
R L Clark
Republican | North Carolina
Candidate Profile
Leans Conservative
BIOGRAPHY
Name
R L Clark
Party
Republican
Election Year
2014
Election
Primary
Race
State Senate, Dist. 49
Incumbent
No
EDUCATION
Western Carolina college, Cullowhee, N C, B S, 1953
Western Carolina Univ., Cullowhee, N C, M. Ed, 1968
WORK & MILITARY
No Military
Employee N C Dept. Human resources, Western Region, Regional Director, 21 yrs. end 1981
Georgetown Food, Mart, Inc., President, 1987-1994
Walnut Cash & Carry, Inc, President, 1981-2004
AFFILIATIONS
Lions Club of Asheville, N C, Member, Bd. Member, V P, Pres., Lions International, Dist 31A
District Sec., Buncombe Selective Service Bd., 20 year member
Chair of Asheville Mayors Committee on emplyment o, Chairman, Mt. Hermon Masonic Lodge 118
Master Mason, Scottish Rite Mason Order, 32nd. degree
Newbridge Baptist Church, Member
POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
N C State Senator, 1995-1998
POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
N C State Senator, 1998-2014
Race
ENDORSEMENTS
REPORTED BY CANDIDATE (1)
(None listed.)
SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS
CONSERVATIVE
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (7)
Local, County, and District Republican Organizations
Pat McCrory
Patrick McHenry
Richard Burr
Steve Troxler
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (1)
Local, County, and District Republican Organizations
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.
Strongly 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.
Strongly 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.
Strongly 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 The Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) should be repealed by Congress.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.
Strongly Agree
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.
Strongly 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.
Agree
14. The Ten Commandments should not be displayed in public school buildings.
Strongly Disagree
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?
Natural rights beginning at conception and including Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness! The U S Constitution was written to protect these rights and other God Given Rights.
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, Constitution, Voters, Congress, Supreme Court
19. Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
All Human Beings are created by God to know right from wrong.
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