Joseph Chaplik
Republican | Arizona
Candidate Profile
Verified Conservative
BIOGRAPHY
Name
Joseph Chaplik
Party
Republican
Election Year
2026
Election
Republican Primary
Race
U.S. House of Representatives, District 1
Incumbent
No
Links
EDUCATION
Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, BA, 1993
WORK & MILITARY
(Candidate did not provide)
AFFILIATIONS
United States Marshals Service, District of AZ Posse Member, 2017-present
Maricopa County Sheriffs Office Posse, Captain - Advisory Posse, 2013-2017
McDowell Mountain Ranch 100 Hills HOA, Board Member, 2015-2020
Archway Classical Academy, Past President - Parents Board, 2017-2018
POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
State Representative, 2020-2026
POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
US CONGRESS, 2026-
SCORECARDS
CONSERVATIVE ORGANIZATIONS
2023
100%, 100% (cum.)†
2024
100%
2023-2024
100%
2025
94%, 97%†
2024
88%
2023
|100%, 100% (cum.)†
2024
|100%
2023-2024
|100%
2025
|94%, 97%†
LIBERAL ORGANIZATIONS
2024
3%
2025
0%
2024
F
2024
|3%
2025
|0%
2024
|F
ENDORSEMENTS
CONSERVATIVE (14)
Gun Owners of America
Barry Goldwater Jr
Nancy Barto
Anthony Kern
Mark Finchem
REPORTED BY CANDIDATE (4)
Sheriff Jerry Sheridan
Justin Heap
Gun Owners of America
Republican Liberty Caucus
SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS
CONSERVATIVE
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (12)
Alexander Kolodin (2025)
Anthony Kern (2024)
Donald Trump (2024)
Pamela Carter (2024)
Rachel Jones (2024)
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (12)
Allen Skillicorn (2022)
Arizona Free Enterprise Club (2022)
Arizona Leadership Fund (2022)
Elijah Norton (2022)
Jim Lamon (2022)
OTHER INFORMATION
Turning Point Action Scorecard
QUESTIONNAIRE
RIGHT TO LIFE
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.
Agree
Under what circumstances should an elective abortion be allowed?
Post Dobbs decision, this is a state issue. However, in the rare case where the life of the mother is at risk.
Abortion providers, including Planned Parenthood, should receive taxpayer funds from federal, state, or local governments (including Title X grants).
Strongly Disagree
Groups like Planned Parenthood receive federal funding and then spend tens of millions of dollars against Republicans in political elections. This is unacceptable and must end.
The Comstock Act, which bans interstate transportation of abortion-inducing drugs, should be enforced.
Agree
ECONOMY
Free enterprise and the right to private property are essential elements of a productive economic system.
Strongly Agree
People who can afford to pay more taxes should do so in order to provide relief for working families.
Strongly Disagree
The government should cut spending in order to reduce the national debt.
Strongly Agree
YES, by a LOT. The federal government is not a jobs program, and the unelected bureaucracy is destroying our country. Our debt is out of control and it must be addressed, not by raising taxes, but by cutting spending.
List your top 3-5 priorities to eliminate government waste.
-Balanced budget amendment -Reduce overhead and staff at bloated agencies -Investigate waste, fraud, and abuse in social welfare programs in order to ensure the most vulnerable actually receive their benefits -No forever wars
RELIGIOUS LIBERTY
Individuals and businesses should be required to provide services even if it would violate their moral and/or religious beliefs.
Strongly Disagree
The First Amendment is clear.
What does "separation of church and state" mean to you?
We are not a theocracy, but that does not mean God should be stricken from schools or government. If you read the writings of the founders, they believed that American experiment of representative democracy can only work for a moral and religious people. We cannot abandon our faith as a nation, or we will not keep the Republic.
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) Medicaid and Medicare should remain available and be strengthened by eliminating waste, fraud, and abuse. Otherwise, the government should not be involved in the business of healthcare. Obamacare made everything more expensive and lowered the standard of care.
The government should keep a database of people with various ongoing medical illnesses to assess the economic burden of treatment.
Strongly Disagree
The government should not be keeping databases of anyone's personal health information. We need less government surveillance, not more!
NATIONAL SECURITY
With regard to America's foreign policy, which view most closely resembles yours: A) The United States should intervene whenever freedom is threatened. B) The United States should selectively help countries trying to grow democracy and fight tyranny. C) The United States has become too involved in others' policies and should remain focused on issues regarding our own sovereignty unless in imminent danger. D) The United States should stay out of foreign conflicts completely.
C, America First and Peace Through Strength
The Chinese Communist Party poses serious military, cyber security, intellectual property, and global economic threats to the United States.
Strongly Agree
China poses the greatest threat to the United States.
Is the United States' relationship with Israel important, and if so why?
The United States' strategic relationship with Israel is important. We must keep our allies, but also ensure that the relationships always remain mutually beneficial and not one-sided.
Islamic terrorism is a threat to the United States' national security.
Strongly Agree
Islamic terrorism has killed thousands of Americans and our Allies, and unfortunately, changed the way we do everything. Of course it poses a significant threat to our national security and the safety of our people at home and abroad.
IMMIGRATION
Who should be allowed to immigrate to the U.S. and under what circumstances?
We should eliminate all illegal immigration and allow limited legal immigration through a merit-based system of entry, through which we require full allegiance to the United States. We should only welcome those who want to be Americans, buy into our system of government and our way of life, and want to build, not take. We should not be importing individuals who hate our country, want to fundamentally change it, or want to transplant another culture here rather than join the melting pot.
I support the existence of sanctuary cities to protect undocumented persons.
Strongly Disagree
All sanctuary cities should lose federal funding and face the full wrath of the Department of Justice for the danger they create for their citizens.
EDUCATION
I support eliminating the U.S. Department of Education and giving control back to states and communities.
Strongly Agree
The Department of Education has shown no measurable success for our students and simply sucks money out of the system for an unnecessary bureaucracy. We can take better care of our students by giving those funds to the states via block grants.
Foreign governments should be prohibited from funding American education.
Strongly Agree
The only country teaching our students should be our own country. We do not need foreign propganda in our schools.
VALUES
Attempts to physically or socially transition a child to the opposite sex constitute child abuse.
Strongly Agree
If we all agree that a child is not old enough to vote, enlist, or consent, then we should all agree that they are not old enough to make an irrevocable life-altering decision such as transition. This is common sense, and anyone who coerces transitioning a minor should be treated as an abuser, especially if that person is not the parent or guardian.
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
Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
I am Catholic, Christ is my savior, and my faith guides my life and my views as I strive to lead a life of good.
ELECTIONS AND VOTING
People should be able to vote without photo identification.
Strongly Disagree
Everyone should have to show an ID to vote. Everyone can get an ID, and it is incredibly patronizing for the Democrats to claim Americans do not have IDs. You need an ID to do everything these days, you should certainly need one to vote so that we can protect our most sacred institution of the Republic.
EQUALITY
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
Men and women are biologically different and should not be forced to compete against each other or be confined with each other. This is basic common sense.
ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT
What do you believe is the most reliable energy source that will supply the growing demand for electricity?
Now - fossil fuels including natural gas, and in the near future - small modular nuclear reactors.
ABOUT YOU
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.
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
CRIMINAL JUSTICE & PUBLIC SAFETY
Government has a responsibility to protect children from sexual exploitation during online activities.
Strongly Agree
2ND AMENDMENT
What restrictions on gun ownership are needed to protect public safety?
The Second Amendment is clear, and we do not make people safer by taking away their God-given right to defend themselves against danger or tyranny. No restrictions on law-abiding citizens.
