Michael Nagel
Non-Partisan | Montana
Candidate Profile
Leans Conservative
BIOGRAPHY
EDUCATION
Capella University, Minneapolis, MSN, 2022
WORK & MILITARY
Air National Guard, Captain, 2003-Present
AFFILIATIONS
Eagles Crossing HOA, Vice President
POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
Candidate did not provide
POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
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SELECTED FINANCIAL SOURCE DOCUMENTS
OTHER INFORMATION
Declaration of Intent and Oath of Candidacy
Political Party: Republican
Primary Voting History for Michael Nagel during time of residence in district and/or at current address:
- Voted in the Primary elections of 2016, 2018, & 2020
QUESTIONNAIRE
RIGHT TO LIFE
Abortion providers, including Planned Parenthood, should not be a resource for instruction or services in the school.
Strongly Agree
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
Human life begins at conception and deserves legal protection at every stage until natural death.
Strongly Agree
ECONOMY
Free enterprise and the right to private property are essential elements of a productive economic system.
Strongly Agree
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.
Disagree
School districts should be able to use taxpayer money for lobbying the state legislature.
Disagree
What is your position on government funding of public education from Pre-K through college?
Public School are necessary and appropriate use of government funding. K-12 are the appropriate years for public funding.
What is your position on government funding of public education from Pre-K through college?
Public School are necessary and appropriate use of government funding. K-12 are the appropriate years for public funding.
RELIGIOUS LIBERTY
At school, students should be able to speak freely and civilly about matters of conscience and faith, including Christianity.
Strongly Agree
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
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
Students should not be allowed to pray in school.
Strongly Disagree
EDUCATION
What is the function of the local school board?
The local school board's function is to be a sound mind of community residents that have an interest into their communities well-being. Educating the next generation to have a solid background to form their own opinions in life.
What is the function of the local school board?
The local school board's function is to be a sound mind of community residents that have an interest into their communities well-being. Educating the next generation to have a solid background to form their own opinions in life.
Who should have the authority to set curriculum and determine resources used in those curricula?
Local community residents of school board members that have an interest in their community children's well-being.
Who should have the authority to set curriculum and determine resources used in those curricula?
Local community residents of school board members that have an interest in their community children's well-being.
When should parents be restricted from speaking in school board meetings?
Never, I believe the parents have a right to voice their opinion and should not be discouraged to do so.
When should parents be restricted from speaking in school board meetings?
Never, I believe the parents have a right to voice their opinion and should not be discouraged to do so.
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
Vocational Learning, Mathematics, Information Technology, Science, American History, Language Arts, Art & Music, Physical Fitness, Foreign Language, Social Emotional Learning, Sexuality,
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
Vocational Learning, Mathematics, Information Technology, Science, American History, Language Arts, Art & Music, Physical Fitness, Foreign Language, Social Emotional Learning, Sexuality,
American civics education should emphasize our nation's founding principles of liberty and equality.
Strongly Agree
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.
Agree
Parental permission should be required prior to certain ages. These courses are necessary as not all parents are involved and children's need to be educated at some point in the schooling.
Before students are taught courses such as Comprehensive Sex Ed (CSE) or Social Emotional Learning (SEL), they must opt-in with written parental permission.
Agree
Parental permission should be required prior to certain ages. These courses are necessary as not all parents are involved and children's need to be educated at some point in the schooling.
The loss of local control in education is too high a price to pay in exchange for federal dollars.
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.
Disagree
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.
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.
Agree
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.
Agree
VALUES
Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
Born-again Christian
Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
Born-again Christian
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
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?
Sextual Education should be taught when children's are mentally ready. This is over a span of several years. Sextual education should be taught at or around puberty in order to capture the changes that will take place.
Who is responsible for teaching sexual education to children, and what is the appropriate age when it should be taught?
Sextual Education should be taught when children's are mentally ready. This is over a span of several years. Sextual education should be taught at or around puberty in order to capture the changes that will take place.
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
human anatomy/the reproductive system
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
human anatomy/the reproductive system
Judeo-Christian values established a framework of morality that is necessary for our system of limited government.
Agree
Judeo-Christian values established a framework of morality that is necessary for our system of limited government.
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.
Agree
Unless in an emergency situation
No healthcare diagnosis or treatment, whether mental, reproductive, or otherwise, should be given to a child without first receiving written consent from the parent.
Agree
Unless in an emergency situation
No school official should be involved in the sexual transitioning of a student, including the use of alternative names and pronouns.
Agree
No school official should be involved in the sexual transitioning of a student, including the use of alternative names and pronouns.
Agree
ELECTIONS AND VOTING
People should be able to vote without photo identification.
Disagree
People should be able to vote without photo identification.
Disagree
ABOUT YOU
Have you ever been convicted of a felony or been penalized in either civil or criminal court for sexual misconduct? If so, please explain.
NEVER
Have you ever been convicted of a felony or been penalized in either civil or criminal court for sexual misconduct? If so, please explain.
NEVER
A candidate's personal moral values should not be relevant when considering a candidacy for elective office.
Disagree
A candidate's personal moral values should not be relevant when considering a candidacy for elective office.
Disagree
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?
Conservative
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?
Conservative
Please provide publicly available information, including interviews and media reports, validating your answer to the previous question (other than your website).
I am an open book for questions and answers.
Please provide publicly available information, including interviews and media reports, validating your answer to the previous question (other than your website).
I am an open book for questions and answers.
Is there anything else you would like voters to know about you?
I would like to be a sound-mind on the school board to ensure that children in our community are provided solid education and not skewed based on bias or trending information that is not based on a solid background. Please VOTE Michael Nagel for Great Falls School Board!
Is there anything else you would like voters to know about you?
I would like to be a sound-mind on the school board to ensure that children in our community are provided solid education and not skewed based on bias or trending information that is not based on a solid background. Please VOTE Michael Nagel for Great Falls School Board!
2ND AMENDMENT
Teachers who are licensed to carry should be allowed to carry guns at school.
Agree
Only with additional training.
Teachers who are licensed to carry should be allowed to carry guns at school.
Agree
Only with additional training.
OTHER IMPORTANT ISSUES
Under what circumstances (if any) should schools be allowed to require vaccinations?
Schools should require vaccine mandates when there has been adequate research and known long term affects. I do not believe in the COVID vaccination mandate as there has not been enough research on long term affects. I do as a healthcare worker believe in vaccinations that keep deathly diseases from our children.
Under what circumstances (if any) should schools be allowed to require vaccinations?
Schools should require vaccine mandates when there has been adequate research and known long term affects. I do not believe in the COVID vaccination mandate as there has not been enough research on long term affects. I do as a healthcare worker believe in vaccinations that keep deathly diseases from our children.
I support mask mandates.
Neutral
In the initial stages of Covid, I believe the mask was necessary to keep our children in school. Once the mask was proven to be less helpful, and mental consideration outweighed the masks benefit, I am in agreeance to remove the mandate.
I support mask mandates.
Neutral
In the initial stages of Covid, I believe the mask was necessary to keep our children in school. Once the mask was proven to be less helpful, and mental consideration outweighed the masks benefit, I am in agreeance to remove the mandate.
