

Keith Swank
Republican | Washington
Candidate Profile
Conservative
BIOGRAPHY
Name
Keith Swank
Party
Republican
Election Year
2022
Election
Primary & Secretary of State Special
Race
U.S. Rep., Dist. 10
Incumbent
No
EDUCATION
University of Washington, Seattle, BS Psychology, 1994
WORK & MILITARY
US Army-Active, Spc/E-4, 1986-1989
Army Reserves, Spc/E4, 1989-1993
AFFILIATIONS
NRA, Life Member, Senate Conservative Fund
Member, Rock Mountain Elk Foundation, Member
Numbers USA, Member, St Judes
Contributor, Citizen's Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear, Life member
Youth Wrestling coach, volunteer, Lions Club International
Member, Fraternal Order of Eagles, Member
POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
Vice Chairman 25th LD, 2019
PCO, 2006-2012
POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
US House, 2012
US Senate, 2018
US House, 2020
Race
Previous Races
ENDORSEMENTS
OTHER (1)
Thurston County Republican Party
REPORTED BY CANDIDATE (4)
State Senator Jim McCune
State Representative JT Wilcox
Pierce County Republican Party
Thurston County Republican Party
SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS
CONSERVATIVE
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (29)
Alisha Beeler (2020)
Andrew Barkis (2022)
Brett Rogers (2020)
Bruce Dammeier (2012)
Cathy Dahlquist (2012)
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (5)
Arthur 'Art' Coday (2022)
Doug Basler (2013)
Sue Kuehl Pederson (2022)
Supporting Electing American Leaders (2022)
WinRed (2022)
OTHER INFORMATION
QUESTIONNAIRE
RIGHT TO LIFE
Abortion providers, including Planned Parenthood, should not receive funds from federal, state, or local governments (including Title X grants).
Strongly Agree
I support 'aid in dying' laws which legalize assisted suicide and euthanasia.
Disagree
Under what circumstances should abortion be allowed?
That should be decided by the states.
ECONOMY
Redistribution of income is needed to lessen the gap between the wealthy and working classes.
Strongly Disagree
The government should cut spending in order to reduce the national debt.
Strongly Agree
What changes, if any, should be made to the tax code?
I believe that we should have a flat tax. Everyone should pay tax so that we all have skin in the game. Then maybe we could end the class warfare that is happening as designed by the elites.
RELIGIOUS LIBERTY
Religious liberty is at risk in the United States and deserves the highest level of protection in the law.
Strongly Agree
Individuals and businesses should be required to provide services even if it would violate their moral and/or religious beliefs.
Strongly Disagree
What should be the relationship between the church and the state?
As our founders intended, the state should not mandate religion.
HEALTHCARE
Under what circumstances (if any) should a government, school, or employer be allowed to require vaccinations?
Parents know what is best for their children.
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)Tax-payer funded health care should be abolished in all forms, and Medicaid and Medicare should be de-funded.
Healthcare is not a right. But because of the federal government, people are reliant on Medicaid and Medicare. These two programs should be ended over time, and the private market handle health insurance like it does auto insurance.
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.
The United States has become too involved in others' policies and should remain focused on issues regarding our own sovereignty unless in imminent danger.
I support the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement to pressure Israel to withdraw from occupied territories, remove the separation barrier in the West Bank, allow full equality for Arab-Palestinian citizens of Israel, and promote the rights of Palestinian refugees.
Strongly Disagree
The Chinese Communist Party poses serious military, cyber security, intellectual property, and global economic threats to the United States.
Strongly Agree
What should the United States do to help eradicate the threat of Islamic terrorism?
We should secure our border so terrorists cannot enter our country and kill our citizens.
IMMIGRATION
The U.S. should do more to physically secure the southern border.
Strongly Agree
It's much more than immigration. Drug cartels are bringing fentanyl (made in China) across our southern border and killing our family members. We also have human trafficking coming across our border. In 2021 over 107,000 Americans died of drug overdoses. Most of the drugs came across our southern border.
State and federal funds shall be denied to any public or private entity, such as a sanctuary city, that is not in compliance with immigration laws.
Strongly Agree
Who should be allowed to immigrate to the U.S. and under what circumstances?
Our immigration policy should reflect the policy of the country from which the person comes.
VALUES
Sexual orientation and gender identity should be protected classes in non-discrimination laws.
Disagree
There should not be "protected classes". It makes some people more valuable than others. This divides us.
I agree with Critical Race Theory (CRT) which asserts that the institutions in the United States are fundamentally racist.
Strongly Disagree
This is another topic designed to divide us and pit us against each other.
Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
I am a Christian.
ELECTIONS AND VOTING
People should be able to vote without photo identification.
Strongly Disagree
With voting should come some responsibility, such as proving that you are a citizen eligible to vote. Photo identification is required for a myriad of things. If a person cannot afford identification, or better yet, lets provide verifiable identification for every American citizen.
What laws would you propose to change present voting practices?
I would make election day a national holiday.
EQUALITY
Reparations should be given to people on the basis of race.
Strongly Disagree
Is racism a threat to domestic security in the United States? Why or why not?
No.
ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT
I support the use of hydraulic fracking to extract oil and natural gas resources.
Strongly Agree
Which comes closest to your view? A) Stricter environmental laws and regulations cost too many jobs and hurt the economy. B) Stricter environmental laws and regulations are worth the cost.
Neither. I do not trust that all the "laws" made by unelected officials are in the best interest of the environment. Many are in the best interest of elites lining their pockets.
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
Please provide publicly available information, including interviews and media reports, validating your answer to the previous question (other than your website).
Did not answer
Have you ever been convicted of a felony or been penalized in either civil or criminal court for sexual misconduct? If so, please explain.
No
What else would you like voters to know about you, including your legislative priorities?
I have worn a uniform my entire adult life defending your freedoms. As a 32-year police veteran I have been spit on, punched, kicked, shot at, stabbed, and called every name in the book. That experience has prepared me to fight for your liberty in Washington, D.C.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE & PUBLIC SAFETY
Police officers should be personally immune from prosecution for conduct consistent with departmental policy (qualified immunity) while on duty.
Strongly Agree
I am a police officer (have been one for 32 years), and we train officers in best practices. When they use these "best practices", they should not be prosecuted.
I support redirecting funds from police departments to mental health and community programs.
Strongly Disagree
It's very easy to deal with a mental health patient in a clinical setting. MHP's call 911 to handle the incidents in the field where the patient is out of control. Police are mental health experts. Police are trained extensively how to handle people strung out on drugs and with mental health (or both as is the case most of the time) conditions.
2ND AMENDMENT
What restrictions on gun ownership are needed to protect public safety?
Convicted felons and people with certain mental health issues should be precluded from owning guns. The Second Amendment is confirming our right to be armed.
Victims of gun violence should be able to sue firearms dealers and manufacturers.
Strongly Disagree
If that is the case, then victims should be able to sue, tool makers, bat makers, etc. A gun is not violent. The person who has the gun makes that decision.
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