Seth Hunt
Republican | North Carolina
Candidate Profile
Moderate
BIOGRAPHY
Name
Seth Hunt
Party
Republican
Election Year
2024
Election
Primary
Race
Burke County Public Schools Board of Education, At-Large Seat
Incumbent
Yes
Links
EDUCATION
Atlantic Christian College, Wilson, NC, BS, 1981
WORK & MILITARY
Candidate did not provide
AFFILIATIONS
Burke County Chamber of Commerce, Budget Expenditure Committee, First United Methodist Church, Morganton, NC
POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
Mayor, Town of Stantonsburg, NC, 1987-1995
Burke County NC Board of Education, 2016-2024
POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
Candidate did not provide
Race
SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS
LIBERAL
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (3)
Josh Stein (2023)
Milton F. "Toby" Fitch (2022)
Ed Hallyburton James Edward Hallyburton (2020)
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (0)
OTHER INFORMATION
Partisan Primary Election Voting History for Seth Hunt:
- 2022 Primary - Republican
- 2020 Primary - Democratic
- 2002 thru 2016 Primary - Democratic
QUESTIONNAIRE
RIGHT TO LIFE
What role should the school serve in helping a student with an unwanted or crisis pregnancy?
Appropriate support referral with parental involvement
What role should the school serve in helping a student with an unwanted or crisis pregnancy?
Appropriate support referral with parental involvement
Human life begins at conception and deserves legal protection at every stage until natural death.
Agree
Human life begins at conception and deserves legal protection at every stage until natural death.
Agree
ECONOMY
Free enterprise and the right to private property are essential elements of a productive economic system.
Strongly Agree
Free enterprise and the right to private property are essential elements of a productive economic system.
Strongly Agree
What is your position on government funding of public education from Pre-K through college?
Fully support public education funding from Pre-K through 12th grade with incentives to continue vocational programs in community colleges.
What is your position on government funding of public education from Pre-K through college?
Fully support public education funding from Pre-K through 12th grade with incentives to continue vocational programs in community colleges.
RELIGIOUS LIBERTY
Teachers should be required to instruct students on mandated curriculum even if it would violate their moral and/or religious beliefs.
Neutral
Teachers should be allowed to have a reasonable accommodation for an exception when there exists a serious ethical or moral conflict. This accommodation should include another teacher teaching the mandated curriculum
Teachers should be required to instruct students on mandated curriculum even if it would violate their moral and/or religious beliefs.
Neutral
Teachers should be allowed to have a reasonable accommodation for an exception when there exists a serious ethical or moral conflict. This accommodation should include another teacher teaching the mandated curriculum
EDUCATION
Abortion and gender transitioning providers, including Planned Parenthood, should be a resource for instruction or services in the school.
Strongly Disagree
Abortion and gender transitioning providers, including Planned Parenthood, should be a resource for instruction or services in the school.
Strongly Disagree
Consistent discipline creates a safe and orderly environment, which is essential for student learning.
Strongly Agree
Consistent discipline creates a safe and orderly environment, which is essential for student learning.
Strongly Agree
Do you believe print and digital material available or presented to students should be easily accessible for public review, including those without children enrolled in school?
Yes
Great scheduling care should be exercised so as to not cause disruptions in the instructional day as the instructional day is carefully planned.
Do you believe print and digital material available or presented to students should be easily accessible for public review, including those without children enrolled in school?
Yes
Great scheduling care should be exercised so as to not cause disruptions in the instructional day as the instructional day is carefully planned.
Educators should give students a thorough education in America's founding documents and cultivate American patriotism.
Strongly Agree
Educators should give students a thorough education in America's founding documents and cultivate American patriotism.
Strongly Agree
I support Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI).
Neutral
Only to the extent that parts are mandated by curriculum
I support Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI).
Neutral
Only to the extent that parts are mandated by curriculum
I support eliminating the U.S. Department of Education and giving control back to states and communities.
Strongly Agree
I support eliminating the U.S. Department of Education and giving control back to states and communities.
Strongly Agree
If a member of the public flags (challenges) a book as inappropriate and the school board disagrees, should the board impose a moratorium on when the book can be challenged again? If yes, for how long?
