Ben Dewell

No Party Preference | California

Candidate Profile

Leans Liberal

BIOGRAPHY

Name

Ben Dewell


Party

No Party Preference


Election Year

2026


Election

Primary


Race

U.S. Rep., Dist. 20


Incumbent

No


Links

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EDUCATION

University of California, Davis, MS

California State University, Fresno, BA

WORK & MILITARY

WEATHERx, Chief Meteorologist, 1987 – 1992

Sferics, Chief Programmer, 1992 – 1996

Stallion Springs Community Service District, Director, 2018 – 2026

Eastern Kern Air Pollution Control District, Hearing Board Director, 2021 – 2025

AFFILIATIONS

American Meteorological Society, Member

POLITICAL OFFICES HELD

Director, Stallion Springs Community Service District, 2018-2026

Hearing Board Director, Eastern Kern Air Pollution Control District, 2021-2025

POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT

CA CD-20, 2024-

CA CD-20, 2022-

OTHER INFORMATION

QUESTIONNAIRE

RIGHT TO LIFE

Human life deserves legal protection from conception until natural death.

Neutral

The lives of human embryos created through artificial methods ought to be protected from purposeful destruction.

Agree

Under what circumstances should an elective abortion be allowed?

Life, choice, of Mother

Abortion providers, including Planned Parenthood, should receive taxpayer funds from federal, state, or local governments (including Title X grants).

Neutral

The Comstock Act, which bans interstate transportation of abortion-inducing drugs, should be enforced.

Disagree


ECONOMY

Free enterprise and the right to private property are essential elements of a productive economic system.

Strongly Agree

People who can afford to pay more taxes should do so in order to provide relief for working families.

Agree

The current distribution of wealth in America rivals the Guilded Age of the late Ninetenth Century. Working classes will not be able to support upper classes indefinitely.

The government should cut spending in order to reduce the national debt.

Neutral

Depends on which spending.

List your top 3-5 priorities to eliminate government waste.

1) Spending, is reserved for Congress – the people, by Constitutional Charter , not the singular whims of the Chief Executive. 2) Redirect illegal Chief Executive emoluments to Treasury. 3) Encourage government supported projects to reinvest in the nation.


RELIGIOUS LIBERTY

Individuals and businesses should be required to provide services even if it would violate their moral and/or religious beliefs.

Disagree

What does "separation of church and state" mean to you?

State and "Church" based decisions must be kept separate to prevent the religious factionalism that has destroyed all other nations. America's founders recognized this basic principle as so necessary to the preservation of democracy that every principle of allowing all to have freedom of speech and choice necessary to the proper functioning of democracy. This does NOT mean, however, that religious based tenets, wherever they originate, cannot inform decisions.


HEALTHCARE

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) Taxpayer funded health care should be abolished in all forms, and Medicaid and Medicare should be defunded.

Healthcare insurance funded by the government should be available for all who want it, along with private healthcare options.

The government should keep a database of people with various ongoing medical illnesses to assess the economic burden of treatment.

Neutral


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) The United States has become too involved in others' policies and should remain focused on issues regarding our own sovereignty unless in imminent danger.

The Chinese Communist Party poses serious military, cyber security, intellectual property, and global economic threats to the United States.

Strongly Agree

China is both an threat to American world economic dominance as well as an increasing military-industrial threat.

Is the United States' relationship with Israel important, and if so why?

Israel is important to US interests. However, it must conduct itself legally among developed nations in pursuing its own interests.

Islamic terrorism is a threat to the United States' national security.

Agree


IMMIGRATION

Who should be allowed to immigrate to the U.S. and under what circumstances?

Anyone who follows US laws within possible quota.

I support the existence of sanctuary cities to protect undocumented persons.

Neutral


EDUCATION

I support eliminating the U.S. Department of Education and giving control back to states and communities.

Disagree

Curriculum is already stipulated within states. US Dept. of Education merely ensures fairness among states.

Foreign governments should be prohibited from funding American education.

Agree


VALUES

Attempts to physically or socially transition a child to the opposite sex constitute child abuse.

Agree

Marriage is a God-ordained, sacred and legal union of one man and one woman. No government has the authority to alter this definition.

Neutral

Marriage is a government contract. This definition needs to be separate from religion.

Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.

Raised Mennonite.


ELECTIONS AND VOTING

People should be able to vote without photo identification.

Disagree


EQUALITY

Biological males should not be allowed to participate in women's sports or occupy biological women's spaces whether it be bathrooms, locker rooms, sorority houses, women's shelters, or prison.

Agree

Trans athletes should be encouraged rto compete among each other, or with all males and females.


ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT

What do you believe is the most reliable energy source that will supply the growing demand for electricity?

Renewables are the only long term strategy to energy independence and dominance.


ABOUT YOU

Have you ever been penalized for sexual misconduct in either civil or criminal court? If so, please explain.

No

Have you ever been convicted of a felony? If so, please explain.

No

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?

Moderate


CRIMINAL JUSTICE & PUBLIC SAFETY

Government has a responsibility to protect children from sexual exploitation during online activities.

Agree


2ND AMENDMENT

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

Did not answer

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