
Dennis Riddell
Verified Conservative
BIOGRAPHY
EDUCATION
Bob Jones Univesity, Greenville, Masters, 1983
California Maritime Academy, Vallejo, BS Eng, 1978
Infraspection Institute, Burlington, Certificate, 2008
WORK & MILITARY
US Naval Reserve, Lt, 1978-1988
US Merchant Marine 35 yrs, First Engineer, 1978-2013
FreedomIR 16 yrs, Thermographer, 2012-2026
AFFILIATIONS
Piedmont Rescue Mission, Board Member
Alamance County GOP, Past Chairman
Pleasant Hill Christian Church, Attendee
Alamance County Young Republicans, Founder and Past Chairman
POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
State Representative 14 yrs
POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
(Candidate did not provide)
SCORECARDS
CONSERVATIVE ORGANIZATIONS
2025
104%
2023-2024
100%
2021
100%
2024
92%
2025
100%, 90%†
2025
|104%
2023-2024
|100%
2024
|92%
2025
|100%, 90%†
LIBERAL ORGANIZATIONS
2024-2025
15%, 11%†
2023
0%
2024-2025
|15%, 11%†
ENDORSEMENTS
CONSERVATIVE (3)
National Rifle Association NRA-PVF
North Carolina Values Coalition
National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) North Carolina
SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS
CONSERVATIVE
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (85)
State Republican Party Organizations (2026)
Brian Echevarria (2024)
Committee to Elect Republican Women (2024)
Donald Trump (2024)
Hal Weatherman (2024)
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (21)
Dennis Riddell (2023)
Jon Hardister (2022)
Mark Walker (2022)
National Federation of Independent Business (2022)
Republican Womens Organizations (2022)
LIBERAL
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (0)
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (2)
NC Association of Nurse Anesthetists (2024)
State Employees Association of North Carolina (2020)
OTHER INFORMATION
Dennis Riddell's grade from pro-marijuana group, National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML)
QUESTIONNAIRE
RIGHT TO LIFE
Abortion providers, including Planned Parenthood, should not receive taxpayer funds from federal, state, or local governments (including funds for “family planning,” contraception, or abortion counseling).
Strongly Agree
Under what circumstances should an elective abortion be allowed?
To protect the life of the mother, and in the case of rape or incest.
Human life deserves legal protection from conception until natural death.
Strongly Agree
Life is a gift.
The lives of human embryos created through artificial methods ought to be protected from purposeful destruction.
Agree
Existing Federal laws that prohibit the interstate transportation of abortion-inducing drugs should be enforced.
Agree
ECONOMY
What is your position on the minimum wage?
I support a maximum wage
Free enterprise and the right to private property are essential elements of a productive economic system.
Strongly Agree
Freedom works.
List your top 3-5 priorities to eliminate government waste.
Increased state audits of programs that are managed or operated by the state. Reduce federal programs that are poorly run and mismanaged Increase the amount of evidence based policy making within state government budgeting
RELIGIOUS LIBERTY
What does "separation of church and state" mean to you?
Peaceful religious expression should be protected from federal and/or state interference.
Individuals and businesses should be required to provide services even if it would violate their moral and/or religious beliefs.
Strongly Disagree
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.
C - with incentives to transition to more private insurance solutions.
The government should keep a database of people with various ongoing medical illnesses to assess the economic burden of treatment.
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?
A good relationship with Israel is important to the United States and Israel. Israel is our most faithful friend in the mideast where true friends for the USA are hard to find.
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
Education matters and decision making belongs at the state and local level not Washington, DC
Foreign governments should be prohibited from funding American education.
Strongly Agree
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
I support parental rights.
Attempts to transition a child to the opposite sex are harmful to that child and should be prohibited.
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.
Agree
I support the expansion of gambling in my state.
Disagree
Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
I became a Christian in 1978 when I asked Jesus Christ to be my Saviour.
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.
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 Disagree
I have a wife and 3 daughters - no way should a biological male be able to enter spaces reserved for women. Biological males and females both have particular privacy concerns but women in particular also have unique safety concerns that should be protected.
ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT
Man-made climate change is a global threat and requires urgent political action.
Disagree
What do you believe is the most reliable energy source that will supply the growing demand for electricity?
Nuclear + Natural Gas. Both are dispatchable and able to meet the increasing demands for electric power.
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?
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
CRIMINAL JUSTICE & PUBLIC SAFETY
What should be the goal of the criminal justice system?
The primary purpose of government at any level is to protect citizens from the unlawful element among us.
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.
Agree
2ND AMENDMENT
What restrictions on gun ownership are needed to protect public safety?
l believe in my 2nd Amendment rights to possess firearms.
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