Yes or it will be a never ending battle and do nothing but to obfuscate other real and challenging issues . Boards should determine what is a reasonable amount of time before a same challenge may occur.
If a member of the public flags (challenges) a book as inappropriate and the school board disagrees, should the board impose a moratorium on when the book can be challenged again? If yes, for how long?
Yes or it will be a never ending battle and do nothing but to obfuscate other real and challenging issues . Boards should determine what is a reasonable amount of time before a same challenge may occur.
Please list in order the following priorities in relation to the role of a K-12 public school (omitting any that do not apply): American History, Art & Music, Civics, Critical Race Theory, Foreign Language, Gender Identity, Information Technology, Language Arts, Mathematics, Personal Finances, Physical Fitness, Political Activism, Science, Sexuality, Social Emotional Learning, Vocational Learning
Math, Language Arts, Science, American History and Civics, Foreign Language (it is a global economy), IT, Personal Finance
Please list in order the following priorities in relation to the role of a K-12 public school (omitting any that do not apply): American History, Art & Music, Civics, Critical Race Theory, Foreign Language, Gender Identity, Information Technology, Language Arts, Mathematics, Personal Finances, Physical Fitness, Political Activism, Science, Sexuality, Social Emotional Learning, Vocational Learning
Math, Language Arts, Science, American History and Civics, Foreign Language (it is a global economy), IT, Personal Finance
The state should fund education by allowing dollars to follow the child instead of the bureaucracy, through a program which allows parents the freedom to choose their child's school – public, private, or homeschool.
Disagree
Freedom of choice has existed for many decades. Governments should continue to support a century and a half public school system until non public schools are required to admit low performing students, perform disability testing (which does not happen now), lunches, and transportation. Public schools should not be reduced to doing much more with significantly less while charter and other schools do not step completely up to the educational plate
The state should fund education by allowing dollars to follow the child instead of the bureaucracy, through a program which allows parents the freedom to choose their child's school – public, private, or homeschool.
Disagree
Freedom of choice has existed for many decades. Governments should continue to support a century and a half public school system until non public schools are required to admit low performing students, perform disability testing (which does not happen now), lunches, and transportation. Public schools should not be reduced to doing much more with significantly less while charter and other schools do not step completely up to the educational plate
Which should students have: equity of outcomes or equality of opportunities?
Equality of opportunities. We should be given the essential educational tools to determine our own destiny and successes.
Which should students have: equity of outcomes or equality of opportunities?
Equality of opportunities. We should be given the essential educational tools to determine our own destiny and successes.
Which type of written parental consent should be obtained before students are taught courses such as Comprehensive Sex Education (CSE)? (A) Opt-In. (B) Opt-Out. (C) None.
Opt In. Unfortunately many parents do not wish to have this conversation themselves. Truth.
Which type of written parental consent should be obtained before students are taught courses such as Comprehensive Sex Education (CSE)? (A) Opt-In. (B) Opt-Out. (C) None.
Opt In. Unfortunately many parents do not wish to have this conversation themselves. Truth.
Who should make decisions about whether or not a book is appropriate for children? A) the elected school board members; B) an outsourced community committee
Elected School Board members with significant and meaningful advice and input from many levels of the community. Someone must be the final arbiter.
Who should make decisions about whether or not a book is appropriate for children? A) the elected school board members; B) an outsourced community committee
Elected School Board members with significant and meaningful advice and input from many levels of the community. Someone must be the final arbiter.
VALUES
Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
I am a conservative Christian with a very strong faith based belief system.
Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
I am a conservative Christian with a very strong faith based belief system.
Children have a right to reach maturity without chemical or surgical castration, which would damage their healthy bodies through surgeries and may cause a life-long dependence on cross-sex hormones.
Strongly Agree
At least by age 18 which may still be a bit too early. These are very serious considerations that require a maturity level to fully understand
Children have a right to reach maturity without chemical or surgical castration, which would damage their healthy bodies through surgeries and may cause a life-long dependence on cross-sex hormones.
