Mark Donka
Republican | Vermont
Candidate Profile
Evaluation In Progress
BIOGRAPHY
Name
Mark Donka
Party
Republican
Election Year
2012
Election
General
Race
U.S Representative
Incumbent
No
Links
EDUCATION
Boonton High School, Boonton NJ, 75
WORK & MILITARY
VT Police Academy, 1981
NH Police Academy, 1985
FBI National Academy, 1999
AFFILIATIONS
VT Police association, President 2005, VT Law Enforcement Hockey Club
Treasurer, Hartford Youth Hockey, Coach
Lightning Scocer, Asst. Coach
POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
Hartford Select Board, 2009-2011
POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
US Congress VT, 2012
Race
SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS
CONSERVATIVE
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (0)
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (1)
National Right to Life Committee
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. It is the government’s responsibility to be sure everyone has health care and a livable income.
Disagree
4. Human life begins at conception and deserves legal protection at every stage until natural death.
Neutral
5. Marriage is a union of one man and one woman. No government has the authority to alter this definition.
Agree
6. Judeo-Christian values established a framework of morality which permitted our system of limited government.
Agree
7. The United States must maintain a nuclear arsenal that is safe, reliable, modern and numerically superior to those of potential adversaries.
Agree
8. Efforts to bring Islamic law (shariah) to America pose a threat to our country and its Constitution.
Strongly Agree
9. U.S. disarmament entailed in President Obama’s defense budget cuts will endanger our national security.
Strongly Agree
10. Pure democracy is the best form of government to ensure the safety and equitable treatment of all citizens.
Strongly Agree
11. Who has the primary responsibility to be sure children are properly educated?
Parents
12. Should abortion be allowed under extenuating circumstances? If so, what circumstances?
Rape or for the protection of the mothers health
13. 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,Voters,Congress,Supreme Court
14. What in the nature of mankind caused America’s Founders to carefully define, separate, and limit powers within the Constitution?
Seperate Church and state
15. Please list your educational, military and vocational history, and any church and civic leadership positions held, and political positions held or sought.
High School and some college. Was a memeber of the Hartford VT select board for one term. I have been a career law enforcement officer for the last 30 years. I attended and graduated VT Police Academy,NH Police academy and the FBI National Academy.
16. What charitable, educational, religious, or political organizations have you been affiliated with as a member, contributor, or volunteer?
Was a volunteer as a hockey coach,t-ball coach. I am a past president and life time member of the Vermont Police Association. I was a instructor for the Hartford area Vo-tech teaching a public safety.
17. Please list the six (6) most important endorsements you have received from groups or individuals.
None as of yet
