Bob Thorpe
Republican | Arizona
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BIOGRAPHY
Name
Bob Thorpe
Party
Republican
Election Year
2012
Election
General
Race
State Rep., Dist. 6
Incumbent
No
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2013-14
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ENDORSEMENTS
OTHER (7)
House Speaker Andy Tobin
Senator Sylvia Allen
Rep. Chester Crandell
Rep. Brenda Barton
Rep. JD Mesnard
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.
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.
Strongly 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.
Strongly Disagree
11. Who has the primary responsibility to be sure children are properly educated?
The parents
12. Should abortion be allowed under extenuating circumstances? If so, what circumstances?
Abortion is not an acceptable form of birth control.
13. What in the nature of mankind caused America’s Founders to carefully define, separate, and limit powers within the Constitution?
Our Founders feared Democracies, and an overly powerful central government. According to John Adams "The proposition that the people are the best keepers of their own liberties is not true. They are the worst conceivable, they are no keepers at all; they can neither judge, act, think, or will, as a political body."
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, Constitution, Congress, Supreme Court. According to Thomas Jefferson, the "people" (not on your list), not the "Voters", should come after God.
15. Please list, up to six in number, the endorsements (groups or individuals) you would most like to promote.
The citizens and businesses of my district (LD-6), the citizens and businesses of Arizona, the citizens and businesses of the United States of America
16. Please list your educational, military and vocational history, and any church and civic leadership positions held, and political positions held or sought.
I have a B.A. degree with additional graduate education, I wrote a Constitution handbook (on Amazon.com) and have taught and researched the Constitution. I am a GOP precinct committee-person candidate, and I have volunteered hundreds of hours for my church and for my community as a state certified firefighter / EMT (7.5 years) and for our public schools (2.5 years), and I was president of the HFFA firefighters charity (1.5 years). I co-founded a group the assists state legislators with Constitutional and state's rights issues (1.5 years).
17. What charitable, educational, religious, or political organizations have you been affiliated with as a member, contributor, or volunteer?
Climb to Conquer Cancer, GOP precinct committee-person candidate, I have have taught a free community course on the U.S. Constitution, I have assisted local food banks, I am a member of my church and helped to build our new church building. I have volunteered 7.5 years as a state certified firefighter / EMT and 2.5 years for our public schools. I was president of the HFFA firefighters charity for 1.5 years and I co-founded a group the assists state legislators with Constitutional and state's rights issues (1.5 years).
