
Stewart Parks
Republican | Tennessee
Candidate Profile
Conservative (Conditional)
BIOGRAPHY
Name
Stewart Parks
Party
Republican
Election Year
2022
Election
Primary
Race
U.S. Rep., Dist. 5
Incumbent
No
EDUCATION
Ole Miss, Oxford, Economics, 2016
WORK & MILITARY
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AFFILIATIONS
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POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
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POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
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OTHER INFORMATION
Completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection Survey in 2022.
QUESTIONNAIRE
RIGHT TO LIFE
Abortion providers, including Planned Parenthood, should not receive funds from federal, state, or local governments (including Title X grants).
Strongly Agree
Abortion must be banned on a federal level. My goal is to ban abortion forever. First in the United States then around the world. Abortion is murder.
I support 'aid in dying' laws which legalize assisted suicide and euthanasia.
Strongly Disagree
Aid in dying laws and procedures must be banned.
Under what circumstances should abortion be allowed?
Abortion must never ever be performed anywhere around the world. It will be 100% outlawed in the United States
ECONOMY
Redistribution of income is needed to lessen the gap between the wealthy and working classes.
Strongly Disagree
The government should cut spending in order to reduce the national debt.
Strongly Agree
What changes, if any, should be made to the tax code?
We have to lower taxes so job producers can raise wages and create more jobs.
RELIGIOUS LIBERTY
Religious liberty is at risk in the United States and deserves the highest level of protection in the law.
Strongly Agree
Individuals and businesses should be required to provide services even if it would violate their moral and/or religious beliefs.
Strongly Disagree
What should be the relationship between the church and the state?
Separation of church and state is a fictitious idea. If it wasn’t for the church there would be no state!
HEALTHCARE
Under what circumstances (if any) should a government, school, or employer be allowed to require vaccinations?
Never. The COVID-19 vaccines do not work.
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)Tax-payer funded health care should be abolished in all forms, and Medicaid and Medicare should be de-funded.
Insurnace should be private and with less regulations.
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.
The United States constitution interpreted as it is written is the highest and best model of freedom and we must promote these freedoms around the world, we must stop doing business with communist countries and keeping their country afloat.
I support the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement to pressure Israel to withdraw from occupied territories, remove the separation barrier in the West Bank, allow full equality for Arab-Palestinian citizens of Israel, and promote the rights of Palestinian refugees.
Strongly Disagree
The Chinese Communist Party poses serious military, cyber security, intellectual property, and global economic threats to the United States.
Strongly Agree
What should the United States do to help eradicate the threat of Islamic terrorism?
Stop Iran from reaching a nuclear energy deal and we have to severely sanction state sponsors of radical Islamic terrorism.
IMMIGRATION
The U.S. should do more to physically secure the southern border.
Strongly Agree
State and federal funds shall be denied to any public or private entity, such as a sanctuary city, that is not in compliance with immigration laws.
Strongly Agree
Who should be allowed to immigrate to the U.S. and under what circumstances?
We have to have a performance and merit based immigration system. We want their best workers and job creators to enter our country.
VALUES
Sexual orientation and gender identity should be protected classes in non-discrimination laws.
Strongly Disagree
I agree with Critical Race Theory (CRT) which asserts that the institutions in the United States are fundamentally racist.
Strongly Disagree
Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
I am a Tennessee, Christian, Conservative,
ELECTIONS AND VOTING
People should be able to vote without photo identification.
Strongly Disagree
What laws would you propose to change present voting practices?
We must go back to paper ballots. No more voting machines.
EQUALITY
Reparations should be given to people on the basis of race.
Strongly Disagree
Is racism a threat to domestic security in the United States? Why or why not?
The far left is the greatest threat to domestic security in the United States. The far left are the largest promoters of skin color divisiveness.
ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT
I support the use of hydraulic fracking to extract oil and natural gas resources.
Strongly Agree
We have to be energy independent and be the worlds top supplier of energy.
Which comes closest to your view? A) Stricter environmental laws and regulations cost too many jobs and hurt the economy. B) Stricter environmental laws and regulations are worth the cost.
Strict Enviromental laws and regulations are very bad and hurtful to our nation and economy.
ABOUT YOU
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?
Very Conservative
Please provide publicly available information, including interviews and media reports, validating your answer to the previous question (other than your website).
https://tennesseestar.com/2022/04/28/michael-patrick-leahy-destroys-false-claim-by-tn-5-candidate-stewart-that-joe-biden-is-not-the-legal-president-of-the-united-states/
Have you ever been convicted of a felony or been penalized in either civil or criminal court for sexual misconduct? If so, please explain.
I have never committed a crime.
What else would you like voters to know about you, including your legislative priorities?
I am a Tennessee Christian conservative. Born in nashville Tennessee. I will impeach Joe Biden my first day in office. He is not the president. I will remove Kamala Harris and Kentanji Brown Jackson from the Supreme Court as well as all Biden nominated judges and officials.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE & PUBLIC SAFETY
Police officers should be personally immune from prosecution for conduct consistent with departmental policy (qualified immunity) while on duty.
Strongly Agree
I support redirecting funds from police departments to mental health and community programs.
Strongly Disagree
2ND AMENDMENT
What restrictions on gun ownership are needed to protect public safety?
We have to remove any and all gun control measures to ensure a healthy and safe society.
Victims of gun violence should be able to sue firearms dealers and manufacturers.
Strongly Disagree
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