Ed Emery
Republican | Missouri
Candidate Profile
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BIOGRAPHY
Name
Ed Emery
Party
Republican
Election Year
2012
Election
General
Race
State Senator, Dist. 31
Incumbent
No
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EDUCATION
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WORK & MILITARY
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AFFILIATIONS
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POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
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Race
ENDORSEMENTS
OTHER (15)
Missouri Right to Life
MO Club for Growth
Sen. Jim Lembke
Rabbi D. F. Eukel
Sen. Matt Bartle
SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS
CONSERVATIVE
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (5)
Local, County, and District Republican Organizations
Rob Schaaf
State Republican Party Organizations
Tim Remole
Young Republican National Federation
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (6)
Club for Growth
Local, County, and District Republican Organizations
National Federation of Independent Business
Republican Women's Organizations
Rob Schaaf
OTHER INFORMATION
QUESTIONNAIRE
OTHER IMPORTANT ISSUES
1. Free enterprise and the right to private property turn mankind's natural self interest into the fairest and most productive economic system there is, and is the key to national prosperity.
Strongly Agree
2. Government should enforce laws designed to protect the border and to prevent illegal entry of persons into the country.
Strongly Agree
3. Because evolution is widely accepted, students should not be taught about intelligent design.
Strongly Disagree
4. Free market competition for education dollars, rather than a government monopoly, would create a better education for all students.
Strongly Agree
5. It is the government’s responsibility to be sure everyone has health care and a livable income.
Strongly Disagree
6. States should require voters to show photo identification and prove citizenship in order to register to vote or to cast a vote.
Strongly Agree
7. Human life begins at conception and deserves legal protection at every stage until natural death.
Strongly Disagree
8. Marriage is a union of one man and one woman. No government has the authority to alter this definition.
Strongly Agree
9. Judeo-Christian values established a framework of morality which permitted our system of limited government.
Strongly Agree
10. Pure democracy is the best form of government to ensure the safety and equitable treatment of all citizens.
Strongly Disagree
11. Who has the primary responsibility to be sure children are properly educated?
Parents ard responsible first to God.
12. Should abortion be allowed under extenuating circumstances? If so, what circumstances?
None I can think of.
13. What in the nature of mankind caused America’s Founders to carefully define, separate, and limit powers within the Constitution?
Mankind is a fallen race and the founders established a system where ambition checks ambition.
14. Based on the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution, please arrange the following entities, starting with the highest source of authority, and continue the list in descending order of authority, skipping any that do not apply: Academia, Congress, Constitution, God, Industry, Media, Professional Sports, Supreme Court, Voters.
God, Voters, Constitution, Congress, Supreme Court
15. Please list, up to six in number, the endorsements (groups or individuals) you would most like to promote.
Missouri Right to Life, Veterans in Defense of Liberty, Concerned Women for America, Missouri, Missouri Eagle Forum, Missouri Republican Assembly, Missouri Club for Growth, Chuck Purgason, Barney Fisher, and others
16. Please list your educational, military and vocational history, and any church and civic leadership positions held, and political positions held or sought.
BS, Petroleum Engineering, Univ. of MO, Rolla; Engineering and management roles with Texaco for almost 23 years; Character consulting - Character Returns!, a sole proprietorship, some petroleum consulting, some construction, roofing, etc. Ordained Baptist deacon, inactive. State Representative 2003 to 2010. ALEC legislator of the year; MO Republican Assembly - 7th district legislator of the year.
17. What charitable, educational, religious, or political organizations have you been affiliated with as a member, contributor, or volunteer?
Various churches when a member; The Gideons International; Life Choices, Joplin, MO; US Air Force Academy; VFW Men's Auxiliary; NRA; WMSA;