Strongly Agree
At least by age 18 which may still be a bit too early. These are very serious considerations that require a maturity level to fully understand
If sexual education is taught in schools, what is the appropriate age when it should be taught?
Typically when girls reach menses age they should be presented with biological facts about what's happening to their bodies and implications of certain behaviors. Boys perhaps at a bit older age around 14 to 15 as hormonal changes are a fact of life.
If sexual education is taught in schools, what is the appropriate age when it should be taught?
Typically when girls reach menses age they should be presented with biological facts about what's happening to their bodies and implications of certain behaviors. Boys perhaps at a bit older age around 14 to 15 as hormonal changes are a fact of life.
Marriage is a God-ordained, sacred and legal union of one man and one woman essential to the formation and sustaining of a civil and prosperous society.
Strongly Agree
Marriage is a God-ordained, sacred and legal union of one man and one woman essential to the formation and sustaining of a civil and prosperous society.
Strongly Agree
Parents have the fundamental right to raise their child in accordance with their beliefs and values, including the right to make decisions about the child's education and healthcare.
Strongly Agree
Parents have the fundamental right to raise their child in accordance with their beliefs and values, including the right to make decisions about the child's education and healthcare.
Strongly Agree
Parents should have full and timely access to any and all records, including school and medical records, associated with their minor children.
Strongly Agree
School children have the right to be protected from sexual grooming including drag shows and explicit materials with pictures of sex acts and graphic language.
Strongly Agree
Parents should play the leading role in assuring the protection of their children in these regards.
Parents should have full and timely access to any and all records, including school and medical records, associated with their minor children.
Strongly Agree
Should schools be giving instruction on how to engage in sexual acts, the pleasures of sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity or should they instead focus on educating students about the science of reproduction?
Schools should focus on educating students about the science of reproduction, and relevant human behaviors. Parents should be very much involved. The sad fact (editorial note) is that many parents do not have speaks with their children about such things, especially the many kids from dysfunctional homes.
School children have the right to be protected from sexual grooming including drag shows and explicit materials with pictures of sex acts and graphic language.
Strongly Agree
Parents should play the leading role in assuring the protection of their children in these regards.
Should schools be giving instruction on how to engage in sexual acts, the pleasures of sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity or should they instead focus on educating students about the science of reproduction?
Schools should focus on educating students about the science of reproduction, and relevant human behaviors. Parents should be very much involved. The sad fact (editorial note) is that many parents do not have speaks with their children about such things, especially the many kids from dysfunctional homes.
ELECTIONS AND VOTING
People should be able to vote without photo identification.
Neutral
People should be able to vote without photo identification.
Neutral
EQUALITY
Biological males should not be allowed to participate in women's sports or occupy biological women's spaces whether it be bathrooms, locker rooms, sorority houses, women's shelters, or prison.
Strongly Agree
AND the same should apply to biological females in men's sports, etc.
Biological males should not be allowed to participate in women's sports or occupy biological women's spaces whether it be bathrooms, locker rooms, sorority houses, women's shelters, or prison.
Strongly Agree
AND the same should apply to biological females in men's sports, etc.
ABOUT YOU
Have you ever been convicted of a felony? If so, please explain.
no
Have you ever been penalized for sexual misconduct in either civil or criminal court? If so, please explain.
no
Have you ever been convicted of a felony? If so, please explain.
no
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
Have you ever been penalized for sexual misconduct in either civil or criminal court? If so, please explain.
no
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
2ND AMENDMENT
The right to bear arms is fundamental and must be protected.
Strongly Agree
The right to bear arms is fundamental and must be protected.
Strongly Agree
OTHER IMPORTANT ISSUES
In the event of a pandemic, school districts can mandate whatever health precautions they deem necessary (including masks and vaccines) to protect students and staff.
Agree
However, those decisions should be based on current, sound medical advice from reasonable and pertinent healthcare professionals
In the event of a pandemic, school districts can mandate whatever health precautions they deem necessary (including masks and vaccines) to protect students and staff.
Agree
However, those decisions should be based on current, sound medical advice from reasonable and pertinent healthcare professionals
