Gary Glenn

Republican | Michigan

Candidate Profile

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BIOGRAPHY

Name

Gary Glenn


Party

Republican


Election Year

2014


Election

Primary


Race

State Rep., Dist. 98


Incumbent

No


Links

Gary Glenn websites Facebook

EDUCATION

Lenoir-Rhyne University, Hickory, NC, BA, 1982

WORK & MILITARY

U.S. Army Reserves and National Guard, Sergeant, 1990-98

American Family Association of Michigan, President, 1999-2014

Mackinac Center for Public Policy, Project Director, 1999

County Commissioner, Commissioner, 1991-97

AFFILIATIONS

Midland Baptist Church, Member, Midland Optimist Club

Founding board member, Midland County Sportsmen's Club, Member

National Rifle Association, Member, American Legion Post 165, Midland

Member, Midland Area Chamber of Commerce, Member

Fleet Feet Track Team, Hurdles coach, Michigan Freedom to Work

POLITICAL OFFICES HELD

County Commissioner, 1991-97

POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT

U.S. Congress, 1992

U.S. Senate, 2012

Race

SCORECARDS

CONSERVATIVE ORGANIZATIONS


LIBERAL ORGANIZATIONS

ENDORSEMENTS

CONSERVATIVE (6)

Amy Hawkins, Exec. Dir., Citizens for Traditional Values PAC

Freedom Defenders

Gene Clem, President, Southwest Michigan Tea Party Patriots

Huck PAC

Madison Project Michigan PAC

REPORTED BY CANDIDATE (7)

Gov. Mike Huckabee (HuckPAC)

Citizens for Traditional Values PAC

Campaign for Michigan Families

Tom Monaghan (Chancellor

Ave Maria University)

SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS

CONSERVATIVE
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (1)

Bill Schuette

RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (17)

Al Pscholka

Amanda Price

Bruce Rendon

Callton Action Fund

Huck PAC


LIBERAL
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (0)
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (1)

Christina O'Brien

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

Strongly Disagree

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

Each man's selfish pursuit of his own interest. As James Madison wrote: "Ambition must be made to counteract ambition. It may be a reflection on human nature, that such devices should be necessary to control the abuses of government. But what is government itself, but the greatest of all reflections on human nature? If men were angels, no government would be necessary."

19. 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, Industry, Media, Academia, Professional Sports

20. Should abortion be allowed under extenuating circumstances? If so, what circumstances?

Only in the unlikely medical scenario in which the mother's life is threatened.

21. Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.

I am a sinner saved by the grace and sacrifice on the cross of my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Best I'm able, I am a willing vessel whose constant prayer is to be an effective instrument in His Hand for the promotion and defense of traditional Judeo-Christian values, including -- in the public policy sphere -- the defense of the lives of prenatal children and God-ordained marriage between one man and one woman.

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