Mike Lair

Republican | Missouri

Candidate Profile

Leans Conservative

BIOGRAPHY

Name

Mike Lair


Party

Republican


Election Year

2014


Election

Primary


Race

State Representative, Dist. 7


Incumbent

Yes


Links

Mike Lair websites

EDUCATION

Creighton Prep, Omaha, NE, HS, 1964

UNO, Omaha, NE, BS, 1970

Central Methodist Univ, Fayette, MO, MS, 2001

WORK & MILITARY

(Candidate did not provide)

AFFILIATIONS

Missouri Farm Bureau, Member, Livingston Co. Fair Committee

Member, Livingston Co. Chamber, Member

Grundy Co. Chamber, Member, Brookfield Area Chamber

Member, St Columban Catholic Church, Member

Green Hills YMCA, Member, Chillicothe Area Arts Council

POLITICAL OFFICES HELD

State Representative, 2008-2014

POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT

none

Race

Previous Races

ENDORSEMENTS

CONSERVATIVE (2)

Missouri Right to Life

National Rifle Association

REPORTED BY CANDIDATE (6)

Missouri State Teachers Association

Missouri Right to Life

National Rifle Association

National Federation of Independent Business

Missouri Chamber of Commerce

SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS

CONSERVATIVE
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (1)

State Republican Party Organizations

RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (5)

David Pearce

John J. Diehl, Jr

Mike Cierpiot

National Federation of Independent Business

Wanda Brown


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 are the key to national prosperity.

Strongly Agree

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 are the key to national prosperity.

Strongly Agree

2. Election of judges by the people for a definite term of office is the best way to select judges.

Strongly Agree

2. Election of judges by the people for a definite term of office is the best way to select judges.

Strongly Agree

3. More restrictive gun control laws are needed now to protect public safety.

Strongly Disagree

3. More restrictive gun control laws are needed now to protect public safety.

Strongly Disagree

4. Efforts to bring Islamic law (shariah) to America do not pose a threat to our country and its Constitution.

Strongly Disagree

4. Efforts to bring Islamic law (shariah) to America do not pose a threat to our country and its Constitution.

Strongly Disagree

5. Government should enforce laws designed to protect the border and to prevent illegal entry of persons into the country.

Strongly Agree

5. Government should enforce laws designed to protect the border and to prevent illegal entry of persons into the country.

Strongly Agree

6. People should be able to vote without photo identification.

Strongly Disagree

7. Human life begins at conception and deserves legal protection at every stage until natural death.

Strongly Agree

6. People should be able to vote without photo identification.

Strongly Disagree

8. Marriage is a union of one man and one woman. No government has the authority to alter this definition.

Strongly Agree

7. Human life begins at conception and deserves legal protection at every stage until natural death.

Strongly Agree

9. The Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) should be repealed by Congress.

Strongly Agree

8. Marriage is a union of one man and one woman. No government has the authority to alter this definition.

Strongly Agree

10. There should be a strict constitutional spending limit for state and local governments that would tie the rate of spending to the rate of population growth plus the rate of inflation.

Agree

9. The Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) should be repealed by Congress.

Strongly Agree

11. Judeo-Christian values established a framework of morality which permitted our system of limited government.

Strongly Agree

10. There should be a strict constitutional spending limit for state and local governments that would tie the rate of spending to the rate of population growth plus the rate of inflation.

Agree

12. Free market competition for education dollars, rather than a government monopoly, would create a better education for all students.

Agree

11. Judeo-Christian values established a framework of morality which permitted our system of limited government.

Strongly Agree

13. Where minor children are involved, divorce laws should be reformed to include mutual consent of both parents and an increased waiting period, unless there is fault or abuse.

Agree

14. The Ten Commandments should not be displayed in public school buildings.

Strongly Disagree

12. Free market competition for education dollars, rather than a government monopoly, would create a better education for all students.

Agree

15. Religious freedom is our most foundational freedom and deserves added protection in our state and federal constitutions.

Agree

13. Where minor children are involved, divorce laws should be reformed to include mutual consent of both parents and an increased waiting period, unless there is fault or abuse.

Agree

16. The founders established pure democracy in the Constitution because they believed that it is the best form of government to ensure the safety and equitable treatment of all citizens.

No Answer

14. The Ten Commandments should not be displayed in public school buildings.

Strongly Disagree

17. Our state should participate in the nationwide Common Core standards for high-school graduation.

Agree

15. Religious freedom is our most foundational freedom and deserves added protection in our state and federal constitutions.

Agree

18. What in the nature of mankind caused America’s Founders to carefully define, separate, and limit powers within the Constitution?

Mankind is jealous and greedy and the limiting of powers was necessary.

16. The founders established pure democracy in the Constitution because they believed that it is the best form of government to ensure the safety and equitable treatment of all citizens.

No Answer

19. 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

17. Our state should participate in the nationwide Common Core standards for high-school graduation.

Agree

20. Should abortion be allowed under extenuating circumstances? If so, what circumstances?

When you begin to make exceptions, you weaken the basic premise. The life of the mother is the only extenuating circumstance.

18. What in the nature of mankind caused America’s Founders to carefully define, separate, and limit powers within the Constitution?

Mankind is jealous and greedy and the limiting of powers was necessary.

21. Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.

There is a divine being and he gave us the freedom of choice that will save us or damn us.

19. 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

20. Should abortion be allowed under extenuating circumstances? If so, what circumstances?

When you begin to make exceptions, you weaken the basic premise. The life of the mother is the only extenuating circumstance.

21. Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.

There is a divine being and he gave us the freedom of choice that will save us or damn us.

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