Larry Pittman
Republican | North Carolina
Candidate Profile
Verified Conservative
BIOGRAPHY
Name
Larry Pittman
Party
Republican
Election Year
2014
Election
Primary
Race
State Rep., Dist. 82
Incumbent
Yes
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EDUCATION
Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, Wake Forest, NC, M. Div. with Languages, 1981
Atlantic Christian College, Wilson, NC, BA in English, minor in Religion, 1976
Mount Olive Jr. College, Mount Olive, NC, Ass. Sci., 1974
WORK & MILITARY
Ridgecrest Presbyterian Church, Stated Supply Pastor, 2009-present
Snyder Packaging, Shipper and company chaplain, 1997-2012
McKinnon Presbyterian Church, Pastor, 1990-1999
Turner Presbyterian Church, Pastor, 1986-1990
AFFILIATIONS
North Carolina Republican Party, volunteer, Habitat for Humanity
volunteer on three homes, Salvation Army, bell ringer representing Cabarrus GOP
Cabarrus County Winter Shelter, volunteer, Union County Winter Shelter
volunteer
POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
Representative, 82nd District, NC House, 2011-present
POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
Concord City Council, 2001
SCORECARDS
CONSERVATIVE ORGANIZATIONS
LIBERAL ORGANIZATIONS
ENDORSEMENTS
CONSERVATIVE (2)
Concerned Women for America Legislative Action Committee
Republican Liberty Caucus of North Carolina.
REPORTED BY CANDIDATE (6)
Concerned Women for America
Grass Roots North Carolina
Republican Liberty Caucus
Tim Hagler
former Mayor of Harrisburg
SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS
CONSERVATIVE
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (5)
Gaston Pridgen
Jonathan Jordan
Kelly Hastings
Thom Tillis
Thomas Murry
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (1)
Robert A. Rucho
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.
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.
Neutral
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?
Original Sin and Total Depravity
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, Voters, Constitution, Congress (I put voters before the Constitution because the people established the Constitution, through which they grant limited power to Congress and the rest of the government.)
19. Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
Jesus Christ is the incarnate Son of God. He is the King of kings and the Lord of lords. All who govern will answer to Him for how they govern. He is the only means of salvation for sinners by his crucifixion and Resurrection. He will return to judge the world and claim His people and establish His eternal Kingdom. He gives His Holy Spirit to live in His people, assuring them of the truth of the Bible and strengthening them in every opportunity and difficulty. The Bible is the written Word of God. Since Jesus is the living Word, the entire Bible is His message to us, not just the New Testament. All of our thinking and way of living should be based upon the truth of the Scriptures. Science should be evaluated by the Word of God, not the other way around. Any theology that contradicts the Bible is false. We are bound to obey God over men who would countervene His law. All must be free to believe and worship as they choose, as coming to Christ must be a free choice.
