Gene Trent
Non-Partisan | Florida
Candidate Profile
Conservative
BIOGRAPHY
Name
Gene Trent
Party
Non-Partisan
Election Year
2022
Election
General
Race
Brevard Public Schools School Board, District 2
Incumbent
No
Links
EDUCATION
Candidate did not provide
WORK & MILITARY
(Candidate did not provide)
AFFILIATIONS
shepherd of the Hill Lutheran Church, President
POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
Candidate did not provide
POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
Candidate did not provide
Race
ENDORSEMENTS
CONSERVATIVE (5)
Associated Builders and Contractors of Florida
Stand For Health Freedom
North Brevard Republicans
Brevard County Republican Executive Committee
Moms for Liberty Brevard Chapter
REPORTED BY CANDIDATE (10)
Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey
U.S. Congressman Bill Posey
FL. Senator Debbie Mayfield
FL. Senator Tom Wright
Brevard Republican Executive Committee
SELECTED FINANCIAL SOURCE DOCUMENTS
- Campaign Treasurer's Report (12/1/2021 - 12/31/2021)
- Campaign Treasurer's Report (1/1/2022 - 1/31/2022)
- Campaign Treasurer's Report (Amended) (1/1/2022 - 1/31/2022)
- Campaign Treasurer's Report (2/1/2022 - 2/28/2022)
- Campaign Treasurer's Report (3/1/2022 - 3/31/2022)
- $34.10 expenditure to Anedot
- Campaign Treasurer's Report (4/1/2022 - 4/30/2022)
- $250.00 contribution from Space Coast Republican Club
- Campaign Treasurer's Report (5/1/2022 - 5/31/2022)
- $750.00 expenditure to Republican Party of Brevard
- $90.10 expenditure to Anedot
- Campaign Treasurer's Report (6/1/2022 - 6/17/2022)
- Campaign Treasurer's Report (6/18/2022 - 7/1/2022)
- Campaign Treasurer's Report (7/2/2022 - 7/15/2022)
- Campaign Treasurer's Report (7/16/2022 - 7/22/2022)
- $500.00 contribution from Realtors PAC
- Campaign Treasurer's Report (7/23/2022 - 7/29/2022)
- Campaign Treasurer's Report (7/30/2022 - 8/5/2022)
- Campaign Treasurer's Report (8/6/2022 - 8/18/2022)
- $500.00 contribution from Business Voice Political Committee
- $1,000.00 contribution from Conservatives for Good Government
- $250.00 contribution from Moms for Liberty Florida
- Campaign Treasurer's Report (8/19/2022 - 8/26/2022)
- Campaign Treasurer's Report (8/27/2022 - 9/9/2022)
- $1,250.00 expenditure to Republican Executive Committee
- $1,250.00 expenditure to Republican Executive Committee
OTHER INFORMATION
Voter Record from the Florida Department of State indicates candidate's Political Affiliation is Republican (as of 6/23/2022).
Election Voting History for Gene Trent during time of residence in district and/or at current address:
- No voter history
**Voter history is not considered during panel evaluations.**
QUESTIONNAIRE
RIGHT TO LIFE
Abortion providers, including Planned Parenthood, should not be a resource for instruction or services in the school.
Strongly Agree
Abortion providers, including Planned Parenthood, should not be a resource for instruction or services in the school.
Strongly Agree
Human life begins at conception and deserves legal protection at every stage until natural death.
Strongly Agree
Human life begins at conception and deserves legal protection at every stage until natural death.
Strongly Agree
ECONOMY
Free enterprise and the right to private property are essential elements of a productive economic system.
Strongly Agree
Free enterprise and the right to private property are essential elements of a productive economic system.
Strongly Agree
School districts should be able to use taxpayer money for lobbying the state legislature.
Strongly Disagree
School districts should be able to use taxpayer money for lobbying the state legislature.
Strongly Disagree
What is your position on government funding of public education from Pre-K through college?
Providing a k - 12 education is as far as we need to go when talking about governments funding.
What is your position on government funding of public education from Pre-K through college?
Providing a k - 12 education is as far as we need to go when talking about governments funding.
RELIGIOUS LIBERTY
At school, students should be able to speak freely and civilly about matters of conscience and faith, including Christianity.
Strongly Agree
At school, students should be able to speak freely and civilly about matters of conscience and faith, including Christianity.
Strongly Agree
School districts should not discriminate against individuals, organizations or small businesses because of their belief that marriage is only a union of one man and one woman.
Strongly Agree
School districts should not discriminate against individuals, organizations or small businesses because of their belief that marriage is only a union of one man and one woman.
Strongly Agree
Students should not be allowed to pray in school.
Strongly Disagree
Students should not be allowed to pray in school.
Strongly Disagree
EDUCATION
What is the function of the local school board?
School boards are responsible for crafting the overall educational vision of a district’s public schools, from setting a school’s curriculum, to creating and upholding board policy, to electing school officials and overseeing administrators
What is the function of the local school board?
School boards are responsible for crafting the overall educational vision of a district’s public schools, from setting a school’s curriculum, to creating and upholding board policy, to electing school officials and overseeing administrators
Who should have the authority to set curriculum and determine resources used in those curricula?
The School District
Who should have the authority to set curriculum and determine resources used in those curricula?
