Victoria Woeste

Democrat | Indiana

Candidate Profile

Liberal

BIOGRAPHY

Name

Victoria Woeste


Party

Democrat


Election Year

2016


Election

General


Race

State Rep., Dist. 26


Incumbent

No


Links

Victoria Woeste websites FacebookX

EDUCATION

University of California, Berkeley, PhD, 1990

University of California, Berkeley, MA, 1985

University of Virginia, Charlottesville, BA, 1983

WORK & MILITARY

(Candidate did not provide)

AFFILIATIONS

West Lafayette Development Commission, member 2005-2009, St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Center

member, various ministries, American Historical Association, member

American Society for Legal History, member, board member, committee chair, Law and Society Association

member, board member, committee chair, Obama for America, volunteer, 2008

POLITICAL OFFICES HELD

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POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT

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Race

ENDORSEMENTS

LIBERAL (1)

Indiana State AFL-CIO

REPORTED BY CANDIDATE (6)

Sheila Klinker, State Representative

Joe MIcon, former State Representative

Tony Roswarski, Mayor of Lafayette

Mike Grey, former State Senator

Peter Bunder, West Lafayette City Council Presiden

SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS


LIBERAL
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (1)

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RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (0)

OTHER INFORMATION

QUESTIONNAIRE

OTHER IMPORTANT ISSUES

Congress should repeal the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare).

Strongly Disagree

Election of judges by the people for a definite term of office is the best way to select judges.

Disagree

More restrictive gun control laws are needed to protect public safety.

Strongly Agree

Government should enforce laws designed to protect the border and to prevent illegal entry into the country.

Agree

People should be able to vote without photo identification.

Agree

Religious liberty is at risk in the United States.

Strongly Disagree

Human life begins at conception and deserves legal protection at every stage until natural death.

Disagree

Free enterprise and the right to private property turn mankind's natural self-interest into the most productive economic system there is.

Neutral

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.

Disagree

Marijuana should be legalized and regulated like tobacco and alcohol.

Agree

Judeo-Christian values established a framework of morality which permitted our system of limited government.

No Answer

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 Disagree

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 Disagree

The Ten Commandments should not be displayed in public school buildings.

Strongly Agree

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 Agree

Our state should participate in the nationwide Common Core standards for high-school graduation.

Disagree

Physician-assisted suicide should be legal.

Disagree

The more people live by Judeo-Christian values, the less government is needed.

Strongly Disagree

Islamic law (Sharia) does not pose a threat to the United States and its Constitution.

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 Disagree

It is the government’s responsibility to be sure everyone has health care and a livable income.

Strongly Agree

Planned Parenthood should not receive funds from federal, state, or local governments.

Strongly Disagree

What in the nature of mankind caused America’s Founders to carefully define, separate, and limit powers in the Constitution?

The Founders wrote the constitution because the myriad weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation impelled them to create a strong union of states under a central federal government. They were worried about things such as war debts, foreign policy, and the authority to raise an army when needed. They sought to balance the central authority of the federal government with respect for state sovereignty in many aspects of the Constitution but they made it clear that federal power was legitimate.

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.

Constitution voters all 3 branches of government (executive, legislative, judicial) equally

Under what circumstances should abortion be allowed?

In cases of rape, incest, or where the health or life of the mother is at stake

Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.

My spiritual beliefs and values are neatly summarized in the Nicene Creed, which is too long to include here according to your survey's limits.

Considering all issues (social, economic, national security, etc.), which of these best describes you?

Liberal

Please defend your answer to the previous question by referencing your publicly available track record.

I've never held office, so I do not have much of a "publicly available track record." As a constitutional historian I have written widely on civil rights and the history of government regulation of the private sector. My assumptions about the nature and limit of public authority are clearly expressed in my published work. There have been times when the government acted appropriately and other times when the government either failed to act when it should have or intruded too far into areas of private concern.

E-mail address and phone number for voters to reach you.

woesteH26@gmail.com 765/490-0178

Additional comment from candidate:

I wish your survey questions allowed for more discussion and greater recognition of the complexity of the issues. From talking to voters I have gained great confidence in their ability to deal in the "grey areas" of difficult, nuanced problems and I believe in their willingness credit sincere commitment and recognize honest differences of opinion.

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