Dawn Peters

Non-Partisan | Florida

Candidate Profile

Conservative

BIOGRAPHY

Name

Dawn Peters


Party

Non-Partisan


Election Year

2022


Election

General


Race

Pinellas County Schools, School Board, District 3 (At-Large)


Incumbent

No


Links

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EDUCATION

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WORK & MILITARY

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AFFILIATIONS

Candidate did not provide

POLITICAL OFFICES HELD

Candidate did not provide

POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT

Candidate did not provide

ENDORSEMENTS

CONSERVATIVE (2)

Moms for Liberty

1776 Projects PAC

OTHER (2)

Linda Chaney

Chris Latvala

REPORTED BY CANDIDATE (10)

Moms for Liberty

Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri

Representative Chris Latvala

Representative Linda Chaney

Pinellas Suncoast Black Republican Club

SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS

CONSERVATIVE
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (1)

Ron Desantis (2022)

RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (5)

Committee to Protect Florida (2022)

Florida Leadership Committee (2022)

Florida Speaks (2022)

Moms For Liberty (2022)

Suncoast Better Government Committee (2022)


SELECTED FINANCIAL SOURCE DOCUMENTS

Campaign Finance Documents:

  • Campaign Treasurer's Report (12/1/2021 - 12/31/2021)
    • $20.90 in expenditures to Anedot
  • Campaign Treasurer's Report (1/1/2022 - 1/31/2022)
  • Campaign Treasurer's Report (2/1/2022 - 2/28/2022)
    • $18.90 in expenditures to Anedot
  • Campaign Treasurer's Report (3/1/2022 - 3/31/2022)
    • 14.20 in expenditures to Anedot
  • Campaign Treasurer's Report (4/1/2022 - 4/30/2022)
    • $41.50 in expenditures to Anedot
  • Campaign Treasurer's Report (5/1/2022 - 5/31/2022)
    • $1,000.00 contribution from Florida Leadership Committee
    • $24.60 in expenditures 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)
  • Campaign Treasurer's Report (7/23/2022 - 7/29/2022)
  • Campaign Treasurer's Report (7/30/2022 - 8/5/2022)
    • $14.60 in expenditures to Anedot
  • Campaign Treasurer's Report (8/6/2022 - 8/18/2022)
  • Campaign Treasurer's Report (8/19/2022 - 9/2/2022)
    • $54.80 in expenditures to Anedot
  • Campaign Treasurer's Report (9/3/2022 - 9/16/2022)

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 Dawn Peters during time of residence in district and/or at current address:

  • Voted in 0 Primary elections
  • Voted in 0 Presidential Primary elections
  • Voted in 1 General election (2010)

**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

Human life begins at conception and deserves legal protection at every stage until natural death.

Agree


RELIGIOUS LIBERTY

At school, students should be able to speak freely and civilly about matters of conscience and faith, including Christianity.

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.

Agree

Students should not be allowed to pray in school.

Disagree


ECONOMY

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

Agree

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?

I have always been a strong advocate for Public schools. Both of my daughters attended Pinellas county schools from K-12 with my youngest being in her 12th grade year.


EDUCATION

What is the function of the local school board?

To be a public servant to the voters/tax payers of the county. To critically manage the budget and be a proper steward of the money paid by the tax payers. To ensure our children receive the best academic education available. To uphold the laws and policies in effect and hold all accountable who do not abide by them.

Who should have the authority to set curriculum and determine resources used in those curricula?

The local school board with guidence from State Dept of education and local committee authorized to evaluate the curricula.

When should parents be restricted from speaking in school board meetings?

During the official meeting, with the 3 minute time limit, no parent should be restricted from speaking with the exception of profanity.

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

Mathmatics, American History, Science, Personal Finances, Physical Fitness, Vocational Learning, Art & Music, Information Technology, Language Arts, Foreign Language.

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

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

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


2ND AMENDMENT

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. Schools should not be able to require vaccinations.

I support mask mandates.

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

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?

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

Is there anything else you would like voters to know about you?

Did not answer


VALUES

Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.

I believe in the US Constitution and the fact that the United States was founded on Christian 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

Who is responsible for teaching sexual education to children, and what is the appropriate age when it should be taught?

Parents/caregivers have the responsibility and the right to determine the appropriate age and content of sexual education.

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

Sex Education should be taught only in the most basic & biological form. Human anatomy/the reprodiuctive system, Stages of pregnancy and fetal development. all other topics schould be taught at home.

Judeo-Christian values established a framework of morality that is necessary for our system of limited government.

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


ELECTIONS AND VOTING

People should be able to vote without photo identification.

Strongly Disagree

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