Russell Reahard
Republican | Indiana
Candidate Profile
Leans Conservative
BIOGRAPHY
Name
Russell Reahard
Party
Republican
Election Year
2018
Election
Primary
Race
State Rep., Dist. 18
Incumbent
No
Links
EDUCATION
University of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, seminary, Open
Manchester college, North Manchester, Indiana, BS-Econ, 1983
Chinle High School, Chinle, AZ, Diploma, 1979
WORK & MILITARY
Junior R OTC, Major, 1.5
4 Year Army ROTC Scholarship, Declined it, 0
AFFILIATIONS
Kiwanis Clubs: N.Man. Akron-Mentone, Past: Pres. Lt.Gov. Secretary Treasurer, North Manchester fellowship of churches
Board Member, Friends of Epworth Forest, Board member, Treasurer
South Pleasant UM Church, Bread Distributed to local food pantries, North Webster United Methodist Church
Mission Work Teams -7+, Claypool elementary school, Mentor
Real estate and insurance, State licensed agent for manyl years
POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
(Candidate did not provide)
POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
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Race
ENDORSEMENTS
REPORTED BY CANDIDATE (1)
Pastor Tim Morbitzer
SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS
CONSERVATIVE
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (3)
Richard Mourdock
Senate Conservatives Fund
Ted Cruz
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (0)
OTHER INFORMATION
QUESTIONNAIRE
OTHER IMPORTANT ISSUES
Human life begins at conception and deserves legal protection at every stage until natural death.
Strongly Agree
I am in favor of construction of a wall and other necessary infrastructure on our border that gives complete control over entering and exiting the United States.
Strongly Agree
Governments should not discriminate against individuals, organizations or small businesses because of their belief that marriage is only a union of one man and one woman.
Strongly Agree
Governments should define marriage as between one man and one woman; no other definition of marriage should be legalized or supported with taxpayer or public funds.
Strongly Agree
It is the government’s responsibility to be sure everyone has a livable income.
Strongly Disagree
It is the government’s responsibility to be sure everyone has health insurance.
Strongly Disagree
Judeo-Christian values established a framework of morality which permitted our system of limited government.
Strongly Agree
More restrictive gun control is needed to protect public safety.
Strongly Disagree
Free enterprise and the right to private property are essential elements of a productive economic system.
Strongly Agree
Religious liberty is at risk in the United States and deserves the highest level of protection in the law.
Strongly Agree
Any teaching to children on sex education in public schools must include all contraceptive methods, and should not show preference to abstinence.
Disagree
People should be able to vote without photo identification.
Strongly Disagree
Abortion providers, including Planned Parenthood, should not receive funds from federal, state, or local governments.
Strongly Agree
Islamic law (Sharia) should take precedence over national and state laws where there are Islamic majority communities in the U. S.
Strongly Disagree
The state constitution should limit the growth of spending to the rate of population growth plus the rate of inflation.
Agree
Congress should pass a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution.
Strongly Agree
People should be allowed to use public restrooms, showers, and changing rooms based on "gender identity."
Disagree
I support sanctuary cities.
Strongly Disagree
I support the death penalty.
Agree
Tuition-free public education should be guaranteed through college.
Strongly Disagree
The best way to maintain peace is through a strong military.
Agree
Parents should be the primary authority in decisions affecting their minor children.
Strongly Agree
Mandatory minimum sentencing should be required and enforced for violent crimes.
Agree
I voted in these primaries and general elections:
2010 General Election, 2010 Republican Primary, 2012 General Election, 2012 Republican Primary, 2014 General Election, 2014 Republican Primary, 2016 General Election, 2016 Republican Primary
Under what circumstances should abortion be allowed?
None. Medical doctors take an oath to protect life, all life. All colleges and medical schools teach: life begins at conception. So should Indiana la
What in the nature of mankind caused America’s Founders to carefully define, separate, and limit powers in the Constitution?
Sin. They knew that power corrupts. And absolute power corrupts absolutely. The proper role of government is to protect the 22 on alienable rights that come from God and belong to each citizen.
Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
It is a great privilege and responsibility to be born in the United States and live in a free society. The protection of our 22 unalienable rights that come from God, has created a 5000 year leap in history, like the world has never seen. We are the envy of the world. But with much Blessing comes a great responsibility to protect those unalienable rights and teach the 20responsibilities of every citizen to the next generation. We have a moral responsibility to protect the life, liberty and property of each citizen.
When you consider your views on a wide range of issues from economic and social matters to foreign policy and immigration, which of the following best describes you overall?
Very Conservative
Please provide publicly available information validating your answer to the previous question.
I speak about moral issues each Sunday with a public sermon, and if you research letters to the editor I have spoken publicly for my whole life about issues of morality and conservative values.
What is the best way to bring down unemployment?
The best way to create full employment is to protect the free and fair market place. Free trade is one of our unalienable rights from God. It should not be manipulated or controlled by government regulation Or preferential subsidies or laws. But the founding fathers also understood we have to teach morals in our public schools. The only way to have a free society is to have a moral people. The first Continental Congress printed10,000 Geneva Bibles to put into the public schools to teach morals. Without a moral people, we cannot pass enough laws, hire enough police Or build enough prisons and drug treatment centers to control people by force. In 1962, when the Supreme Court took the Bible out of public schools, they violated 175 presidents. 175! This was wrong! And it needs to be challenged by every school Corp. In every state until the Supreme Court gets it right. And Christians need to take up this fight to once again teach the highest moral values in every school classroom.
How would you promote healthcare coverage that is adequate, affordable and accessible for all?
We have emergency rooms all across this country that will not turn anyone away for healthcare. Healthcare is not a right of citizenship. This is properly offered and supported by the churches in our communities who built most of our hospitals across this land. If there is a shortage of adequate healthcare, then it should be a ministry of our churches and Christians to make sure that hospitals and free clinics and treatment care is available at affordable cost for everybody. This is not a responsibility of the government.
What role should government play in boosting the economy?
The best way to build the economy is to enforce free and fair trade, one of our unalienable rights that comes from God. When the government subsidizes or makes preferential laws for one company or industry over another they violate that principle of free and fair trade. Free markets and private property, including copyright and patent laws, have created the highest standard of living the world has ever seen, and it is still the best way ever in history to grow an economy and the standard of living for every person.
What education or experience qualifies you to hold the office for which you seek election?
My experience as a businessman and education in economics and Biiblical worldview have given me the unique understanding and wisdom to recognize the true source of our great prosperity in America. My missionary friends from Belize taught me by the example of the Mennonites who live there, that it is our unique biblical worldview that create prosperity, no matter where we live. When we understand the laws of nature and of nature‘s God, Cicero said we could live like the gods. This is what happened in America when we lived with a Protestant work ethic and a biblical worldview, it created a 5000 year leap in prosperity like the world has never seen. South America has just as much natural resources as North America, but the people do not live by a biblical worldview, but with and animistic worldview that the spirits are in control.
E-mail address and phone number for voters to reach you:
russreahard@gmail.com
Is there anything else you would like voters to know about you?
Call me if we can schedule a public appearance or a time to have discussion with friends about what I believe, and how we can make our state stronger and better than ever before in history. Call Russ at 260-982–4399.
