Robert (Bob) Cupp
Republican | Ohio
Candidate Profile
Leans Conservative
BIOGRAPHY
Name
Robert (Bob) Cupp
Party
Republican
Election Year
2014
Election
General
Race
State Rep., Dist. 4
Incumbent
No
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EDUCATION
Ohio Northern Univ., Ada, OH, Dr. of Laws (Hon.), 2011
Ohio Northern Univ. College of Law, Ada, OH, J.D., 1976
Ohio Northern Univ., Ada, OH, B.A., 1973
WORK & MILITARY
private practice of Law, attorney, 1976-2002
Ohio Northern Univ., Visiting Professor, 2001-2005
AFFILIATIONS
Black Swamp Area Boy Scout Council, Board member and past council president, Trinity United Methodist Church, Lima OH
member, Lima Rotary Club, member, Paul Harris Fellow
Allen County Farm Bureau, member, Lima/Allen County Chamber of Commerce
member, Allen County and Ohio Bar Associations, member
Allen County Red Cross Board, past member, Ohio and Allen County Historical Societies
POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
Justice, Supreme Court of Ohio, 2007-2012
state senator, 1985-2000
POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
Judge, Court of Appeals 3rd District, 2003-2006
Allen County Commissioner, 1985-1984
Race
SCORECARDS
CONSERVATIVE ORGANIZATIONS
LIBERAL ORGANIZATIONS
ENDORSEMENTS
CONSERVATIVE (2)
Ohio Right to Life
Ohioans for Concealed Carry
REPORTED BY CANDIDATE (1)
none have been issued for this race as of 3-8-14
SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS
CONSERVATIVE
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (1)
Mike DeWine
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (21)
Associated Builders and Contractors
Buckeye Patriot PAC
David Burke
Derek Merrin
Gayle L. Manning
LIBERAL
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (0)
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (5)
American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations
American Federation of Teachers
International Association of Firefighters
International Union of Operating Engineers
Ohio Association for Justice
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.
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.
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.
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.
Neutral
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.
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.
Neutral
14. The Ten Commandments should not be displayed in public school buildings.
No Answer
15. Religious freedom is our most foundational freedom and deserves added protection in our state and federal constitutions.
Strongly Agree
16. What in the nature of mankind caused America’s Founders to carefully define, separate, and limit powers within the Constitution?
The Founders knew from experience and history that human greed, selfishness, and the desire to control others would lead to a dangerous concentration of power in our new nation's government unless checked. Thus, the Constitution limits the power given to the national government, then separates the legislative, judicial, and executive powers so no one person or group can be in control of them, and further adds an overlay of checks and balances on each branch. It has kept us free for 225 years.
17. 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
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, Voters ("We The People"), Constitution, and then the Congress and the Supreme Court, which have separate powers but are co-equal branches.
19. Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
There is one God who created the universe and all that is in it, and He is Master of it still. “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.” John 3:16. As Abraham Lincoln so aptly said, “My concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right.
