Stephen Humphrey
Republican | Colorado
Candidate Profile
Evaluation In Progress
BIOGRAPHY
Name
Stephen Humphrey
Party
Republican
Election Year
2012
Election
General
Race
State Rep., Dist. 48
Incumbent
No
Links
EDUCATION
Eastern College, St. Davids, PA, B.A, 1991
Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA, M.A., 2006
WORK & MILITARY
U.S. Army Military Police, Spec-4, 3
AFFILIATIONS
Eaton Evangelical Free Church, Member
POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
State Representative, 2
POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
(Candidate did not provide)
Race
SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS
CONSERVATIVE
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (1)
Local, County, and District Republican Organizations
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (5)
Dan Nordberg
Ken Buck
Murraypac
Rocky Mountain Gun Owners
Scott Renfroe
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 Agree
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?
The parents of the child.
12. Should abortion be allowed under extenuating circumstances? If so, what circumstances?
NO. In an emergency always try to save both patients, both are equally human beings.
13. What in the nature of mankind caused America’s Founders to carefully define, separate, and limit powers within the Constitution?
The universal tendency for power to corrupt those who hold it, which is rooted in our fallen nature as sinful human beings.
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.
The proper order is first (1) God, the (2) the voters/the people who "do ordain and establish" to be governed by the powers described/limited in the (3) Constitution, such as (4) the congress (legislators) and (5) the supreme court (not legislators).
15. Please list, up to six in number, the endorsements (groups or individuals) you would most like to promote.
In no particular order: Senator Scott Renfroe, Rocky Mountain Gun Owners, and Weld County District Attorney Ken Buck. Other groups I would choose to promote if elected include: Right to Life and Right to Work organizations; 9-12 and Tea Party groups, and family values groups.
16. Please list your educational, military and vocational history, and any church and civic leadership positions held, and political positions held or sought.
I was honorably discharged from the U.S. Army after serving three years in Europe and the United States under then Commander and Chief Ronald Reagan. I have work experience as a soldier (U.S. Army), working for a non-profit Christian children's home and foster care agency, in law enforcement, and as a marriage and family therapist. I have a B.A. in Sociology, a Masters of Theological Studies Degree, a Master of Divinity Degree, and an M.A. in Clinical Psychology with an emphasis in Marriage and Family Therapy from Pepperdine University. I have taught bible study groups in my current current church as well as previous churches in which my wife, Christine, and I have been members. I am running for elected office for the first time with the encouragement of friends and family.
17. What charitable, educational, religious, or political organizations have you been affiliated with as a member, contributor, or volunteer?
I am a member of the Evangelical Free Church of Eaton, Colorado; a regular contributor to the Greeley Pregnancy Resource Center (where I am proud to say that my wife, Christine, volunteers); and a member and volunteer with Rocky Mountain Gun Owners. We also give regularly to the work of Compassion International.
