
Jon Menefee
Republican | Texas
Candidate Profile
Moderate
BIOGRAPHY
Name
Jon Menefee
Party
Republican
Election Year
2020
Election
Primary
Race
U.S. Rep., Dist.9
Incumbent
No
EDUCATION
Alvin Community College, Alvin, AS, 1990
WORK & MILITARY
U.S. Marines, E3, 3
AFFILIATIONS
Southwest Houston Pachyderm Club, Board Member, Houston Young Republicans
Affiliated Member, Downtown Houston Pachyderm, Member
POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
(Candidate did not provide)
POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
(Candidate did not provide)
SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS
CONSERVATIVE
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (1)
Republican Women's Organizations (2019)
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (0)
LIBERAL
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (1)
Local, County, and District Democratic Organizations (2018)
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (0)
QUESTIONNAIRE
RIGHT TO LIFE
Human life begins at conception and deserves legal protection at every stage until natural death.
Strongly Agree
Abortion providers, including Planned Parenthood, should not receive taxpayer funds or grants from federal, state, or local governments.
Strongly Agree
I support the Born Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, which requires health care providers to provide life-saving treatment for infants who survive an attempted abortion.
Strongly Agree
Under what circumstances should abortion be allowed?
When the life of the mother is threatened.
RELIGIOUS LIBERTY
Governments should not discriminate against individuals, organizations or small businesses because of their belief that marriage is only a union of one man and one woman.
Strongly Agree
Religious liberty is at risk in the United States and deserves the highest level of protection in the law.
Strongly Agree
I promise to protect the freedom of Christians to share the Gospel and to practice Biblical principles.
Yes
What does "separation of church and state" mean to you?
The State cannot tell people who to worship, and the church cannot take the reigns of government and try to establish some kind of Theocracy.
NATIONAL SECURITY
The best way to maintain peace is through a strong military.
Strongly Agree
What should the United States do to help eradicate the threat of radical Islamic terrorism?
Did not answer
HEALTHCARE
It is the government’s responsibility to ensure everyone has health insurance.
Strongly Disagree
I support the elimination of private healthcare insurance.
Strongly Disagree
How would you promote healthcare coverage that is adequate, affordable and accessible for all?
Going back to the basics of less government and more free enterprise. Insurance companies cannot compete across state lines at this time. We setup a safety net for those with pre-existing conditions and allow the marketplace to determine the price. Maybe a little intervention in the insurance conglomerates and let smaller companies have easier entry into the market.
ECONOMY
It is the government’s responsibility to ensure everyone has a livable income.
Strongly Disagree
Free enterprise and the right to private property are essential elements of a productive economic system.
Strongly Agree
How would you guarantee Social Security benefits for future generations?
Did not answer
What government spending would you reduce in order to balance the budget?
Did not answer
Under what circumstances should taxpayers help pay off existing student loans?
When the student is a teacher and is willing to teach in under served areas for a period of time When the student is a doctor and signs a contract to work in an area of the country that is in desperate needs of doctors for a period of years. When the student is an attorney and agrees to work as a public defender for a period of years in a city that is in need of a public defender.
IMMIGRATION
I am in favor of construction of a wall and other necessary infrastructure on our border that gives complete control over entering and exiting the United States.
Strongly Agree
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) should be abolished.
Strongly Disagree
State and federal funds should be denied to any public or private entity, including but not limited to sanctuary cities, that are not in compliance with immigration laws.
Agree
Employers should be required to use E-verify to confirm the eligibility of their employees to work in the United States.
Strongly Agree
Who should be allowed to immigrate to the U.S. and under what circumstances?
Did not answer
EDUCATION
Taxpayer-funded public education should be guaranteed through college.
Strongly Disagree
CRIMINAL JUSTICE & PUBLIC SAFETY
Mandatory minimum sentencing should be required and enforced for violent crimes.
Neutral
2ND AMENDMENT
What restrictions on gun ownership are needed to protect public safety?
Only people who have been determined by a court to be dangerous to themselves or others should be restricted of gun ownership. The proceedings by the court have to be open and fully transparent.
OTHER IMPORTANT ISSUES
I support BDS (boycott, divestment, and sanction) against Israel if they refuse to allow the creation of a Palestinian state.
Strongly Disagree
I support the legalization of recreational marijuana.
Neutral
Reparations should be given to people on the basis of race.
Disagree
The Electoral College should be abolished.
Strongly Disagree
In priority order, what three areas of legislation do you propose to author or sponsor if elected?
Did not answer
Is racism a threat to domestic security in the United States? Why or why not?
No. Racism has existed for thousands of years in all forms. When people make bad decisions and blame it on others by saying they are racist, we need to stand up to that and call it for what it really is. Bad decision making, nothing else.
ABOUT YOU
When you consider your views on a wide range of issues from economic and social matters to foreign policy and immigration, which of the following best describes you overall?
No Answer
Please provide publicly available information validating your answer to the previous question.
Did not answer
Have you ever been convicted of a felony or been penalized for sexual misconduct? If so, please explain.
No
Is there anything else you would like voters to know about you?
As John Adams once said, "Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious People. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other". We need to bring morality back to Congress. One way to do that is thru term limitations. I am wholly in favor of term limitations for the Senate and the House of Representatives. We already have a term limit for the President.
VALUES
Judeo-Christian values established a framework of morality which is necessary for our system of limited government.
Strongly Agree
I support adding sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression as protected classes in non-discrimination laws.
Strongly Disagree
Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
I became a Christian at the age of 12 years old when Billy Graham came to our church in Waco Texas. It was there that I accept Christ as my Savior.
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