Francisco Canseco
Republican | Texas
Candidate Profile
Conservative
BIOGRAPHY
Name
Francisco Canseco
Party
Republican
Election Year
2014
Election
Primary
Race
U.S. Rep., Dist.23
Incumbent
No
Links
EDUCATION
St Louis University, St Louis, MO, BA, 1972
St Louis University, St Louis, MO, JD, 1975
WORK & MILITARY
(Candidate did not provide)
AFFILIATIONS
United Day School, Board member, St Augustine School
Board Member, Oldfeilds School, Board Member
Doctor's Hospital, Laredo, Board Member, Chairman, Republican Party of Texas
Associate General Counsel, The Canseco Foundation, Trustee
Voces Action, Advisory bd Chair, San Antonio CASA
POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
US Rep, 23 Congressional District Texas, 2
POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
(Candidate did not provide)
Race
Previous Races
SCORECARDS
CONSERVATIVE ORGANIZATIONS
2011-12
100%
2013
100%
2012
100%
2012
100%
2012
88%
2012
53%
2011-12
|100%
2013
|100%
2012
|100%
2012
|88%
2012
|53%
LIBERAL ORGANIZATIONS
ENDORSEMENTS
CONSERVATIVE (2)
Texas Alliance for Life PAC
Texas Right to Life
REPORTED BY CANDIDATE (1)
(None listed.)
SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS
CONSERVATIVE
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (14)
Elizabeth Ames Jones
Joe Straus
John Carter
John Cornyn
Lamar Smith
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (158)
60 Plus Association
A Better America Now
Acton PAC
Alamo PAC
American Action Network
LIBERAL
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (1)
Judith Zaffirini
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (0)
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.
Strongly Disagree
3. The United States must maintain a nuclear arsenal that is safe, reliable, modern and numerically superior to those of potential adversaries.
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 The Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) should be repealed by Congress.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.
Strongly Disagree
13. People should be able to vote without photo identification.
Strongly Disagree
14. Briefly list three (3) political or legislative issues of most concern to you, and explain why each is important to you.
1. Health Care, and the repeal of ObamaCare. Government has no business in controlling our health care. The ACA threatens to bring down the quantity and the quality of American Healthcare. Any system must be market-patient based where government's role is but that of a night watchman. 2. The Economy, and the repeal of Dodd Frank. Again, government has severely over reached with a plethora of laws and regulations that are chocking our economy, preventing economic growth and job creation and hurting the consumer. This law was passed to shift blame for the 2008 financial crisis and must be repealed. 3. Life is very sacred! Who is looking to protect the life, the liberty, and the pursuit of happiness of the child in gestation! Not only is this a crime against humanity and the will of God, but governmental laws and now policies degrade the value of human life!
15. Should abortion be allowed under extenuating circumstances? If so, what circumstances?
Maybe if the life of the Mother is in eminent threat of death. Otherwise NO!
16. 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, Constitution, Congress, Supreme Court,
17. Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
I believe in God, and in his risen son, Jesus Christ our savior. I am a practicing Catholic and live my life in accordance with Christian principles. I have been married for 35 years and my wife and I have raised three children into adulthood of whom we are very proud.
