Dan Grimshaw
Republican | Michigan
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BIOGRAPHY
Name
Dan Grimshaw
Party
Republican
Election Year
2012
Election
General
Race
State Rep., Dist. 84
Incumbent
No
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SCORECARDS
CONSERVATIVE ORGANIZATIONS
LIBERAL ORGANIZATIONS
ENDORSEMENTS
OTHER (3)
Michigan Right to Life
Citizens for Traditional Values
Michigan Coalition for Responsible Gun Owners PAC
SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS
CONSERVATIVE
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (1)
Mike Green
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (4)
Associated Builders and Contractors
Genetski for a Conservative Majority
Local, County, and District Republican Organizations
Stamas Leadership PAC
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.
Strongly Agree
3. Because evolution is widely accepted, students should not be taught about intelligent design.
Strongly Disagree
4. Free market competition for education dollars, rather than a government monopoly, would create a better education for all students.
Strongly Agree
5. It is the government’s responsibility to be sure everyone has health care and a livable income.
Strongly Disagree
6. States should require voters to show photo identification and prove citizenship in order to register to vote or to cast a vote.
Agree
7. Human life begins at conception and deserves legal protection at every stage until natural death.
Strongly Agree
8. Marriage is a union of one man and one woman. No government has the authority to alter this definition.
Strongly Agree
9. Judeo-Christian values established a framework of morality which permitted our system of limited government.
Strongly Agree
10. Pure democracy is the best form of government to ensure the safety and equitable treatment of all citizens.
Disagree
11. Who has the primary responsibility to be sure children are properly educated?
Their parents.
12. Should abortion be allowed under extenuating circumstances? If so, what circumstances?
If the mothers life is really at risk, the mother and father of the baby should make the decision.
13. What in the nature of mankind caused America’s Founders to carefully define, separate, and limit powers within the Constitution?
The sin nature of man must be constrained by man's law because we tend to refuse God's direction. Even the nation of Isreal could not resist following other gods and wanting what their neighbors had for government. What's amazing is the grace of God still made provision for his people and us to come to him.
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; Constitution; Executive-Legislative-Courts all equal.
15. Please list, up to six in number, the endorsements (groups or individuals) you would most like to promote.
The Christians who know me and business people I have interacted with over the years.
16. Please list your educational, military and vocational history, and any church and civic leadership positions held, and political positions held or sought.
Vassar High Schoool- 1972; University of Michigan-Flint 1979;graduate courses at Thomas Cooley Law School; Saginaw Valley State University;Title Insurance agent since 1985 and owner of Mid-State Title Services, Inc. since 1996; former member of Vassar School Board for 5 years; Vassar Chamber of Commerce board member and past president; Tuscola Behavioral Health Board member currently and served as board president for 6 years; Michigan Land Title Association and American Land Title Association member
17. What charitable, educational, religious, or political organizations have you been affiliated with as a member, contributor, or volunteer?
Member of Holiness Missionary Church, Class Leader for the congregation and now teach the teen class. Member of Cass River Camp of Gideons International and contributor. Positive Alternatives contributor and supporter. World Gospel Missions contributor and supporter. Rotary International member. Republican Party member and contributor.
