David Varnam

Republican | Wisconsin

Candidate Profile

Conservative

BIOGRAPHY

Name

David Varnam


Party

Republican


Election Year

2026


Election

Republican Primary


Race

Lieutenant Governor


Incumbent

No


Links

David Varnam websites FacebookXYouTube

EDUCATION

California Baptist University, Riverside, CA, Christian Studies

WORK & MILITARY

Candidate did not provide

AFFILIATIONS

National Rifle Association, Member

Grant County Republican Party, Vice-Chair, 2013-2023

Lancaster Area Chamber of Commerce, Board Member, 2017-2022

POLITICAL OFFICES HELD

Mayor, City of Lancaster, 2016-2022

Alderman, City of Lancaster, 2013-2016

POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT

Wisconsin Lieutenant Governor

ENDORSEMENTS

CONSERVATIVE (3)

Wisconsin Family Action PAC

Pro-Life Wisconsin Victory Fund PAC

Derrick Van Orden

OTHER (1)

The Wisconsin Conservative Digest

REPORTED BY CANDIDATE (2)

Pro-Life Wisconsin PAC

Wisconsin Family Action PAC

SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS

CONSERVATIVE
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (17)

Howard Marklein (2025)

Julie Ann Helmer (2025)

Local, County, and District Republican Organizations (2025)

State Republican Party Organizations (2025)

Young Republican National Federation (2025)

RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (0)

OTHER INFORMATION

QUESTIONNAIRE

RIGHT TO LIFE

Abortion providers, including Planned Parenthood, should not receive taxpayer funds from federal, state, or local governments (including Title X grants).

Strongly Agree

Under what circumstances should an elective abortion be allowed?

I oppose Abortion on demand and will work to protect Life from unborn to natural death.

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

The Comstock Act, which bans interstate transportation of abortion-inducing drugs, should be enforced.

Strongly Agree


ECONOMY

What is your position on the minimum wage?

Wage should be set my the employer without interference by the government.

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.

Cut red tape. Eliminate duplicate positions and departments. Cut size of government. Audit of all departments.


RELIGIOUS LIBERTY

What does "separation of church and state" mean to you?

It is meant to protect the church from the state. The church should have a role in our communities and government.


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, but Medicaid and Medicare should be restructured.

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 have a database of people with their illnesses that could be viewed or hacked into.


NATIONAL SECURITY

The Chinese Communist Party poses serious military, cyber security, intellectual property, and global economic threats to the United States.

Strongly Agree

Is the United States' relationship with Israel important, and if so why?

Yes, the United States should stand with Israel.


IMMIGRATION

I support the existence of sanctuary cities to protect undocumented persons.

Strongly Disagree

Wisconsin should ban sanctuary cities. If elected I will work to ensure that state and local law enforcement work with federal immigration authorities to deport criminal illegal aliens.


EDUCATION

I support eliminating the U.S. Department of Education and giving control back to states and communities.

Strongly Agree

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 physically or socially transition a child to the opposite sex constitute child abuse.

Strongly Disagree

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

I support the expansion of gambling in my state.

Strongly Disagree

Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.

I became a Christian in College and have been a follower of Jesus Christ since then.

Any mental health professional treating a patient with gender-identity or sexual-orientation issues should be required to affirm whatever the patient proclaims with regard to their identity.

Strongly Disagree


ELECTIONS AND VOTING

People should be able to vote without photo identification.

Strongly Disagree

I strongly support Voter-ID.


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

As a girl Dad I will work to keep men out of women's sports and their locker rooms/bathrooms.


ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT

Man-made climate change is a global threat and requires urgent political action.

Strongly Disagree

What do you believe is the most reliable energy source that will supply the growing demand for electricity?

Did not answer


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?

To protect our communities and punish those guilty of crimes.

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?

I will strongly oppose efforts to take away our 2nd Amendment Rights.

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