

Mary Blanco
Non-Partisan | Florida
Candidate Profile
Conservative
BIOGRAPHY
Name
Mary Blanco
Party
Non-Partisan
Election Year
2024
Election
General
Race
Miami-Dade County School Board, District 7
Incumbent
Yes
EDUCATION
Barry University, Miami, Specialist, 2002
Barry University, Miami, Masters, 2000
Barry University, Miami, Bachelors, 1995
WORK & MILITARY
Our Lady of Lourdes Academy, School Counselor, 2016-present
Broward County Public Schools, School Psychologist, 2001-2016
Saint Brendan High School, Science and Social Studies Teacher and Campus Ministry Co-Director, 1995-2001
AFFILIATIONS
Miami Dade College, Trustee, St. Timothy Catholic Church
Member, Youth Group Founder, Volunteer
POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
N/A
POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
N/A
ENDORSEMENTS
CONSERVATIVE (8)
Marco Rubio
Ron DeSantis
Jeanette Nuñez
Ana Maria Rodriguez
Daniel Perez
OTHER (1)
South Florida Police Benevolent Association
REPORTED BY CANDIDATE (10)
Representative Alex Rizo (R), HD-112, Chairman, Republican Party of Miami-Dade
Representative Danny Perez (R), HD-116
Senator Ana Rodriguez (R), SD-40
Representative Alina Garcia (R), HD-115
Representative Mike Redondo (R), HD-118
SELECTED FINANCIAL SOURCE DOCUMENTS
Campaign Treasurer's Report - P2 2024 (06/15/2024 - 06/28/2024) from Miami-Dade County
Selected contributions/expenditures:
- $1,000.00 contribution from Committee to Protect Northwest Florida
Campaign Treasurer's Report - P3 2024 (06/29/2024 - 07/12/2024)from Miami-Dade County
Selected contributions/expenditures:
- $500.00 contribution from Constituents First Responder PAC
Campaign Treasurer's Report - P5 2024 (07/20/2024 - 07/26/2024)from Miami-Dade County
Selected contributions/expenditures:
- $1,000.00 contribution from 1776 Project PAC
Campaign Treasurer's Report - P6 2024 (07/27/2024 - 08/02/2024) from Miami-Dade County
Selected contributions/expenditures:
- $1,000.00 contribution from Do Better PAC
Campaign Treasurer's Report - P7 2024 (07/27/2024 - 08/02/2024) from Miami-Dade County
Selected contributions/expenditures:
- $250.00 contribution from Dade County Fire Fighters Local 1403 PAC
- $1,000.00 contribution from Empower Parents Florida PAC
Campaign Treasurer's Report - G1 2024 (08/16/2024 - 08/23/2024) from Miami-Dade County
Selected contributions/expenditures:
- $1,000.00 contribution from Dade First PAC
- $1,000.00 contribution from A Bolder Florida PAC
- $1,000.00 contribution from America First Florida First PAC
- $1,000.00 contribution from Freedom in Education PAC
- $1,000.00 contribution from Voicing Parental Rights PAC
Campaign Treasurer's Report - G2 2024 (08/24/2024 - 09/06/2024) from Miami-Dade County
Selected contributions/expenditures:
- $1,000.00 contribution from Conservatives for a Better Florida
- $1,000.00 contribution from Miami United PAC
- $1,000.00 contribution from Dade County PBA PAC
- $1,000.00 contribution from By the People, For the People PAC
- $1,000.00 contribution from Ethics and Honesty in Government PAC
Campaign Treasurer's Report - G3 2024 (09/07/2024 - 09/20/2024) from Miami Dade County
Selected contributions/expenditures:
- $1000.00 contribution from New Dade PAC
Please note: This information was received by iVoterGuide after panel evaluations occurred and is for educational purposes only.
Campaign Treasurer's Report - G4 2024 (09/21/2024 - 10/04/2024) from Miami Dade County
Selected contributions/expenditures:
- $1000.00 contribution from True Freedom PC
Please note: This information was received by iVoterGuide after panel evaluations occurred and is for educational purposes only.
