Charles Williamson
Republican | Tennessee
Candidate Profile
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BIOGRAPHY
Name
Charles Williamson
Party
Republican
Election Year
2012
Election
General
Race
State Rep., Dist. 50
Incumbent
No
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ENDORSEMENTS
OTHER (4)
Tennessee Conservatives Fund
Fraternal Order of Police Andrew Jackson Lodge 5
National Federation Of Independent Business
National Rifle Association
SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS
CONSERVATIVE
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (4)
Fred D. Thompson PAC
Joe Carr
Newt Gingrich
State Republican Party Organizations
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (0)
OTHER INFORMATION
QUESTIONNAIRE
OTHER IMPORTANT ISSUES
1. Free enterprise and the right to private property turn mankind's natural self interest into the fairest and most productive economic system there is, and is the key to national prosperity.
Strongly Agree
2. Government should enforce laws designed to protect the border and to prevent illegal entry of persons into the country.
Agree
3. Because evolution is widely accepted, students should not be taught about intelligent design.
Disagree
4. Free market competition for education dollars, rather than a government monopoly, would create a better education for all students.
Agree
5. It is the government’s responsibility to be sure everyone has health care and a livable income.
Disagree
6. States should require voters to show photo identification and prove citizenship in order to register to vote or to cast a vote.
Strongly Agree
7. Human life begins at conception and deserves legal protection at every stage until natural death.
Agree
8. Marriage is a union of one man and one woman. No government has the authority to alter this definition.
Agree
9. Judeo-Christian values established a framework of morality which permitted our system of limited government.
Agree
10. Pure democracy is the best form of government to ensure the safety and equitable treatment of all citizens.
Agree
11. Who has the primary responsibility to be sure children are properly educated?
Parents and in their absence, relatives.
12. Should abortion be allowed under extenuating circumstances? If so, what circumstances?
Not answered
13. What in the nature of mankind caused America’s Founders to carefully define, separate, and limit powers within the Constitution?
The Founding Fathers didn't trust government and knew that it was, as thomas Paine wrote, “a necessary evil and in its worst state an intolerable one.” The defining and limiting of powers was intended to set up a system of checks and balances that would not allow any one faction to have absolute power.
14. Based on the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution, please arrange the following entities, starting with the highest source of authority, and continue the list in descending order of authority, skipping any that do not apply: Academia, Congress, Constitution, God, Industry, Media, Professional Sports, Supreme Court, Voters.
God, Voters (the people), Congress
15. Please list, up to six in number, the endorsements (groups or individuals) you would most like to promote.
I am most interested in promoting limited government, a reduction in regulations that impede small business growth and job creation, real changes in education that matter in the classroom for the children, reduced taxes in general and absoutely no state income tax in Tennessee, ever.
16. Please list your educational, military and vocational history, and any church and civic leadership positions held, and political positions held or sought.
Seeking the position of State Representative. Graduate, University of Alabama Graduate, Donelson-Hermitage Chamber of Commerce Leadership Attends Luton United Methodist Church
17. What charitable, educational, religious, or political organizations have you been affiliated with as a member, contributor, or volunteer?
Christmas for kids program with Fraternal Order of Police Chamber of Commerce Leadership
