’s Founders to carefully define, separate, and limit powers in the Constitution?
Scripture says that all have sinned and come short of the glory of God and that none are righteous, no, not one. Our founders knew that we are inherently selfish and sinful and not inherently good, and that the very notion of power presupposes its abuse. Accordingly, they fashioned a system that balanced and separated power and that actually used our selfish traits toward the betterment of the whole.
Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
I came to faith in Christ in college. I believe we are all sinners, that "the wages of sin is death" and eternal separation from God, that God commended His love toward us in that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us, taking upon Himself the punishment we deserved for neglecting and defying Him. I believe God's word is set out in the Holy Scriptures and that the Bible is in the original text the inspired and inerrant Word of God. I also believe there is nothing we can do to merit God's favor, that "by grace you have been saved through faith" and that even our faith is a gift from God, lest any of us should boast. Because of that, I have empathy for those less fortunate and those who don't know Him because I know that "there but for the grace of God go I." Finally, I reject the notion that salvation can be found through any religion. Scripture and Jesus didn't leave us that option. Christ said "I am the way the truth and the life, and no man comes to the Father except by me."
Considering all issues (social, economic, national security, etc.), which of these best describes you?
Very Conservative
Please defend your answer to the previous question by referencing your publicly available track record.
I have demonstrated my commitment to conservative principles by fighting for them my entire life. As United States Attorney I put terrorists behind bars, enforced the immigration laws, and aggressively prosecuted violent offenders. I have since assisted the legal team fighting ObamaCare, fought Planned Parenthood in an intense 8-day trial defending Florida’s Parental Notice of Abortion Act, fought as Bush's federal trial attorney handling the military ballot case in the 2000 recount battle, fought in court to defend Florida’s School Choice Law, testified before Congress in April 2016 on Planned Parenthood's sale of aborted unborn infant body parts, prosecuted Danny Rolling who terrorized Gainesville by murdering 5 UofF students, put in prison the man who burned 45 churches in the Southeast and fought the narco-terrorists with such zeal that the head of the Colombian Coastal Cartel was recorded saying he planned to take out the US Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
E-mail address and phone number for voters to reach you.
ksukhia@sukhiawilliamslaw.com 850-545-2071
Additional comment from candidate:
U.S.Attorney for Toughest Sentencing District in Nation Fought Planned Parenthood in 8-Day Trial Defending Fla.’s Parental Notice of Abortion Act Fought Gore as Federal Trial Attorney in the 2000 Recount Election Battle Defended Florida’s School Choice Law Assisted in Florida's Legal Battle to Fight Obamacare Helped Pass the Internet Decency Act to Protect Children Testified Numerous Times in U.S. Congress for Stronger Criminal Justice System Fought Battle in Congress to save Terri Schiavo from Forced Death Testified in DC Opposing Obama’s Reductions in all Federal Drug Sentences Organized and Headed the State’s first Joint Medicare and Medicaid Fraud Task Force Named by Pres. Bush as one of top 3 US Attorneys Prosecuting National Pornographers Testified in Congress Opposing Planned Parenthood's Sale of Fetal Body Parts Focus on Family Attorney Board & Board for National Center on Sexual Exploitation
