

Tammy Nakamura
Non-Partisan | Texas
Candidate Profile
Conservative
BIOGRAPHY
Name
Tammy Nakamura
Party
Non-Partisan
Election Year
2022
Election
Texas May School Board
Race
Grapevine-Colleyville ISD, Place 3
Incumbent
No
EDUCATION
Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, BA, 1980
WORK & MILITARY
Candidate did not provide
AFFILIATIONS
Colleyville Womans Club, Many Positions, Grapevine Relief and Community Exchange
POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
Colleyville City Council Place 1, 6 Years
POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
Candidate did not provide
SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS
CONSERVATIVE
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (5)
Great America PAC (2016)
Greg Abbott (2014)
Texans for Better Education (2020)
Texas Tea Party groups (2015)
WinRed (2020)
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (0)
SELECTED FINANCIAL SOURCE DOCUMENTS
- Appointment of Campaign Treasurer
- Code of Fair Campaign Practices
- Campaign Finance Report - period of 2/18/2022-4/4/2022
- Please note: The following information was received by iVoterGuide after Panel Evaluations occurred and is for additional educational purposes only.
OTHER INFORMATION
Application for a Place on the Ballot - 2/18/2022
Party Primary Election Voting History for Tammy Harris Nakamura (as of 3/1/2022) during time of residence in district and/or at current address:
- 2020 Party Primary: Republican
- 2018 Party Primary: Republican
- Voted in four Republican Primaries 2004 - 2016
Participated in Colleyville Republican Club Candidate Forum - 4/6/2022
QUESTIONNAIRE
RIGHT TO LIFE
Abortion providers, including Planned Parenthood, should not be a resource for instruction or services in the school.
Strongly Agree
Human life begins at conception and deserves legal protection at every stage until natural death.
Strongly Agree
RELIGIOUS LIBERTY
At school, students should be able to speak freely and civilly about matters of conscience and faith, including Christianity.
Strongly Agree
School districts should not discriminate against individuals, organizations or small businesses because of their belief that marriage is only a union of one man and one woman.
Strongly Agree
Students should not be allowed to pray in school.
Strongly Disagree
ECONOMY
Free enterprise and the right to private property are essential elements of a productive economic system.
Strongly Agree
School districts should be able to use taxpayer money for lobbying the state legislature.
Strongly Disagree
What is your position on government funding of public education from Pre-K through college?
The system is set up such that it is paid by taxpayers thru 12th grade. I believe that anything beyond that should be paid for by the individual.
EDUCATION
What is the function of the local school board?
The main function of the school board is to provide local, CITIZEN governance and oversight of education. I believe control should be more in the hands of the local authority than at the state level. The school board governs the district and works with the superintendent. They hire and fire the superintendent, adopt a budget and do these things based on input from the community.
Who should have the authority to set curriculum and determine resources used in those curricula?
School Board
When should parents be restricted from speaking in school board meetings?
Never....citizens must use respect when doing so but it is the job of the school board to listen to the parents and community to which it governs.
Please list in order the following priorities in relation to the role of a K-12 public school (omitting any that do not apply): Mathematics, Information Technology, Science, Political Activism, Personal Finances, Gender Identity, Physical Fitness, American History, Critical Race Theory, Language Arts, Art & Music, Vocational Learning, Sexuality, Foreign Language, Social Emotional Learning
Science, Mathematics, Language Arts, American History, Information Technology, Personal Finances, Physical Fitness, Art and Music
American civics education should emphasize our nation's founding principles of liberty and equality.
Strongly Agree
Before students are taught courses such as Comprehensive Sex Ed (CSE) or Social Emotional Learning (SEL), they must opt-in with written parental permission.
Strongly Agree
The loss of local control in education is too high a price to pay in exchange for federal dollars.
Strongly Agree
I support the teaching of curricula (such as the 1619 Project, No Place for Hate, Second Step, etc.) that emphasizes slavery and racism as the foundation of American history.
Strongly Disagree
Parents are the ultimate authority in their child’s education and should be able to freely pursue whatever educational options they deem best for their child.
Strongly Agree
2ND AMENDMENT
Teachers who are licensed to carry should be allowed to carry guns at school.
Agree
OTHER IMPORTANT ISSUES
Under what circumstances (if any) should schools be allowed to require vaccinations?
When the parents approve
I support mask mandates.
Strongly Disagree
ABOUT YOU
Which of the 11 objectives specified in the Texas Education Code is your highest priority?
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
A candidate's personal moral values should not be relevant when considering a candidacy for elective office.
Strongly Disagree
When you consider your views on a wide range of issues from economic and social matters to foreign policy and immigration, 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).
I have been on city council for 6 years and my votes have proved that.
Is there anything else you would like voters to know about you?
I would like restore parent and teacher control of the district Return to core curriculum prioritized academics and eliminate social indoctrination of our children Restore fiscal sanity to the district
VALUES
Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
I am a Christian and I believe in taking responsibility for my actions. My word is my word and I was taught that from a very early age.
I support allowing public high school students to participate in athletic competition based on the gender with which they identify instead of biological sex.
Strongly Disagree
Who is responsible for teaching sexual education to children, and what is the appropriate age when it should be taught?
I believe the majority of it should be taught at home from the parents. If there is a class it should start at 12-13 with parental approval.
If you support the teaching of Sex Ed, please answer the following question: Sexual education should include these topics (list all that apply and add your own, if needed) -- Physical and emotional health outcomes; contraceptive methods; consent; abstinence; sexual orientation and gender identity; human anatomy/the reproductive system; abortion methods and side effects; stages of pregnancy and fetal development; sex acts and pleasures of sex
Abstinence, human anatomy/the reproductive system, stages of pregnancy and fetal development
Judeo-Christian values established a framework of morality that is necessary for our system of limited government.
Strongly Agree
No healthcare diagnosis or treatment, whether mental, reproductive, or otherwise, should be given to a child without first receiving written consent from the parent.
Strongly Agree
No school official should be involved in the sexual transitioning of a student, including the use of alternative names and pronouns.
Strongly Agree
ELECTIONS AND VOTING
People should be able to vote without photo identification.
Strongly Disagree
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