Chuck Payne

Republican | Georgia

Candidate Profile

Conservative

BIOGRAPHY

Name

Chuck Payne


Party

Republican


Election Year

2026


Election

Republican Primary, Judicial General and Senate District 7 Specials


Race

State Senate Dist., 54


Incumbent

Yes


Links

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EDUCATION

Candidate did not provide

WORK & MILITARY

U.S. Army Paratrooper - 82nd Airborne Division, E-4, 1984-1988

AFFILIATIONS

Whitfield County Republican Party, Chairman, 1997-2005

Whitfield County Republican Party, Chairman, 2013-2016

Georgia 9th District Republican Party, Vice-Chairman, 2009-2011

Georgia 14th District Republican Party, Vice-Chairman, 2011-2013

POLITICAL OFFICES HELD

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POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT

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SCORECARDS

CONSERVATIVE ORGANIZATIONS


LIBERAL ORGANIZATIONS

SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS

CONSERVATIVE
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (7)

State Republican Party Organizations (2021)

Family Policy Alliance of Georgia (2020)

Peach State Values (2020)

Brian Kemp (2018)

David Ralston (2018)

RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (46)

Larry Walker III (2022)

Georgia Better Government Fund (2021)

Butch Miller (2020)

Ellis Black (2020)

Jeff Mullis (2020)


OTHER INFORMATION

QUESTIONNAIRE

RIGHT TO LIFE

Abortion providers, including Planned Parenthood, should not receive taxpayer funds from federal, state, or local governments (including Title X grants).

Strongly Agree

Under what circumstances should an elective abortion be allowed?

None, for ALL are Created equal and Endowed by our Creator with certain and inalienable Rights to Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. It is the very foundation of freedom.

Human life deserves legal protection from conception until natural death.

Strongly Agree

The lives of human embryos created through artificial methods ought to be protected from purposeful destruction.

Strongly Agree

The Comstock Act, which bans interstate transportation of abortion-inducing drugs, should be enforced.

Strongly Agree


RELIGIOUS LIBERTY

What does "separation of church and state" mean to you?

It means the State shall have NO influence of the Church... though it is the responsibility of the Church to have influence with the State.

Individuals and businesses should be required to provide services even if it would violate their moral and/or religious beliefs.

Strongly Disagree


NATIONAL SECURITY

The Chinese Communist Party poses serious military, cyber security, intellectual property, and global economic threats to the United States.

Strongly Agree

Is the United States' relationship with Israel important, and if so why?

Important in that the United State need always stand as a big brother to Israel's defense.


HEALTHCARE

What most closely matches your view on healthcare: A) Healthcare for all should be guaranteed and funded by the government with no private healthcare option. (includes "universal healthcare," "medicare for all," etc.) B) Healthcare insurance funded by the government should be available for all who want it, along with private healthcare options. C) Medicaid and Medicare should remain available, but no other taxpayer-funded programs are necessary. D) Taxpayer funded health care should be abolished in all forms, and Medicaid and Medicare should be defunded.

Medicaid and Medicare should remain available, but no other taxpayer-funded programs are necessary as we make it our goal to transitioning from all taxpayer funded healthcare, which only drives up the cost for every citizen.

The government should keep a database of people with various ongoing medical illnesses to assess the economic burden of treatment.

Strongly Disagree


ECONOMY

What is your position on the minimum wage?

A minimum wage only reduces the recognized value of one's labor.

Free enterprise and the right to private property are essential elements of a productive economic system.

Strongly Agree

List your top 3-5 priorities to eliminate government waste.

Keep Georgia on track for eliminating the Georgia State income tax for every Georgian. Get Georgia to a zero-based budgeting formula. Keep budgeting conservatively to maintain a surplus while meeting the State Constitutional requirement to balance the State budget.


IMMIGRATION

I support the existence of sanctuary cities to protect undocumented persons.

Strongly Disagree


EDUCATION

I support eliminating the U.S. Department of Education and giving control back to states and communities.

Strongly Agree

Foreign governments should be prohibited from funding American education.

Strongly Agree


CRIMINAL JUSTICE & PUBLIC SAFETY

What should be the goal of the criminal justice system?

To seek only Truths - as in the Eyes of GOD - not man. The quest for Truth has no winners and losers, but only where the Truth lands - where Truth lands there is Justice.

Government has a responsibility to protect children from sexual exploitation during online activities.

Strongly Agree

Sharia law should not be accepted or incorporated in any form within the legal framework of the United States.

Strongly Agree


2ND AMENDMENT

What restrictions on gun ownership are needed to protect public safety?

None. Only restrictions from owning certain military grade weapons of war.


ABOUT YOU

When you consider your views on a wide range of issues from economic and social matters to foreign policy and religious liberty, which of the following best describes you overall?

Very Conservative

Have you ever been penalized for sexual misconduct in either civil or criminal court? If so, please explain.

No.

Have you ever been convicted of a felony? If so, please explain.

No.


VALUES

Government should recognize and support the fundamental right and essential duty of parents to direct their child's health and educational well-being.

Strongly Agree

Attempts to physically or socially transition a child to the opposite sex constitute child abuse.

Strongly Agree

Marriage is a God-ordained, sacred and legal union of one man and one woman. No government has the authority to alter this definition.

Strongly Agree

I support the expansion of gambling in my state.

Strongly Disagree

Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.

I believe GOD is sole Arbiter of ALL that is Truth... not man. I believe freedom (the same as Liberty) comes only at the expense of Sacrifice (the same as Christ) - and from one generation to the next. It's why Jesus had said that He had given us an Example - and that we should do for others the same as He had done for us. There are only two kinds of hearts... Liberators and lusters. Liberators believe that freedom is debt owed and seek out their sacrifice for future Generations - lusters believe that someone owes freedom to them, the same as those casting stones at Christ as he carried His cross.


ELECTIONS AND VOTING

People should be able to vote without photo identification.

Strongly Disagree


EQUALITY

Reparations should be given to people on the basis of race.

Strongly Disagree

Biological males should not be allowed to participate in women's sports or occupy biological women's spaces whether it be bathrooms, locker rooms, sorority houses, women's shelters, or prison.

Strongly Agree


ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT

Man-made climate change is a global threat and requires urgent political action.

Strongly Disagree

What do you believe is the most reliable energy source that will supply the growing demand for electricity?

Having an "all thee above" approach to all energy sources and further development of clean, reliable and low-cost energy.

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