Peter Hernandez Jr

Republican | California

Candidate Profile*

Conservative

*Additional information appears below for educational purposes; however, only data received prior to the candidate deadline was considered during Panel Evaluation.

BIOGRAPHY

Name

Peter Hernandez Jr


Party

Republican


Election Year

2022


Election

Primary


Race

U.S. Rep., Dist. 18


Incumbent

No


Links

Peter Hernandez Jr websitesPeter Hernandez Jr phones
Peter Hernandez Jr email
Facebook

EDUCATION

San Benito High school, Hollister, 1992

High school, Hollister

WORK & MILITARY

Candidate did not provide

AFFILIATIONS

Hollister Pregnancy Center, Board Member

POLITICAL OFFICES HELD

Hollister School District Board Member, 2014

POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT

Congressional District 18, 2022

ENDORSEMENTS*

*These endorsements were received after the deadline and were not considered in the Panel Evaluations and are for additional educational purposes only.
CONSERVATIVE (4)

California Republican Party

Monterey County Republican Party

Patriots for Freedom PAC

*The American Council

REPORTED BY CANDIDATE (10)

CA GOP

San Benito GOP

Santa Cruz GOP

Silicon Valley GOP

Monterey GOP

SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS

CONSERVATIVE
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (0)
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (1)

Rob Bernosky (2022)


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.

Strongly Disagree

Life is sacred from conception and should be protected at all ages.

Under what circumstances should abortion be allowed?

Never


RELIGIOUS LIBERTY

Religious liberty is at risk in the United States and deserves the highest level of protection in the law.

Strongly Agree

First amendment freedoms should be priority number one. Otherwise government will define speech for us and the destruction of our civil liberties will follow.

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?

Government has enumerated rights and therefore limits. Religion is the first freedom therefore deserves the freedom of expression the constitution gives it.


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 ) but asses ongoing need to ensure freedoms and sovereignty of our nations are protected first.

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

Israel is our ally in the region and should always be protected.

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?

Shut our border down, and have a comprehensive immigration process, that defines terrorism criminally. We should ban any form of coercion of our rule of law.


HEALTHCARE

Under what circumstances (if any) should a government, school, or employer be allowed to require vaccinations?

ZERO CIRCUMSTANCES

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.

D) time to end Medicare and Medicaid and replace with cost effective, solvent, and transparent medical system that provides greater services at a very low cost. I’m for public private partnership where government increases accountability for bad actors based on the above.


ECONOMY

Redistribution of income is needed to lessen the gap between the wealthy and working classes.

Strongly Disagree

Redistribution destroys incentives to work and the dignity that comes from that work.

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?

Bloated regulatory burdens that grow government waste and have zero net benefit practically. If it can’t pay for itself then it shouldn’t exist. Which is why I believe in a balanced budget amendment.


IMMIGRATION

The U.S. should do more to physically secure the southern border.

Strongly Agree

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?

People that enter through the front door of a comprehensive immigration process that defines our national interests, clearly defines American citizenship as respecting the rule of law, our national motto, the English language as the common American language, and the original intent of our constitution.


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 support redirecting funds from police departments to mental health and community programs.

Strongly Disagree


2ND AMENDMENT

What restrictions on gun ownership are needed to protect public safety?

Background check for felony convictions of violence, and or serious negligence and or Misconduct, that’s it

Victims of gun violence should be able to sue firearms dealers and manufacturers.

Strongly Disagree


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

Please provide publicly available information, including interviews and media reports, validating your answer to the previous question (other than your website).

https://rumble.com/vtkogk-god-is-moving-so-run-to-the-roar.html

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?

My priorities are to: Renew.The rule of law and bring back safe communities. Restore. Parent’s rights to educate their children. Revive. The middle class the muscle of our economy.


VALUES

Sexual orientation and gender identity should be protected classes in non-discrimination laws.

Strongly Disagree

Any non defining or ambiguous statements should not be allowed protections. Our country is not meant to be ruled by confusion.

I agree with Critical Race Theory (CRT) which asserts that the institutions in the United States are fundamentally racist.

Strongly Disagree

CRT is an insult to the American Psyche.

Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.

I am a born again christian. I believe there is one God, who became flesh and the only begotten of the father. He lived, died and rose again and offered me salvation in exchange for his death.


ELECTIONS AND VOTING

People should be able to vote without photo identification.

Strongly Disagree

What laws would you propose to change present voting practices?

I would ban mail in voting for all circumstances except by request and only under provable physical disability, and or financial restriction. Either way a strong tracking and transparent system that requires yearly audits and cleaning up of voter rolls.


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, because there is a supply and demand issue. There seems to be a demand that our county has to make up to supply.


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.

A ) stricter environmental laws have empowered the environmental lobby to demand reductions without true metrics that prove global warming and or man made “climate change has any real impact on the environment.

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