The School District
When should parents be restricted from speaking in school board meetings?
never
When should parents be restricted from speaking in school board meetings?
never
Please list in order the following priorities in relation to the role of a K-12 public school (omitting any that do not apply): Mathematics, Information Technology, Science, Political Activism, Personal Finances, Gender Identity, Physical Fitness, American History, Critical Race Theory, Language Arts, Art & Music, Vocational Learning, Sexuality, Foreign Language, Social Emotional Learning
American History, Mathematics, Science, Information Technology, Vocational Learning, Personal Finances, Physical Fitness, Language Arts, Art & Music,
Please list in order the following priorities in relation to the role of a K-12 public school (omitting any that do not apply): Mathematics, Information Technology, Science, Political Activism, Personal Finances, Gender Identity, Physical Fitness, American History, Critical Race Theory, Language Arts, Art & Music, Vocational Learning, Sexuality, Foreign Language, Social Emotional Learning
American History, Mathematics, Science, Information Technology, Vocational Learning, Personal Finances, Physical Fitness, Language Arts, Art & Music,
American civics education should emphasize our nation's founding principles of liberty and equality.
Strongly Agree
American civics education should emphasize our nation's founding principles of liberty and equality.
Strongly Agree
Before students are taught courses such as Comprehensive Sex Ed (CSE) or Social Emotional Learning (SEL), they must opt-in with written parental permission.
Strongly Agree
Before students are taught courses such as Comprehensive Sex Ed (CSE) or Social Emotional Learning (SEL), they must opt-in with written parental permission.
Strongly Agree
The loss of local control in education is too high a price to pay in exchange for federal dollars.
Strongly Agree
The loss of local control in education is too high a price to pay in exchange for federal dollars.
Strongly Agree
I support the teaching of curricula (such as the 1619 Project, No Place for Hate, Second Step, etc.) that emphasizes slavery and racism as the foundation of American history.
Strongly Disagree
I support the teaching of curricula (such as the 1619 Project, No Place for Hate, Second Step, etc.) that emphasizes slavery and racism as the foundation of American history.
Strongly Disagree
Parents are the ultimate authority in their child’s education and should be able to freely pursue whatever educational options they deem best for their child.
Strongly Agree
Parents are the ultimate authority in their child’s education and should be able to freely pursue whatever educational options they deem best for their child.
Strongly Agree
VALUES
Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
Christian, along with strong family values
Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
Christian, along with strong family values
I support allowing public high school students to participate in athletic competition based on the gender with which they identify instead of biological sex.
Strongly Disagree
I support allowing public high school students to participate in athletic competition based on the gender with which they identify instead of biological sex.
Strongly Disagree
Who is responsible for teaching sexual education to children, and what is the appropriate age when it should be taught?
The Parent of the student and their choice of age.
Who is responsible for teaching sexual education to children, and what is the appropriate age when it should be taught?
The Parent of the student and their choice of age.
If you support the teaching of Sex Ed, please answer the following question: Sexual education should include these topics (list all that apply and add your own, if needed) -- Physical and emotional health outcomes; contraceptive methods; consent; abstinence; sexual orientation and gender identity; human anatomy/the reproductive system; abortion methods and side effects; stages of pregnancy and fetal development; sex acts and pleasures of sex
human anatomy/the reproductive system, stages of pregnancy and fetal development,
If you support the teaching of Sex Ed, please answer the following question: Sexual education should include these topics (list all that apply and add your own, if needed) -- Physical and emotional health outcomes; contraceptive methods; consent; abstinence; sexual orientation and gender identity; human anatomy/the reproductive system; abortion methods and side effects; stages of pregnancy and fetal development; sex acts and pleasures of sex
human anatomy/the reproductive system, stages of pregnancy and fetal development,
Judeo-Christian values established a framework of morality that is necessary for our system of limited government.
Strongly Agree
Judeo-Christian values established a framework of morality that is necessary for our system of limited government.
Strongly Agree
No healthcare diagnosis or treatment, whether mental, reproductive, or otherwise, should be given to a child without first receiving written consent from the parent.
Strongly Agree
No healthcare diagnosis or treatment, whether mental, reproductive, or otherwise, should be given to a child without first receiving written consent from the parent.
Strongly Agree
No school official should be involved in the sexual transitioning of a student, including the use of alternative names and pronouns.
Strongly Agree
No school official should be involved in the sexual transitioning of a student, including the use of alternative names and pronouns.
Strongly Agree
ELECTIONS AND VOTING
People should be able to vote without photo identification.
Strongly Disagree
People should be able to vote without photo identification.
Strongly Disagree
ABOUT YOU
Have you ever been convicted of a felony or been penalized in either civil or criminal court for sexual misconduct? If so, please explain.
NO I have not.
Have you ever been convicted of a felony or been penalized in either civil or criminal court for sexual misconduct? If so, please explain.
NO I have not.
A candidate's personal moral values should not be relevant when considering a candidacy for elective office.
Strongly Disagree
A candidate's personal moral values should not be relevant when considering a candidacy for elective office.
Strongly Disagree
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
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).
Did not answer
Please provide publicly available information, including interviews and media reports, validating your answer to the previous question (other than your website).
Did not answer
Is there anything else you would like voters to know about you?
Did not answer
Is there anything else you would like voters to know about you?
Did not answer
2ND AMENDMENT
Teachers who are licensed to carry should be allowed to carry guns at school.
Agree
Teachers who are licensed to carry should be allowed to carry guns at school.
Agree
OTHER IMPORTANT ISSUES
Under what circumstances (if any) should schools be allowed to require vaccinations?
None when it comes to Covid-19
Under what circumstances (if any) should schools be allowed to require vaccinations?
None when it comes to Covid-19
I support mask mandates.
Strongly Disagree
I support mask mandates.
Strongly Disagree
