James Westerheid
Non-Partisan | Texas
Candidate Profile*
Conservative
*Additional information appears below for educational purposes; however, only data received prior to the candidate deadline was considered during Panel Evaluation.
BIOGRAPHY
Name
James Westerheid
Party
Non-Partisan
Election Year
2023
Election
School Board
Race
McKinney ISD Board of Trustees - Place 6
Incumbent
No
Links
EDUCATION
University of Texas at Austin, Austin, BSME, 1970
University of Houston, Houston, MSME, 1977
WORK & MILITARY
Candidate did not provide
AFFILIATIONS
Rotary International, Co Chair Camp RYLA, Tea Party of McKinney
Vice President, United Way of Anchorage, ARCO Alaska, Co Chair
Redemption Point Alliance Church, member
POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
Candidate did not provide
POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
Candidate did not provide
Race
ENDORSEMENTS*
*These endorsements were received after the deadline and were not considered in the Panel Evaluations and are for additional educational purposes only.
CONSERVATIVE (3)
Collin County Republican Party
*Patriot Mobile PAC
*Texans for Educational Freedom
REPORTED BY CANDIDATE (10)
Republican Party of Collin County
Collin County Patriots
Moms for America
Collin Conservatives United
Chad Green McKinney ISD Trustee
SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS
CONSERVATIVE
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (6)
Colin Strong (2020)
Donald Trump (2016)
Martha E. McSally (2018)
McKinney First PAC (2021)
Rand Paul (2021)
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (0)
SELECTED FINANCIAL SOURCE DOCUMENTS
- Campaign Finance Documents:
- Campaign Finance Report - 30th Day Before Election (period of 07/01/2022 through 12/31/2022)
OTHER INFORMATION
- Election Voting History
for James Westerheid from the Collin County Election Administration during
time of residence in district and/or at current address:
- 2022 Primary election: Republican
- 2020 Primary election: Republican
- Voted in five Republican Primary election 2004 - 2022
- Voted in eight General elections 2004 - 2022
**Voter history is not considered during panel evaluations.**
QUESTIONNAIRE
RIGHT TO LIFE
Abortion providers, including Planned Parenthood, should be a resource for instruction or services in the school.
Strongly Disagree
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
No other economic system has done more good overall for society than free capitalisms. Enterprise and right to personal property are corner stones to this system
School districts should be able to use taxpayer money for lobbying the state legislature.
Strongly Disagree
Using public funds for personal gain is wrong
What is your position on government funding of public education from Pre-K through college?
Tax funds should follow the student
RELIGIOUS LIBERTY
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
EDUCATION
What is the function of the local school board?
To provide watchful governance of all activities of their school district and to conduct due diligence audits of all programs and activities
Who should have the authority to set curriculum and determine resources used in those curricula?
Parents through their board of trustees while following regulations
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
Mathematics, Science, Information Technology, Personal Finances, American History, Language Arts, Foreign Language, Art and Music
Which more closely matches your view of America's founding principles? A) Liberty and equality. B) Slavery and racism.
Liberty and equality
What does "equity in education" mean to you?
Equal Outcome. every student should be allowed to go as high as possible in achievement and not be limited by the norm
Written parental consent (opt-in) must be obtained before students are taught courses such as Comprehensive Sex Ed (CSE) or Social Emotional Learning (SEL).
Strongly Agree
The loss of local control in education is too high a price to pay in exchange for federal dollars.
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
School boards are accountable to parents and taxpayers.
Strongly Agree
Do you believe students should have access to materials that graphically depict and describe sexual acts?
No
All print and digital material available or presented to students should be easily accessible for public review.
Strongly Agree
VALUES
Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
I am a Christian who believes in the sanctity of life. Jesus is my savior and my guide to Principle Centered Servant Leadership.
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
No school official should be involved in the sexual transitioning of a student, including the use of alternative names and pronouns.
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
Who is responsible for teaching sexual education to children, and what is the appropriate age when it should be taught?
The parents or guardians are. The appropriate age is up to the parents or guardians
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
Physical and emotional outcomes, abstinence, Human anatomy and 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
ELECTIONS AND VOTING
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
A candidate's personal moral values are relevant when considering a candidacy for elective office.
Strongly Agree
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
Is there anything else you would like voters to know about you?
I maintain the highest of ethics. As a Registered Professional Engineer I pledge to protect the common good yearly in my required ethics training
2ND AMENDMENT
Teachers who are licensed to carry should be allowed to carry guns at school.
Strongly Agree
OTHER IMPORTANT ISSUES
Under what circumstances (if any) should schools be allowed to require vaccinations?
None other than the rule of law
I support mask mandates.
Strongly Disagree
As a Mechanical Engineer with related work and publication I know that masks do not work. The state of Texas Respiratory Standard disqwualifies the Surgical Mask where particles you cannot see are infectious. Sweden and Finland validated in a joint report that lock downs and no masks or distancing did not produce any difference it infection rate.
All official open meetings should be live streamed, recorded, and have transcripts available online for public access.
Strongly Agree
All votes should be roll call votes and recorded in meeting minutes.
Strongly Agree