Campaign Treasurer's Report - P1 2024 (06/01/2024 - 06/14/2024) from Miami-Dade County
Selected contributions/expenditures:
- $500.00 contribution from Florida Educational Leadership PAC
- $1,000.00 contribution from Friends of Ben Albritton PAC
- $1,000.00 contribution from Advancing Florida Agriculture PAC
Campaign Treasurer's Report - Q2 2024 (04/01/2024 - 05/31/2024) from Miami-Dade County
Selected contributions/expenditures:
- $1,000.00 contribution from Leaders of Tomorrow PAC
- $1,000.00 contribution from People for Accountable Government PAC
- $1,000.00 contribution from Better Values in Education PAC
- $1,000.00 contribution from Defending Conservatism and Democracy PAC
- $1,000.00 contribution from Building on Your Dreams PAC
- $1,000.00 contribution from The CIGNA Group Employee PAC
Campaign Treasurer's Report - Q1 2024 (01/01/2024 - 03/31/2024) and Campaign Treasurer's Report - Q1 2024 (01/01/2024 - 03/31/2024) (Amended) from Miami-Dade County
Selected contributions/expenditures:
- $1,000.00 contribution from Florida Police Benevolent Association (FPBA) Inc PAC
- $1,000.00 contribution from The Southern Group of Florida PAC
- $1,000.00 contribution from True Freedom PC
- $1,000.00 contribution from The Right Path for Florida PAC
- $1,000.00 contribution from People Above Politics PAC
- $1,000.00 contribution from Living Life With Purpose PAC
- $1,000.00 contribution from Fighting for Florida's Families PC
- $1,000.00 contribution from A Stronger Florida PAC
Campaign Treasurer's Report - Q4 2023 (10/01/2023 - 12/31/2023) and Campaign Treasurer's Report - Q4 2023 (10/01/2023 - 12/31/2023) (Amended) from Miami-Dade County
Selected contributions/expenditures:
- $1,000.00 contribution from Miami United PC
- $1,000.00 contribution from Dade First PC
- $1,000.00 contribution from Conservatives for a Better Florida PAC
- $1,000.00 contribution from Freedom in Education PC
- $1,000.00 contribution from Jobs and Prosperity for Florida PC
- $1,000.00 contribution from A Better Hialeah PC
- $1,000.00 contribution from Voicing Parental Rights PAC
- $1,000.00 contribution from Ethics and Honesty in Governments PAC
- $1,000.00 contribution from A Bolder Florida PC
- $1,000.00 contribution from America First Florida First PAC
- $1,000.00 contribution from Principled Moral Conservatism PAC
- $1,000.00 contribution from New Dade PAC
- $1,000.00 contribution from Dade County Police Benevolent Association (PBA) PAC
- $1,000.00 contribution from By the People, For the People PAC
- $1,000.00 contribution from Floridians for Prosperity PAC
- $1,000.00 contribution from Conservatives for a Better Miami-Dade PAC
- $100.00 contribution from Maria Teresa Rojas (School Board Chair)
- $320.00 expenditure to Christian Family Coalition
OTHER INFORMATION
QUESTIONNAIRE
RIGHT TO LIFE
Human life begins at conception and deserves legal protection at every stage until natural death.
Strongly Agree
What role should the school serve in helping a student with an unwanted or crisis pregnancy?
Students should be provided with information and support regarding health care needs they may need to continue with the pregnancy as well as a plan to continue with their education.
ECONOMY
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?
The government has a role in educating its citizens, especially K-12. Pre-K can be valuable in getting students ready for school and college should be affordable. However, it is important to ensure that the funding of public education is transparent, accountable, fiscally sound, performance based, and the money should follow the student.
RELIGIOUS LIBERTY
Teachers should be required to instruct students on mandated curriculum even if it would violate their moral and/or religious beliefs.
Strongly Disagree
EDUCATION
Abortion and gender-affirming 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
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
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).
Strongly Disagree
I support eliminating the U.S. Department of Education and giving control back to states and communities.
Agree
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
Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, Civics, American History, Foreign Language, Physical Fitness, Art & Music, Information Technology, Personal Finances, Vocational Learning
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.
Strongly Agree
Which should students have: equity of outcomes or equality of opportunities?
Equality of opportunities
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
VALUES
Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
As a Roman Catholic I believe in conservative values and principles. I believe the family is the cornerstone of society and parents right’s should be recognized in their children’s education.
Who is responsible for teaching sexual education to children, and what is the appropriate age when it should be taught?
Parents should be the first educators in the home. In middle school it may be appropriate to teach certain topics addressed below while being transparent.
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) -- abortion methods and side effects; abstinence; consent; contraceptive methods; human anatomy/the reproductive system; physical and emotional health outcomes; sex acts and pleasures of sex; sexual orientation and gender identity; stages of pregnancy and fetal development
Abstinence, consent, human anatomy/the reproductive system, stages of pregnancy and fetal development
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 Disagree
Children have the right to be protected from sexual grooming (including drag shows and explicit materials) in schools and libraries.
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 should have full and timely access to any and all records, including school and medical records, associated with their minor children.
Strongly Agree
ELECTIONS AND VOTING
People should be able to vote without photo identification.
Strongly Disagree
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
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
I voted in these primaries and general elections:
2014 General Election 2016 General Election 2018 General Election 2020 General Election
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
2ND AMENDMENT
Faculty who are licensed to carry and have had ongoing training should be allowed to carry guns at school in order to respond to an active shooter situation.
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.
Strongly Disagree
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