Cornel Rasor

Republican | Idaho

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Verified Conservative

BIOGRAPHY

EDUCATION

North Idaho College, Coeur d'Alene, 1974-1975

University of Idaho, Moscow, 1975-

WORK & MILITARY

Candidate did not provide

AFFILIATIONS

Kootenai Community Church, Elder/Pastor, 2009-2026

POLITICAL OFFICES HELD

Bonner County Commissioner, 2009-2013

POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT

Idaho State representative, 2020-

SCORECARDS

CONSERVATIVE ORGANIZATIONS

2026

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84%, 87%†



LIBERAL ORGANIZATIONS

ENDORSEMENTS

CONSERVATIVE (8)

National Rifle Association NRA-PVF

Raul Labrador

Stand For Health Freedom

ConservativesOf: Idaho

Stop Idaho RINOs PAC

SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS

CONSERVATIVE
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (6)

Cornel Rasor (2026)

State Republican Party Organizations (2026)

Brandon Mitchell (2024)

Jane Sauter (2024)

Scott Herndon (2022)

RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (12)

Ben Toews (2026)

Cornel Rasor (2026)

Dale Hawkins (2026)

Heather Scott (2026)

Idaho Freedom Caucus (2026)


OTHER INFORMATION

Cornel Rasor completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024.

Idaho 2A Alliance Survey Answers

QUESTIONNAIRE

RIGHT TO LIFE

Abortion providers, including Planned Parenthood, should not receive taxpayer funds from federal, state, or local governments (including Title X grants).

Strongly Agree

Under what circumstances should an elective abortion be allowed?

Genuine life of the mother instances.

Human life deserves legal protection from conception until natural death.

Strongly Agree

The lives of human embryos created through artificial methods ought to be protected from purposeful destruction.

Strongly Agree

The Comstock Act, which bans interstate transportation of abortion-inducing drugs, should be enforced.

Strongly Agree


ECONOMY

What is your position on the minimum wage?

Oppose

Free enterprise and the right to private property are essential elements of a productive economic system.

Strongly Agree

List your top 3-5 priorities to eliminate government waste.

Evaluate every agency for waste. Review all FTE's. Eliminate redundancy.


RELIGIOUS LIBERTY

What does "separation of church and state" mean to you?

The First Amendment barred Congress from a national church or from suppressing worship, not religion from public life. “Establishment” meant official creed, tax support, and religious tests. Jefferson’s “wall” protected churches from federal control. States kept establishments; Congress used chaplains and prayer. Limited government may not run a church or exile faith from civic life. Voluntary religion in public is free; a federally controlled church is not.

Individuals and businesses should be required to provide services even if it would violate their moral and/or religious beliefs.

Strongly Disagree


HEALTHCARE

What most closely matches your view on healthcare: A) Healthcare for all should be guaranteed and funded by the government with no private healthcare option. (includes "universal healthcare," "medicare for all," etc.) B) Healthcare insurance funded by the government should be available for all who want it, along with private healthcare options. C) Medicaid and Medicare should remain available, but no other taxpayer-funded programs are necessary. D) Taxpayer funded health care should be abolished in all forms, and Medicaid and Medicare should be defunded.

Congress has no enumerated power to run, mandate, or nationalize healthcare. The Commerce Clause meant interstate trade, not doctor-patient contracts. Limited government leaves care to markets, charity, and the states. Free prices signal scarcity and quality; mandates, price controls, and third-party payment hide costs, ration access, and weaken voluntary agreement. Health is not a federal entitlement. It is a service exchanged by willing parties, not a power the Constitution granted Washington.

The government should keep a database of people with various ongoing medical illnesses to assess the economic burden of treatment.

Strongly Disagree


NATIONAL SECURITY

The Chinese Communist Party poses serious military, cyber security, intellectual property, and global economic threats to the United States.

Agree

Is the United States' relationship with Israel important, and if so why?

Yes, as an ally. Foreign aid is not however, a constitutionally granted power. To anyone.


IMMIGRATION

I support the existence of sanctuary cities to protect undocumented persons.

Strongly Disagree


EDUCATION

I support eliminating the U.S. Department of Education and giving control back to states and communities.

Strongly Agree

Foreign governments should be prohibited from funding American education.

Strongly Agree


VALUES

Government should recognize and support the fundamental right and essential duty of parents to direct their child's health and educational well-being.

Strongly Agree

Attempts to physically or socially transition a child to the opposite sex constitute child abuse.

Strongly Agree

Marriage is a God-ordained, sacred and legal union of one man and one woman. No government has the authority to alter this definition.

Strongly Agree

I support the expansion of gambling in my state.

Disagree

It ends up being a middle class tax as chronic losers end up on welfare.

Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.

Fundamental evangelical Christian. Biblical worldview.


ELECTIONS AND VOTING

People should be able to vote without photo identification.

Strongly Disagree


EQUALITY

Reparations should be given to people on the basis of race.

Strongly Disagree

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


ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT

Man-made climate change is a global threat and requires urgent political action.

Strongly Disagree

What do you believe is the most reliable energy source that will supply the growing demand for electricity?

Nuclear


ABOUT YOU

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

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


CRIMINAL JUSTICE & PUBLIC SAFETY

What should be the goal of the criminal justice system?

Originalism and limited government give criminal justice a narrow aim: protect life, liberty, and property by punishing real crimes, with due process. Most crime is state and local; federal power is enumerated and small. The goal is justice, retribution, deterrence, incapacitating the guilty, not social engineering or therapy. Law binds citizen and official alike. Force is legitimate only against proven wrongdoing, not to manage society.

Government has a responsibility to protect children from sexual exploitation during online activities.

Neutral

Parents have this responsibility.

Sharia law should not be accepted or incorporated in any form within the legal framework of the United States.

Strongly Agree


2ND AMENDMENT

What restrictions on gun ownership are needed to protect public safety?

Zero. Safeguard is a free people and equal enforcement of real crimes.

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