Tim Underwood
Non-Partisan | Nevada
Candidate Profile
Conservative (Conditional)
BIOGRAPHY
Name
Tim Underwood
Party
Non-Partisan
Election Year
2024
Election
General
Race
State Board of Education, Dist. 1
Incumbent
No
Links
EDUCATION
Western High School, Las Vegas, Diploma, 1978
WORK & MILITARY
U.S. Navy, HM2- E5, 3
AFFILIATIONS
Catholic Worker, member, Nevada Concerned Citizens
member, Moms for Liberty-- Clark County, Founding member
Knights of Columbus, member, Heritage Sentinel
POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
Candidate did not provide
POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
Candidate did not provide
ENDORSEMENTS
REPORTED BY CANDIDATE (1)
Patrick Boylan, SNHE Regent, and former State Board of Education member
SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS
CONSERVATIVE
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (1)
WinRed (2022)
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (0)
OTHER INFORMATION
QUESTIONNAIRE
RIGHT TO LIFE
Human life deserves legal protection from conception until natural death.
Strongly Agree
What role should the school serve in helping a student with an unwanted or crisis pregnancy?
The school should support the student and her parents through this difficult time and let them make the decisions.
ECONOMY
It is the government’s responsibility to ensure everyone has a livable income.
Strongly Disagree
What is your position on government funding of public education from Pre-K through college?
Funding should be as local as possible to prevent outside interference in Nevada pubic education.
RELIGIOUS LIBERTY
The Ten Commandments should not be displayed in public school buildings or court houses.
Strongly Disagree
At school, students should be able to speak freely and civilly about matters of conscience and faith, including Christianity.
Strongly Agree
Teachers should be required to instruct students on mandated curriculum even if it would violate their moral and/or religious beliefs.
Strongly Disagree
Not exactly sure what this question means.
NATIONAL SECURITY
Is the United States' relationship with Israel important, and if so why?
Yes, Israel is an important ally in a crucial region. Their fate is tied with America's.
The best way to maintain peace is through a strong military.
Strongly Agree
EDUCATION
I support eliminating the U.S. Department of Education and giving control back to states and communities.
Strongly Agree
Absolutely, the invasion of federal funds distorts local public education with all manner of trouble and even violence in our schools with their racial suspension quota system. There must be little to no outside interference to Clark County and Nevada public education.
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
Yes, our current obsolete method of educational funding has only produced last-in-the-nation results. Nevada can no longer afford the status quo standards for public education. They have been a clear failure and doing more of the same only keeps the state mired in a bureaucratic morass that refuses to adopt effective policies. If Nevada K-12 public education quality is to reach the upper half of states in the nation in four years, we must make bold, courageous reforms.
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.
A, each school mom or dad must be able to choose to opt in to such controversial curriculum.
Abortion and gender-affirming providers, including Planned Parenthood, should be a resource for instruction or services in the school.
Strongly Disagree
We must only educate in our school halls, not indoctrinate or provide medical and psychological treatments. Mission creep that sways from that goal only serves to interfere in the family's private life and serves bureaucrats' needs, not those of the family. Scientific research and medical studies must be conducted before any of WPATH's standards can be taken seriously. As of now, there is zero evidence WPATH standards are patent and sound. Nations around the world are rejecting WPATH.
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, American History, Civics Art & Music, Physical Fitness, Information Technology, Vocational Learning Personal Finances, Foreign Language, Political Activism, Sexuality, for fifth grade and up only
VALUES
Children have the right to be protected from sexual grooming including drag shows, explicit materials in schools and libraries, and other public venues.
Strongly Agree
There should be no discussion or teaching of sexual matters with children under the age of ten in schools without the student's mother or father's opt-in consent and active permission. This includes trans stripper shows, and the hundreds of pervasively pornographic books CCSD documents show are in school libraries today. Premature sexualization of minor school children should be punishable by many years in prison.
Marriage between one man and one woman and the families they form are the foundation of civilization and are fundamental to the well-being and prosperity of society.
Strongly Agree
That is how it has been done for millennia. The family must come first in Nevada public education and the bureaucracy last. The prime career of all careers is that of the mother. All other careers exist to serve the prime career.
No healthcare diagnosis or treatment, whether mental, reproductive, or otherwise, should be given to a child without first receiving written consent from the parent.
Strongly Agree
There must be no separation between school child and their mother or father.
Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
I am a convert to Catholicism with an evangelical charismatic background. I believe in liberty for all, no matter your beliefs, in a free country, one can do anything one wants, as long as you do not initiate force on another.
ELECTIONS AND VOTING
People should be able to vote without photo identification.
Strongly Disagree
Photo identification is of utmost importance to ensure election integrity.
EQUALITY
I support Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI).
Strongly Disagree
I do not support the false premises of DEI. They do not help the minorities they purport to serve. They only empower the bureaucrats who use DEI to justify enriching themselves and clinging to power.
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
Only 17% of the American population agree that male-born athletes should be allowed to compete with female athletes. It is preposterous to allow this. Lia Thomas was ranked 632nd in the male world rankings before he announced he was a woman and overnight became the fastest "female" swimmer in history. Let mediocre males compete against mediocre males, not our daughters.
ABOUT YOU
I voted in these primaries and general elections:
2014 General Election 2016 General Election 2018 General Election 2020 Republican Primary 2020 General Election 2022 General Election
Have you ever been convicted of a felony? If so, please explain.
N/A
Have you ever been penalized for sexual misconduct in either civil or criminal court? If so, please explain.
N/A
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
We must return to the values and traditions that worked in our past. Progressives have distorted so many basic things in America. It is time to step back and return to those things that have worked well and reject the new interlopers who have waged war on the working class families of Nevada.
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.
Strongly Agree
The best way to stop a bad guy with a gun is with a good guy or gal with a gun.
OTHER IMPORTANT ISSUES
Under what circumstances (if any) should schools be allowed to require vaccinations?
Never, if the drugs are experimental where short and long-term effects are unknown like the Covid drugs.
