Robert (Bob) Cupp

Republican | Ohio

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Candidate Profile

BIOGRAPHY

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

SCORECARDS

CONSERVATIVE ORGANIZATIONS


LIBERAL ORGANIZATIONS

ENDORSEMENTS

CONSERVATIVE (1)

Ohioans for Concealed Carry

OTHER (3)

Ohio Restaurant Association

Ohio Right to Life

Ohio State Medical Association PAC

REPORTED BY CANDIDATE (1)

none have been issued for this race yet

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

Congress should repeal the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare).

Strongly Agree

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

Agree

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

Strongly Disagree

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

Strongly Agree

People should be able to vote without photo identification.

Disagree

Religious liberty is at risk in the United States.

Agree

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

Strongly Agree

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

Strongly Agree

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

Marijuana should be legalized and regulated like tobacco and alcohol.

Strongly Disagree

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

Strongly Agree

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-market competition for education dollars, rather than a government monopoly, would create a better education for all students.

Agree

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

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

No Answer

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.

No Answer

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

Disagree

Physician-assisted suicide should be legal.

Strongly Disagree

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

Strongly Agree

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

Disagree

Governments should define marriage as between one man and one woman; no other definition of marriage should be legalized or supported with public funds.

No Answer

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

Strongly Disagree

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

Strongly Agree

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

The Founders knew from experience and history that human greed, selfishness, and desire to control others would lead to a dangerous concentration of power in our new nation's government unless checked. Thus, the Constitution LIMITS power given to the national government AND separates the legislative, judicial, and executive powers so no one person or group can be in control of all them, and further adds an overlay of checks and balances on each branch. This has kept us free for 227 years.

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.

Under what circumstances should abortion be allowed?

To save the life of the mother.

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."

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

Conservative

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

I have received numerous "Watchdog of the Treasury" awards for my votes for spending restraint and fiscal prudence, named a "Guardian of Small Business" for support of policies that promote small business and free enterprise. I have been endorsed in prior elections by business groups, Right to Life, and law enforcement organizations.

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

cuppb3@wcoil.com 419-224-2164

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