Kerry Bentivolio
Republican | Michigan
Candidate Profile
Conservative
BIOGRAPHY
Name
Kerry Bentivolio
Party
Republican
Election Year
2014
Election
Primary
Race
U.S. Rep., Dist. 11
Incumbent
Yes
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EDUCATION
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WORK & MILITARY
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AFFILIATIONS
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POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
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POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
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Race
SCORECARDS
CONSERVATIVE ORGANIZATIONS
2013
100%
2013
100%
2014
100%
2013
100%
2014
94%
2014
96%, 92%†
2014
93%, 91%†
2013-14
87%
2013-14
83%†
2013-14
81%
2013
|100%
2013
|100%
2014
|100%
2013
|100%
2014
|94%
2014
|96%, 92%†
2014
|93%, 91%†
2013-14
|87%
2013-14
|83%†
2013-14
|81%
LIBERAL ORGANIZATIONS
2014
11%
2014
10%
2014
0%, 6%†
2013
0%, 0%†
2015-16
0%
2013
0%
2014
|11%
2014
|10%
2015-16
|0%
2013
|0%
ENDORSEMENTS
CONSERVATIVE (7)
Combat Veterans For Congress
House Conservatives Fund
Lakes Area TEA Party
Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness Second Revolution
Michigan Right to Life
REPORTED BY CANDIDATE (1)
(None listed.)
SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS
CONSERVATIVE
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (7)
House Conservatives Fund
Local, County, and District Republican Organizations
Martin Howrylak
National Republican Congressional Committee
Revive America PAC
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (86)
Acton PAC
Allen West Guardian Fund
American Conservative Union
Andrew Harris
Ann Wagner
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. It is the government’s responsibility to be sure everyone has health care and a livable income.
Disagree
3. The United States must maintain a nuclear arsenal that is safe, reliable, modern and numerically superior to those of potential adversaries.
Strongly Agree
4. Government should enforce laws designed to protect the border and to prevent illegal entry of persons into the country.
Strongly Agree
5. The Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) should be repealed by Congress.
Strongly Agree
6. Human life begins at conception and deserves legal protection at every stage until natural death.
Strongly Agree
7. Marriage is a union of one man and one woman. No government has the authority to alter this definition.
Strongly Agree
8. Efforts to bring Islamic law (shariah) to America do not pose a threat to our country and its Constitution.
Strongly Disagree
9. Judeo-Christian values established a framework of morality which permitted our system of limited government.
Strongly Agree
10. Governments should pay to develop wind and solar energy solutions when these are not economically feasible.
Strongly Disagree
11. More restrictive gun control laws are needed now to protect public safety.
Strongly Disagree
12. 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.
Neutral
13. People should be able to vote without photo identification.
Strongly Disagree
14. The federal government should establish nationwide standards (such as Common Core) for high-school graduation.
Strongly Disagree
15. What in the nature of mankind caused America’s Founders to carefully define, separate, and limit powers within the Constitution?
Our Founders understood that mankind could be corrupted by power and thus established a system of limited powers, both in the form of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, that have allowed our nation to become the most successful, and freest, representative republic (rather than pure democracy) in the history of the world.
16. Briefly list three (3) political or legislative issues of most concern to you, and explain why each is important to you.
Tax reform: Americans spend too much time paying the government and worrying about being persecuted by the IRS. Cut Spending: Our nation will soon face a debt crisis if we do not curb our wasteful spending and enact entitlement reform. Immigration: We a nation of legal immigration and the rule of law. We should not have an unsecured southern border. Illegal immigration hurts poor Americans by lowering wages and puts a stress on our social services.
17. Should abortion be allowed under extenuating circumstances? If so, what circumstances?
The life of the mother.
18. 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 and the Constitution.
19. Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
As a Christian, I believe that people are endowed by their Creator with inalienable rights and that the duty of those elected to office is the protection of those rights. Congress should work to protect the rights of the people rather than find end-arounds to take them away.
