Tom Kelly

Republican | Wyoming

Candidate Profile

Conservative

BIOGRAPHY

Name

Tom Kelly


Party

Republican


Election Year

2026


Election

Republican Primary


Race

Supt. of Public Instruction


Incumbent

No


Links

Tom Kelly websites
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EDUCATION

University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Ph.D., 2010

Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Masters, 2003

Roosevelt University, Chicago, Masters, 1999

WORK & MILITARY

American Military University Department Chair

AFFILIATIONS

St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital, contributor, Wyoming VFW

contributor, Wounded Warrior Project, contributor

Gun Owners of America, member, National Rifle Association

POLITICAL OFFICES HELD

Candidate did not provide

POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT

Sheridan City Council

2020

WY State Superintendent

2022

SCORECARDS

CONSERVATIVE ORGANIZATIONS


LIBERAL ORGANIZATIONS

ENDORSEMENTS

CONSERVATIVE (1)

Make Liberty Win

SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS

CONSERVATIVE
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (5)

Donald Trump (2024)

Trump National Committee JFC, INC. (2024)

State Republican Party Organizations (2022)

Jeff Fortenberry (2000)

Josh Hawley (2000)

RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (0)

OTHER INFORMATION

WY Campaign Finance documents.

QUESTIONNAIRE

RIGHT TO LIFE

Abortion providers, including Planned Parenthood, should not receive taxpayer funds from federal, state, or local governments (including Title X grants).

Strongly Agree

Under what circumstances should an elective abortion be allowed?

It shouldn't.

Human life deserves legal protection from conception until natural death.

Strongly Agree

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

Agree

Overly strict regulation could threaten in vitro fertilization programs.

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

Strongly Agree


ECONOMY

What is your position on the minimum wage?

Market-driven wages are typically higher than government-mandated wages. When they are not, artificially high minimum wages just reduce the number of available jobs and inflate prices.

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

Strongly Agree

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

1) Devolve power from the federal government to the state level. 2) Increase investigations and prosecutions of fraud. 3) Term limit Congress.


RELIGIOUS LIBERTY

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

The state cannot mandate or prohibit a religion.

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

Strongly Disagree


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.

C) The best approach would be a fully privatized insurance market. However, so many millions of people have paid into and depend on these programs now that defunding them immediately with no transition would cause chaos.

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

Strongly Disagree


NATIONAL SECURITY

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

Strongly Agree

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

It is important to have an ally in the most unstable part of the world. That doesn't mean the US should fund or partake in every military action Israel undertakes though.


IMMIGRATION

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

Strongly Disagree


EDUCATION

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

Strongly Agree

There is zero evidence that education has improved in the USA since 1979.

Foreign governments should be prohibited from funding American education.

Strongly Agree


VALUES

Government should recognize and support the fundamental right and essential duty of parents to direct their child's health and educational well-being.

Strongly Agree

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

Strongly 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.

Agree

I'd rather government stay out of marriage and religion altogether.

I support the expansion of gambling in my state.

Neutral

I don't gamble. If communities want it, it's up to those local communities.

Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.

Personal relationship with Christ that I mostly keep to myself.


ELECTIONS AND VOTING

People should be able to vote without photo identification.

Strongly Disagree


EQUALITY

Reparations should be given to people on the basis of race.

Strongly Disagree

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.

Strongly Agree


ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT

Man-made climate change is a global threat and requires urgent political action.

Strongly Disagree

Political actions globally have hampered economic growth while doing nothing to lower CO2 emissions anyway. The climate change movement turned into a money-making scheme for those who are connected.

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

Natural gas, coal, and nuclear.


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?

Conservative

I have a libertarian streak that opposes policies such as mandating The Ten Commandments in public schools. They should be allowed, but not mandated.

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.


CRIMINAL JUSTICE & PUBLIC SAFETY

What should be the goal of the criminal justice system?

To protect the general public from dangerous individuals.

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

Agree

Sharia law should not be accepted or incorporated in any form within the legal framework of the United States.

Strongly Agree

Amendment I prohibits it anyway.


2ND AMENDMENT

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

Minimum age of 18 to purchase. That's it. The people we have to worry about don't follow the law.

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