
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
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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