William Janis
Republican | Virginia
Candidate Profile
Conservative
BIOGRAPHY
Name
William Janis
Party
Republican
Election Year
2015
Election
Primary
Race
State Senator, Dist. 12
Incumbent
No
Links
EDUCATION
Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, B.A., 1984
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, J.D., 1999
WORK & MILITARY
United States Navy, Lieutenant Commander, 11
AFFILIATIONS
Sovereign Military Order of Malta, Knight, Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre
Knight Commander, American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars, Boy Scouts of America
Council Executive Committee, Knights of Columbus, Knight, Second Degree
Henrico County Republican Committee, Federalist Society
POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
Delegate, 10
Majority Whip in VA House, 2
POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
Henrico County Commonwealth Attorney, 2011
Race
ENDORSEMENTS
OTHER (3)
Jimmie Massie
Paul Galanti
Richmond Realtors PAC
REPORTED BY CANDIDATE (7)
Henrico Sheriff Mike Wade
Henrico School Board
Micky Ogburn & Lisa Marshall
Delegate Rob Bell
Henrico Delegate Manoli Loupassi
SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS
CONSERVATIVE
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (4)
Dominion Leadership Trust
Ken Cuccinelli
Local, County, and District Republican Organizations
State Republican Party Organizations
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (11)
Associated Builders and Contractors
Barbara Comstock
Eric Cantor
Growth Opportunity and Prosperity PAC
John Whitlock
LIBERAL
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (1)
Bart's Bridge PAC
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (0)
OTHER INFORMATION
QUESTIONNAIRE
OTHER IMPORTANT ISSUES
1. People should be able to vote without photo identification.
Strongly Disagree
2. Religious freedom is our most foundational freedom and deserves added protection in our state and federal constitutions.
Strongly Agree
3. Human life begins at conception and deserves legal protection at every stage until natural death.
Strongly Agree
4. There are times when American judges should alter U.S. case law in order to comply with foreign case law.
Strongly Disagree
5. 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 are the key to national prosperity.
Strongly Agree
6. Congress should repeal the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare).
Strongly Agree
7. Governments should define marriage as between one man and one woman; no other definition of marriage should be legalized or supported with public funds.
Strongly Agree
8. The more people live by Judeo-Christian values, the less government is needed.
Strongly Agree
9. Government should enforce laws designed to protect the border and to prevent illegal entry into the country.
Strongly Agree
10. More restrictive gun control laws are needed to protect public safety.
Strongly Disagree
11. Our state should participate in the nationwide Common Core standards for high-school graduation.
Strongly Disagree
12. The Ten Commandments should not be displayed in public school buildings.
Strongly Disagree
13. Capital punishment should not be allowed for any reason.
Strongly Disagree
14. What in the nature of mankind caused America’s Founders to carefully define, separate, and limit powers in the Constitution?
Having lived through decades of despotism by tyrannical British kings who abdicated their duty to defend their subjects ancient rights and liberties and instead violated them, and having fought a protracted and costly war against that government in order to secure the blessings of liberty, the Founders had an astute and dearly purchased appreciation for the proposition that unchecked power concentrated in the hands of a single ruler or small elite group created the real potential for tyranny.
15. Under what circumstances should abortion be allowed?
To save the life of the mother.
16. Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
I was raised to believe that each person is made in the image and likeness of Almighty God and as such, is entitled to be treated with the dignity and respect reserved for a child of God. I bear witness that Jesus Christ is Lord, Lord of the Universe, and Lord of my life, and I endeavor each day to do His will in all things. Each day I pray for three things: that I be granted the wisdom to discern the path which He has prepared for me to walk in, that I be granted the courage to walk in that path no matter how difficult, demanding or dangerous, and that I be granted the fortitude to persevere in the face of adversity, setback, and criticism, both just and unjust. I also pray that Almighty God have mercy on all whom bear me evil will and would me harm, and their faults and mine together vouchsafe to amend and redress, and that He make us save souls together in Heaven, where we may ever live and love and worship Him forever.
17. E-mail address for voters to reach you (for publication)
bill@billjanis.gop
