
Howard L. Penny Jr.
Verified Conservative
BIOGRAPHY
EDUCATION
FTI, Fayetteville
Campbell University, Buies Creek
WORK & MILITARY
Agco Corp, Area Sales Manager
AFFILIATIONS
Super Kids Foundation, Board Member
POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
Chairman Harnett County Commissioners
POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
NC HOUSE
SCORECARDS
CONSERVATIVE ORGANIZATIONS
2025
104%
2024
100%
2023-2024
100%
2021
100%
2025
95%, 89%†
2025
|104%
2024
|100%
2023-2024
|100%
2025
|95%, 89%†
LIBERAL ORGANIZATIONS
2024-2025
17%, 15%†
2023
0%
2024-2025
|17%, 15%†
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 (16)
Bobby Hanig (2025)
Diane Wheatley (2024)
Hal Weatherman (2024)
Jimmy Dixon (2024)
Jefferson Griffin (2023)
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (2)
Ben Moss (2022)
Donna McDowell White (2022)
OTHER INFORMATION
Howard Penny'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?
Only if the mother's life is at risk and she and her husband prayerfully decide
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.
Strongly Agree
Existing Federal laws that prohibit the interstate transportation of abortion-inducing drugs should be enforced.
Strongly Agree
ECONOMY
What is your position on the minimum wage?
Should be an agreement between the employer and employee
Free enterprise and the right to private property are essential elements of a productive economic system.
Strongly Agree
List your top 3-5 priorities to eliminate government waste.
Transparency, Oversight and Common Sense
RELIGIOUS LIBERTY
What does "separation of church and state" mean to you?
Exactly what it says. Government needs to stay out Church related policy! Government should not inject itself into "Freedom of Religion"
Individuals and businesses should be required to provide services even if it would violate their moral and/or religious beliefs.
Agree
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.
B and C
The government should keep a database of people with various ongoing medical illnesses to assess the economic burden of treatment.
Disagree
Government knows all it needs to know about individuals lives now. Health Care Providers have necessary information
NATIONAL SECURITY
The Chinese Communist Party poses serious military, cyber security, intellectual property, and global economic threats to the United States.
Strongly Agree
Self explanatory! We need to fight all forms of Socialism/Communism
Is the United States' relationship with Israel important, and if so why?
God chose Israel to speak as His chosen people first! He sent Jesus so that Gentiles could expand the Gospel
IMMIGRATION
I support the existence of sanctuary cities to protect undocumented persons.
Strongly Disagree
Come in to the USA the correct way as our ancestors did
EDUCATION
I support eliminating the U.S. Department of Education and giving control back to states and communities.
Agree
North Carolina's Education System is not transparent and needs much scrutiny
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
Attempts to transition a child to the opposite sex are harmful to that child and should be prohibited.
Strongly Agree
It is an abomination
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
The Bible is clear! Until death do us part! Obviously there are circumstances that prevent that
I support the expansion of gambling in my state.
Did not answer
Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
Did not answer
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.
Strongly 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 Agree
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
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?
Very 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?
Fair and equitable interpretation of the law
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.
Strongly Agree
2ND AMENDMENT
What restrictions on gun ownership are needed to protect public safety?
2nd Amendment addresses that issue
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